2015 US Open (tennis)

2015 US Open
Date	August 31 – September 13
Edition	135th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/32X
Prize money	$42,253,400
Surface	Hard
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Venue	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles
Flavia Pennetta
Men's Doubles
Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
Mixed Doubles
Martina Hingis / Leander Paes
Boys' Singles
Taylor Harry Fritz
Girls' Singles
Dalma Gálfi
Boys' Doubles
Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov
Girls' Doubles
Viktória Kužmová / Aleksandra Pospelova
Men's Champions Invitational
Pat Cash / Mark Philippoussis
Women's Champions Invitational
Final not played
Wheelchair Men's Singles
Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Women's Singles
Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair Quad Singles
Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Gordon Reid
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Nick Taylor / David Wagner

The 2015 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 135th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Marin Čilić was the defending champion in the men's singles event, but lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Serena Williams was the three-time defending champion in the women's singles event and was also trying to complete the calendar Grand Slam, but she lost to Roberta Vinci in the semifinals. Flavia Pennetta won the Women's Singles title and became the first Italian to win the US Open.

Tournament

Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the Finals of US Open took place] The 2015 US Open was the 135th edition of the tournament and it was held at the [USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center] in [Flushing Meadows–Corona Park

of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.

The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There are singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.

In addition, the annual men's and women's Champions Invitational doubles events were held, with eight male and eight female former Grand Slam champions taking part. For the second year running, the American Collegiate Invitational competitions is organized, where top sixteen American collegiate players compete in men's and women's singles events. Exhibition matches also take place.

The tournament is played on hard courts and takes place over a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium (with permanent steel erected and new video boards, LED court lighting and sound system in place, as part of a refurbishment project), Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand. It is the last ever US Open played on courts without the operational roof on centre court and with the old Grandstand in place. Starting from the 2016 edition, the Arthur Ashe Stadium will have completed retractable roof and matches will be played on newly built Grandstand.

After two years of tournament being scheduled across 15 days, the US Open returns to a traditional 14-day schedule in 2015, which has impact on all senior events. Women's singles semifinals have been scheduled for September 10 evening session, while men's singles semifinal matches will be played on Friday September 11 after mixed doubles final. Men's doubles final will be played before women's singles final on Saturday September 12, and men's singles final will follow women's doubles final.

Because Serena Williams could become the first woman to win all four major tennis titles since Steffi Graf accomplished the feat in 1988 and because she could tie Graf’s major title count of 22, the women’s final sold out before the men’s final for the first time.

Broadcast

In the United States, the 2015 US Open was the first under a new, 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series, thus ending CBS Sports' 46-year association with the tournament, and availability of coverage on broadcast television. This also made ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors (the French Open is split between Tennis Channel for cable coverage and NBC for over-the-air coverage, with portions previously sub-licensed to ESPN until 2016).

Point and prize money distribution

Point distribution

Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.

Senior

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Men's Singles	2000	1200	720	360	180	90	45	10	25	16	8	0
Men's Doubles							0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's Singles		1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Women's Doubles							10	—	—	—	—	—

Wheelchair

Event	W	F	SF/3rd	QF/4th
Singles	800	500	375	100
Doubles	800	500	100	—
Quad Singles	800	500	375	100
Quad Doubles	800	100	—	—

Junior

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3
Boys' Singles	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Girls' Singles
Boys' Doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—
Girls' Doubles						—	—	—

Prize money

The US Open total prize money for 2015 was increased by 10.5 percent to a record $42,253,400, which potentially could reach almost 45 million dollars, as the top three finishers in the Emirates Airline US Open Series may earn up an additional $2.625 million in bonus money at the US Open.

Of the total prize money, $33,017,800 (plus $1,760,000 in qualifying competitions) is distributed for singles players, $4,927,600 for teams competing in doubles events and $500,000 for mixed doubles teams. Competitors in Legends Exhibition, Wheelchair and Champions Invitational events earn $570,000 while players' per diem is estimated at $1,478,000.

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$3,300,000	$1,600,000	$805,000	$410,975	$213,575	$120,200	$68,600	$39,500	$15,000	$10,000	$5,000
Doubles	$570,000	$275,000	$133,150	$67,675	$35,025	$21,700	$14,200	—	—	—	—
Mixed Doubles	$150,000	$70,000	$30,000	$15,000	$10,000	$5,000	—	—	—	—	—

Bonus prize money

Top three players in the 2015 US Open Series receive bonus prize money, depending on where they finished in the 2015 US Open, according to money schedule below.

2015 Emirates Airline US Open Series Finish	2015 US Open Finish								Awardees
	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128
1st Place	$1,000,000	$500,000	$250,000	$125,000	$70,000	$40,000	$25,000	$15,000	Andy Murray	$70,000
									Karolína Plíšková	$15,000
2nd Place	$500,000	$250,000	$125,000	$62,500	$35,000	$20,000	$12,500	$7,500	Novak Djokovic	$500,000
									Serena Williams	$125,000
3rd Place	$250,000	$125,000	$62,500	$31,250	$17,500	$10,000	$6,250	$3,750	John Isner	$17,500
									Simona Halep	$62,500

Singles players

2015 US Open – Men's Singles

2015 US Open – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries

Main article: 2015 US Open – Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's Singles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Men's Singles

• Novak Djokovic def. Roger Federer, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4

Women's Singles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Women's Singles

• Flavia Pennetta def. Roberta Vinci, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2

Men's Doubles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Men's Doubles

• Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut def. Jamie Murray / John Peers, 6–4, 6–4

Women's Doubles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Women's Doubles

• Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza def. Casey Dellacqua / Yaroslava Shvedova, 6–3, 6–3

Mixed Doubles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Mixed Doubles

• Martina Hingis / Leander Paes def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Sam Querrey, 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

Juniors

Boys' Singles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Boys' Singles

• Taylor Harry Fritz def. Tommy Paul, 6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2

Girls' Singles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Girls' Singles

• Dalma Gálfi def. Sofia Kenin, 7–5, 6–4

Boys' Doubles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Boys' Doubles

• Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov def. Brandon Holt / Riley Smith, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)

Girls' Doubles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Girls' Doubles

• Viktória Kužmová / Aleksandra Pospelova def. Anna Kalinskaya / Anastasia Potapova, 7–5, 6–2

Legends

Men's Champions Invitational

Main article: 2015 US Open – Men's Champions Invitational

• Pat Cash / Mark Philippoussis def. Michael Chang / Todd Martin, 6–2, 6–1

Women's Champions Invitational

Main article: 2015 US Open – Women's Champions Invitational

• Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández vs Tracy Austin / Gigi Fernández, not played

Wheelchair

Wheelchair Men's Singles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles

• Shingo Kunieda def. Stéphane Houdet, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 6–2

Wheelchair Women's Singles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles

• Jordanne Whiley def. Yui Kamiji, 6–4, 0–6, 6–1

Wheelchair Quad Singles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles

• Dylan Alcott def. David Wagner, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5

Wheelchair Men's Doubles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles

• Stéphane Houdet / Gordon Reid def. Michaël Jeremiasz / Nicolas Peifer, 6–3, 6–1

Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles

• Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot def. Marjolein Buis / Sabine Ellerbrock, 7–6^(7–3), 6–1

Wheelchair Quad Doubles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles

• Nick Taylor / David Wagner def. Dylan Alcott / Andrew Lapthorne, 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]

Singles seeds

Seedings are based on rankings as of August 24, 2015. Rankings and points before are as of August 31, 2015.

Because the tournament takes place one week later than in 2014, points defending includes results from both the 2014 US Open and tournaments from the week of 8 September 2014 (Davis Cup for the men; Hong Kong, Québec, and Tashkent for the women).

Men's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	14,865	720	2,000	16,145	Winner against Roger Federer [2]
2	2	Roger Federer	9,065	720+140	1,200	9,405	Runner-up to Novak Djokovic [1]
3	3	Andy Murray	8,840	360	180	8,660	Fourth round lost to Kevin Anderson [15]
4	4	Kei Nishikori	6,205	1,200	10	5,015	First round lost to Benoît Paire
5	5	Stan Wawrinka	5,710	360+70	720	6,000	Semifinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
6	6	Tomáš Berdych	5,230	360	180	5,050	Fourth round lost to Richard Gasquet [12]
7	7	David Ferrer	3,695	90	90	3,695	Third round lost to Jérémy Chardy [27]
8	8	Rafael Nadal	3,680	0	90	3,770	Third round lost to Fabio Fognini [32]
9	9	Marin Čilić	3,550	2,000	720	2,270	Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
10	10	Milos Raonic	2,880	180	90	2,790	Third round lost to Feliciano López [18]
11	11	Gilles Simon	2,730	180	10	2,560	First round lost to Donald Young
12	12	Richard Gasquet	2,240	90+65	360+45	2,490	Quarterfinals lost to Roger Federer [2]
13	13	John Isner	2,235	90	180	2,325	Fourth round lost to Roger Federer [2]
14	15	David Goffin	2,130	90+15	90	2,115	Third round retired vs Roberto Bautista Agut [23]
15	14	Kevin Anderson	2,160	90	360	2,430	Quarterfinals lost to Stan Wawrinka [5]
16	16	Gaël Monfils	1,850	360	10	1,500	First round retired vs Illya Marchenko [Q]
17	17	Grigor Dimitrov	1,735	180	45	1,600	Second round lost to Mikhail Kukushkin
18	19	Feliciano López	1,665	90	360	1,935	Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
19	18	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1,675	180+70	360	1,785	Quarterfinals lost to Marin Čilić [9]
20	20	Dominic Thiem	1,645	180	90	1,555	Third round lost to Kevin Anderson [15]
21	21	Ivo Karlović	1,620	45	45	1,620	Second round lost to Jiří Veselý
22	22	Viktor Troicki	1,559	83+100	90+45	1,511	Third round lost to Donald Young
23	23	Roberto Bautista Agut	1,510	180	180	1,510	Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
24	24	Bernard Tomic	1,465	45	90	1,510	Third round lost to Richard Gasquet [12]
25	25	Andreas Seppi	1,430	45	90	1,475	Third round lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
26	26	Tommy Robredo	1,405	180	90	1,315	Third round lost to Benoît Paire
27	27	Jérémy Chardy	1,300	45	180	1,435	Fourth round lost to Marin Čilić [9]
28	28	Jack Sock	1,250	10	45	1,285	Second round retired vs Ruben Bemelmans
29	29	Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,230	180	90	1,140	Third round lost to Roger Federer [2]
30	30	Thomaz Bellucci	1,190	45	90	1,235	Third round lost to Andy Murray [3]
31	31	Guillermo García-López	1,190	45	90	1,235	Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych [6]
32	32	Fabio Fognini	1,165	45	180	1,300	Fourth round lost to Feliciano López [18]

