2016 Kremlin Cup

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2016 Kremlin Cup
Date17–23 October
Edition27th (men) / 21st (women)
Surface Hard
LocationMoscow, Russia
Venue Olympic Stadium
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Carreño Busta
Women's singles
Flag of Russia.svg Svetlana Kuznetsova
Men's doubles
Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Sebastián Cabal / Flag of Colombia.svg Robert Farah
Women's doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Hradecká
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The 2016 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2016 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 21st edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 17 October through 23 October 2016.

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On 15 October, a record high of 4800 people visited the qualifying rounds; according to Tarpishchev, in no other tennis tournament was that number so high. [1]

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 191
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Albert Ramos Viñolas 272
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Philipp Kohlschreiber 303
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Viktor Troicki 314
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Martin Kližan 335
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Pablo Carreño Busta 356
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Paolo Lorenzi 377
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Andrey Kuznetsov 428
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers 439

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Pablo Carreño Busta Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers 521
Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Juan Sebastián Cabal Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Robert Farah 602
Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Guillermo Durán Flag of Poland.svg  POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg 1193
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Wesley Koolhof Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Matwé Middelkoop 1194

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 81
Flag of Slovakia.svg  SVK Dominika Cibulková 102
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 123
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 154
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 195
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Strýcová 206
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 217
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Daria Kasatkina 248
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos 269

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player entered as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 151
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 252
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 603
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Anastasia Rodionova Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Olga Savchuk 1004

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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