2016 Wuhan Open
Tennis tournament
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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
Prize money
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:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
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:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Retirements
Champions
Singles
Petra Kvitová def. 
Dominika Cibulková, 6–1, 6–1
Doubles
- Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová def.
Sania Mirza / Barbora Strýcová, 6–1, 6–4.