2016 Connecticut Open

{{Infobox tennis event|2016|Connecticut Open|

| date = August 21–27

| edition = 48th

| category = WTA Premier

| draw = 30S / 16D

| prize_money = $695,900

| surface = Hard / outdoor

| location = New Haven, United States

| venue = Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center

| champs = {{flagicon|POL}} Agnieszka Radwańska

| champd = {{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza / {{flagicon|ROU}} Monica Niculescu

}}

The 2016 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2016 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 27. It was the last event of the 2016 US Open Series before the 2016 US Open.

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

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style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|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\|470 \|rowspan=2\|305 \|rowspan=2\|185 \|rowspan=2\|100 \|55 \|1 \|25 \|18 \|13 \|1
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{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

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

|width=85|{{Tooltip| Q3 | Qualifying round 3}}

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

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

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|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|470

|rowspan=2|305

|rowspan=2|185

|rowspan=2|100

|55

|25

|18

|13

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

=Prize money=

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style=background:#f3f3f3\|Singles \|$130,300 \|$69,380 \|$37,020 \|$19,885 \|$10,665 \|$5,820 \|$3,045 \|$1,620 \|$895
style=background:#f3f3f3\|Doubles \|$40,650 \|$21,700 \|$11,865 \|$6,035 \|$3,270 \|{{n/a}} \|{{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|Q3

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style=background:#f3f3f3|Singles

|$130,300

|$69,380

|$37,020

|$19,885

|$10,665

|$5,820

|$3,045

|$1,620

|$895

style=background:#f3f3f3|Doubles

|$40,650

|$21,700

|$11,865

|$6,035

|$3,270

|{{n/a}}

Singles main-draw entrants{{refn|This is a list of players who have committed to the tournament. A full entry list will be released in July|name=Entry List|group=lower-alpha}}

=Seeds=

class="wikitable" border="1"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank* ! Seed
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|POL}} \|Agnieszka Radwańska \|5 \|1
{{flag\|ITA}} \|Roberta Vinci \|8 \|2
~~{{flagu\|USA}}~~ \|~~Madison Keys~~ \|9 \|3
~~{{flag\|RUS}}~~ \|~~Svetlana Kuznetsova~~ \|10 \|4
~~{{flag\|GBR}}~~ \|~~Johanna Konta~~ \|13 \|5
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Petra Kvitová \|14 \|6
{{flag\|SUI}} \|Timea Bacsinszky \|15 \|7
~~{{flag\|CZE}}~~ \|~~Karolína Plíšková~~ \|17 \|8
~~{{flag\|RUS}}~~ \|~~Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova~~ \|18 \|9
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|UKR}} \|Elina Svitolina \|19 \|10
~~{{flag\|CZE}}~~ \|~~Barbora Strýcová~~ \|20 \|11

class="wikitable" border="1"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank*

! Seed

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|POL}}

|Agnieszka Radwańska

|Roberta Vinci

~~{{flagu|USA}}~~

|~~Madison Keys~~

~~{{flag|RUS}}~~

|~~Svetlana Kuznetsova~~

|10

~~{{flag|GBR}}~~

|~~Johanna Konta~~

|13

|Petra Kvitová

|14

|Timea Bacsinszky

|15

~~{{flag|CZE}}~~

|~~Karolína Plíšková~~

|17

~~{{flag|RUS}}~~

|~~Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova~~

|18

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|UKR}}

|Elina Svitolina

|19

|10

~~{{flag|CZE}}~~

|~~Barbora Strýcová~~

|20

|11

Rankings are as of 15 August 2016{{cite web |url=http://www.ctopen.org/Players/ |title=2016 Entry List |access-date=21 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025233618/http://www.ctopen.org/players |archive-date=25 October 2017 |url-status=usurped }}

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:{{cite web|url=http://www.ctopen.org/news/agnieszka_radwanska_genie_bouchard_and_shelby_rogers_awarded_wildcards_into_connecticut_open/|title=Agnieszka Radwanska, Genie Bouchard and Shelby Rogers have been awarded wildcards into the Connecticut Open|access-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821153020/http://www.ctopen.org/news/agnieszka_radwanska_genie_bouchard_and_shelby_rogers_awarded_wildcards_into_connecticut_open|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}

{{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard
{{flagicon|POL}} Agnieszka Radwańska
{{flagicon|USA}} Shelby Rogers
{{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|GER}} Annika Beck
{{flagicon|USA}} Louisa Chirico
{{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Gibbs
{{flagicon|CRO}} Ana Konjuh
{{flagicon|GRE}} Maria Sakkari
{{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

{{flagicon|USA}} Kayla Day
{{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens
{{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi
{{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit
{{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Larsson
{{flagicon|RUS}} Evgeniya Rodina

=Withdrawals=

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|SRB}} Jelena Janković → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Kristina Mladenovic
{{flagicon|USA}} Madison Keys → replaced by {{flagicon|ITA}} Camila Giorgi
{{flagicon|GBR}} Johanna Konta → replaced by {{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit
{{flagicon|RUS}} Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by {{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Larsson
{{flagicon|RUS}} Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by {{flagicon|USA}} Kayla Day
{{flagicon|CZE}} Karolína Plíšková → replaced by {{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens
{{flagicon|USA}} Sloane Stephens → replaced by {{flagicon|FRA}} Caroline Garcia
{{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgeniya Rodina

=Retirements=

{{flagicon|EST}} Anett Kontaveit

Doubles main-draw entrants{{refn|This is a list of players who have committed to the tournament. A full entry list will be released in July|name=Entry List|group=lower-alpha}}

=Seeds=

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width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank* ! Seed
{{flag\|HUN}} \|Tímea Babos \|{{flag\|KAZ}} \|Yaroslava Shvedova \|16 \|1
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|IND}} \|Sania Mirza \|{{flag\|ROU}} \|Monica Niculescu \|17 \|2
{{flag\|SLO}} \|Andreja Klepač \|{{flag\|SLO}} \|Katarina Srebotnik \|57 \|3
{{flag\|ESP}} \|Anabel Medina Garrigues \|{{flag\|ESP}} \|Arantxa Parra Santonja \|68 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank*

! Seed

|Tímea Babos

|{{flag|KAZ}}

|Yaroslava Shvedova

|16

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|IND}}

|{{flag|ROU}}

|17

|{{flag|SLO}}

|57

|Anabel Medina Garrigues

|{{flag|ESP}}

|Arantxa Parra Santonja

|68

Rankings are as of 15 August 2016

=Other entrants=

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|USA}} Louisa Chirico / {{flagicon|USA}} Alison Riske
{{flagicon|TPE}} Hsieh Su-wei / {{flagicon|GER}} Andrea Petkovic
{{flagicon|POL}} Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / {{flagicon|DEN}} Caroline Wozniacki

Finals

=Singles=

{{flagicon|POL}} Agnieszka Radwańska defeated {{flagicon|UKR}} Elina Svitolina, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)

=Doubles=

{{flagicon|IND}} Sania Mirza / {{flagicon|ROU}} Monica Niculescu defeated {{flagicon|UKR}} Kateryna Bondarenko / {{flagicon|TPE}} Chuang Chia-jung, 7–5, 6–4

Notes

References

External links

{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140612221336/http://www.ctopen.org/ Official website]}}

Category:Connecticut Open by year

Category:2016 WTA Tour

Category:2016 US Open Series

Category:August 2016 sports events in the United States