2016 Ladies Championship Gstaad

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2016 Ladies Championship Gstaad
Date11–17 July
Edition24th
Category WTA International tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Gstaad, Switzerland
Venue Roy Emerson Arena
Champions
Singles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Viktorija Golubic
Doubles
Flag of Spain.svg Lara Arruabarrena / Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Xenia Knoll
  1994  · WTA Swiss Open ·  2017  

The 2016 Ladies Championship Gstaad was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 24th edition of the Ladies Championship Gstaad (but the first since 1994), and part of the International category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at Roy Emerson Arena in Gstaad, Switzerland, from 11 July through 17 July 2016.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
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

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Timea Bacsinszky 111
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Jelena Janković 242
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens 283
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia 324
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Annika Beck 435
Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Johanna Larsson 546
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Mona Barthel 687
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges 788

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Julia Görges Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 241
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Kiki Bertens Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Johanna Larsson 702
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Lara Arruabarrena Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Xenia Knoll 1033
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Nadiia Kichenok 1354

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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References

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