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=

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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

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=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

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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

  • 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

;During the tournament

= Retirements =

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

  • 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016.

= Other entrants =

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

=Singles=

{{main|2016 Taiwan Open – Singles}}

=Doubles=

{{main|2016 Taiwan Open – Doubles}}

See also

References

;General

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20151224023705/http://www.taiwanopen.com.tw/EN/index.html Official website]

;Specific

{{reflist}}

{{2016 WTA Tour}}

Taiwan Open

Category:WTA Taiwan Open

Category:2016 in Taiwanese women's sport

Category:2016 in Taiwanese tennis