2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
Date	25 – 30 April
Edition	16th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Rabat, Morocco
Venue	Club des Cheminots[1]
Champions
Singles
Timea Bacsinszky
Doubles
Xenia Knoll / Aleksandra Krunić
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The 2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 25 and 30 April 2016.

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SUI	Timea Bacsinszky	16	1
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	29	2
SVK	Anna Karolína Schmiedlová	34	3
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	35	4
HUN	Tímea Babos	40	5
GER	Annika Beck	41	6
UKR	Lesia Tsurenko	43	7
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	53	8

• ¹ Rankings as of April 18, 2016

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Ghita Benhadi
• Anna Blinkova
• Ons Jabeur

The following players received entry as qualifiers:

• Marina Erakovic
• Kaia Kanepi
• Aleksandra Krunić
• Sílvia Soler Espinosa

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

• Kateryna Kozlova

The following player entered by a protected ranking:

• Laura Robson

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Richèl Hogenkamp
• Anastasia Rodionova
• Sara Sorribes Tormo

Before the tournament

• Kateryna Bondarenko → replaced by Andreea Mitu
• Çağla Büyükakçay → replaced by Anastasia Rodionova
• Misaki Doi → replaced by Alison Riske
• Irina Falconi → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
• Nao Hibino → replaced by Kiki Bertens
• Bojana Jovanovski → replaced by Alexandra Dulgheru
• Karin Knapp → replaced by Richèl Hogenkamp
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Tatjana Maria
• Laura Siegemund → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Elena Vesnina → replaced by Donna Vekić

• Lesia Tsurenko

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
GER	Tatjana Maria	ROU	Raluca Olaru	110	1
AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	AUS	Arina Rodionova	117	2
GER	Annika Beck	SWE	Johanna Larsson	162	3
SUI	Xenia Knoll	SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	210	4

• ¹ Rankings as of April 18, 2016

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Ghita Benhadi / Ons Jabeur
• Salma Charif / Abir El Fahimi

During the tournament

• Daniela Hantuchová

• Timea Bacsinszky def. Marina Erakovic, 6–2, 6–1

• Xenia Knoll / Aleksandra Krunić def. Tatjana Maria / Raluca Olaru 6–3, 6–0.

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