2016 WTA Tour

2016 WTA Tour

Angelique Kerber finished the year as world No. 1 for the only time in her career. She won three singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Australian Open and the US Open. She also finished runner-up at another major, the Wimbledon Championships, and won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics.
Details
Duration	3 January – 6 November 2016
Edition	46th
Tournaments	61
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals Summer Olympics WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (33) WTA Elite Trophy
Achievements (singles)
Most titles	Dominika Cibulková (4)
Most finals	Angelique Kerber (8)
Prize money leader	Angelique Kerber (US$10,136,615)
Points leader	Angelique Kerber (9,080)
Awards
Player of the year	Angelique Kerber
Doubles team of the year	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
Most improved player of the year	Johanna Konta
Newcomer of the year	Naomi Osaka
Comeback player of the year	Dominika Cibulková
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Angelique Kerber won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, thus becoming the first German to win a Grand Slam title since Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open defeating World No. 1 Serena Williams in the final. Kerber would go on to win the 2016 US Open, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final, thus would attain her World No. 1 ranking. Garbiñe Muguruza won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open, thus becoming the first Spaniard to win a Grand Slam title since Arantxa Sánchez Vicario at the 1998 French Open by defeating Williams in the final. Williams herself would go on to reach the season's third Grand Slam finals and defeat Kerber in the final at Wimbledon to claim her 22nd Grand Slam title, equaling Steffi Graf's record for most Grand Slam titles in the Open Era.

The 2016 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2016 calendar is the Summer Olympic Games and Hopman Cup, which were organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points. ^[1]

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Summer Olympic Games

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Team events

Note: In the Champions and Runners-up columns, a tournament's results in doubles are also included.

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Jan	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	Australia Green 2–0	Ukraine	Round robin (Group A)   Czech Republic   Australia Gold   United States	Round robin (Group B)   Great Britain   Germany   France
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Samantha Crawford Carla Suárez Navarro	Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Varvara Lepchenko
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–2	Alison Riske	Anna-Lena Friedsam Tímea Babos	Wang Qiang Kateřina Siniaková Eugenie Bouchard Anett Kontaveit
		Vania King Monica Niculescu 6–1, 6–4	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Sloane Stephens 7–5, 6–2	Julia Görges	Tamira Paszek Caroline Wozniacki	Nao Hibino Kirsten Flipkens Alexandra Dulgheru Naomi Broady
		Elise Mertens An-Sophie Mestach 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]	Danka Kovinić Barbora Strýcová
11 Jan	Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $753,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–0, 6–2	Monica Puig	Simona Halep Belinda Bencic	Karolína Plíšková Sara Errani Ekaterina Makarova Samantha Stosur
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 1–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Alizé Cornet 6–1, 6–2	Eugenie Bouchard	Johanna Larsson Dominika Cibulková	Mona Barthel Heather Watson Kiki Bertens Camila Giorgi
		Han Xinyun Christina McHale 6–3, 6–0	Kimberly Birrell Jarmila Wolfe
18 Jan 25 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $14,835,728 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Serena Williams	Agnieszka Radwańska Johanna Konta	Maria Sharapova Carla Suárez Navarro Victoria Azarenka Zhang Shuai
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–6(7–1), 6–3	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
		Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares 6–4, 4–6, [10–5]	CoCo Vandeweghe Horia Tecău

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Feb	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Cluj-Napoca, Romania – hard (i) Leipzig, Germany – hard (i) Marseille, France – hard (i) Moscow, Russia – hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners   Czech Republic 3–2    Switzerland 3–2   France 4–1   Netherlands 3–1	Quarterfinals losers   Romania   Germany   Italy   Russia
8 Feb	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $753,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3	Belinda Bencic	Daria Kasatkina Ana Ivanovic	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Kateryna Kozlova Tímea Babos
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–1	Vera Dushevina Barbora Krejčíková
	Taiwan Open Kaohsiung, Taiwan WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Venus Williams 6–4, 6–2	Misaki Doi	Yulia Putintseva Hsieh Su-wei	Anastasija Sevastova Stefanie Vögele Elizaveta Kulichkova Kurumi Nara
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–4, 6–3	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato
15 Feb	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard – $2,000,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 6–0, 6–2	Barbora Strýcová	Caroline Garcia Elina Svitolina	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic Madison Brengle CoCo Vandeweghe
		Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
	Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Francesca Schiavone 2–6, 6–2, 6–2	Shelby Rogers	Petra Martić Sorana Cîrstea	Lara Arruabarrena Cindy Burger Danka Kovinić Paula Cristina Gonçalves
		Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen 6–1, 7–6(7–5)	Tara Moore Conny Perrin
22 Feb	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,818,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Carla Suárez Navarro 1–6, 6–4, 6–4	Jeļena Ostapenko	Andrea Petkovic Agnieszka Radwańska	Zheng Saisai Garbiñe Muguruza Roberta Vinci Elena Vesnina
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 6–3	Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro
	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Sloane Stephens 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)	Dominika Cibulková	Christina McHale Yanina Wickmayer	Johanna Larsson Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Naomi Osaka
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–0, 6–4	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson
29 Feb	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Heather Watson 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Kirsten Flipkens	Anett Kontaveit Caroline Garcia	Nicole Gibbs Johanna Konta Pauline Parmentier Caroline Wozniacki
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]	Petra Martić Maria Sanchez
	Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5	Eugenie Bouchard	Naomi Broady Zhu Lin	Çağla Büyükakçay Sabine Lisicki Wang Qiang Kristína Kučová
		Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Liang Chen Wang Yafan

