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China Open (Tennis) 2015 – An Overview

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China open (Tennis) is a combined tournament of ATP-WTA (Association of Tennis Professionals-Women’s Tennis Association) played annually in Beijing, China.

  • This year it was the 17th edition of ATP and 19th edition of WTA was held from October 3 to October 11, 2015.

VENUE
National Tennis Center, Beijing

PRIZE MONEY 
ATP – $2,500,470
WTA – $6,157,160

China Open 2015 - Overview

LIST OF WINNERS

Category

Winner

Runner-up

Score

Men’s singlesNovak Djokovic (Serbia)Rafael Nadal (Spain)6–2, 6–2
Women’s SinglesGarbine Muguruza (Spain)Timea Bacsinszky

(Switzerland)

7–5 , 6–4
Men’s DoublesVasek Pospisil (Canada)

and

Jack Sock (US)

Daniel Nestor (Canada) and

Edouard Roger-Vasselin

(France)

3–6 , 6–3
Women’s DoublesSania Mirza (India)

and

Martina Hingis (Switzerland)

Chan Hao-ching (China)

and

Chan Yung-jan (China)

6–7, 6–1

ABOUT CHINA OPEN

  • It was earlier known as Beijing Salem Open
  • China Open was started in 2004 and till 2008 it was played at Beijing Tennis Center.
  • In 2009 it was upgraded and ranked at 8th in world and 1st in Asia and then its venue was changed to newer Nation tennis Centre.

HOST
General Administration of Sport
People’s Government of Beijing Municipality

ORGANISERS
Tennis Administration Center of General Administration of Sport of China
Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports
People’s Government of Beijing Chaoyang District
China Open Promotions Limited