The final list of the twelve participants in the first leg of the new Grand Prix series is published below. They will battle it out in Monte Carlo to decide the winner of this essential first step in the 2015/16 qualifier for the World Championship match.
02/10 to 16/10 2015
| Hou, Yifan | 2671 |
| Koneru, Humpy | 2578 |
| Dzagnidze, Nana | 2573 |
| Muzychuk, Anna | 2549 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2530 |
| Muzychuk, Mariya | 2528 |
| Cramling, Pia | 2513 |
| Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2500 |
| Zhukova, Natalia | 2482 |
| Pogonina, Natalija | 2445 |
| Skripchenko, Almira | 2441 |
| Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | 2397 |
| Total players | 2517.3 |