2015 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

Kei Nishikori was the defending champion, but lost to Benoît Paire in the semifinals.

Singles
2015 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
ChampionSwitzerland Stan Wawrinka
Runner-upFrance Benoît Paire
Score6–2, 6–4
Details
Draw32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds8
Events
Singles Doubles
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Stan Wawrinka won the title, defeating Paire in the final, 6–2, 6–4.

Seeds

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  1.   Stan Wawrinka (champion)
  2.   Kei Nishikori (semifinals)
  3.   Gilles Simon (quarterfinals)
  4.   Richard Gasquet (first round)
  5.   Kevin Anderson (first round)
  6.   Marin Čilić (quarterfinals)
  7.   Feliciano López (first round)
  8.   Grigor Dimitrov (first round)

Draw

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Finals

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Stan Wawrinka 6 77
  Gilles Müller 4 65
1   Stan Wawrinka 6 6
  Benoît Paire 2 4
  Benoît Paire 1 6 6
2   Kei Nishikori 6 4 2

Top half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1   S Wawrinka 7 6
PR   R Štěpánek 5 3 1   S Wawrinka 6 2 6
WC   Y Nishioka 6 0 5 WC   T Ito 3 6 4
WC   T Ito 3 6 7 1   S Wawrinka 6 6
Q   M Ebden 7 64 65 Q   A Krajicek 3 4
Q   A Krajicek 5 77 77 Q   A Krajicek 2 6 6
  J Sousa 6 4 6   J Sousa 6 4 3
7   F López 4 6 1 1   S Wawrinka 6 77
3   G Simon 6 6   G Müller 4 65
Q   M Youzhny 4 4 3   G Simon 6 6
  J Veselý 6 6   J Veselý 4 2
WC   Y Uchiyama 4 4 3   G Simon 3 4
  J Chardy 6 2   G Müller 6 6
  S Groth 3 0r   J Chardy 63 65
  G Müller 6 6   G Müller 77 77
5   K Anderson 2 3

Bottom half

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
8   G Dimitrov 4 6 1
  B Paire 6 3 6   B Paire 6 2 7
  M Baghdatis 7 6   M Baghdatis 3 6 5
  F Verdasco 5 1   B Paire 3 6 6
  A Ramos-Viñolas 77 3 3   N Kyrgios 6 4 1
  N Kyrgios 63 6 6   N Kyrgios 6 6
  R Bautista Agut 6 6   R Bautista Agut 4 2
4   R Gasquet 4 1   B Paire 1 6 6
6   M Čilić 7 5 6 2   K Nishikori 6 4 2
Q   D Young 5 7 4 6   M Čilić 6 6
  B Tomic 3 1r   S Johnson 3 3
  S Johnson 6 2 6   M Čilić 6 5 3
  A Dolgopolov 65 4 2   K Nishikori 3 7 6
  S Querrey 77 6   S Querrey 63 3
  B Ćorić 6 1 2 2   K Nishikori 77 6
2   K Nishikori 2 6 6

Qualifying

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Seeds

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  1.   Donald Young (qualified)
  2.   Nicolas Mahut (qualifying competition)
  3.   Mikhail Youzhny (qualified)
  4.   Nikoloz Basilashvili (first round)
  5.   Pierre-Hugues Herbert (qualifying competition)
  6.   Go Soeda (qualifying competition)
  7.   Austin Krajicek (qualified)
  8.   Yūichi Sugita (first round)

Qualifiers

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Qualifying draw

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First qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
1   Donald Young 6 77
  Michał Przysiężny 1 61
1   Donald Young 6 6
  Hiroki Moriya 1 4
  Hiroki Moriya 6 2 77
8   Yūichi Sugita 2 6 61

Second qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
2   Nicolas Mahut 6 4 6
  Chen Ti 3 6 0
2   Nicolas Mahut 4 4
7   Austin Krajicek 6 6
WC   Shuichi Sekiguchi 2 4
7   Austin Krajicek 6 6

Third qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
3   Mikhail Youzhny 77 6
  Jarkko Nieminen 63 3
3   Mikhail Youzhny 79 6
5   Pierre-Hugues Herbert 67 4
WC   Hiroyasu Ehara 1 6 5
5   Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6 1 7

Fourth qualifier

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First round Qualifying competition
          
4   Nikoloz Basilashvili 65 0
  Matthew Ebden 77 6
  Matthew Ebden 6 4 6
6   Go Soeda 3 6 3
WC   Takuto Niki 3 63
6   Go Soeda 6 77
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