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Mar 14 Mar	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,844,139 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles  – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–4	Serena Williams	Agnieszka Radwańska Karolína Plíšková	Simona Halep Petra Kvitová Magdaléna Rybáriková Daria Kasatkina
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands CoCo Vandeweghe 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková
21 Mar 28 Mar	Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,844,139 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles  – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Timea Bacsinszky Angelique Kerber	Ekaterina Makarova Simona Halep Johanna Konta Madison Keys
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 6–4	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Apr	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $753,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Sloane Stephens 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Elena Vesnina	Angelique Kerber Sara Errani	Irina-Camelia Begu Daria Kasatkina Yulia Putintseva Laura Siegemund
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 7–5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
	Katowice Open Katowice, Poland WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 6–4, 6–0	Camila Giorgi	Jeļena Ostapenko Pauline Parmentier	Tímea Babos Kirsten Flipkens Francesca Schiavone Magda Linette
		Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato 3–6, 7–5, [10–8]	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marina Melnikova
11 Apr	Fed Cup Semifinals Lucerne, Switzerland – hard (i) Trélazé, France – Clay (red) (i)	Semifinals winners Czech Republic 3–2 France 3–2	Semifinals losers Switzerland Netherlands
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Irina Falconi 6–2, 2–6, 6–4	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Lara Arruabarrena	Alexandra Panova Amra Sadiković Sachia Vickery Catalina Pella
		Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]	Gabriela Cé Andrea Gámiz
18 Apr	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $759,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–0	Laura Siegemund	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková Roberta Vinci Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–1, [10–6]	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Çağla Büyükakçay 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Danka Kovinić	Kateryna Kozlova Stefanie Vögele	Maria Sakkari Anastasija Sevastova Nao Hibino Kristína Kučová
		Andreea Mitu İpek Soylu Walkover	Xenia Knoll Danka Kovinić
25 Apr	Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 6–1	Marina Erakovic	Tímea Babos Kiki Bertens	Johanna Larsson Pauline Parmentier Yulia Putintseva Aleksandra Krunić
		Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić 6–3, 6–0	Tatjana Maria Raluca Olaru
	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $500,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 6–1, 6–4	Samantha Stosur	Svetlana Kuznetsova Karolína Plíšková	Monica Puig Barbora Strýcová Camila Giorgi Hsieh Su-wei
		Margarita Gasparyan Andrea Hlaváčková 6–4, 6–2	María Irigoyen Paula Kania

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 May	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – €5,300,951 – 64S/32Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–2, 6–4	Dominika Cibulková	Louisa Chirico Samantha Stosur	Sorana Cîrstea Daria Gavrilova Irina-Camelia Begu Patricia Maria Țig
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
9 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – €2,900,360 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Serena Williams 7–6(7–5), 6–3	Madison Keys	Irina-Camelia Begu Garbiñe Muguruza	Svetlana Kuznetsova Misaki Doi Timea Bacsinszky Barbora Strýcová
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–3]	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
16 May	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Caroline Garcia 6–4, 6–1	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Virginie Razzano Kristina Mladenovic	Elena Vesnina Samantha Stosur Alla Kudryavtseva Pauline Parmentier
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–0	María Irigoyen Liang Chen
	Nuremberg Cup Nürnberg, Germany WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Kiki Bertens 6–2, 6–2	Mariana Duque Mariño	Julia Görges Annika Beck	Irina Falconi Lesia Tsurenko Anna-Lena Friedsam Varvara Lepchenko
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 6–3, 6–4	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová
23 May 30 May	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – €14,712,000 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles  – Doubles  – Mixed	Garbiñe Muguruza 7–5, 6–4	Serena Williams	Kiki Bertens Samantha Stosur	Yulia Putintseva Timea Bacsinszky Shelby Rogers Tsvetana Pironkova
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–3, 2–6, 6–4	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
		Martina Hingis Leander Paes 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Jun	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 7–6(10–8), 7–5	Alison Riske	Monica Puig Zheng Saisai	Ashleigh Barty Tamira Paszek Anett Kontaveit Tara Moore
		Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]	Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan
	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	CoCo Vandeweghe 7–5, 7–5	Kristina Mladenovic	Belinda Bencic Madison Brengle	Viktorija Golubic Elise Mertens Kateryna Kozlova Evgeniya Rodina
		Oksana Kalashnikova Yaroslava Shvedova 6–1, 6–1	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić
13 Jun	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $846,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Madison Keys 6–3, 6–4	Barbora Strýcová	CoCo Vandeweghe Carla Suárez Navarro	Yanina Wickmayer Tsvetana Pironkova Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber
		Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová 6–3, 7–6(7–1)	Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva
	Mallorca Open Santa Ponsa, Spain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Caroline Garcia 6–3, 6–4	Anastasija Sevastova	Kirsten Flipkens Jelena Janković	Verónica Cepede Royg Ana Ivanovic Mariana Duque Mariño Sorana Cîrstea
		Gabriela Dabrowski María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, 6–2	Anna-Lena Friedsam Laura Siegemund
20 Jun	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $776,878 – 48S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 7–5, 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Monica Puig Johanna Konta	Agnieszka Radwańska Kristina Mladenovic Elena Vesnina Ekaterina Makarova
		Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
27 Jun 4 Jul	The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – £12,983,000 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48X Singles  – Doubles  – Mixed	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3	Angelique Kerber	Elena Vesnina Venus Williams	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Simona Halep Yaroslava Shvedova
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–3, 6–4	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova
		Heather Watson Henri Kontinen 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Robert Farah

