title: 2015 Aegon Classic
text: # 2015 Aegon Classic
  
  The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, United Kingdom, from 15 June until 21 June 2015. Fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber won the singles title.
  
  Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015.
  
  ## Points and prize money
  
  ### Point distribution
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
  | Doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
  
  ### Prize money
  
  | Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Singles | $124,000 | $66,000 | $32,525 | $16,725 | $8,670 | $4,440 | $2,280 | $1,035 | $620 |
  | Doubles | $39,000 | $20,650 | $11,360 | $5,785 | $3,140 | — | — | — | — |
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | ROU | Simona Halep | 3 | 1 |
  | SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 6 | 2 |
  | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 9 | 3 |
  | GER | Angelique Kerber | 10 | 4 |
  | CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 11 | 5 |
  | CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 12 | 6 |
  | GER | Andrea Petkovic | 14 | 7 |
  | GER | Sabine Lisicki | 19 | 8 |
  | ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 21 | 9 |
  | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 10 |
  | FRA | Alizé Cornet | 25 | 11 |
  | BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 26 | 12 |
  | RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 28 | 13 |
  | ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 29 | 14 |
  | SRB | Jelena Janković | 30 | 15 |
  | FRA | Caroline Garcia | 31 | 16 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of June 8, 2015.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
  
  * Eugenie Bouchard
  * Naomi Broady
  * Jelena Janković
  * Johanna Konta
  * Katie Swan
  
  The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
  
  * Petra Cetkovská
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Tímea Babos
  * Kateryna Bondarenko
  * Misaki Doi
  * Marina Erakovic
  * Klára Koukalová
  * Aleksandra Krunić
  * Michelle Larcher de Brito
  * Tatjana Maria
  
  The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
  
  * Zheng Saisai
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Tereza Smitková
  * Mona Barthel →replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
  * Madison Brengle →replaced by Monica Niculescu
  * Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
  * Camila Giorgi (right hip injury) →replaced by Zheng Saisai
  * Madison Keys →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
  * Peng Shuai →replaced by Lauren Davis
  * Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Christina McHale
  * Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Bojana Jovanovski
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury)
  
  ## Doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | AUS | Casey Dellacqua | IND | Sania Mirza | 17 | 1 |
  | HUN | Tímea Babos | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 17 | 2 |
  | USA | Raquel Kops-Jones | USA | Abigail Spears | 28 | 3 |
  | ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 36 | 4 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of June 8, 2015.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Eugenie Bouchard / Svetlana Kuznetsova
  * Simona Halep / Heather Watson
  * Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **During the tournament**
  
  * Simona Halep (right arm strain)
  * Kristina Mladenovic (low back injury)
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková, $6–7^{(5–7)},$ 6–3, $7–6^{(7–4)}$
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Garbiñe Muguruza / Carla Suárez Navarro defeated Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká, 6–4, 6–4
  