2016 Connecticut Open Explained

Date:	August 21–27
Edition:	48th
Category:	WTA Premier
Draw:	30S / 16D
Prize Money:	$695,900
Surface:	Hard / outdoor
Location:	New Haven, United States
Champs:	Agnieszka Radwańska
Champd:	Sania Mirza / Monica Niculescu

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.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event					Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85		width=85		width=85		width=85
Singles^[1]	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

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style=background:#f3f3f3	Singles	$130,300	$69,380	$37,020	$19,885	$10,665	$5,820	$3,045	$1,620	$895
style=background:#f3f3f3	Doubles	$40,650	$21,700	$11,865	$6,035	$3,270

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	5	1
Italy	Roberta Vinci	8	2
	Madison Keys	9	3
Russian Federation	Svetlana Kuznetsova	10	4
United Kingdom	Johanna Konta	13	5
Czech Republic	Petra Kvitová	14	6
	Timea Bacsinszky	15	7
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	17	8
Russian Federation	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	18	9
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	19	10
Czech Republic	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

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank*	Seed
Hungary	Tímea Babos	Kazakhstan	Yaroslava Shvedova	16	1
India	Sania Mirza	Romania	Monica Niculescu	17	2
	Andreja Klepač		Katarina Srebotnik	57	3
Spain	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Spain	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

See main article: 2016 Connecticut Open – Singles.

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

Doubles

See main article: 2016 Connecticut Open – Doubles.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings explained . 21 August 2015 . WTA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings . 14 December 2012 .
2. Web site: 2016 Entry List . 21 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171025233618/http://www.ctopen.org/players . 25 October 2017 . usurped .
3. Web site: Agnieszka Radwanska, Genie Bouchard and Shelby Rogers have been awarded wildcards into the Connecticut Open. 18 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821153020/http://www.ctopen.org/news/agnieszka_radwanska_genie_bouchard_and_shelby_rogers_awarded_wildcards_into_connecticut_open. 21 August 2016. usurped. dmy-all.