Women's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Serena Williams	12,721	2,000	780	11,501	Semifinals lost to Roberta Vinci
2	2	Simona Halep	6,130	130	780	6,780	Semifinals lost to Flavia Pennetta [26]
3	3	Maria Sharapova	6,035	240	0	5,795	Withdrew because of right leg injury
4	5	Caroline Wozniacki	4,740	1,300	70	3,510	Second round lost to Petra Cetkovská [PR]
5	4	Petra Kvitová	4,995	130	430	5,295	Quarterfinals lost to Flavia Pennetta [26]
6	6	Lucie Šafářová	3,800	240	10	3,570	First round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
7	7	Ana Ivanovic	3,500	70	10	3,440	First round lost to Dominika Cibulková
8	8	Karolína Plíšková	3,335	130	10	3,215	First round lost to Anna Tatishvili [Q]
9	9	Garbiñe Muguruza	3,245	10	70	3,305	Second round lost to Johanna Konta [Q]
10	10	Carla Suárez Navarro	3,190	130	10	3,070	First round lost to Denisa Allertová
11	11	Angelique Kerber	3,150	130	130	3,150	Third round lost to Victoria Azarenka [20]
12	12	Belinda Bencic	3,035	430	130	2,735	Third round lost to Venus Williams [23]
13	13	Ekaterina Makarova	2,920	780	240	2,380	Fourth round lost to Kristina Mladenovic
14	14	Timea Bacsinszky	2,896	70	10	2,836	First round lost to Barbora Strýcová
15	15	Agnieszka Radwańska	2,760	70	130	2,820	Third round lost to Madison Keys [19]
16	16	Sara Errani	2,610	430	130	2,310	Third round lost to Samantha Stosur [22]
17	17	Elina Svitolina	2,530	10	130	2,650	Third round lost to Ekaterina Makarova [13]
18	18	Andrea Petkovic	2,450	130	130	2,450	Third round lost to Johanna Konta [Q]
19	19	Madison Keys	2,275	70	240	2,445	Fourth round lost to Serena Williams [1]
20	20	Victoria Azarenka	2,271	430	430	2,271	Quarterfinals lost to Simona Halep [2]
21	21	Jelena Janković	2,135	240	10	1,905	First round lost to Océane Dodin [WC]
22	22	Samantha Stosur	2,135	70	240	2,305	Fourth round lost to Flavia Pennetta [26]
23	23	Venus Williams	2,072	130+180	430+1	2,193	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
24	24	Sabine Lisicki	1,945	130+280	240+1	1,776	Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [2]
25	25	Eugenie Bouchard	1,887	240	240	1,887	Fourth round withdrew due to a concussion
26	26	Flavia Pennetta	1,747	430	2,000	3,317	Winner against Roberta Vinci
27	27	Alizé Cornet	1,745	130	10	1,625	First round lost to Kurumi Nara
28	28	Irina-Camelia Begu	1,676	70+30	10+1	1,587	First round lost to Olga Govortsova
29	29	Sloane Stephens	1,621	70	10	1,561	First round lost to Coco Vandeweghe
30	30	Svetlana Kuznetsova	1,572	10	10	1,572	First round lost to Kristina Mladenovic
31	31	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	1,550	70	70	1,550	Second round lost to Anett Kontaveit (Q)
32	32	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	1,451	10	130	1,571	Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [5]

Doubles seeds

Men's Doubles

Team		Rank1	Seed
Bob Bryan	Mike Bryan	2	1
Ivan Dodig	Marcelo Melo	7	2
Jean-Julien Rojer	Horia Tecău	11	3
Marcin Matkowski	Nenad Zimonjić	16	4
Simone Bolelli	Fabio Fognini	19	5
Rohan Bopanna	Florin Mergea	22	6
Marcel Granollers	Marc López	29	7
Jamie Murray	John Peers	29	8
Daniel Nestor	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	35	9
Alexander Peya	Bruno Soares	42	10
Vasek Pospisil	Jack Sock	43	11
Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Nicolas Mahut	44	12
Pablo Cuevas	David Marrero	55	13
Juan Sebastián Cabal	Robert Farah	55	14
Raven Klaasen	Rajeev Ram	58	15
Feliciano López	Max Mirnyi	73	16

• ¹ Rankings are as of 24 August 2015.

Women's Doubles

Team		Rank1	Seed
Martina Hingis	Sania Mirza	3	1
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Lucie Šafářová	9	2
Tímea Babos	Kristina Mladenovic	20	3
Casey Dellacqua	Yaroslava Shvedova	25	4
Caroline Garcia	Katarina Srebotnik	25	5
Raquel Kops-Jones	Abigail Spears	35	6
Andrea Hlaváčková	Lucie Hradecká	35	7
Garbiñe Muguruza	Carla Suárez Navarro	40	8
Chan Hao-ching	Chan Yung-jan	42	9
Hsieh Su-wei	Anastasia Rodionova	44	10
Sara Errani	Flavia Pennetta	45	11
Alla Kudryavtseva	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	52	12
Michaëlla Krajicek	Barbora Strýcová	53	13
Anabel Medina Garrigues	Arantxa Parra Santonja	63	14
Lara Arruabarrena	Andreja Klepač	74	15
Julia Görges	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	78	16
Karin Knapp	Roberta Vinci	86	17

• ¹ Rankings are as of 24 August 2015.

