2016 Taiwan Open

2016 Taiwan Open
2016 Taiwan Open
Date	8–14 February
Edition	1st
Category	International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$500,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Venue	Yangming Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
	Venus Williams
Doubles
	Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan

The 2016 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Yangming Tennis Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 8 through 14 February 2016.^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event¹	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles	280	180	110	60	1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32²	Q2	Q1
Singles	$111,164	$55,324	$29,730	$8,898	$4,899	$3,026	$1,470	$865
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,950	$2,623	$1,383	—	—	—

_{¹ Points per the WTA.^[2]}
_{² Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
USA	Venus Williams	12	1
JPN	Misaki Doi	62	2
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	64	3
KAZ	Zarina Diyas	69	4
CHN	Zheng Saisai	71	5
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	82	6
JPN	Kurumi Nara	90	7
USA	Alison Riske	92	8

¹ 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 players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Jana Čepelová (Abdominal strain) → replaced by Marina Melnikova
Luksika Kumkhum → replaced by Mandy Minella
Romina Oprandi → replaced by Kristína Kučová
Pauline Parmentier → replaced by Hiroko Kuwata
Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Naomi Osaka

During the tournament

Kurumi Nara (Left thigh injury)

Retirements

Stefanie Vögele (Dizziness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Chan Yung-jan	21	1
CHN	Liang Chen	CHN	Wang Yafan	88	2
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	121	3
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	TPE	Chan Chin-wei	162	4

¹ Rankings as of February 1, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

Singles

Venus Williams def. Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Eri Hozumi / Miyu Kato 6–4, 6–3

References

General

Official website

Specific

^ "Fast facts". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
^ "WTA: All about rankings". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

[official-1] "Fast facts". Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[2] "WTA: All about rankings". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

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2016 Taiwan Open

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

Champions

Singles

Doubles

See also

References