:2016 Japan Women's Open
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{{TennisEventInfo|2016|Japan Women's Open|
| date=September 12–18
| edition=8th
| category=WTA International
| draw = 32S / 16D
| prize_money = $250,000
| surface=Hard
| location=Tokyo, Japan
| venue=Ariake Coliseum
| champs={{flagicon|USA}} Christina McHale
| champd={{flagicon|JPN}} Shuko Aoyama / {{flagicon|JPN}} Makoto Ninomiya
}}
The 2016 Japan Women's Open (also known as the 2016 Hashimoto Sogyo Japan Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 12 through September 18, 2016.
Point distribution
| class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center |
| style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event
| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W | style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F | style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF | style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16 | style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32 |width=85 |Q |width=85 |Q3 |width=85 |Q2 |width=85 |Q1 |
| style="background:#ededed;"| Singles
|rowspan=2|280 |rowspan=2|180 |rowspan=2|110 |rowspan=2|60 |30 |1 |18 |14 |10 |1 |
|---|
| style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles
|1 | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
=Prize money=
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| width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9|Event
|width=80 bgcolor=lime|W |width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F |width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF |width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16 |width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 321 |width=85|Q |width=85|Q2 |width=85|Q1 |
| style="background:#ededed;"|Singles
|$43,000 |$21,400 |$11,300 |$5,900 |$3,310 |$2,925 |$1,005 |$730 |$530 |
| style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles2
|$12,300 |$6,400 |$3,435 |$1,820 |$960 |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
2 Per team
Singles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
|---|
| {{flag|JPN}}
|32 |1 |
| {{flag|BEL}}
|38 |2 |
| {{flag|KAZ}}
|42 |3 |
| {{flag|SWE}}
|47 |4 |
| {{flagu|USA}}
|50 |5 |
| {{flag|CHN}}
|51 |6 |
| style="background:#cfc;"
|{{flagu|USA}} |55 |7 |
| {{flag|UKR}}
|59 |8 |
- Rankings are as of August 29, 2016
=Other entrants=
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
{{flagicon|JPN}} Misa Eguchi- {{flagicon|JPN}} Eri Hozumi
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Risa Ozaki
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- {{flagicon|KOR}} Jang Su-jeong
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Miyu Kato
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Rebecca Peterson
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Erika Sema
The following players received entry as a lucky loser:
- {{flagicon|GER}} Antonia Lottner
=Withdrawals=
;Before the tournament
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Misa Eguchi → replaced by {{flagicon|GER}} Antonia Lottner
- {{flagicon|USA}} Irina Falconi → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Kurumi Nara
- {{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by {{flagicon|SVK}} Jana Čepelová
- {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs → replaced by {{flagicon|POL}} Magda Linette
- {{flagicon|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by {{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Kristína Kučová → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Osaka
- {{flagicon|LAT}} Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by {{flagicon|AUT}} Tamira Paszek
- {{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Nao Hibino
- {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Qiang → replaced by {{flagicon|GRE}} Maria Sakkari
Doubles main-draw entrants
=Seeds=
| class="sortable wikitable" |
| width="70"| Country
! width="175"| Player ! width="70"| Country ! width="175"| Player ! Rank1 ! Seed |
|---|
| {{flag|CHN}}
|{{flag|CHN}} |46 |1 |
| {{flag|UKR}}
|{{flag|TPE}} |98 |2 |
| {{flag|SRB}}
|{{flag|CZE}} |99 |3 |
| {{flag|CHN}}
|{{flag|CHN}} |114 |4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2016
=Other entrants=
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- {{flagicon|SVK}} Daniela Hantuchová / {{flagicon|USA}} Alison Riske
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Kanae Hisami / {{flagicon|JPN}} Kotomi Takahata
Champions
=Singles=
{{main|2016 Japan Women's Open – Singles}}
- {{flagicon|USA}} Christina McHale def. {{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4{{cite news|url=https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/in-tokyo-christina-mchale-comes-back-to-top-katerina-siniakova-for-first-wta-tit|title=In Tokyo, Christina McHale comes back to top Katerina Siniakova for first WTA title|work=Tennis.com|date=18 September 2016|access-date=14 February 2024}}
=Doubles=
{{main|2016 Japan Women's Open – Doubles}}
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Shuko Aoyama / {{flagicon|JPN}} Makoto Ninomiya def. {{flagicon|GBR}} Jocelyn Rae / {{flagicon|GBR}} Anna Smith, 6–3, 6–3
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.jta-tennis.or.jp}}
{{Japan Women's Open tournaments}}
{{2016 WTA Tour}}