2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Date18–24 April
Edition39th
CategoryPremier
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$759,900
Surface Clay (indoor)
Location Stuttgart, Germany
Venue Porsche-Arena
Attendance37,200
Champions
Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia / Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
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The 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 39th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 18 April through 24 April 2016.

Contents

Besides the prize money the singles champion won a Porsche 718 Boxster S sports car. [1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles4703051851005512518131
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1
Singles€104,477€55,792€29,799€16,018€8,590€5,451€2,448€1,301€724
Doubles *€32,680€17,459€9,541€4,855€2,637N/AN/AN/AN/A

* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryRank1Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 21
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 32
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 43
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 64
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 75
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 86
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 117
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 158

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland.svg   SUI Martina Hingis Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 21
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 232
Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Andreja Klepač Flag of Slovenia.svg  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 543
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Raquel Atawo Flag of Poland.svg  POL Alicja Rosolska 784

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Finals

Singles

Doubles

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References

  1. "Zahlen, Daten und Fakten zum Damen-Spektakel" (in German). tennisnet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-04-14.