2016 President's Cup (tennis) explained

Date:	25–31 July
Edition:	11th (men) 8th (women)
Category:	ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's Circuit
Location:	Astana, Kazakhstan
Prize Money:	$75,000 (men) $25,000 (women)
Champms:	Evgeny Donskoy
Champws:	Alyona Sotnikova
Champmd:	Yaraslav Shyla / Andrei Vasilevski
Champwd:	Natela Dzalamidze / Veronika Kudermetova

The 2016 President's Cup (tennis) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition, for men, and 8th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $75,000, for men, and $25,000, for women, in prize money. It took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 25–31 July 2016.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Russian Federation	Evgeny Donskoy	80	1
Uzbekistan	Denis Istomin	97	2
Russian Federation	Teymuraz Gabashvili	101	3
Russian Federation	Konstantin Kravchuk	105	4
Russian Federation	Alexander Kudryavtsev	164	5
Russian Federation	Daniil Medvedev	171	6
Korea, Republic of	Lee Duck-hee	191	7
Kazakhstan	Dmitry Popko	209	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 18 July 2016.

Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

• Alexander Bublik
• Alexey Kedryuk
• Timur Khabibulin
• Denis Yevseyev

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Mikhail Elgin
• Sanjar Fayziev
• Jason Jung
• Anton Zaitcev

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Russian Federation	Natela Dzalamidze	268	1
Russian Federation	Alena Tarasova	313	2
Turkey	Pemra Özgen	322	3
Russian Federation	Yana Sizikova	357	4
Ukraine	Anastasiya Vasylyeva	360	5
Kazakhstan	Kamila Kerimbayeva	363	6
Russian Federation	Olga Doroshina	398	7
Russian Federation	Polina Monova	415	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 18 July 2016.

Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

• Alexandra Grinchishina
• Shakhnoza Khatamova
• Arina Taluyenko
• Katarina Zavatska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Lusine Avanesyan
• Anastasia Frolova
• Angelina Gabueva
• Anzhelika Isaeva
• Olga Puchkova
• Valeria Savinykh
• Anastassiya Sharapova
• Alina Silich

Champions

Men's singles

See main article: 2016 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's singles.

• Evgeny Donskoy def. Konstantin Kravchuk, 6–3, 6–3

Women's singles

• Alyona Sotnikova def. Veronika Kudermetova, 6–2, 6–3

Men's doubles

See main article: 2016 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's doubles.

• Yaraslav Shyla / Andrei Vasilevski def. Mikhail Elgin / Alexander Kudryavtsev, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

• Natela Dzalamidze / Veronika Kudermetova def. Polina Monova / Yana Sizikova, 6–2, 6–3

External links

• 2016 President's Cup (tennis) at ITFtennis.com