2015 US Open (tennis)

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 since Steffi Graf in 1988, having won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, but 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. The finalists Vinci and Flavia Pennetta were childhood friends from Southern Italy and grew up together.

Tournament

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 (state), 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 Louis Armstrong Stadium#Grandstand, 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 in a calendar year 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

Wheelchair

Junior

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.

; 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.

Singles players

;2015 US Open – Men's singles

;2015 US Open – Women's singles

Day-by-day summaries

Before the tournament

*Maria Sharapova, the 2006 US Open – Women's singles, 2006 champion, ranked third in the world (formerly first), withdrew from the tournament due to a leg injury the day before tournament began. Making her withdrawal that was for the second time in three years.

Day 4

*British qualifier Johanna Konta upset the 9th seeded Garbiñe Muguruza won in three sets at 7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), 6–2 on an epic longest match at three hours and twenty-three minutes, surpassing Nadia Petrova–Samantha Stosur match in the 2011 US Open (tennis), 2011 US Open.

Day 6

*Eugenie Bouchard announced that she is withdrawing from the tournament citing a concussion days before her scheduled fourth round match with 43rd-ranked Roberta Vinci. She also withdrew from Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Due to a withdrawal issue, Vinci advanced to her US Open quarterfinal in four years.

Day 8

*Kevin Anderson (tennis), Kevin Anderson, the 15th seed, upset the 3rd seeded Andy Murray in the fourth round on a four setter win. This was the first time since 2010 US Open (tennis), 2010 US Open that Murray failed to reach his Slam quarterfinal. Anderson became the first South African to reach a Slam quarterfinal since Wayne Ferreira at the 2003 Australian Open.

Day 9 and 10

*In the women's quarterfinals, Kristina Mladenovic, Petra Kvitová and Simona Halep reached in their first US Open quarterfinal. For Mladenovic, it was her first Grand Slam singles quarterfinal overall six years after her first Slam debut.

Day 11

*The women's semifinals was scheduled to be on September 10 but was cancelled due to a rain.

Day 12

*Roberta Vinci defeated Women's No. 1 and 3-time defending champion Serena Williams in three sets. This loss ended Williams' bid to win a calendar-year Grand Slam.

Day 13

*In the women's final, the two players were Italian: Vinci and Flavia Pennetta. This was the first time this happened in the Open Era (tennis), Open Era.

Events

Men's singles

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

Women's singles

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

Men's doubles

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

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Junior boys' singles

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

Junior girls' singles

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

Junior boys' doubles

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

Junior girls' doubles

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

Men's champions doubles

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

Women's champions doubles

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

Wheelchair men's singles

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

Wheelchair women's singles

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

Wheelchair quad singles

* Dylan Alcott def. David Wagner (tennis), David Wagner, 6–1, 4–6, 7–5

Wheelchair men's doubles

* Stéphane Houdet / Gordon Reid (tennis), Gordon Reid def. Michaël Jeremiasz / Nicolas Peifer, 6–3, 6–1

Wheelchair women's doubles

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

Wheelchair quad doubles

* Nick Taylor (tennis), Nick Taylor / David Wagner (tennis), 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 – Men's singles, 2014 US Open and tournaments from the week of 8 September 2014 (2014 Davis Cup, Davis Cup for the men; 2014 Hong Kong Tennis Open – Singles, Hong Kong, 2014 Coupe Banque Nationale – Singles, Québec, and 2014 Tashkent Open – Singles, Tashkent for the women).

2015 US Open – Men's singles, Men's singles

2015 US Open – Women's singles, Women's singles

Doubles seeds

2015 US Open – Men's doubles, Men's doubles

* ¹ Rankings are as of 24 August 2015.

2015 US Open – Women's doubles, Women's doubles

* ¹ Rankings are as of 24 August 2015.

2015 US Open – Mixed Doubles, Mixed doubles

* ¹ Rankings are as of 24 August 2015.

Wild card entries

The following players received Wild card (sports)#Professional tennis, wild cards into the main draw senior events.

Men's singles

* Jared Donaldson
* Bjorn Fratangelo
* Ryan Harrison (tennis), 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 (tennis), 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 (tennis), Michael Russell / Donald Young (tennis), Donald Young

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

* Jennifer Brady (tennis), 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 (tennis), Taylor Townsend / Donald Young (tennis), 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.

Junior boys' singles

# Paul-Henri Mathieu
# Alexander Zverev Jr., Alexander Zverev
# Guido Pella
# Michael Berrer
# Nikoloz Basilashvili
# Yoshihito Nishioka
# Jürgen Melzer
# Matthew Ebden
# Evgeny Donskoy
# Andrey Rublev (tennis), Andrey Rublev
# Tommy Paul (tennis), Tommy Paul
# John-Patrick Smith
# Elias Ymer
# Konstantin Kravchuk
# Alejandro González (tennis), Alejandro González
# Illya Marchenko

Junior girls' singles

# Jessica Pegula
# Tereza Mrdeža
# Johanna Konta
# Maria Sakkari
# Anett Kontaveit
# Kateryna Bondarenko
# Elizaveta Kulichkova
# Kiki Bertens
# Alexandra Panova
# Kateryna Kozlova
# Jeļena Ostapenko
# Laura Siegemund
# Mayo Hibi
# Aliaksandra Sasnovich
# Shelby Rogers
# Anna Tatishvili
; Lucky losers
# Daria Kasatkina

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

;Men's Singles
* Mardy Fish (PR 25)
* Tommy Haas (PR 25)
* Florian Mayer (PR 34)
* Radek Štěpánek (PR 57)
* Janko Tipsarević (PR 39)

;Women's Singles
* Petra Cetkovská (PR 54)
* Vania King (PR 73)
* Laura Robson (PR 52)

Withdrawals

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

; Men's singles
;Before the tournament
* Julien Benneteau → replaced by Damir Džumhur
* Juan Mónaco → replaced by Radu Albot

; Women's singles
;Before the tournament
* Alisa Kleybanova → replaced by Wang Qiang (tennis), Wang Qiang
* Peng Shuai → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
* Maria Sharapova → replaced by Daria Kasatkina

;During the tournament
* Eugenie Bouchard

Retirements

; Men's singles
* Pablo Andújar
* Marcos Baghdatis
* Alexandr Dolgopolov
* David Goffin
* Ernests Gulbis
* Denis Istomin
* Thanasi Kokkinakis
* Lu Yen-hsun
* Florian Mayer
* Gaël Monfils
* Aleksandr Nedovyesov
* Jack Sock
* Radek Štěpánek
* Jiří Veselý

; Women's singles
* Vitalia Diatchenko
* Marina Erakovic

See also

*US Open (tennis)

Notes

References

External links

Official website

{{2015 US Open Series

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