2015 WTA Tour
The 2015 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2015 tennis season. The 2015 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), and the year-end championships (the WTA Finals and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2015 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.
Serena Williams finished the year as world No. 1 for the fifth time in her career. She won five tournaments during the season, including three majors at the Australian Open, the French Open, and the Wimbledon Championships (completing a non-calendar year Grand Slam). She also won two Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 events. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Duration | 4 January – 8 November 2015 |
| Edition | 45th |
| Tournaments | 59 |
| Categories | Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (32) |
| Achievements (singles) | |
| Most tournament titles | Serena Williams (5) |
| Most tournament finals | Karolína Plíšková (6) |
| Prize money leader | Serena Williams (US$10,582,642) |
| Points leader | Serena Williams (9,945) |
| Awards | |
| Player of the year | Serena Williams |
| Doubles team of the year | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza |
| Most improved player of the year | Timea Bacsinszky |
| Newcomer of the year | Daria Gavrilova |
| Comeback player of the year | Venus Williams |
← 2014 2016 → | |
Serena Williams won the first three Majors of the year, the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon, and was on course for the Grand Slam until she lost in the semifinals of the US Open to Roberta Vinci; Flavia Pennetta went on to win her maiden Major singles title by defeating Vinci in the US Open final. Pennetta then retired from professional tennis at the WTA Finals in Singapore.
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