The 2015 UniCredit Czech Open was a professional

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tournament played on

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s. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 1 and 7 June 2015.

Singles main-draw entrants

The tournament enjoyed strong field with several top 100 players. Some players who lost during the first week of

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were given wild card here.

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of May 25, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

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Martin Kližan Martin Kližan (; born 11 July 1989) is a Slovak professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 27 April 2015, and No. 73 in doubles, achieved on 4 May 2015. He won the 2006 French Ope ...

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The following players received entry as alternates into the singles main draw: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of May 25, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Evgeny Karlovskiy Evgeny Konstantinovich Karlovskiy ( rus, Евге́ний Константи́нович Карло́вский, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj kɐrˈlofskʲɪj; born 7 August 1994) is a Russian tennis player. Karlovskiy has a career high ATP singles rank ...

/ Michal Konečný * Dominik Kellovský /

Jan Šátral Jan Šátral (born 24 July 1990, in Melnik) is an inactive Czech tennis player. Šátral has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 136 achieved on 3 October 2016. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of ...

* David Poljak /

Václav Šafránek Václav Šafránek (born 20 May 1994) is a former Czech tennis player. Šafránek has a career-high ATP singles ranking of 191 achieved on 6 November 2017. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of 286 achieved on 18 September 2017. Šafrá ...

Champions

Singles

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, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

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def. Mateusz Kowalczyk /

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, 4–6, 6–3, 1–9

References

External links

Official website
{{2015 ATP Challenger Tour UniCredit Czech Open Czech Open (tennis) 2015 in Czech tennis