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 Jul	Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–0, 6–0	Anastasija Sevastova	Vania King Laura Siegemund	Danka Kovinić Pauline Parmentier Polona Hercog Sara Errani
		Jessica Moore Varatchaya Wongteanchai 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Alexandra Cadanțu Katarzyna Piter
	Ladies Championship Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Viktorija Golubic 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Kiki Bertens	Timea Bacsinszky Rebeka Masarova	Johanna Larsson Irina Khromacheva Carina Witthöft Annika Beck
		Lara Arruabarrena Xenia Knoll 6–1, 3–6, [10–8]	Annika Beck Evgeniya Rodina
18 Jul	Stanford Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard – $846,000 – 28S/16Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Johanna Konta 7–5, 5–7, 6–2	Venus Williams	Alison Riske Dominika Cibulková	Catherine Bellis CoCo Vandeweghe Zheng Saisai Misaki Doi
		Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–4	Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova
	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Laura Siegemund 7–5, 6–1	Kateřina Siniaková	Julia Görges Johanna Larsson	Lara Arruabarrena Karin Knapp Annika Beck Sara Errani
		Andreea Mitu Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 7–5	Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava
	Washington Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–2	Lauren Davis	Jessica Pegula Yulia Putintseva	Samantha Stosur Camila Giorgi Kristina Mladenovic Risa Ozaki
		Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–3	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki
25 Jul	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,714,413 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Simona Halep 7–6(7–2), 6–3	Madison Keys	Kristína Kučová Angelique Kerber	Johanna Konta Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova Daria Kasatkina
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Simona Halep Monica Niculescu

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Aug	Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis, Brazil WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Irina-Camelia Begu 2–6, 6–4, 6–3	Tímea Babos	Ana Bogdan Monica Puig	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko Naomi Osaka Nao Hibino
		Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–3, 6–1	Tímea Babos Réka Luca Jani
	Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Duan Yingying 1–6, 6–4, 6–2	Vania King	Risa Ozaki Misa Eguchi	Francesca Schiavone Zhang Kailin Liu Fangzhou Kurumi Nara
		Liang Chen Lu Jingjing 3–6, 7–6(7–2), [13–11]	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya
8 Aug	Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Summer Olympic Games Hard – 64S/32D/16X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place
		Monica Puig 6–4, 4–6, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Petra Kvitová 7–5, 2–6, 6–2	Madison Keys
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–4, 6–4	Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová 7–5, 6–1	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jack Sock 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–7]	Venus Williams Rajeev Ram	Lucie Hradecká Radek Štěpánek 6–1, 7–5	Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna
15 Aug	Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,804,000 – 48S/48Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Garbiñe Muguruza Simona Halep	Svetlana Kuznetsova Tímea Babos Agnieszka Radwańska Carla Suárez Navarro
		Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová 7–5, 6–4	Martina Hingis CoCo Vandeweghe
22 Aug	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $761,000 – 30S/48Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 7–6(7–3)	Elina Svitolina	Petra Kvitová Johanna Larsson	Kirsten Flipkens Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Roberta Vinci
		Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu 7–5, 6–4	Kateryna Bondarenko Chuang Chia-jung
29 Aug 5 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $22,112,700 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles  – Doubles  – Mixed	Angelique Kerber 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	Karolína Plíšková	Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki	Simona Halep Ana Konjuh Anastasija Sevastova Roberta Vinci
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
		Laura Siegemund Mate Pavić 6–4, 6–4	CoCo Vandeweghe Rajeev Ram

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 Sep	Tournoi de Québec Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Océane Dodin 6–4, 6–3	Lauren Davis	Tereza Martincová Julia Boserup	Alla Kudryavtseva Jessica Pegula Catherine Bellis Alison Van Uytvanck
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)	Alla Kudryavtseva Alexandra Panova
	Japan Women's Open Tokyo, Japan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Christina McHale 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	Kateřina Siniaková	Zhang Shuai Jana Čepelová	Alison Riske Varvara Lepchenko Kurumi Nara Viktorija Golubic
		Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya 6–3, 6–3	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith
19 Sep	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–3	Naomi Osaka	Elina Svitolina Agnieszka Radwańska	Garbiñe Muguruza Aliaksandra Sasnovich Magda Linette Monica Puig
		Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová 6–1, 6–1	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan
	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Lara Arruabarrena 6–0, 2–6, 6–0	Monica Niculescu	Zhang Shuai Patricia Maria Țig	Jana Čepelová Camila Giorgi Sara Sorribes Tormo Johanna Larsson
		Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson 6–2, 6–3	Akiko Omae Peangtarn Plipuech
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Lesia Tsurenko 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Jelena Janković	Anett Kontaveit Ana Konjuh	Viktorija Golubic Alison Riske Jennifer Brady Sabine Lisicki
		Asia Muhammad Peng Shuai 6–2, 7–6(7–3)	Olga Govortsova Vera Lapko
26 Sep	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,589,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–1	Dominika Cibulková	Simona Halep Svetlana Kuznetsova	Johanna Konta Madison Keys Agnieszka Radwańska Barbora Strýcová
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–1, 6–4	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Kristýna Plíšková 6–3, 2–6, 6–3	Nao Hibino	Kateryna Kozlova Denisa Allertová	Stefanie Vögele Irina Khromacheva Lesia Tsurenko Kirsten Flipkens
		Raluca Olaru İpek Soylu 7–5, 6–3	Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Oct	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,289,521 – 60S/32Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 6–2	Johanna Konta	Elina Svitolina Madison Keys	Daria Gavrilova Yaroslava Shvedova Zhang Shuai Petra Kvitová
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
10 Oct	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Peng Shuai 7–6(7–3), 6–2	Alison Riske	Danka Kovinić Svetlana Kuznetsova	Agnieszka Radwańska Monica Puig Han Xinyun Naomi Osaka
		Christina McHale Peng Shuai 7–6(10–8), 6–0	Magda Linette Xu Yifan
	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–2	Kristina Mladenovic	Daria Gavrilova Jelena Janković	Angelique Kerber Bethanie Mattek-Sands Wang Qiang Alizé Cornet
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 6–1	Naomi Broady Heather Watson
	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 7–5	Viktorija Golubic	Madison Keys Carla Suárez Navarro	Garbiñe Muguruza Océane Dodin Denisa Allertová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
17 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $823,888 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–1	Daria Gavrilova	Elina Svitolina Julia Görges	Tímea Babos Ana Konjuh Daria Kasatkina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–0, [10–7]	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina
	Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles  – Doubles	Monica Niculescu 6–4, 6–0	Petra Kvitová	Lauren Davis Kiki Bertens	Johanna Larsson Andrea Petkovic Denisa Allertová Caroline Wozniacki
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 4–6, 7–5, [11–9]	Monica Niculescu Patricia Maria Țig
24 Oct	WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships Hard (i) – $7,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8D Singles  – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 6–4	Angelique Kerber	Agnieszka Radwańska Svetlana Kuznetsova	Round Robin Simona Halep Madison Keys Karolína Plíšková Garbiñe Muguruza
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 7–6(7–5), 6–3	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
31 Oct	WTA Elite Trophy [2] Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard – $2,214,500 – 12S (RR)/6D (RR) Singles  – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–2	Elina Svitolina	Johanna Konta Zhang Shuai	Round robin Caroline Garcia Samantha Stosur Timea Bacsinszky Tímea Babos Barbora Strýcová Roberta Vinci Elena Vesnina Kiki Bertens
		İpek Soylu Xu Yifan 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]	Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12–13 Nov	Fed Cup Final Strasbourg, France – hard (i)	Czech Republic 3–2	France

