The 2015 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park from 19 January to 1 February 2015. It was the 103rd edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.

Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion in men's singles but lost to four-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. Reigning women's champion Li Na did not defend her title, as she retired from professional tennis in September, 2014. Novak Djokovic won an Open Era record fifth men's singles crown by defeating Andy Murray in the final, and this was the third time they met each other in the final. Serena Williams won an Open Era record six women's singles championships by defeating Maria Sharapova in the final, and this was the second time they met each other in the final.

Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini teamed up to win the men's doubles title for the first time over the team of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová teamed up to win the women's doubles crown for the first time over the team of Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie. Martina Hingis and Leander Paes teamed up to win the mixed doubles title, it was the second for Hingis and third for Paes, over the defending champions Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor.

Tournament

The 2015 Australian Open was the 103rd edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2015 ATP World Tour and the 2015 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also 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.

The tournament was played on hard courts and took place over a series of 16 courts with Plexicushion surface, including the three main showcourts – Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena. The latter was unveiled with a capacity increase from 6,000 to 7,500 and also as the third Melbourne Park venue with fully operational retractable roof to make the Australian Open the first Grand Slam tournament with three such tennis stadiums. Partly due to the new roof, the 2015 event set an all-time attendance record of 703,899 fans. The cooler than normal temperatures may also have played a role.

Broadcast The tournament was broadcast in more than 200 countries around the world. In Australia, all matches were broadcast live by the Seven Network on the network's primary channel under the banner Seven Sport. In the Asia/Pacific region, the tournament was covered by CCTV, iQiyi, SMG (China), Fiji One (Fiji), Sony SIX (India), Wowow, NHK (Japan), Sky TV (New Zealand) and Fox Sports Asia, in Europe by Eurosport, NOS (Netherlands), SRG SSR (Switzerland) and BBC (United Kingdom), in the Middle East by beIN Sports, in Africa by SuperSport, while in the Americas coverage was provided by ESPN.

In 2015, live coverage emanated from all sixteen courts. Qualifying tournaments, draw ceremony and Kids' Day were shown on official tournament website, AusOpen.com.

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 points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 13007804302401307010403020210

Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100Quad singles800500100800100

Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles37527018012075302520Girls' singlesBoys' doubles2701801207545Girls' doubles

Prize money The Australian Open total prize money for 2015 was increased to A$40,000,000, with men's and women's singles champions to receive a tournament-record 3.1 million Australian dollars reward. Out of total prize money, A$28,796,000 was paid for players competing in singles main draw, further A$1,344,000 for players, who lost in qualifying, A$5,165,200 – for doubles players, A$480,000 for mixed doubles players and A$605,330 for competitors in other events, while A$3,609,470 was used to cover other fees, including players' per diem and trophies.

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 1281Q3Q2Q1SinglesA$3,100,000A$1,550,000A$650,000A$340,000A$175,000A$97,500A$60,000A$34,500A$16,000A$8,000A$4,000Doubles*A$575,000A$285,000A$142,500A$71,000A$39,000A$23,000A$14,800Mixed doubles*A$142,500A$71,500A$35,600A$16,300A$8,200A$4,000 1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 128 prize money. *per team

Singles players 2015 Australian Open – Men's singles Champion Runner-up Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Semifinals out Stan Wawrinka Tomáš Berdych Quarterfinals out Milos Raonic Kei Nishikori Rafael Nadal Nick Kyrgios 4th round out Gilles Müller Feliciano López Guillermo García López David Ferrer Bernard Tomic Kevin Anderson Grigor Dimitrov Andreas Seppi 3rd round out Fernando Verdasco John Isner Jerzy Janowicz Benjamin Becker Jarkko Nieminen Vasek Pospisil Gilles Simon Steve Johnson Viktor Troicki Sam Groth Richard Gasquet Dudi Sela João Sousa Marcos Baghdatis Malek Jaziri Roger Federer 2nd round out Andrey Kuznetsov Go Soeda Andreas Haider-Maurer Roberto Bautista Agut Adrian Mannarino Gaël Monfils Lleyton Hewitt Donald Young Marius Copil (Q) Matthias Bachinger (Q) Paolo Lorenzi Alejandro González Sergiy Stakhovsky Marcel Granollers Santiago Giraldo Ivan Dodig Jürgen Melzer (Q) Leonardo Mayer Philipp Kohlschreiber Thanasi Kokkinakis (WC) Ričardas Berankis James Duckworth (WC) Lukáš Rosol Tim Smyczek (Q) Marinko Matosevic Martin Kližan David Goffin Lukáš Lacko Édouard Roger-Vasselin Ivo Karlović Jérémy Chardy Simone Bolelli 1st round out Aljaž Bedene (Q) Albert Ramos Viñolas Elias Ymer (Q) James Ward Jimmy Wang (Q) Laurent Lokoli (Q) Pablo Carreño Dominic Thiem Denis Kudla (WC) Blaž Rola Hiroki Moriya (LL) Lucas Pouille (WC) Julien Benneteau Zhang Ze (WC) Tim Pütz (Q) Illya Marchenko (Q) Marsel İlhan Pablo Andújar Andrey Golubev Pablo Cuevas Alexandr Dolgopolov Sam Querrey Peter Gojowczyk Fabio Fognini Thomaz Bellucci Dušan Lajović Stéphane Robert (PR) Robin Haase Jan Hernych (Q) Kyle Edmund (Q) João Souza Nicolás Almagro Alejandro Falla Víctor Estrella Burgos Jiří Veselý John Millman (WC) Paul-Henri Mathieu Tobias Kamke Filip Krajinović Ernests Gulbis Diego Schwartzman Igor Sijsling Blaz Kavčič Carlos Berlocq Kenny de Schepper Jan-Lennard Struff Luke Saville (WC) Mikhail Youzhny Yuki Bhambri (Q) Alexander Kudryavtsev (Q) Jordan Thompson (WC) Tatsuma Ito Michael Russell (Q) Teymuraz Gabashvili Máximo González Dustin Brown Tommy Robredo Mikhail Kukushkin Federico Delbonis Ruben Bemelmans (Q) Borna Ćorić Denis Istomin Juan Mónaco Lu Yen-hsun

