2016 Wuhan Open

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2016 Wuhan Open
DateSeptember 25 – October 1
Edition3rd
Category WTA Premier 5
Draw56S / 28D
Prize money$2,589,000
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Wuhan, China
Venue Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Flag of the United States.svg Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lucie Šafářová
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The 2016 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 25 and October 1, 2016. It was the 3rd edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.

Contents

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventW F SF QF Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Singles [1] 90058535019010560130201
Doubles [1] 1————

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
Singles [2] [3] $471,700$235,520$117,770$54,230$26,900$13,790$7,090$3,955$2,040
Doubles [4] $135,000$68,200$33,635$16,990$8,600$4,255———

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayer [5] RankingSeeds
Flag of Germany.svg GER Angelique Kerber 11
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 32
Flag of Poland.svg POL Agnieszka Radwańska 43
Flag of Romania.svg ROU Simona Halep 54
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Karolína Plíšková 65
Flag of the United States.svg USA Venus Williams 76
Flag of Spain.svg ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 87
Flag of the United States.svg USA Madison Keys 98
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 109
Flag of Slovakia.svg SVK Dominika Cibulková 1210
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg GBR Johanna Konta 1311
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Timea Bacsinszky 1412
Flag of Italy.svg ITA Roberta Vinci 1513
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Petra Kvitová 1614
Flag of Russia.svg RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1715
Flag of Australia (converted).svg AUS Samantha Stosur 1816

Other entrants

The following players received wild card s into the main singles draw:

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg FRA Caroline Garcia Flag of France.svg FRA Kristina Mladenovic 71
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Chan Hao-Ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg TPE Chan Yung-jan 142
Flag of India.svg IND Sania Mirza Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Barbora Strýcová 193
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Martina Hingis Flag of the United States.svg USA CoCo Vandeweghe 214
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Lucie Šafářová 225
Flag of Hungary.svg HUN Tímea Babos Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 236
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Lucie Hradecká 237
Flag of Germany.svg GER Julia Görges Flag of the Czech Republic.svg CZE Karolína Plíšková 298

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Champions

Singles

Doubles

References

  1. 1 2 "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Singles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Singles qualifying draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-10. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Wuhan Open Player List". Wuhan Open. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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