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2016 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. ^[1] The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Olympic win equalling one-and-a-half Premier win, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Summer Olympic Games

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
8	Sania Mirza  (IND)		●										● ●		● ● ● ● ●			0	8	0
6	Martina Hingis  (SUI)		●	●									●		● ● ●			0	5	1
6	Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA)		●				●				● ● ●		●					0	5	1
6	Caroline Garcia  (FRA)		●								●				● ●	● ●		2	4	0
5	Lucie Šafářová  (CZE)		●								● ●		●			●		1	4	0
4	Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA)		●								●				● ●			0	4	0
4	Elena Vesnina  (RUS)			●		●			●				●					0	3	1
4	Dominika Cibulková  (SVK)							●						●		● ●		4	0	0
4	Monica Niculescu  (ROU)														●	●	● ●	1	3	0
4	Andrea Hlaváčková  (CZE)														●		● ● ●	0	4	0
4	Kiki Bertens  (NED)															●	● ● ●	1	3	0
4	Peng Shuai  (CHN)															●	● ● ●	1	3	0
4	Johanna Larsson  (SWE)																● ● ● ●	0	4	0
3	Angelique Kerber  (GER)	● ●												●				3	0	0
3	Serena Williams  (USA)	●	●									●						2	1	0
3	Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS)					●			●				●					0	3	0
3	İpek Soylu  (TUR)								●								● ●	0	3	0
3	Victoria Azarenka  (BLR)									● ●				●				3	0	0
3	Simona Halep  (ROU)									●		●				●		3	0	0
3	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)									●				●		●		3	0	0
3	Karolína Plíšková  (CZE)											●			●	●		2	1	0
3	Barbora Strýcová  (CZE)												●		● ●			0	3	0
3	Chan Hao-ching  (TPE)												●				● ●	0	3	0
3	Chan Yung-jan  (TPE)												●				● ●	0	3	0
3	Sloane Stephens  (USA)													●		● ●		3	0	0
3	Lara Arruabarrena  (ESP)															●	● ●	1	2	0
3	Christina McHale  (USA)															●	● ●	1	2	0
3	Anabel Medina Garrigues  (ESP)																● ● ●	0	3	0
3	Arantxa Parra Santonja  (ESP)																● ● ●	0	3	0
2	Venus Williams  (USA)		●													●		1	1	0
2	Laura Siegemund  (GER)			●												●		1	0	1
2	Heather Watson  (GBR)			●												●		1	0	1
2	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)							●				●						2	0	0
2	Coco Vandeweghe  (USA)										●					●		1	1	0
2	Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)													● ●				2	0	0
2	Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN)													●		●		2	0	0
2	Darija Jurak  (CRO)														● ●			0	2	0
2	Lucie Hradecká  (CZE)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Yanina Wickmayer  (BEL)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Xenia Knoll  (SUI)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Andreea Mitu  (ROU)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Varatchaya Wongteanchai  (THA)																● ●	0	2	0
1	Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)	●																1	0	0
1	Monica Puig  (PUR)				●													1	0	0
1	Xu Yifan  (CHN)								●									0	1	0
1	Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP)											●						1	0	0
1	Sara Errani  (ITA)													●				1	0	0
1	Madison Keys  (USA)													●				1	0	0
1	Johanna Konta  (GBR)													●				1	0	0
1	Roberta Vinci  (ITA)													●				1	0	0
1	Raquel Atawo  (USA)														●			0	1	0
1	Chuang Chia-jung  (TPE)														●			0	1	0
1	Anastasia Rodionova  (AUS)														●			0	1	0
1	Abigail Spears  (USA)														●			0	1	0
1	Timea Bacsinszky  (SUI)															●		1	0	0
1	Irina-Camelia Begu  (ROU)															●		1	0	0
1	Çağla Büyükakçay  (TUR)															●		1	0	0
1	Alizé Cornet  (FRA)															●		1	0	0
1	Océane Dodin  (FRA)															●		1	0	0
1	Duan Yingying  (CHN)															●		1	0	0
1	Irina Falconi  (USA)															●		1	0	0
1	Viktorija Golubic  (SUI)															●		1	0	0
1	Kristýna Plíšková  (CZE)															●		1	0	0
1	Francesca Schiavone  (ITA)															●		1	0	0
1	Elina Svitolina  (UKR)															●		1	0	0
1	Lesia Tsurenko  (UKR)															●		1	0	0
1	Shuko Aoyama  (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Verónica Cepede Royg  (PAR)																●	0	1	0
1	Gabriela Dabrowski  (CAN)																●	0	1	0
1	Kirsten Flipkens  (BEL)																●	0	1	0
1	Margarita Gasparyan  (RUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Han Xinyun  (CHN)																●	0	1	0
1	Eri Hozumi  (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	María Irigoyen  (ARG)																●	0	1	0
1	Miyu Kato  (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Oksana Kalashnikova  (GEO)																●	0	1	0
1	Lyudmyla Kichenok  (UKR)																●	0	1	0
1	Nadiia Kichenok  (UKR)																●	0	1	0
1	Vania King  (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Aleksandra Krunić  (SRB)																●	0	1	0
1	Liang Chen  (CHN)																●	0	1	0
1	Lu Jingjing  (CHN)																●	0	1	0
1	Tatjana Maria  (GER)																●	0	1	0
1	María José Martínez Sánchez  (ESP)																●	0	1	0
1	Elise Mertens  (BEL)																●	0	1	0
1	An-Sophie Mestach  (BEL)																●	0	1	0
1	Jessica Moore  (AUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Asia Muhammad  (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Makoto Ninomiya  (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Raluca Olaru  (ROU)																●	0	1	0
1	Alicja Rosolska  (POL)																●	0	1	0
1	Yaroslava Shvedova  (KAZ)																●	0	1	0
1	Yang Zhaoxuan  (CHN)																●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
22	United States  (USA)	1	2				1				3	1	1	2	1	6	4	10	11	1
17	Czech Republic  (CZE)		1					1			2	2	2		3	3	3	6	11	0
11	Romania  (ROU)									1		1			1	3	5	5	6	0
10	Switzerland  (SUI)		1	1									1		3	2	2	2	7	1
10	China  (CHN)								1							2	7	2	8	0
9	Spain  (ESP)	1										1				1	6	3	6	0
8	France  (FRA)		1								1				2	4		4	4	0
8	India  (IND)		1										2		5			0	8	0
7	Russia  (RUS)			1		1			1				1	2			1	2	4	1
6	Germany  (GER)	2		1										1		1	1	4	1	1
4	Slovakia  (SVK)							1						1		2		4	0	0
4	Turkey  (TUR)								1							1	2	1	3	0
4	Poland  (POL)									1				1		1	1	3	1	0
4	Chinese Taipei  (TPE)												1		1		2	0	4	0
4	Belgium  (BEL)															1	3	1	3	0
4	Netherlands  (NED)															1	3	1	3	0
4	Sweden  (SWE)																4	0	4	0
3	Great Britain  (GBR)			1										1		1		2	0	1
3	Belarus  (BLR)									2				1				3	0	0
3	Italy  (ITA)													2		1		3	0	0
3	Ukraine  (UKR)															2	1	2	1	0
2	Denmark  (DEN)													1		1		2	0	0
2	Croatia  (CRO)														2			0	2	0
2	Australia  (AUS)														1		1	0	2	0
2	Japan  (JPN)																2	0	2	0
2	Thailand  (THA)																2	0	2	0
1	Puerto Rico  (PUR)				1													1	0	0
1	Argentina  (ARG)																1	0	1	0
1	Canada  (CAN)																1	0	1	0
1	Georgia  (GEO)																1	0	1	0
1	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)																1	0	1	0
1	Paraguay  (PAR)																1	0	1	0
1	Serbia  (SRB)																1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

