2016 Hong Kong Tennis Open

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2016 Hong Kong Tennis Open
DateOctober 10–16
Edition7th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Hard
LocationHong Kong
Venue Victoria Park Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Denmark.svg Caroline Wozniacki
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan
  2015  · Hong Kong Tennis Open ·  2017  

The 2016 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 10 to 16.

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Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
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$960N/AN/AN/A

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 11
Flag of the United States.svg USA Venus Williams 132
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 143
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Samantha Stosur 184
Flag of Denmark.svg  DEN Caroline Wozniacki 225
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 256
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 377
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Daria Gavrilova 498

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-Ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan 181
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 542
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Liang Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 983
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Makoto Ninomiya 1144

1 Rankings are as of October 3, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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