Important Events of
January, February & March 2015
Sports [Jan – March, 2015]
Chennai Open 2015
Ø Stansilas Wawarinka (Switzerland) won the Chennai Open 2015
Ø This was second consecutive ATP Chennai Open title for Wawrinka and third time since 2011
Sydney International Tennis 2015
Ø Men's Singles: Viktor Troicki (Serbia)
Ø Men's Doubles: Rohanna Bopanna (India) and Daniel Nestor (Canada)
Ø Women's Singles: Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
Ø Women's Doubles: Sania Mirza (India) and Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
Ø Men's Singles: Kashyap Parupalli
Ø Women's Singles: Saina Nehwal
Ø Men's Doubles: Mathias Bose (Denmark) and Carsten Mogensen (Denmark)
Ø Women's Doubles: Amelia Alicia Anscelly (Malaysia) and Soong Fie Cho (Malaysia)
Ø Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid team) won the FIFA Ballon D’Or Award 2014. Ronaldo also won the award for 2013 also.
Ø Pukas Award for Best Goal: James Rodriguez (Colombia)
Ø Women’s Player of 2014: Nadine Kessler (Germany)
Ø Men’s Coach of 2014: Joachim Low (Germany coach)
Ø Women’s Coach of 2014: Ralf Kellermann (Germany Coach)
Ø Venue: 7 Districts in Kerala
Ø Goodwill Ambassador: Sachin Tendulkar
Ø Mascot: "Ammu", The Great Hornbill / The Great Indian Hornbill (State Bird of Kerala)
Ø Motto: “Get Set Play”
Ø Top 3 in medals tally are: Services, Kerala and Haryana
Ø Best Athlete (male): Sajan Prakash [Kerala] - Swimming - 6 Gold + 2 Silver
Ø Best Athlete (female): Aakanksha Vora [Maharashtra] - Swimming - 5 Gold + 1 Silver
Ø Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Ø Women's Singles: Serena Williams (USA)
Ø Men's Doubles: Simone Bolelli (Italy) & Fabio Fognini (Italy)
Ø Women's Doubles: Bthanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Lucie Safarova (Czech)
Ø Mixed Doubles: Leander Paes (India) & Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
Ø By winning the Australian Open 2015, Leander Paes won the 15th Grand Slam title
Ø Ranchi Rays won the Hero HIL – 2015 title by defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors in the final held in New Delhi
Ø Barry Middleton of Ranchi Rays received Hero Goal of the Match Award. Tyler Lovell of Ranchi Rays became Man of the Match
Ø 6 teams in HIL
Ø Winner: Australia
Ø Runner: New Zealand
Ø It is Australia’s fifth Cricket World Cup win (most by any country)
Ø Man of the Tournament Mitchell Starc (Austrlaia)
Ø James Flaukner (Australia) won the Man of the Match Award in the final match
Swiss Open Grand Prix 2015 [Badminton]
Ø Men's Singles: Kidambi Srikanth
Ø Women's Singles: Sun Yu
Indian Open 2015 [Badminton]
Ø Men's Singles: Kidambi Srikanth
Ø Women's Singles: Saina Nehwal
Ø Men's Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Ø Men's Doubles: Vasek Pospisil (Canada) and Jack Sock (USA)
Ø Women's Singles: Simona Halep (Romania)
Ø Women's Doubles: Sania Mirza (India) and Maritna Hingis (Switzerland)
ä Andy Murray won the ATP World Tennis Championship at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi
ä Roger Federer won Brisbane International Tennis title
ä India to host ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2016
ä Australian cricketer Brett Lee announced his retirement from all forms of cricket
ä Australia won the 4-match Border-Gavaskar Test series played against India by 2-0
ä Australian captain Mark Knowles and midfielder of the Netherlands Ellen Hoog were named as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Player of the Year 2014 in men and women category
ä Argentine playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme retired from football
ä Pankaj Advani won National Billiards title for seventh time
ä India will host the 42nd World Bridge Championships that will be held in Chennai from 26 September 2015 to 10 October 2015
ä India won the Women’s Hockey World League
April - June 2015 Events [Sports]
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