2016 Taiwan Open Explained

The 2016 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Yangming Tennis Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 8 through 14 February 2016.^[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event^1	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	width=85	Q	width=85	Q3	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^2	width=85	Q2	width=85	Q1
Singles	$111,164	$55,324	$29,730	$8,898	$4,899	$3,026	$1,470	$865
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,950	$2,623	$1,383

_{¹ Points per the WTA.^[2]
2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

• per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Venus Williams	12	1
Japan	Misaki Doi	62	2
Kazakhstan	Yulia Putintseva	64	3
Kazakhstan	Zarina Diyas	69	4
China	Zheng Saisai	71	5
	Hsieh Su-wei	82	6
Japan	Kurumi Nara	90	7
	Alison Riske	92	8

• ¹ Rankings as of February 1, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Hsu Ching-wen
• Lee Pei-chi
• Lee Ya-hsuan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • Miyu Kato Lyudmyla Kichenok
• Ayaka Okuno
  • Laura Pous Tió Shérazad Reix
• Zhang Yuxuan

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Hiroko Kuwata
• Marina Melnikova

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jana Čepelová (Abdominal strain) → replaced by Marina Melnikova
• Luksika Kumkhum → replaced by Mandy Minella
• Romina Oprandi → replaced by Kristína Kučová
• Pauline Parmentier → replaced by Hiroko Kuwata
• Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Naomi Osaka

During the tournament

• Kurumi Nara (Left thigh injury)

Retirements

• Stefanie Vögele (Dizziness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
	Chan Hao-ching		Chan Yung-jan	21	1
China	Liang Chen	China	Wang Yafan	88	2
Ukraine	Lyudmyla Kichenok	Ukraine	Nadiia Kichenok	121	3
Japan	Shuko Aoyama		Chan Chin-wei	162	4

• ¹ Rankings as of February 1, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Chien Pei-ju / Lee Pei-chi
• Cho I-hsuan / Shih Hsin-yuan

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2016 Taiwan Open – Singles.

• Venus Williams def. Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: 2016 Taiwan Open – Doubles.

• Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Eri Hozumi / Miyu Kato 6–4, 6–3

See also

• List of sporting events in Taiwan

References

General

• Official website

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fast facts . 9 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160127005806/http://www.taiwanopen.com.tw/EN/overview-about.html . 27 January 2016 .
2. Web site: WTA: All about rankings . 4 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings . 14 December 2012 .