The 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 39th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the

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. It took place at the Porsche Arena in

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, Germany, from 18 April through 24 April 2016. Besides the prize money the singles champion won a Porsche 718 Boxster S sports car.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Anna-Lena Friedsam *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Océane Dodin * Laura Siegemund * Carina Witthöft The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

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Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Belinda Bencic (back injury) → replaced by Caroline Garcia * Sara Errani (right leg injury) → replaced by

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→ replaced by Monica Niculescu *

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→ replaced by

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* Maria Sharapova (provisional suspension) → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw: * Annika Beck / Roberta Vinci * Anna-Lena Friedsam / Andrea Petkovic *

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Withdrawals

;During the tournament * Andrea Petkovic (lower back injury)

Finals

Singles

* Angelique Kerber defeated Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–0.

Doubles

* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic defeated

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/ Sania Mirza, 2–6, 6–1, 0–6

References

External links

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Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament profile

Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament event details
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Porsch Porsch is a variant of the German language surname Borsch. Notable people with the name include: * Andrea Porsch (1959), Austrian field hockey player * (1853–1930), German politician * Manfred Porsch (1950), Austrian composer * Otto Porsch ( ...