The 2016 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2016 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 27. It was the last event of the 2016 US Open Series before the 2016 US Open.
Points and prize money
Point distribution Event Round of 16Round of 32 Singles4703051851005512518131Doubles1
Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q3Q2Q1Singles$130,300$69,380$37,020$19,885$10,665$5,820$3,045$1,620$895Doubles$40,650$21,700$11,865$6,035$3,270
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank* SeedAgnieszka Radwańska51Roberta Vinci82Madison Keys93Svetlana Kuznetsova 104Johanna Konta135Petra Kvitová146Timea Bacsinszky157Karolína Plíšková178Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova189Elina Svitolina1910Barbora Strýcová2011
Rankings are as of 15 August 2016
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Eugenie Bouchard Agnieszka Radwańska Shelby Rogers Caroline Wozniacki
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Annika Beck Louisa Chirico Nicole Gibbs Ana Konjuh Maria Sakkari Anastasija Sevastova
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Kayla Day Kirsten Flipkens Camila Giorgi Anett Kontaveit Johanna Larsson Evgeniya Rodina
Withdrawals Before the tournament Jelena Janković → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic Madison Keys → replaced by Camila Giorgi Johanna Konta → replaced by Anett Kontaveit Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Johanna Larsson Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Kayla Day Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens Sloane Stephens → replaced by Caroline Garcia Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
Retirements Anett Kontaveit
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank* SeedTímea BabosYaroslava Shvedova161Sania MirzaMonica Niculescu172Andreja KlepačKatarina Srebotnik573Anabel Medina GarriguesArantxa Parra Santonja684 Rankings are as of 15 August 2016
Other entrants The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Louisa Chirico / Alison Riske Hsieh Su-wei / Andrea Petkovic Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Caroline Wozniacki
Finals
Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Elina Svitolina, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Doubles
Sania Mirza / Monica Niculescu defeated Kateryna Bondarenko / Chuang Chia-jung, 7–5, 6–4
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