:2016 Wuhan Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2016|Wuhan Open|

| date = September 25 – October 1

| edition = 3rd

| category = WTA Premier 5

| draw = 56S / 28D

| prize_money = $2,589,000

| surface = Hard / outdoor

| location = Wuhan, China

| venue=Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center

| champs = {{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová

| champd = {{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands / {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Šafářová

}}

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

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

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style="background:#ededed;"\|Singles{{cite web\|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings \|access-date=21 August 2015 \|title=Rankings explained \|publisher=WTA \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings \|archive-date=14 December 2012 }} \|rowspan=2\|900 \|rowspan=2\|585 \|rowspan=2\|350 \|rowspan=2\|190 \|rowspan=2\|105 \|60 \|1 \|30 \|20 \|1
style="background:#ededed;"\|Doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event

|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|{{Tooltip|W|Win}}

|style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|{{Tooltip| F | Final}}

|style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|{{Tooltip| SF | Semifinal}}

|style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|{{Tooltip| QF | Quarterfinal}}

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 64

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q | Qualifier}}

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q2 | Qualifying round 2}}

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q1 | Qualifying round 1}}

style="background:#ededed;"|Singles{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |access-date=21 August 2015 |title=Rankings explained |publisher=WTA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |archive-date=14 December 2012 }}

|rowspan=2|900

|rowspan=2|585

|rowspan=2|350

|rowspan=2|190

|rowspan=2|105

|60

|30

|20

style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

=Prize money=

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style=background:#ededed\|Singles{{cite web\|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/MDS.pdf\|title=Singles main draw\|publisher=WTATennis.com\|access-date=September 22, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023110101/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/MDS.pdf\|archive-date=2015-10-23\|url-status=dead}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/QS.pdf\|title=Singles qualifying draw\|publisher=WTATennis.com\|access-date=September 26, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023110133/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/QS.pdf\|archive-date=2015-10-23\|url-status=dead}} \|$471,700 \|$235,520 \|$117,770 \|$54,230 \|$26,900 \|$13,790 \|$7,090 \|$3,955 \|$2,040
style=background:#ededed\|Doubles{{cite web\|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/MDD.pdf\|title=Doubles main draw\|publisher=WTATennis.com\|access-date=September 26, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010005531/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/MDD.pdf\|archive-date=2015-10-10\|url-status=dead}} \|$135,000 \|$68,200 \|$33,635 \|$16,990 \|$8,600 \|$4,255 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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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 32

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 64

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style=background:#ededed|Singles{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/MDS.pdf|title=Singles main draw|publisher=WTATennis.com|access-date=September 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023110101/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/MDS.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-23|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/QS.pdf|title=Singles qualifying draw|publisher=WTATennis.com|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023110133/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/QS.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-23|url-status=dead}}

|$471,700

|$235,520

|$117,770

|$54,230

|$26,900

|$13,790

|$7,090

|$3,955

|$2,040

style=background:#ededed|Doubles{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/MDD.pdf|title=Doubles main draw|publisher=WTATennis.com|access-date=September 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010005531/http://www.wtatennis.com/SEWTATour-Archive/posting/2015/1075/MDD.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-10|url-status=dead}}

|$135,000

|$68,200

|$33,635

|$16,990

|$8,600

|$4,255

|{{n/a}}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="60"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player{{cite web\|url=http://en.wuhanopen.org/index.php/index-show-tid-55.html\|title=Wuhan Open Player List\|publisher=Wuhan Open\|access-date=8 September 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910223415/http://en.wuhanopen.org/index.php/index-show-tid-55.html\|archive-date=2016-09-10\|url-status=dead}} ! Ranking ! Seeds
{{flag\|GER}} \|Angelique Kerber \|1 \|1
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Garbiñe Muguruza \|3 \|2
{{flag\|POL}} \|Agnieszka Radwańska \|4 \|3
{{flag\|ROU}} \|Simona Halep \|5 \|4
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Karolína Plíšková \|6 \|5
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Venus Williams \|7 \|6
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Carla Suárez Navarro \|8 \|7
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Madison Keys \|9 \|8
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Svetlana Kuznetsova \|10 \|9
bgcolor=#fcc \|{{flag\|SVK}} \|Dominika Cibulková \|12 \|10
{{flag\|GBR}} \|Johanna Konta \|13 \|11
{{flag\|SUI}} \|Timea Bacsinszky \|14 \|12
{{flag\|ITA}} \|Roberta Vinci \|15 \|13
bgcolor=#cfc \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Petra Kvitová \|16 \|14
{{flag\|RUS}} \|{{nowrap\|Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova}} \|17 \|15
{{flag\|AUS}} \|Samantha Stosur \|18 \|16