Mixed Doubles

Team		Rank1	Seed
Sania Mirza	Bruno Soares	21	1
Chan Yung-jan	Rohan Bopanna	26	2
Lucie Hradecká	Marcin Matkowski	30	3
Martina Hingis	Leander Paes	31	4
Michaëlla Krajicek	Jean-Julien Rojer	35	5
Yaroslava Shvedova	Juan Sebastián Cabal	42	6
Raquel Kops-Jones	Raven Klaasen	43	7
Julia Görges	Nenad Zimonjić	44	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of 24 August 2015.

Wild Card entries

The following players received wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's Singles

• Jared Donaldson
• Bjorn Fratangelo
• Ryan Harrison
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert
• Lleyton Hewitt
• Austin Krajicek
• Ryan Shane
• Frances Tiafoe

Women's Singles

• Louisa Chirico
• Samantha Crawford
• Océane Dodin
• Nicole Gibbs
• Sofia Kenin
• Jamie Loeb
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Sachia Vickery

Men's Doubles

• Deiton Baughman / Tommy Paul
• Bjorn Fratangelo / Dennis Novikov
• Taylor Harry Fritz / Reilly Opelka
• Sam Groth / Lleyton Hewitt
• Denis Kudla / Tim Smyczek
• Julio Peralta / Matt Seeberger
• Michael Russell / Donald Young

Women's Doubles

• Tornado Alicia Black / Ingrid Neel
• Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria
• Irina Falconi / Anna Tatishvili
• Nicole Gibbs / Taylor Townsend
• Maya Jansen / Erin Routliffe
• Asia Muhammad / Maria Sanchez
• Melanie Oudin / Jessica Pegula

Mixed Doubles

• Jennifer Brady / Mitchell Krueger
• Lauren Davis / Eric Butorac
• Victoria Duval / Christian Harrison
• Claire Liu / Taylor Harry Fritz
• Christina McHale / Stefan Kozlov
• Anda Perianu / Andrei Dăescu
• Taylor Townsend / Donald Young
• Sachia Vickery / Frances Tiafoe

Qualifier entries

The qualifying competitions took place at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on 25 – 28 August 2015.

Men's Singles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying

1. Paul-Henri Mathieu
2. Alexander Zverev
3. Guido Pella
4. Michael Berrer
5. Nikoloz Basilashvili
6. Yoshihito Nishioka
7. Jürgen Melzer
8. Matthew Ebden
9. Evgeny Donskoy
10. Andrey Rublev
11. Tommy Paul
12. John-Patrick Smith
13. Elias Ymer
14. Konstantin Kravchuk
15. Alejandro González
16. Illya Marchenko

Women's Singles

Main article: 2015 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

1. Jessica Pegula
2. Tereza Mrdeža
3. Johanna Konta
4. Maria Sakkari
5. Anett Kontaveit
6. Kateryna Bondarenko
7. Elizaveta Kulichkova
8. Kiki Bertens
9. Alexandra Panova
10. Kateryna Kozlova
11. Jeļena Ostapenko
12. Laura Siegemund
13. Mayo Hibi
14. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
15. Shelby Rogers
16. Anna Tatishvili

Lucky Losers

1. Daria Kasatkina

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.

Men's Singles

• Julien Benneteau →replaced by Damir Džumhur
• Juan Mónaco →replaced by Radu Albot

Women's Singles

• Alisa Kleybanova →replaced by Wang Qiang
• Peng Shuai →replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
• Maria Sharapova →replaced by Daria Kasatkina

See also

• US Open (tennis)

Notes

References

External links

• Official website

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