2016 Taiwan Open

{{TennisEventInfo|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

| champs={{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams

| champd={{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Hao-ching / {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Yung-jan

| main_name=Taiwan Open (Taipei){{!}}Taiwan Open

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwanopen.com.tw/EN/overview-about.html |title=Fast facts |access-date=9 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127005806/http://www.taiwanopen.com.tw/EN/overview-about.html |archive-date=27 January 2016 }}

Points and prize money

=Point distribution=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"\|Event¹ \| 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}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#dfe2e9;"|Event¹

| 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

|18

|14

|10

style="background:#ededed;"|Doubles

| {{n/a}}

=Prize money=

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 32²

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Singles

|$111,164

|$55,324

|$29,730

|$8,898

|$4,899

|$3,026

|$1,470

|$865

style="background:#dfe2e9;"|Doubles *

|$17,724

|$9,222

|$4,950

|$2,623

|$1,383

| {{n/a}}

_{¹ Points per the WTA.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |title=WTA: All about rankings |access-date=4 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings |archive-date=14 December 2012 }}}

_{² Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Venus Williams \|12 \|1
bgcolor="#fcc" \|{{flag\|JPN}} \|Misaki Doi \|62 \|2
{{flag\|KAZ}} \|Yulia Putintseva \|64 \|3
{{flag\|KAZ}} \|Zarina Diyas \|69 \|4
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Zheng Saisai \|71 \|5
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Hsieh Su-wei \|82 \|6
{{flag\|JPN}} \|Kurumi Nara \|90 \|7
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Alison Riske \|92 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flagu|USA}}

|Venus Williams

|12

bgcolor="#fcc"

|{{flag|JPN}}

|62

|64

|69

|71

|82

|90

|92

¹ Rankings as of February 1, 2016.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|TPE}} Hsu Ching-wen
{{flagicon|TPE}} Lee Pei-chi
{{flagicon|TPE}} Lee Ya-hsuan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Miyu Kato
{{flagicon|UKR}} Lyudmyla Kichenok
{{flagicon|JPN}} Ayaka Okuno
{{flagicon|ESP}} Laura Pous Tió
{{flagicon|FRA}} Shérazad Reix
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhang Yuxuan

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroko Kuwata
{{flagicon|RUS}} Marina Melnikova

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|SVK}} Jana Čepelová (Abdominal strain) → replaced by {{flagicon|RUS}} Marina Melnikova
{{flagicon|THA}} Luksika Kumkhum → replaced by {{flagicon|LUX}} Mandy Minella
{{flagicon|SUI}} Romina Oprandi → replaced by {{flagicon|SVK}} Kristína Kučová
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pauline Parmentier → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroko Kuwata
{{flagicon|CRO}} Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by {{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Osaka

;During the tournament

{{flagicon|JPN}} Kurumi Nara (Left thigh injury)

= Retirements =

{{flagicon|SUI}} Stefanie Vögele (Dizziness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Hao-ching \|{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Yung-jan \|21 \|1
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Liang Chen \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Wang Yafan \|88 \|2
{{flag\|UKR}} \|Lyudmyla Kichenok \|{{flag\|UKR}} \|Nadiia Kichenok \|121 \|3
{{flag\|JPN}} \|Shuko Aoyama \|{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Chin-wei \|162 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|TPE}}

|Chan Hao-ching

|{{flag|TPE}}

|Chan Yung-jan