• Irina Falconi – Bogotá (draw)
• Çağla Büyükakçay – İstanbul (draw)
• Viktorija Golubic – Gstaad (draw)
• Laura Siegemund – Båstad (draw)
• Johanna Konta – Stanford (draw)
• Duan Yingying – Nanchang (draw)
• Christina McHale – Tokyo (draw)
• Océane Dodin – Quebec City (draw)
• Kristýna Plíšková – Tashkent (draw)
• Peng Shuai – Tianjin (draw)

Doubles

• Elise Mertens – Auckland (draw)
• Han Xinyun – Hobart (draw)
• Christina McHale – Hobart (draw)
• Verónica Cepede Royg – Rio de Janeiro (draw)
• Varatchaya Wongteanchai – Kuala Lumpur (draw)
• Yang Zhaoxuan – Kuala Lumpur (draw)
• CoCo Vandeweghe – Indian Wells (draw)
• Eri Hozumi – Katowice (draw)
• Miyu Kato – Katowice (draw)
• Andreea Mitu – İstanbul (draw)
• İpek Soylu – İstanbul (draw)
• Xenia Knoll – Rabat (draw)
• Jessica Moore – Bucharest (draw)
• Lu Jingjing – Nanchang (draw)
• Makoto Ninomiya – Tokyo (draw)
• Kirsten Flipkens – Seoul (draw)

Mixed doubles

• Elena Vesnina – Australian Open (draw)
• Heather Watson – Wimbledon (draw)
• Laura Siegemund – US Open (draw)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

• Angelique Kerber – Stuttgart (draw)
• Serena Williams – Wimbledon ( draw )
• Svetlana Kuznetsova – Moscow (draw)

Doubles

• Martina Hingis – Brisbane (draw)
• Sania Mirza – Sydney (draw)

Top 10 entry

The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:

Singles

• Belinda Bencic (enters at #9 on February 15)
• Roberta Vinci (enters at #10 on February 22)
• Madison Keys (enters at #10 on June 20)
• Johanna Konta (enters at #9 on October 10)

Doubles

• Caroline Garcia (enters at #9 on May 9)

WTA rankings

These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, of the 2016 season. ^{[3] [4]}

Singles

WTA Championships Race Rankings, Final rankings [5] # Player Points Tours 1   Angelique Kerber  (GER) 8,000 20 2   Serena Williams  (USA) 7,050 7 3   Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) 4,975 19 4   Simona Halep  (ROU) 4,728 17 5   Karolína Plíšková  (CZE) 4,100 21 6   Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP) 3,736 19 7   Madison Keys  (USA) 3,637 15 8   Dominika Cibulková  (SVK) 3,625 21 9   Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS) 3,490 20 10   Johanna Konta  (GBR) 3,455 22 11   Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP) 3,170 22 12   Petra Kvitová  (CZE) 2,840 20 13   Elina Svitolina  (UKR) 2,456 22 14   Venus Williams  (USA) 2,241 17 15   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) 2,240 22 16   Roberta Vinci  (ITA) 2,190 22 17   Timea Bacsinszky  (SUI) 2,188 18 18   Elena Vesnina  (RUS) 2,094 19 19   Samantha Stosur  (AUS) 2,090 20 20   Barbora Strýcová  (CZE) 2,070 21 Champion   Player competed at the 2016 WTA Finals   Player qualified but did not compete at the 2016 WTA Finals

