2016 Taiwan Open

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2016 Taiwan Open
Date8–14 February
Edition1st
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$500,000
Surface Hard
Location Kaohsiung, Taiwan
VenueYangming Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams
Doubles
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan
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The 2016 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Yangming Tennis Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 8 February through 14 February 2016. [1] First-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title. [2]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams defeated Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Hao-ching / Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Yung-jan defeated Flag of Japan.svg Eri Hozumi / Flag of Japan.svg Miyu Kato 6–4, 6–3

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event1WFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1
Singles280180110603011814101
Doubles1N/aN/aN/aN/aN/a

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 322Q2Q1
Singles$111,164$55,324$29,730$8,898$4,899$3,026$1,470$865
Doubles *$17,724$9,222$4,950$2,623$1,383N/aN/aN/a

1 Points per the WTA. [3]
2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the United States.svg USA Venus Williams 121
Flag of Japan.svg JPN Misaki Doi 622
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Yulia Putintseva 643
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Zarina Diyas 694
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Zheng Saisai 715
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Hsieh Su-wei 826
Flag of Japan.svg JPN Kurumi Nara 907
Flag of the United States.svg USA Alison Riske 928

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Chan Yung-jan 211
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Liang Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN Wang Yafan 882
Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR Nadiia Kichenok 1213
Flag of Japan.svg JPN Shuko Aoyama Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Chan Chin-wei 1624

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fast facts". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Venus Williams beats Misaki Doi to claim Taiwan Open". ESPN. 14 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "WTA: All about rankings". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
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