2016 Japan Women's Open

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2016 Japan Women's Open
DateSeptember 12–18
Edition8th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money $250,000
Surface Hard
LocationTokyo, Japan
Venue Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Christina McHale
Doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Shuko Aoyama / Flag of Japan.svg Makoto Ninomiya
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The 2016 Japan Women's Open (also known as the 2016 Hashimoto Sogyo Japan Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 12 through September 18, 2016.

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Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321QQ2Q1
Singles$43,000$21,400$11,300$5,900$3,310$2,925$1,005$730$530
Doubles2$12,300$6,400$3,435$1,820$960

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
2 Per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Misaki Doi 321
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Yanina Wickmayer 382
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yulia Putintseva 423
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Johanna Larsson 474
Flag of the United States.svg USA Madison Brengle 505
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhang Shuai 516
Flag of the United States.svg USA Christina McHale 557
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 598

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Saisai 461
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Kateryna Bondarenko Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chuang Chia-jung 982
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Aleksandra Krunić Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 993
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Liang Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 1144

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "In Tokyo, Christina McHale comes back to top Katerina Siniakova for first WTA title". Tennis.com . 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2024.