2016 Wuhan Open

The 2016 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 25 and October 1, 2016. It was the 3rd edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.

2016 Wuhan Open
Date	September 25 – October 1
Edition	3rd
Category	WTA Premier 5
Draw	56S / 28D
Prize money	$2,589,000
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Wuhan, China
Venue	Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová
Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles[1]	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	30	20	1
Doubles[1]						1	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q2	Q1
Singles[2][3]	$471,700	$235,520	$117,770	$54,230	$26,900	$13,790	$7,090	$3,955	$2,040
Doubles[4]	$135,000	$68,200	$33,635	$16,990	$8,600	$4,255	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player[5]	Ranking	Seeds
GER	Angelique Kerber	1	1
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	3	2
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	4	3
ROU	Simona Halep	5	4
CZE	Karolína Plíšková	6	5
USA	Venus Williams	7	6
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	8	7
USA	Madison Keys	9	8
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	10	9
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	12	10
GBR	Johanna Konta	13	11
SUI	Timea Bacsinszky	14	12
ITA	Roberta Vinci	15	13
CZE	Petra Kvitová	16	14
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	17	15
AUS	Samantha Stosur	18	16

• Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

• Sabine Lisicki
• Peng Shuai
• Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Louisa Chirico
• Alizé Cornet
• Julia Görges
• Daria Kasatkina
• Elizaveta Kulichkova
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Kateřina Siniaková
• Heather Watson

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Kiki Bertens → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
• Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Shelby Rogers
• Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Daria Gavrilova
• Ana Ivanovic → replaced by Zhang Shuai
• Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
• Sloane Stephens → replaced by Madison Brengle
• Elena Vesnina → replaced by Caroline Wozniacki
• Serena Williams → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni

Retirements

• Timea Bacsinszky (Viral illness)
• Irina-Camelia Begu (Rib injury)
• Belinda Bencic (Low back injury)
• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Viral illness)
• Anastasija Sevastova (Right shoulder injury)
• Heather Watson (Gastrointestinal illness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
FRA	Caroline Garcia	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	7	1
TPE	Chan Hao-Ching	TPE	Chan Yung-jan	14	2
IND	Sania Mirza	CZE	Barbora Strýcová	19	3
SUI	Martina Hingis	USA	CoCo Vandeweghe	21	4
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	CZE	Lucie Šafářová	22	5
HUN	Tímea Babos	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	23	6
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	23	7
GER	Julia Görges	CZE	Karolína Plíšková	29	8

• Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Timea Bacsinszky / Svetlana Kuznetsova
• Simona Halep / Jeļena Ostapenko
• Han Xinyun / Zhu Lin
• Liu Chang / Zhang Kailin

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Alizé Cornet / Pauline Parmentier

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Irina-Camelia Begu

Retirements

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2016 Wuhan Open – Singles

• Petra Kvitová def. Dominika Cibulková, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Wuhan Open – Doubles

• Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová def. Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová, 6–1, 6–4.