2015 Australian Open – Women's singles Champion Runner-up Serena Williams Maria Sharapova Semifinals out Madison Keys Ekaterina Makarova Quarterfinals out Dominika Cibulková Venus Williams Simona Halep Eugenie Bouchard 4th round out Garbiñe Muguruza Victoria Azarenka Madison Brengle Agnieszka Radwańska Julia Görges Yanina Wickmayer Irina-Camelia Begu Peng Shuai 3rd round out Elina Svitolina Timea Bacsinszky Alizé Cornet Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Petra Kvitová CoCo Vandeweghe Camila Giorgi Varvara Lepchenko Lucie Hradecká (Q) Karolína Plíšková Sara Errani Bethanie Mattek-Sands (PR) Caroline Garcia Carina Witthöft Yaroslava Shvedova Zarina Diyas 2nd round out Vera Zvonareva (PR) Nicole Gibbs Daniela Hantuchová Anna Tatishvili (Q) Tsvetana Pironkova Denisa Allertová (Q) Chang Kai-chen (WC) Caroline Wozniacki Mona Barthel Casey Dellacqua Samantha Stosur Irina Falconi (WC) Tereza Smitková Lauren Davis Ajla Tomljanović Johanna Larsson Polona Hercog Klára Koukalová Océane Dodin (WC) Roberta Vinci Sílvia Soler Espinosa Lara Arruabarrena Kristina Mladenovic Jarmila Gajdošová Kiki Bertens Stefanie Vögele Christina McHale Kateřina Siniaková Monica Puig Magdaléna Rybáriková Anna Schmiedlová Alexandra Panova (Q) 1st round out Alison Van Uytvanck Ons Jabeur (Q) Olivia Rogowska (WC) Yulia Putintseva (LL) Marina Erakovic Zheng Saisai Kimiko Date-Krumm Jelena Janković Kirsten Flipkens Heather Watson Romina Oprandi (PR) Zhang Shuai Tímea Babos Zheng Jie Sloane Stephens Taylor Townsend Richèl Hogenkamp (Q) Donna Vekić Lesia Tsurenko Yvonne Meusburger Monica Niculescu Francesca Schiavone Kaia Kanepi Andrea Petkovic Flavia Pennetta Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Aleksandra Krunić María Teresa Torró Flor Vitalia Diatchenko Shelby Rogers Alla Kudryavtseva Kurumi Nara Ana Ivanovic Wang Qiang Storm Sanders (WC) Belinda Bencic Evgeniya Rodina (Q) Alison Riske Bojana Jovanovski An-Sophie Mestach Grace Min Annika Beck Renata Voráčová (Q) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Sabine Lisicki Duan Yingying (WC) Alexandra Dulgheru Karin Knapp Anna-Lena Friedsam Daria Gavrilova (WC) Pauline Parmentier Svetlana Kuznetsova Carla Suárez Navarro Stéphanie Foretz (Q) Elena Vesnina Angelique Kerber Lucie Šafářová Arina Rodionova (WC) Ana Konjuh Tatjana Maria (Q) Urszula Radwańska (Q) Chanelle Scheepers Sorana Cîrstea Petra Martić (Q)

Day-by-day summaries

Events

Seniors

Men's singles

Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–0 This was the third time these two players met in the final. The other two times were in 2011 and 2013, when Djokovic won. This time would prove no different with Djokovic winning his fifth title, an Open Era record, to go along with his titles in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013. This victory was Djokovic's eighth grand slam title, tying him in the Open Era with Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl and Andre Agassi. This was Murray's fourth loss in the final of the Australian Open, three of them to Djokovic and one to Roger Federer in 2010. This marks the first time since Björn Borg at the US Open that someone has lost all four of his final appearances at a particular grand slam event.

Women's singles

Serena Williams defeated Maria Sharapova, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) This marked the second time these two players met in the final. The other time was in 2007, which Williams won. This time would be exactly the same, with Williams winning her sixth title (an Open Era record), to go along with wins in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010. This was her nineteenth career grand slam singles title, behind only Steffi Graf's twenty-two titles in the Open Era of tennis. This was Sharapova's third loss in the final; the other two losses were in 2012 to Victoria Azarenka and to Williams in 2007. Sharapova won the title in 2008.

Men's doubles

Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut, 6–4, 6–4 This was the first men's doubles title for the team of Bolelli and Fognini at the event and in their respective careers.

Women's doubles

Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová defeated Chan Yung-jan / Zheng Jie, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) This was the first women's doubles title for the team of Mattek-Sands and Šafářová at the event and in their respective careers. One of their finalist opponents, Zheng Jie won the title in 2006 with Yan Zi.

Mixed doubles

Martina Hingis / Leander Paes defeated Kristina Mladenovic / Daniel Nestor, 6–4, 6–3 This was a match of past mixed doubles champions at the event, which Hingis won with Mahesh Bhupathi in 2006, while her partner Paes won titles in 2003 with Martina Navratilova and in 2010 with Cara Black. Their finalist opponents' won the event last year, but Nestor won titles in 2007 with Elena Likhovtseva and 2011 with Katarina Srebotnik. This was Hingis' second mixed doubles title for her career, and for Paes' it is his seventh mixed doubles grand slam crown for his career.

Juniors

Boys' singles