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings [6] # Player Points #Trn '15 Rk High Low '15→'16 1   Angelique Kerber  (GER) 9,080 21 10 1 10 9 2   Serena Williams  (USA) 7,050 14 1 1 2 1 3   Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) 5,600 20 5 2 5 2 4   Simona Halep  (ROU) 5,228 18 2 2 5 2 5   Dominika Cibulková  (SVK) 4,875 23 38 5 66 33 6   Karolína Plíšková  (CZE) 4,600 22 11 5 19 5 7   Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP) 4,236 20 3 2 7 4 8   Madison Keys  (USA) 4,137 16 18 7 25 10 9   Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS) 4,115 21 25 8 25 16 10   Johanna Konta  (GBR) 3,640 23 47 9 47 37 11   Petra Kvitová  (CZE) 3,485 22 6 6 16 5 12   Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP) 3,070 23 13 6 14 1 13   Victoria Azarenka  (BLR) 3,061 12 22 5 22 9 14   Elina Svitolina  (UKR) 2,895 23 19 14 21 5 15   Timea Bacsinszky  (SUI) 2,347 19 12 9 21 3 16   Elena Vesnina  (RUS) 2,252 20 111 16 122 95 17   Venus Williams  (USA) 2,240 17 7 6 17 10 18   Roberta Vinci  (ITA) 2,210 23 15 7 18 3 19   Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) 2,185 22 17 17 74 2 20   Barbora Strýcová  (CZE) 2,170 22 41 19 48 21

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Serena Williams  (USA)	Year end 2015	11 September 2016
Angelique Kerber  (GER)	12 September 2016	Year end 2016

Doubles

WTA Championships Race Rankings As of October 24,2016 [update] [7] # Team Points Tours 1   Caroline Garcia  (FRA)   Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA) 7,360 16 2   Martina Hingis  (SUI)   Sania Mirza  (IND) 6,315 14 3   Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA)   Lucie Šafářová  (CZE) 5,226 8 4   Elena Vesnina  (RUS)   Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS) 4,495 9 5   Andrea Hlaváčková  (CZE)   Lucie Hradecká  (CZE) 4,140 17 6   Chan Hao-ching  (TPE)   Chan Yung-jan  (TPE) 4,115 20 7   Yaroslava Shvedova  (KAZ)   Tímea Babos  (HUN) 3,975 12 8   Julia Görges  (GER)   Karolína Plíšková  (CZE) 3,485 11 9   Raquel Atawo  (USA)   Abigail Spears  (USA) 2,700 21 10   Xu Yifan  (CHN)   Zheng Saisai  (CHN) 2,670 20   Team has qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals

WTA rankings (Doubles), Final rankings [8] # Player Points Prev Move‡ 1   Sania Mirza  (IND) 7,815 1 2   Caroline Garcia  (FRA) 7,360 4 2   Kristina Mladenovic  (FRA) 3 1 4   Martina Hingis  (SUI) 7,300 2 2 5   Bethanie Mattek-Sands  (USA) 6,735 5 6   Lucie Šafářová  (CZE) 5,422 6 7   Elena Vesnina  (RUS) 5,315 7 8   Ekaterina Makarova  (RUS) 4,721 8 9   Andrea Hlaváčková  (CZE) 4,300 11 2 10   Lucie Hradecká  (CZE) 4,140 14 4 11   Chan Hao-ching  (TPE) 4,115 9 2   Chan Yung-jan  (TPE) 13   Yaroslava Shvedova  (KAZ) 4,075 13 14   Karolína Plíšková  (CZE) 4,040 15 1 15   Tímea Babos  (HUN) 3,980 12 3 16   Barbora Strýcová  (CZE) 3,965 16 17   Julia Görges  (GER) 3,840 17 18   CoCo Vandeweghe  (USA) 3,226 19 1 19   Monica Niculescu  (ROU) 3,225 18 1 20   Xu Yifan  (CHN) 2,760 22 2

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Sania Mirza  (IND)	Year end 2015	17 January 2016
Martina Hingis  (SUI)  Sania Mirza (IND)	18 January 2016	21 August 2016
Sania Mirza (IND)	22 August 2016	Year end 2016

Prize money leaders

Angelique Kerber topped the 2016 money list and joined Serena Williams as the only two women to ever win over $10,000,000 in a single season. Additionally, Kerber became the 15th WTA player to win $20,000,000 in career earnings. The top-32 players earned over $1,000,000. Bethanie Mattek-Sands won $1,088,600 in doubles tournaments. It was the 3rd consecutive year that a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Year-to-date
1	Angelique Kerber  (GER)	$9,841,181	$20,434	$0	$10,136,615
2	Serena Williams  (USA)	$7,384,429	$290,601	$0	$7,675,030
3	Simona Halep  (ROU)	$3,590,480	$40,428	$2,345	$4,333,253
4	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)	$3,762,193	$0	$0	$4,162,193
5	Karolína Plíšková  (CZE)	$3,375,673	$375,420	$0	$3,976,093
6	Dominika Cibulková  (SVK)	$3,912,431	$28,002	$0	$3,940,433
7	Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)	$3,287,124	$16,264	$0	$3,903,388
8	Victoria Azarenka  (BLR)	$2,651,080	$0	$0	$2,651,080
9	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)	$2,182,099	$18,417	$0	$2,500,516
10	Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)	$2,260,009	$136,470	$0	$2,396,479
prize money given in US$ as of November 7,2016 [update] [9]

