2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open

Women's tennis tournament Tennis tournament

Date

September 19–24

Edition

13th

Points and prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles	280	180	110	60	1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—

_{Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank	Seed
ITA	Sara Errani	36	1
SRB	Jelena Janković	37	2
CRO	Ana Konjuh	52	3
~~USA~~	~~Christina McHale~~	53	4
USA	Alison Riske	61	5
MNE	Danka Kovinić	63	6
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	65	7
CHN	Zheng Saisai	70	8

Rankings are as of September 12, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Alizé Cornet → replaced by Jennifer Brady
Irina Falconi → replaced by Olga Govortsova
Caroline Garcia → replaced by Tatjana Maria
Polona Hercog → replaced by Rebecca Peterson
Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by Ng Kwan-yau
Christina McHale → replaced by Cristiana Ferrando
Roberta Vinci → replaced by Elizaveta Kulichkova
Zhang Kailin → replaced by Han Xinyun

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank	Seed
ARG	María Irigoyen	GER	Tatjana Maria	111	1
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	132	2
SUI	Martina Hingis	SRB	Jelena Janković	151	3
USA	Asia Muhammad	CHN	Peng Shuai	177	4

Rankings are as of September 12, 2016.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Singles

Lesia Tsurenko def. Jelena Janković, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles

Asia Muhammad / Peng Shuai def. Olga Govortsova / Vera Lapko, 6–2, 7–6

References

"Tsurenko vs. Jankovic | Final Guangzhou International Women's Open 2016 | WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
info@tiesports.com, Tiesports. "WTA - Guangzhou International Women's Open 2016 at Guangzhou International Tennis Center on September, 2016". www.tietennis.com. Retrieved 2023-04-14.

External links

Official website

Guangzhou tournaments

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