The 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000+H in prize money. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 12–18 December 2016.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedÇağla Büyükakçay 77 1Kristína Kučová 82 2Evgeniya Rodina 86 3Mandy Minella 104 4Hsieh Su-wei 108 5Rebecca Šramková 121 6Aryna Sabalenka 135 7Cindy Burger 138 8 1 Rankings as of 5 December 2015
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Fatma Al-Nabhani Jana Fett Olesya Pervushina Galina Voskoboeva
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lesley Kerkhove Quirine Lemoine Patty Schnyder Anastasiya Vasylyeva
The following player received entry by using protected rankings: Ksenia Pervak
Champions
Singles
Hsieh Su-wei def. Natalia Vikhlyantseva, 6–2, 6–2
Doubles
Mandy Minella / Nina Stojanović def. Hsieh Su-wei / Valeria Savinykh, 6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
External links 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge at ITFtennis.com Official website