2015 China Open – Women's singles

Garbiñe Muguruza defeated Timea Bacsinszky in the final, 7–5, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 China Open. It was her first WTA Premier Mandatory level-tournament and second WTA Tour title overall, and she became the first Spanish player to win a Premier Mandatory tournament.

Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but withdrew with a left forearm injury before the tournament began.

Seeds
• 🇷🇴 Simona Halep (first round, retired)

• 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (first round)

• 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (third round)

• 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals)

• 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza (champion)

• 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic (semifinals)

• 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (third round)

• Caroline Wozniacki (third round)

• 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (first round)

• 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (quarterfinals)

• Belinda Bencic (second round, withdrew because of a right hand injury)

• Timea Bacsinszky (final)

• 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Madison Keys (third round, retired)

• 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci (third round)

• 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina (second round)

The four Wuhan semifinalists received a bye into the second round. They were as follows:
 * 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber
 * 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza
 * 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci
 * 🇺🇸 Venus Williams

Seeds
• # 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká (qualifying competition)

• # Ajla Tomljanović (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Alison Riske (first round)

• # 🇬🇧 Heather Watson (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Christina McHale (qualifying competition)

• # 🇵🇱 Magda Linette (qualifying competition)

• # 🇸🇰 Magdaléna Rybáriková (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis (qualifying competition)

• # 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos (first round)

• # 🇲🇪 Danka Kovinić (first round)

• # 🇨🇴 Mariana Duque Mariño (qualified)

• # 🇰🇿 Yulia Putintseva (qualified)

• # 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová (first round)

• # 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (qualified)

Qualifiers
• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands

• # 🇰🇿 Yulia Putintseva

• # Monica Puig

• # 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko

• # 🇪🇸 Lara Arruabarrena

• # 🇨🇴 Mariana Duque Mariño

• # 🇷🇸 Bojana Jovanovski

• # 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi