2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open

2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open
Date	September 19–24
Edition	13th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Guangzhou, China
Venue	Guangzhou International Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Lesia Tsurenko
Doubles
Asia Muhammad / Peng Shuai
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The 2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.

It was the 13th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 19 through September 24, 2016. ^{[1] [2]}

Points and prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

<sub>¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team</sub>

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ITA	Sara Errani	36	1
SRB	Jelena Janković	37	2
CRO	Ana Konjuh	52	3
USA	Christina McHale	53	4
USA	Alison Riske	61	5
MNE	Danka Kovinić	63	6
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	65	7
CHN	Zheng Saisai	70	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 12, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Peng Shuai
• Wang Yafan
• Xu Shilin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lyudmyla Kichenok
• Junri Namigata
• Anastasia Pivovarova
• Sofia Shapatava
• Xun Fangying
• You Xiaodi

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

• Cristiana Ferrando
• Ng Kwan-yau

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Alizé Cornet → replaced by Jennifer Brady
• Irina Falconi → replaced by Olga Govortsova
• Caroline Garcia → replaced by Tatjana Maria
• Polona Hercog → replaced by Rebecca Peterson
• Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by Ng Kwan-yau
• Christina McHale → replaced by Cristiana Ferrando
• Roberta Vinci → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
• Zhang Kailin → replaced by Han Xinyun

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ARG	María Irigoyen	GER	Tatjana Maria	111	1
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	132	2
SUI	Martina Hingis	SRB	Jelena Janković	151	3
USA	Asia Muhammad	CHN	Peng Shuai	177	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 12, 2016.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Olga Govortsova / Vera Lapko
• Ng Kwan-yau / Zheng Saisai

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles

• Lesia Tsurenko def. Jelena Janković, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

• Asia Muhammad / Peng Shuai def. Olga Govortsova / Vera Lapko, 6–2, 7–6^(7–3)

References

1. "Tsurenko vs. Jankovic | Final Guangzhou International Women's Open 2016 | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
2. [e-mail], Tiesports. "WTA - Guangzhou International Women's Open 2016 at Guangzhou International Tennis Center on September, 2016". www.tietennis.com. Retrieved 2023-04-14.

External links

• Official website