first round of both singles and doubles at the Hobart International, the latter to eventual winners Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová when top seed with partner Zheng Jie. At the Australian Open, Erakovic beat 21st seed Sorana Cîrstea in the first round of the singles, but lost to Kazakh qualifier Zarina Diyas 4–6, 0–6, in the second round. She and Zheng Jie were seeded tenth in the doubles, but lost in the first round to the French pair of Alizé Cornet and Caroline Garcia. At the WTA indoor event in Paris, Erakovic again lost in the first round of both doubles (when paired with Petra Martić) and singles, trailing 3–6, 0–3 in the latter against Daniela Hantuchová before retiring with a back injury. Erakovic then represented New Zealand at the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania group II round robin tournament in Astana. She had singles victories over opponents from Pakistan, Iran and India, winning each in straight sets and losing only four games in total, before losing her only doubles match when partnered with Abigail Guthrie. They were beaten by Indians Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare. At the Qatar Open, she again lost in the first round of both singles (to 12th seed Samantha Stosur) and doubles. In the latter, she and Petra Martić lost in a super tie-break to Anna-Lena Grönefeld and Mirjana Lučić-Baroni. Erakovic improved her 2014 record by reaching the quarterfinals in the singles at the Mexican Open in Acapulco. After a win over local wildcard Ana Sofia Sánchez, she defeated sixth seed Bojana Jovanovski before losing to top-seed (and eventual tournament winner) Dominika Cibulková in a match where both players struggled to consistently hold serve. Her doubles partner for this tournament, Ashleigh Barty, had to withdraw from the competition. She then moved to Indian Wells, where she and Petra Martić won their first-round doubles but lost in the next round to fourth seeds Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik. She was well-beaten in her first singles match by Monica Niculescu. At the Miami Open, she lost to qualifier CoCo Vandeweghe in the first round of the singles and then, with Petra Martić, lost in a super tie-break to second seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the first round of doubles. Having been eliminated so quickly, she took the opportunity to play in a $50k clay-court tournament in Osprey, Florida. Seeded first, she went all the way to the