2016 Connecticut Open

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.

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
Champions
Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska
Doubles
Sania Mirza / Monica Niculescu

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles[1]	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles[1]					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$130,300	$69,380	$37,020	$19,885	$10,665	$5,820	$3,045	$1,620	$895
Doubles	$40,650	$21,700	$11,865	$6,035	$3,270	—	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants[a]

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	5	1
ITA	Roberta Vinci	8	2
USA	Madison Keys	9	3
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	10	4
GBR	Johanna Konta	13	5
CZE	Petra Kvitová	14	6
SUI	Timea Bacsinszky	15	7
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	17	8
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	18	9
UKR	Elina Svitolina	19	10
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	20	11

• Rankings are as of 15 August 2016^[2]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:^[3]

• Eugenie Bouchard
• Agnieszka Radwańska
• Shelby Rogers
• Caroline Wozniacki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Annika Beck
• Louisa Chirico
• Nicole Gibbs
• Ana Konjuh
• Maria Sakkari
• Anastasija Sevastova

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Kayla Day
• Kirsten Flipkens
• Camila Giorgi
• Anett Kontaveit
• Johanna Larsson
• Evgeniya Rodina

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jelena Janković → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
• Madison Keys → replaced by Camila Giorgi
• Johanna Konta → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
• Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Johanna Larsson
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Kayla Day
• Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
• Sloane Stephens → replaced by Caroline Garcia
• Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina

Retirements

• Anett Kontaveit

Doubles main-draw entrants[a]

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
HUN	Tímea Babos	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	16	1
IND	Sania Mirza	ROU	Monica Niculescu	17	2
SLO	Andreja Klepač	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	57	3
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	ESP	Arantxa Parra Santonja	68	4

• Rankings are as of 15 August 2016

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Louisa Chirico / Alison Riske
• Hsieh Su-wei / Andrea Petkovic
• Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Caroline Wozniacki

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2016 Connecticut Open – Singles

• Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Elina Svitolina, 6–1, 7–6^(7–3)

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Connecticut Open – Doubles

• Sania Mirza / Monica Niculescu defeated Kateryna Bondarenko / Chuang Chia-jung, 7–5, 6–4

Notes

1. This is a list of players who have committed to the tournament. A full entry list will be released in July