2015 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Simona Halep defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships.

Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Lucie Šafářová.

Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.

• 🇷🇴 Simona Halep (champion)

• 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (third round)

• Caroline Wozniacki (semifinals)

• 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic (third round)

• 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (third round)

• 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova (quarterfinals)

• 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (third round)

• 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic (second round)

• 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta (quarterfinals)

• 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová (quarterfinals)

• 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (second round)

• 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (quarterfinals)

• 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (withdrew because of Achilles injury)

• 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet (third round)

• 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai (second round)

• 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (final)

The two Antwerp finalists also received a bye into the second round. They were as follows: • 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic

• 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro

Seeds
• # 🇦🇺 Jarmila Gajdošová (qualified)

• # Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (qualified)

• # 🇨🇿 Tereza Smitková (first round, retired)

• # 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai (first round, retired)

• # 🇩🇪 Julia Görges (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai (withdrew)

• # 🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic (withdrew, still playing in Pattaya)

• # 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos (qualified)

• # Stefanie Vögele (first round)

• # 🇷🇴 Alexandra Dulgheru (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang (qualified)

• # Ana Konjuh (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Misaki Doi (withdrew)

• # 🇷🇺 Alla Kudryavtseva (first round)

• # 🇷🇺 Evgeniya Rodina (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇦🇺 Jarmila Gajdošová

• # Mirjana Lučić-Baroni

• # 🇦🇺 Arina Rodionova

• # 🇺🇦 Yuliya Beygelzimer

• # 🇨🇦 Gabriela Dabrowski

• # 🇺🇦 Kateryna Kozlova

• # 🇭🇺 Tímea Babos

• # 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang

Lucky losers
• # 🇩🇪 Julia Görges

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina

• # 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková