2016 Kremlin Cup

The 2016 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2016 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 21st edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 17 October through 23 October 2016.

2016 Kremlin Cup
Date	17–23 October
Edition	27th (men) / 21st (women)
Surface	Hard
Location	Moscow, Russia
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Champions
Men's singles
Pablo Carreño Busta
Women's singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Men's doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah
Women's doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká

On 15 October, a record high of 4800 people visited the qualifying rounds; according to Tarpishchev, in no other tennis tournament was that number so high.^[1]

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	19	1
ESP	Albert Ramos Viñolas	27	2
GER	Philipp Kohlschreiber	30	3
SRB	Viktor Troicki	31	4
SVK	Martin Kližan	33	5
ESP	Pablo Carreño Busta	35	6
ITA	Paolo Lorenzi	37	7
RUS	Andrey Kuznetsov	42	8
ESP	Marcel Granollers	43	9

• Rankings are as of October 10, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Cem İlkel
• Karen Khachanov
• Konstantin Kravchuk

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Alexander Bublik
• Aslan Karatsev
• Daniil Medvedev
• Jürgen Melzer

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Federico Gaio

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Bernard Tomic →replaced by Evgeny Donskoy
• Jiří Veselý →replaced by Lukáš Rosol
• Martin Kližan →replaced by Federico Gaio

Retirements

• Marcel Granollers
• Aslan Karatsev
• Mikhail Kukushkin

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Pablo Carreño Busta	ESP	Marcel Granollers	52	1
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	60	2
ARG	Guillermo Durán	POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	119	3
NED	Wesley Koolhof	NED	Matwé Middelkoop	119	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 10, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Evgeny Donskoy / Teymuraz Gabashvili
• Daniil Medvedev / Andrey Rublev

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Marcel Granollers

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	8	1
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	10	2
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	12	3
UKR	Elina Svitolina	15	4
RUS	Elena Vesnina	19	5
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	20	6
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	21	7
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	24	8
HUN	Tímea Babos	26	9

• Rankings are as of October 10, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Anna Kalinskaya
• Svetlana Kuznetsova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Anna Blinkova
• Nicole Gibbs
• Kateřina Siniaková
• Lesia Tsurenko

The following player entered as a lucky loser:

• Ana Konjuh

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Sara Errani →replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
• Karolína Plíšková →replaced by Shelby Rogers
• Monica Puig →replaced by Danka Kovinić
• Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Ana Konjuh

During the tournament

• Anna Blinkova

Retirements

• Carla Suárez Navarro

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	15	1
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	25	2
CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	60	3
AUS	Anastasia Rodionova	UKR	Olga Savchuk	100	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of October 10, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Anna Kalinskaya / Olesya Pervushina
• Natela Dzalamidze / Veronika Kudermetova

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2016 Kremlin Cup – Men's singles

• Pablo Carreño Busta def. Fabio Fognini, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

Main article: 2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

• Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Daria Gavrilova, 6–2, 6–1

Men's doubles

Main article: 2016 Kremlin Cup – Men's doubles

• Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah def. Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer, 7–5, 4–6, [10–5]

Women's doubles

Main article: 2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's doubles

• Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká def. Daria Gavrilova / Daria Kasatkina, 4–6, 6–0, [10–7]