2015 WTA Shenzhen Open
Date	4–10 January 2015
Edition	3rd
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$500,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Shenzhen, China
Venue	Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center
Champions
Singles
Simona Halep
Doubles
Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok
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The 2015 Shenzhen Open (known as 2015 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 4 to 10 January 2015.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ROU	Simona Halep[1]	3	1
CZE	Petra Kvitová[1]	4	2
CHN	Peng Shuai	22	3
KAZ	Zarina Diyas	32	4
CZE	Klára Koukalová	39	5
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	40	6
ROU	Monica Niculescu	46	7
SUI	Timea Bacsinszky	47	8

• ¹ Rankings as of January 5, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Duan Yingying
• Natalia Vikhlyantseva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Çağla Büyükakçay
• Olga Govortsova
• Aleksandra Krunić
• Zhu Lin

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Sorana Cîrstea (shoulder injury) → replaced by Tímea Babos

Retirements

• Vera Zvonareva (lower back injury)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHN	Peng Shuai	CHN	Xu Yifan	76	1
ESP	Lara Arruabarrena	ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	119	2
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	ESP	María Teresa Torró Flor	122	3
TPE	Chan Chin-wei	GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	158	4

• ¹ Rankings as of December 29, 2014

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Vera Zvonareva (lower back injury)

Champions

Singles

• Simona Halep def. Timea Bacsinszky, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

• Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok def. Liang Chen / Wang Yafan, 6–4, 7–6^(8–6)