2016 Lale Cup

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2016 Lale Cup
Date 11–17 April
Edition 4th
Category ITF Women's Circuit
Prize money $50,000
Surface Hard
Location Istanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Štefková
Doubles
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Nigina Abduraimova / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Štefková
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The 2016 Lale Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, on 11–17 April 2016.

The Lale Cup is a tournament for professional female tennis players played on outdoor hard courts. The event is classified as a $60,000 ITF Women's Circuit tournament and has been held in Istanbul, Turkey, annually, since 2013.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

The 2016 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit is a second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The ITF Women's Circuit includes tournaments with prize money ranging from $10,000 to $100,000.

Contents

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 81 1
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ivana Jorović 151 2
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Polina Leykina 189 3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Lu Jiajing 198 4
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Anastasiya Komardina 216 5
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  UZB Nigina Abduraimova 217 6
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Cristina Dinu 222 7
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Réka-Luca Jani 225 8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Freya Christie British tennis player (1997-)

Freya Nicole Christie is a British tennis player.

Lina Gjorcheska Macedonian tennis player (1994-)

Lina Gjorcheska is a Macedonian tennis player.

Viktoria Kamenskaya Russian tennis player (1991-)

Viktoria Vladimirovna Kamenskaya is a Russian tennis player.

Champions

Singles

Barbora Štefková Czech tennis player

Barbora Štefková is a Czech professional tennis player.

Anastasia Pivovarova Russian tennis player

Anastasia Olegovna Pivovarova is a professional tennis player from Russia who reached a career high of 93 in May 2011. During a successful junior career, Pivovarova was ranked as high as No. 2.

Doubles

Nigina Abduraimova tennis player

Nigina Abduraimova is a professional tennis player from Uzbekistan.

Lidziya Marozava Belarusian tennis player

Lidziya “Giant” Marozava is a professional tennis player from Belarus.

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