2016 WTA Shenzhen Open

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2016 WTA Shenzhen Open
Date2 – 9 January 2016
Edition4th
Category WTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$500,000
Surface Hard
Location Shenzhen, China
Venue Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of Poland.svg Agnieszka Radwańska
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Vania King / Flag of Romania.svg Monica Niculescu
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The 2016 Shenzhen Open (known as 2016 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 2 to 9 January 2016.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles2801801106030118121
Doubles1N/AN/AN/AN/A

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321Q2Q1
Singles$111,163$55,323$29,730$8,934$4,928$3,199$1,852$1,081
Doubles *$17,724$9,222$4,951$2,623$1,383N/AN/AN/A

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 51
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 62
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 313
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Monica Niculescu 394
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Johanna Konta 485
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Eugenie Bouchard 496
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Zarina Diyas 527
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Annika Beck 588

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Xu Yifan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zheng Saisai 881
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chuang Chia-jung Flag of Georgia.svg  GEO Oksana Kalashnikova 1132
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Vera Dushevina Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 1473
Flag of Turkey.svg  TUR Çağla Büyükakçay Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Aleksandra Krunić 2104

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Champions

Singles

Doubles

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