Statistics leaders

as of November 7,2016 ^{[update] [10]}

Aces Player Aces Matches 1 Karolína Plíšková 530 61 2 Serena Williams 324 44 3 Madison Keys 300 63 4 Johanna Konta 284 68 5 Kristýna Plíšková 274 24 6 Tímea Babos 269 63 7 CoCo Vandeweghe 232 40 8 Petra Kvitová 223 66 9 Caroline Garcia 218 55 10 Svetlana Kuznetsova 215 65

Double faults Player DFs Matches 1 Kristina Mladenovic 263 58 2 Jeļena Ostapenko 259 43 3 Petra Kvitová 252 66 4 Camila Giorgi 237 34 5 Dominika Cibulková 233 74 6 Samantha Stosur 231 50 7 Tímea Babos 229 63 8 Alizé Cornet 225 42 9 Monica Puig 212 65 10 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 205 50

First-serve percentage Player % Matches 1 Sara Errani 84.8 43 2 Annika Beck 72.2 48 3 Monica Niculescu 71.8 43 4 Laura Siegemund 70.5 48 5 Yulia Putintseva 70.5 51 6 Kurumi Nara 70.0 31 7 Madison Brengle 68.9 39 8 Timea Bacsinszky 68.6 51 9 Viktorija Golubic 67.8 28 10 Carla Suárez Navarro 67.6 58

Second-serve percentage Player % Matches 1 Francesca Schiavone 47.9 26 2 Danka Kovinić 47.0 40 3 CoCo Vandeweghe 46.2 40 4 Ana Konjuh 45.7 26 5 Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 45.1 32 6 Naomi Osaka 45.1 33 7 Jeļena Ostapenko 44.7 42 8 Anastasija Sevastova 44.6 41 9 Camila Giorgi 43.4 34 10 Julia Görges 43.1 41

First-serve points won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 75.7 41 2 Karolína Plíšková 73.9 61 3 Victoria Azarenka 72.2 27 4 CoCo Vandeweghe 72.1 40 5 Naomi Broady 71.3 25 6 Lucie Šafářová 71.0 31 7 Julia Görges 70.5 41 8 Madison Keys 69.4 57 9 Naomi Osaka 69.2 33 10 Petra Kvitová 69.1 60

Second-serve points won Player % Matches 1 Johanna Konta 52.7 64 2 Madison Keys 50.6 57 3 Serena Williams 50.2 41 4 Simona Halep 50.2 59 5 Petra Kvitová 50.1 60 6 Caroline Garcia 50.0 53 7 Shelby Rogers 49.9 28 8 Viktorija Golubic 49.3 28 9 Angelique Kerber 49.2 71 10 Sloane Stephens 49.0 30

Service points won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 65.8 44 2 Victoria Azarenka 63.3 27 3 Madison Keys 62.5 63 4 Johanna Konta 62.0 68 5 Lucie Šafářová 61.8 33 6 Petra Kvitová 61.8 66 7 Karolína Plíšková 61.6 61 8 CoCo Vandeweghe 61.3 40 9 Julia Görges 61.0 41 10 Naomi Osaka 59.7 33

Return points won Player % Matches 1 Victoria Azarenka 51.0 27 2 Agnieszka Radwańska 49.2 71 3 Monica Niculescu 49.2 43 4 Simona Halep 49.0 59 5 Sara Errani 47.6 43 6 Serena Williams 47.4 44 7 Angelique Kerber 47.1 71 8 Dominika Cibulková 46.9 73 9 Timea Bacsinszky 46.8 51 10 Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 46.6 32

Service games won Player % Matches 1 Serena Williams 83.8 44 2 Victoria Azarenka 79.7 27 3 Madison Keys 77.6 63 4 Karolína Plíšková 75.9 61 5 Lucie Šafářová 75.7 33 6 Petra Kvitová 75.6 66 7 Johanna Konta 75.4 39 8 Julia Görges 74.5 41 9 CoCo Vandeweghe 73.3 40 10 Garbiñe Muguruza 72.5 51

Return games won Player % Matches 1 Victoria Azarenka 51.2 27 2 Agnieszka Radwańska 48.8 70 3 Monica Niculescu 48.3 42 4 Simona Halep 47.2 59 5 Sara Errani 44.7 40 6 Annika Beck 43.6 47 7 Angelique Kerber 43.2 71 8 Dominika Cibulková 43.2 73 9 Serena Williams 42.7 41 10 Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 42.6 32

Break points saved Player % Matches 1 Victoria Azarenka 66.4 27 2 Serena Williams 63.7 44 3 Belinda Bencic 59.9 39 4 Karolína Plíšková 59.9 61 5 Madison Keys 59.8 63 6 Johanna Konta 59.7 68 7 Garbiñe Muguruza 59.3 51 8 Julia Görges 59.3 41 9 Yaroslava Shvedova 59.3 34 10 Daria Gavrilova 59.1 47

Break points converted Player % Matches 1 Agnieszka Radwańska 54.7 71 2 Nao Hibino 54.6 37 3 Lesia Tsurenko 52.9 38 4 Caroline Wozniacki 52.6 51 5 Madison Brengle 51.8 39 6 Annika Beck 51.4 48 7 Barbora Strýcová 51.1 60 8 Shelby Rogers 51.1 28 9 Zhang Shuai 51.1 45 10 Kurumi Nara 50.9 31

Points distribution

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	48	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1080*	750*	(+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500	1080	750	375	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	20	12	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	12	–	8	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	16	10	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy (S)	700*	440*	240*	(+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win)
WTA International (56S)	280	180	110	60	30	15	1	–	10	–	6	1
WTA International (32S)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

