| 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 8–14 February | |||
| Edition | 7th | |||
| Category | WTA Premier | |||
| Prize money | $753,000 | |||
| Surface | Hard (indoor) | |||
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |||
| Venue | Sibur Arena | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Roberta Vinci | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Martina Hingis /  Sania Mirza | ||||
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The 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. This was the seventh edition of the tournament and the first as a WTA Premier tournament. It was part of the 2016 WTA Tour and was held between 8 February and 14 February 2016.
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $128,450 | $68,585 | $36,635 | $19,690 | $10,560 | $6,700 | $3,010 | $1,600 | $890 |
| Doubles* | $40,170 | $21,465 | $11,730 | $5,965 | $3,240 | — | — | — | — |
Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUI
|
Belinda Bencic | 11 | 1 |
| ITA
|
Roberta Vinci | 16 | 2 |
 DEN
|
Caroline Wozniacki | 18 | 3 |
 SRB
|
Ana Ivanovic | 20 | 4 |
 RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 26 | 5 |
 SVK |
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 FRA
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Kristina Mladenovic | 30 | 7 |
| FRA |
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 ROU
|
Monica Niculescu | 37 | 9 |
- Rankings as of February 1, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
Mona Barthel → replaced by 
Tímea Babos- Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by
Jeļena Ostapenko 
Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Daria Kasatkina- Alizé Cornet (low back injury) → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
- Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by
Kirsten Flipkens - Karin Knapp → replaced by Bojana Jovanovski
- Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (ankle sprain) → replaced by Laura Siegemund
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUI
|
Martina Hingis | IND
|
Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 |
| CZE
|
Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE
|
Lucie Hradecká | 22 | 2 |
 ESP
|
Anabel Medina Garrigues | ESP
|
Arantxa Parra Santonja | 59 | 3 |
| ROU
|
Monica Niculescu | GER
|
Laura Siegemund | 73 | 4 |
- Rankings as of February 8, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Retirements
- Monica Niculescu (abdominal injury)
Champions
Singles
Main article: 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Singles- Roberta Vinci defeated Belinda Bencic 6–4, 6–3
Doubles
Main article: 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles- Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza defeated Vera Dushevina / Barbora Krejčíková 6–3, 6–1
References
- "St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy". www.wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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