2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy Explained

Date:8–14 February
Edition:7th
Prize Money:$753,000
Surface:Hard (indoor)
Location:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Venue:Sibur Arena
Champs: Roberta Vinci
Before Year:2015
Before Name:Ladies Neva Cup

The 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. This was the seventh edition of the tournament and the first as a WTA Premier tournament. It was part of the 2016 WTA Tour and was held between 8 February and 14 February 2016.[1]

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32width=85 Qwidth=85 Q3width=85 Q2width=85 Q1
Singles4703051851005512518131
Doubles1

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 321width=85Q3width=85Q2width=85Q1
Singles$128,450$68,585$36,635$19,690$10,560$6,700$3,010$1,600$890
Doubles*$40,170$21,465$11,730$5,965$3,240
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Belinda Bencic111
ItalyRoberta Vinci162
Caroline Wozniacki183
SerbiaAna Ivanovic204
Russian FederationAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova265
SlovakiaAnna Karolína Schmiedlová296
FranceKristina Mladenovic307
FranceAlizé Cornet368
RomaniaMonica Niculescu379

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1 Seed
Martina Hingis IndiaSania Mirza21
Czech RepublicAndrea Hlaváčková Czech RepublicLucie Hradecká222
SpainAnabel Medina Garrigues SpainArantxa Parra Santonja593
RomaniaMonica NiculescuLaura Siegemund734

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Singles.

Doubles

See main article: 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy . www.wtatennis.com . WTA . 1 January 2016 .