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width="60"| Country

! width="175"| Player{{cite web|url=http://en.wuhanopen.org/index.php/index-show-tid-55.html|title=Wuhan Open Player List|publisher=Wuhan Open|access-date=8 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910223415/http://en.wuhanopen.org/index.php/index-show-tid-55.html|archive-date=2016-09-10|url-status=dead}}

! Ranking

! Seeds

|Carla Suárez Navarro

|Madison Keys

|Svetlana Kuznetsova

|10

bgcolor=#fcc

|{{flag|SVK}}

|Dominika Cibulková

|12

|10

|Johanna Konta

|13

|11

|Timea Bacsinszky

|14

|12

|Roberta Vinci

|15

|13

bgcolor=#cfc

|{{flag|CZE}}

|Petra Kvitová

|16

|14

|{{nowrap|Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova}}

|17

|15

|Samantha Stosur

|18

|16

Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

=Other entrants=

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

{{flagicon|GER}} Sabine Lisicki
{{flagicon|CHN}} Peng Shuai
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Louisa Chirico
{{flagicon|FRA}} Alizé Cornet
{{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges
{{flagicon|RUS}} Daria Kasatkina
{{flagicon|RUS}} Elizaveta Kulichkova
{{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands
{{flagicon|CZE}} Kateřina Siniaková
{{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Watson

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens → replaced by {{flagicon|KAZ}} Yaroslava Shvedova
{{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Shelby Rogers
{{flagicon|GER}} Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by {{flagicon|AUS}} Daria Gavrilova
{{flagicon|SRB}} Ana Ivanovic → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Shuai
{{flagicon|GER}} Andrea Petkovic → replaced by {{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova
{{flagicon|USA}} Sloane Stephens → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Madison Brengle
{{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Vesnina → replaced by {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki
{{flagicon|USA}} Serena Williams → replaced by {{flagicon|CRO}} Mirjana Lučić-Baroni

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|SUI}} Timea Bacsinszky (Viral illness)
{{flagicon|ROU}} Irina-Camelia Begu (Rib injury)
{{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic (Low back injury)
{{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Viral illness)
{{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova (Right shoulder injury)
{{flagicon|GBR}} Heather Watson (Gastrointestinal illness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|FRA}} \|Caroline Garcia \|{{flag\|FRA}} \|Kristina Mladenovic \|7 \|1
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Hao-Ching \|{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Yung-jan \|14 \|2
bgcolor=#fcc \|{{flag\|IND}} \|Sania Mirza \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Strýcová \|19 \|3
{{flag\|SUI}} \|Martina Hingis \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|CoCo Vandeweghe \|21 \|4
bgcolor=#cfc \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Bethanie Mattek-Sands \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Lucie Šafářová \|22 \|5
{{flag\|HUN}} \|Tímea Babos \|{{flag\|KAZ}} \|Yaroslava Shvedova \|23 \|6
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Andrea Hlaváčková \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Lucie Hradecká \|23 \|7
{{flag\|GER}} \|Julia Görges \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Karolína Plíšková \|29 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|{{flag|FRA}}

|{{flag|TPE}}

|14

bgcolor=#fcc

|{{flag|IND}}

|{{flag|CZE}}

|19

|{{flagu|USA}}

|21

bgcolor=#cfc

|{{flagu|USA}}

|Bethanie Mattek-Sands

|{{flag|CZE}}

|22

|{{flag|KAZ}}

|23

|{{flag|CZE}}

|23

|{{flag|CZE}}

|29

Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

=Other entrants=

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|SUI}} Timea Bacsinszky / {{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova
{{flagicon|ROU}} Simona Halep / {{flagicon|LAT}} Jeļena Ostapenko
{{flagicon|CHN}} Han Xinyun / {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Lin
{{flagicon|CHN}} Liu Chang / {{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Kailin

The following pair received entry as alternates:

{{flagicon|FRA}} Alizé Cornet / {{flagicon|FRA}} Pauline Parmentier

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|ROU}} Irina-Camelia Begu

=Retirements=

Champions

=Singles=

{{flagicon|CZE}} Petra Kvitová def. {{flagicon|SVK}} Dominika Cibulková, 6–1, 6–1

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|USA}} Bethanie Mattek-Sands / {{flagicon|CZE}} Lucie Šafářová def. {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza / {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová, 6–1, 6–4.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20150817065221/http://en.wuhanopen.org/ Official website]

Category:2016 WTA Tour

Category:2016 in Chinese tennis

Category:2016 in Chinese women's sport

Category:September 2016 sports events in China

Category:October 2016 sports events in China