The 2016 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 25 and October 1, 2016. It was the 3rd edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

, China.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw: * Sabine Lisicki *

Peng Shuai Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ...

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The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw: * Louisa Chirico * Alizé Cornet * Julia Görges * Daria Kasatkina * Elizaveta Kulichkova * Bethanie Mattek-Sands * Kateřina Siniaková * Heather Watson

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Kiki Bertens → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova * Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Shelby Rogers * Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Daria Gavrilova * Ana Ivanovic → replaced by

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* Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova * Sloane Stephens → replaced by Madison Brengle * Elena Vesnina → replaced by

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→ replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni

Retirements

Timea Bacsinszky Timea Bacsinszky (; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. A former top ten singles player, Bacsinszky reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, on 16 May 2016. She won four singles and five doubles titles o ...

(Viral illness) *

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(Rib injury) * Belinda Bencic (Low back injury) *

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(Viral illness) * Anastasija Sevastova (Right shoulder injury) * Heather Watson (Gastrointestinal illness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

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* Simona Halep /

Jeļena Ostapenko Jeļena "Aļona" Ostapenko (born 8 June 1997) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of world No. 5 in singles and No. 4 in doubles by the WTA. Ostapenko has won nine WTA Tour-level singles and eleven doubles tit ...

* Han Xinyun / Zhu Lin * Liu Chang / Zhang Kailin The following pair received entry as alternates: * Alizé Cornet / Pauline Parmentier

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Retirements

Champions

Singles

Petra Kvitová Petra Kvitová (; born 8 March 1990) is a Czech professional tennis player. Known for her powerful left-handed groundstrokes and variety, Kvitová has won 31 career singles titles, including two Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major titles ...

def.

Dominika Cibulková Dominika Cibulková (; born 6 May 1989) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. She is the 2016 WTA Finals champion, becoming the fourth player (after Serena Williams in 2001 WTA Tour Championships, 2001, Maria Sharapova in 2004 WTA Tour ...

, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles

* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová def. Sania Mirza /

Barbora Strýcová Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. She won two Gra ...

, 6–1, 6–4.

References

External links

Official website
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