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
Point distribution Event Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Singles90058535019010560130201Doubles1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1Singles$471,700$235,520$117,770$54,230$26,900$13,790$7,090$3,955$2,040Doubles$135,000$68,200$33,635$16,990$8,600$4,255
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking SeedsAngelique Kerber11Garbiñe Muguruza32Agnieszka Radwańska43Simona Halep54Karolína Plíšková65Venus Williams76Carla Suárez Navarro87Madison Keys98 Svetlana Kuznetsova109Dominika Cibulková1210Johanna Konta1311Timea Bacsinszky1412Roberta Vinci1513Petra Kvitová16141715Samantha Stosur1816 Rankings are as of September 19, 2016
Other entrants The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw: Sabine Lisicki Peng Shuai Zheng Saisai
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 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 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
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedCaroline GarciaKristina Mladenovic71Chan Hao-ChingChan Yung-jan142Sania MirzaBarbora Strýcová193Martina HingisCoCo Vandeweghe214Bethanie Mattek-SandsLucie Šafářová225Tímea BabosYaroslava Shvedova236Andrea HlaváčkováLucie Hradecká237Julia GörgesKarolína Plíšková298 Rankings are as of September 19, 2016
Other entrants 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: Alizé Cornet / Pauline Parmentier
Withdrawals Before the tournament Irina-Camelia Begu
Retirements
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová def. Dominika Cibulková, 6–1, 6–1
Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová def. Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová, 6–1, 6–4.
References
External links Official website