2016 Wuhan Open
| 2016 Wuhan Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 25 – October 1 |
| Edition | 3rd |
| Category | WTA Premier 5 |
| Draw | 56S / 28D |
| Prize money | $2,589,000 |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Wuhan, China |
| Venue | Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Petra Kvitová | |
| Doubles | |
 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová | |
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.
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles[1] | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles[1] | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| 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
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player[5] | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
 GER
|
Angelique Kerber | 1 | 1 |
 ESP
|
Garbiñe Muguruza | 3 | 2 |
 POL
|
Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 3 |
 ROU
|
Simona Halep | 5 | 4 |
| CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 5 |
| USA
|
Venus Williams | 7 | 6 |
| ESP
|
Carla Suárez Navarro | 8 | 7 |
| USA
|
Madison Keys | 9 | 8 |
 RUS
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 10 | 9 |
 SVK
|
Dominika Cibulková | 12 | 10 |
 GBR
|
Johanna Konta | 13 | 11 |
 SUI
|
Timea Bacsinszky | 14 | 12 |
 ITA
|
Roberta Vinci | 15 | 13 |
| CZE
|
Petra Kvitová | 16 | 14 |
| RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 17 | 15 |
 AUS
|
Samantha Stosur | 18 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of September 19, 2016
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
Louisa Chirico
Alizé Cornet
Julia Görges
Daria Kasatkina- Elizaveta Kulichkova
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Kateřina Siniaková
Heather Watson
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Kiki Bertens → replaced by 
Yaroslava Shvedova
Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Shelby Rogers- Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by
Daria Gavrilova 
Ana Ivanovic → replaced by 
Zhang Shuai- Andrea Petkovic → replaced by
Anastasija Sevastova - Sloane Stephens → replaced by Madison Brengle
- Elena Vesnina → replaced by
Caroline Wozniacki - Serena Williams → replaced by
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Retirements
[edit]
Timea Bacsinszky (Viral illness)
Irina-Camelia Begu (Rib injury)- Belinda Bencic (Low back injury)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Viral illness)
- Anastasija Sevastova (Right shoulder injury)
- Heather Watson (Gastrointestinal illness)
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FRA
|
Caroline Garcia | FRA
|
Kristina Mladenovic | 7 | 1 |
 TPE
|
Chan Hao-Ching | TPE
|
Chan Yung-jan | 14 | 2 |
 IND
|
Sania Mirza | CZE
|
Barbora Strýcová | 19 | 3 |
| SUI
|
Martina Hingis | USA
|
CoCo Vandeweghe | 21 | 4 |
| USA
|
Bethanie Mattek-Sands | CZE
|
Lucie Šafářová | 22 | 5 |
 HUN
|
Tímea Babos |  KAZ
|
Yaroslava Shvedova | 23 | 6 |
| CZE
|
Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE
|
Lucie Hradecká | 23 | 7 |
| GER
|
Julia Görges | CZE
|
Karolína Plíšková | 29 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of September 19, 2016
Other entrants
[edit]The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Timea Bacsinszky / Svetlana Kuznetsova
- Simona Halep / Jeļena Ostapenko
- Han Xinyun / Zhu Lin
- Liu Chang / Zhang Kailin
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
Retirements
[edit]Champions
[edit]Singles
[edit]- Petra Kvitová def.
Dominika Cibulková, 6–1, 6–1
Doubles
[edit]- Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová def.
Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová, 6–1, 6–4.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Singles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ "Singles qualifying draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-23. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-10. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
- ^ "Wuhan Open Player List". Wuhan Open. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 8 September 2016.