2016 Generali Ladies Linz Explained

Date:	10–16 October
Edition:	30th
Category:	WTA International
Draw:	32S / 16D
Prize Money:	$250,000
Surface:	Hard (indoor)
Location:	Linz, Austria
Venue:	TipsArena Linz
Champs:	Dominika Cibulková
Champd:	Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson

The 2016 Generali Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments-category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, on 10–16 October 2016.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,200	$3,420	$2,220	$1,285	$750
Doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

• per team

Singles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	1
Slovakia	Dominika Cibulková	8	2
United States	Madison Keys	9	3
Spain	Carla Suárez Navarro	10	4
Russian Federation	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	17	5
	Kiki Bertens	23	6
Russian Federation	Daria Kasatkina	24	7
	Laura Siegemund	29	8

• Rankings as of October 3, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Belinda Bencic
• Dominika Cibulková
• Barbara Haas
• Madison Keys

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Océane Dodin
• Mandy Minella
• Kristýna Plíšková
• Sara Sorribes Tormo

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Sara Errani → replaced by Mona Barthel
• Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
• Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Garbiñe Muguruza
• Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Denisa Allertová

During the tournament

• Madison Keys

Retirements

• Mandy Minella
• Garbiñe Muguruza

Doubles entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
United States	Raquel Atawo	United States	Abigail Spears	38	1
	Kiki Bertens	Sweden	Johanna Larsson	83	2
	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Czech Republic	Květa Peschke	95	3
	Demi Schuurs	Czech Republic	Renata Voráčová	145	4

• ¹ Rankings as of October 3, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Ana Bogdan / Barbara Haas
• Sandra Klemenschits / Patty Schnyder

Finals

Singles

See main article: 2016 Generali Ladies Linz – Singles.

• Dominika Cibulková defeated Viktorija Golubic 6–3, 7–5

Doubles

See main article: 2016 Generali Ladies Linz – Doubles.

• Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]