2016 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.^[1]

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
Venus Williams
Doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan

Points and prize money

Point distribution

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

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	—	—	—

<sub>¹ Points per the WTA.^[2]
2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Venus Williams	12	1
JPN	Misaki Doi	62	2
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	64	3
KAZ	Zarina Diyas	69	4
CHN	Zheng Saisai	71	5
TPE	Hsieh Su-wei	82	6
JPN	Kurumi Nara	90	7
USA	Alison Riske	92	8

• ¹ Rankings as of February 1, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Hsu Ching-wen
• Lee Pei-chi
• Lee Ya-hsuan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Miyu Kato
• Lyudmyla Kichenok
• Ayaka Okuno
• Laura Pous Tió
• Shérazad Reix
• Zhang Yuxuan

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Hiroko Kuwata
• Marina Melnikova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jana Čepelová (Abdominal strain) → replaced by Marina Melnikova
• Luksika Kumkhum → replaced by Mandy Minella
• Romina Oprandi → replaced by Kristína Kučová
• Pauline Parmentier → replaced by Hiroko Kuwata
• Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Naomi Osaka

During the tournament

• Kurumi Nara (Left thigh injury)

Retirements

• Stefanie Vögele (Dizziness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Chan Yung-jan	21	1
CHN	Liang Chen	CHN	Wang Yafan	88	2
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	121	3
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	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:

• Chien Pei-ju / Lee Pei-chi
• Cho I-hsuan / Shih Hsin-yuan

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2016 Taiwan Open – Singles

• Venus Williams def. Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Taiwan Open – Doubles

• Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Eri Hozumi / Miyu Kato 6–4, 6–3

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan