2016 Malaysian Open

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2016 Malaysian Open
Date29 February – 6 March
Edition7th
Category WTA International tournaments
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
Surface Hard
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Venue Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC)
Champions
Singles
Flag of Ukraine.svg Elina Svitolina
Doubles
Flag of Thailand.svg Varatchaya Wongteanchai / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Zhaoxuan
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The 2016 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 29 February to 6 March 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC).

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money distribution

Points 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

CountryPlayerRanking1Seeds
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 101
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 182
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Sabine Lisicki 313
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Annika Beck 404
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Nao Hibino 605
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Eugenie Bouchard 616
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Hsieh Su-wei 657
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Saisai 728

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

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRankSeed
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Liang Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Wang Yafan 871
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Darija Jurak Flag of the United States.svg USA Nicole Melichar 1132
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Chin-wei Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Barbora Krejčíková 1433
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Marina Melnikova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Alexandra Panova 1514

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

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