WTA fan polls

Player of the month

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January	Angelique Kerber  (GER) (41%)	Serena Williams (28%) Agnieszka Radwańska (21%) Victoria Azarenka (10%)
February	Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP) (44%)	Roberta Vinci (40%) Sara Errani (16%)
March	Victoria Azarenka  (BLR) (70%)	Svetlana Kuznetsova (17%) Serena Williams (13%)
April	Angelique Kerber  (GER) (54%)	Laura Siegemund (27%) Sloane Stephens (19%)
May	Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP) (70%)	Simona Halep (20%) Serena Williams (10%)
June	Serena Williams  (USA) (62%)	Dominika Cibulková (21%) Angelique Kerber (14%) Madison Keys (3%)
July	Simona Halep  (ROU) (84%)	Venus Williams (9%) Johanna Konta (5%) Madison Keys (2%)
August	Monica Puig  (PUR) (97%)	Angelique Kerber (2%) Karolína Plíšková (1%)
September	Petra Kvitová  (CZE) (55%)	Caroline Wozniacki (34%) Naomi Osaka (1%)
October	Dominika Cibulková  (SVK) (55%)	Agnieszka Radwańska (33%) Angelique Kerber (12%)

Breakthrough of the month

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January	Zhang Shuai  (CHN) (44%)	Johanna Konta (31%) Daria Gavrilova (17%) Daria Kasatkina (6%) Samantha Crawford (2%)
February	Jeļena Ostapenko  (LAT) (50%)	Daria Kasatkina (23%) Caroline Garcia (15%) Zheng Saisai (12%)
March	Nicole Gibbs  (USA) (64%)	Tímea Babos (16%) Daria Kasatkina (15%) Naomi Osaka (4%)
April	Çağla Büyükakçay  (TUR) (92%)	Laura Siegemund (5%) Irina Falconi (3%)
May	Kiki Bertens  (NED) (69%)	Shelby Rogers (16%) Yulia Putintseva (12%) Louisa Chirico (3%)
June	Elena Vesnina  (RUS) (62%)	Madison Keys (31%) Anastasija Sevastova (7%)
July	Kristína Kučová  (SVK) (49%)	Johanna Konta (34%) Laura Siegemund (12%) Viktorija Golubic (5%)
August	Karolína Plíšková  (CZE) (64%)	Anastasija Sevastova (18%) Ana Konjuh (18%)
September	Naomi Osaka  (JPN) (45%)	Kristýna Plíšková (40%) Océane Dodin (9%) Christina McHale (6%)
October	Peng Shuai  (CHN) (70%)	Johanna Konta (23%) Daria Gavrilova (8%)

Shot of the month

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January [11]	Caroline Wozniacki  (DEN) (42%)	Simona Halep (28%) Eugenie Bouchard (16%) Svetlana Kuznetsova (8%) Victoria Azarenka (6%)
February [12]	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) (84%)	Jelena Janković (6%) Elina Svitolina (4%) Garbiñe Muguruza (3%) Belinda Bencic (3%)
March [13]	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) (55%)	Simona Halep (33%) Camila Giorgi (5%) Serena Williams (4%) Angelique Kerber (3%)
April [14]	Monica Niculescu  (ROU) (79%)	Angelique Kerber (9%) Sara Errani (5%) Laura Siegemund (5%) Caroline Garcia (2%)
May [15]	Simona Halep  (ROU) (70%)	Irina-Camelia Begu (12%) Serena Williams (7%) Garbiñe Muguruza (6%) Carla Suárez Navarro (5%)
June [16]	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) (77%)	Angelique Kerber (8%) Samantha Stosur (6%) Kristina Mladenovic (5%) Madison Keys (3%)
July [17]	Simona Halep  (ROU) (79%)	Eugenie Bouchard (9%) Angelique Kerber (6%) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (3%) Johanna Konta (3%)
August [18]	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL) (67%)	Angelique Kerber (19%) Eugenie Bouchard (9%) Elina Svitolina (3%) Johanna Konta (2%)
September [19]	Kirsten Flipkens (47%)	Agnieszka Radwańska (39%) Simona Halep (6%) Caroline Wozniacki (4%) Angelique Kerber (3%)
October [20]	Angelique Kerber  (GER) (74%)	Agnieszka Radwańska (11%) Dominika Cibulkovà (6%) Daria Gavrilova (6%) Madison Keys (3%)

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2016 season:

• Sofia Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden) – She decided to retire in January 2016 at the age of 31. ^[21]
• Gabriela Chmelinová (born 2 June 1976 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) – Chmelinová announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016.
• Lourdes Domínguez Lino (born 31 March 1981 in Pontevedra, Spain) – She decided to retire in November 2016 at the age of 35. ^[22]
• Maureen Drake (born 21 March 1971 in Toronto, Canada) – She announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis in August 2016.
• Janette Husárová (born 4 June 1974 in Bratislava, Slovakia) – In February 2016 Husárová announced her retirement from professional tennis. ^[23]
• Ana Ivanovic (born 6 November 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia) – The former world number 1 announced her retirement from professional tennis December 2016.
• Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (born 24 September 1984 in Gdynia, Poland) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2016. ^[24]
• Mathilde Johansson (born 28 April 1985, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) – Johansson played her final match in the singles 2016 French Open qualifications. ^[25]
• Sandra Klemenschits (born 13 November 1982 in Salzburg, Austria) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in October 2016.
• Maria Kondratieva (born 17 January 1982 in Moscow, Russia) – Kondratieva announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016.
• Klára Koukalová (born 24 February 1982 in Prague, Czech Republic) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in September 2016. ^[26]
• Petra Rampre (born 20 January 1980 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) – Rampre announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016.
• Tamarine Tanasugarn (born 24 May 1977, in Los Angeles, United States) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2016. ^[27]
• Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.
• Nicole Vaidišová (born 23 April 1989 in Nuremberg, West Germany) – She announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis in July 2016. ^[28]
• Stephanie Vogt (born 15 February 1990 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2016. ^[29]
• Yan Zi (born 12 November 1984 in Sichuan, China) – Yan Zi announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016.

See also

• Tennis portal

• 2016 ATP World Tour
• 2016 WTA 125K series
• 2016 ITF Women's Circuit
• Women's Tennis Association
• International Tennis Federation

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External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website