The 2016 Empire Slovak Open was a professional

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s. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money. It took place in

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, Slovakia, on 9–15 May 2016.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 2 May 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Anna Blinkova Anna Vladimirovna Blinkova ( rus, Анна Владимировна Блинкова, , ˈanːə blʲɪnˈkovə, Ru-Anna Blinkova.ogg; born 10 September 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 7 August 2023, she reached her best single ...

* Viktória Kužmová *

Tereza Mihalíková Tereza Mihalíková (; born 2 June 1998) is a Slovak tennis player. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 33 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, reached on 17 March 2025. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and three ...

Rebecca Šramková Rebecca Šramková (; born 19 October 1996) is a Slovak professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, singles ranking of world No. 36, achieved on 31 March 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 209, reached on 9 June 2025. Sh ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Nicoleta Dascălu *

Lenka Juríková Lenka Juríková (; born 11 August 1990) is a Slovak former tennis player. Juríková won eleven singles titles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, ...

Markéta Vondroušová Markéta Vondroušová (; born 28 June 1999) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 6 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Vondroušová has won two singles titles, including the 2023 Wimbledon Champio ...

Dayana Yastremska Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska (; born 15 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 21 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, and No. 82 in doubles, both achieved in January 2020. ...

The following players received entry by lucky loser spots: *

Arantxa Rus Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch professional tennis player. She won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2023 Hamburg European Open – Women's singles, 2023 Hamburg Open and four in doubles. Her biggest singles successes to date ...

Viktoriya Tomova Viktoriya Konstantinova Tomova (, born 25 February 1995) is a Bulgarian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46 on 29 July 2024. Her best doubles ranking is No. 254, achieved on 11 August 2014. Tomo ...

The following player received entry by a protected ranking: * Yuliya Beygelzimer

Champions

Singles

Kateřina Siniaková Kateřina Siniaková (; born 10 May 1996) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is the current List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She also has a best singles WTA rankings, ranking of No. 27 by the W ...

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Anastasija Sevastova Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in October 2018, after reaching a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open. Sevastova has won four sin ...

, 7–6^(7–4), 5–7, 6–0

Doubles

Anna Kalinskaya Anna Nikolayevna Kalinskaya ( rus, Анна Николаевна Калинская, , ˈanːə kɐˈlʲinskəjə, Ru-Anna_Kalinskaya.ogg; born 2 December 1998) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world ...

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Evgeniya Rodina Evgeniya Sergeyevna Rodina (, born 4 February 1989) is an inactive Russian tennis player. On 6 May 2019, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 67. Rodina has won 13 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit alo ...

, 6–1, 7–6^(7–4)

External links

2016 Empire Slovak Open
at ITFtennis.com
Official website
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