2016 Taiwan Open
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| 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 |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| United States Venus Williams | |
| Doubles | |
 Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan | |
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.[1]
Points and prize money
[edit | edit source]Point distribution
[edit | edit source]| Event1 | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
[edit | edit source]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 322 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $111,164 | $55,324 | $29,730 | $8,898 | $4,899 | $3,026 | $1,470 | $865 |
| Doubles * | $17,724 | $9,222 | $4,950 | $2,623 | $1,383 | — | — | — |
1 Points per the WTA.[2]
2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team
Singles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Venus Williams | 12 | 1 |
 JPN
|
Misaki Doi | 62 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 64 | 3 |
| File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg KAZ | Zarina Diyas | 69 | 4 |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN | Zheng Saisai | 71 | 5 |
| TPE
|
Hsieh Su-wei | 82 | 6 |
| JPN
|
Kurumi Nara | 90 | 7 |
| File:Flag of the United States.svg USA | Alison Riske | 92 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016.
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Miyu Kato
- Ukraine Lyudmyla Kichenok
- Ayaka Okuno
- Spain Laura Pous Tió
- France Shérazad Reix
- China Zhang Yuxuan
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
[edit | edit source]- Before the tournament
- Slovakia Jana Čepelová (Abdominal strain) → replaced by Russia Marina Melnikova
- Thailand Luksika Kumkhum → replaced by Luxembourg Mandy Minella
- Switzerland Romina Oprandi → replaced by Slovakia Kristína Kučová
- France Pauline Parmentier → replaced by Hiroko Kuwata
- Croatia Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Naomi Osaka
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- During the tournament
- Kurumi Nara (Left thigh injury)
Retirements
[edit | edit source]- Switzerland Stefanie Vögele (Dizziness)
Doubles main-draw entrants
[edit | edit source]Seeds
[edit | edit source]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE
|
Chan Hao-ching | TPE
|
Chan Yung-jan | 21 | 1 |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN | Liang Chen | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg CHN | Wang Yafan | 88 | 2 |
| File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg UKR | Nadiia Kichenok | 121 | 3 |
| JPN
|
Shuko Aoyama | TPE
|
Chan Chin-wei | 162 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016.
Other entrants
[edit | edit source]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
[edit | edit source]Singles
[edit | edit source]- United States Venus Williams def. Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2
Doubles
[edit | edit source]- Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Eri Hozumi / Miyu Kato 6–4, 6–3
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- General
- Specific