2015 Baku Cup
| 2015 Baku Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 July – 2 August | 
| Edition | 5th | 
| Category | WTA International | 
| Draw | 32S / 16D | 
| Prize money | $250,000 | 
| Surface | Hard | 
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan | 
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
|  Margarita Gasparyan | |
| Doubles | |
|  Margarita Gasparyan /  Alexandra Panova | |
The 2015 Baku Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. This was the fifth edition of the tournament, and part of the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan between 27 July and 2 August 2015.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | 
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 | 
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — | 
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 41 | 1 | 
|  ITA | Karin Knapp | 43 | 2 | 
|  SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 56 | 3 | 
|  JPN | Kurumi Nara | 60 | 4 | 
|  SRB | Bojana Jovanovski | 67 | 5 | 
|  UKR | |||
|  RUS | Vitalia Diatchenko | 74 | 7 | 
|  ITA | Francesca Schiavone | 85 | 8 | 
|  MNE | Danka Kovinić | 86 | 9 | 
- 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 Oleksandra Korashvili Oleksandra Korashvili
 Magda Linette Magda Linette
 Zuleykha Šafářová Zuleykha Šafářová
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 Denisa Allertová → replaced by Denisa Allertová → replaced by Kateryna Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko
 Klára Koukalová → replaced by Klára Koukalová → replaced by Donna Vekić Donna Vekić
 Andreea Mitu → replaced by Andreea Mitu → replaced by Alexandra Panova Alexandra Panova
 Monica Niculescu → replaced by Monica Niculescu → replaced by Barbora Krejčíková Barbora Krejčíková
 Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan Margarita Gasparyan
 Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova Elizaveta Kulichkova
 Tereza Smitková → replaced by Tereza Smitková → replaced by Çağla Büyükakçay Çağla Büyükakçay
 Lesia Tsurenko (right wrist injury) → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko (right wrist injury) → replaced by Yuliya Beygelzimer Yuliya Beygelzimer
 Roberta Vinci → replaced by Roberta Vinci → replaced by Misa Eguchi Misa Eguchi
.svg.png) Yanina Wickmayer → replaced by Yanina Wickmayer → replaced by Zhu Lin Zhu Lin
Retirements
 Yuliya Beygelzimer (neck injury) Yuliya Beygelzimer (neck injury)
 Kateryna Bondarenko (right lower leg injury) Kateryna Bondarenko (right lower leg injury)
 Danka Kovinić (gastrointestinal illness) Danka Kovinić (gastrointestinal illness)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  RUS | Margarita Gasparyan |  RUS | Alexandra Panova | 132 | 1 | 
|  RUS | Vitalia Diatchenko |  UKR | Olga Savchuk | 162 | 2 | 
|  JPN | Hiroko Kuwata |  NED | Demi Schuurs | 201 | 3 | 
|  GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova |  MNE | Danka Kovinić | 226 | 4 | 
- 1 Rankings are as of July 20, 2015
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Champions
Singles
 Margarita Gasparyan def. Margarita Gasparyan def. Patricia Maria Țig, 6–3, 5–7, 6–0 Patricia Maria Țig, 6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Doubles
 Margarita Gasparyan / Margarita Gasparyan / Alexandra Panova def. Alexandra Panova def. Vitalia Diatchenko  / Vitalia Diatchenko  / Olga Savchuk, 6–3, 7–5 Olga Savchuk, 6–3, 7–5
