Women's tennis circuit
The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2016 calendar is the Summer Olympic Games and Hopman Cup, which were organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.
Schedule This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.
Grand Slam tournaments Summer Olympic Games Year-end championships WTA Premier Mandatory WTA Premier 5 WTA Premier WTA International Team events
Note: In the Champions and Runners-up columns, a tournament's results in doubles are also included.
January Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 4 Jan Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR) Australia Green 2–0 Ukraine Round robin (Group A)
Czech Republic Australia Gold United States Round robin (Group B)
Great Britain Germany France Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1 Angelique Kerber Samantha Crawford Carla Suárez Navarro Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Varvara Lepchenko Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1 Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic Shenzhen Open Shenzhen , China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–2 Alison Riske Anna-Lena Friedsam Tímea Babos Wang Qiang Kateřina Siniaková Eugenie Bouchard Anett Kontaveit Vania King Monica Niculescu 6–1, 6–4 Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai Auckland Open Auckland , New Zealand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Sloane Stephens 7–5, 6–2 Julia Görges Tamira Paszek Caroline Wozniacki Nao Hibino Kirsten Flipkens Alexandra Dulgheru Naomi Broady Elise Mertens An-Sophie Mestach 2–6, 6–3, [10–5] Danka Kovinić Barbora Strýcová 11 Jan Sydney International Sydney , Australia WTA Premier Hard – $753,000 – 30S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–0, 6–2 Monica Puig Simona Halep Belinda Bencic Karolína Plíšková Sara Errani Ekaterina Makarova Samantha Stosur Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 1–6, 7–5, [10–5] Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic Hobart International Hobart , Australia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Alizé Cornet 6–1, 6–2 Eugenie Bouchard Johanna Larsson Dominika Cibulková Mona Barthel Heather Watson Kiki Bertens Camila Giorgi Han Xinyun Christina McHale 6–3, 6–0 Kimberly Birrell Jarmila Wolfe 18 Jan 25 Jan Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard – $14,835,728 128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed Angelique Kerber 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 Serena Williams Agnieszka Radwańska Johanna Konta Maria Sharapova Carla Suárez Navarro Victoria Azarenka Zhang Shuai Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–6(7–1) , 6–3 Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares 6–4, 4–6, [10–5] CoCo Vandeweghe Horia Tecău
February Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 1 Feb Fed Cup Quarterfinals Cluj-Napoca , Romania – hard (i) Leipzig , Germany – hard (i) Marseille , France – hard (i) Moscow, Russia – hard (i) Quarterfinals winners
Czech Republic 3–2 Switzerland 3–2 France 4–1 Netherlands 3–1 Quarterfinals losers
Romania Germany Italy Russia 8 Feb St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Saint Petersburg , Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $753,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3 Belinda Bencic Daria Kasatkina Ana Ivanovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Kateryna Kozlova Tímea Babos Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–1 Vera Dushevina Barbora Krejčíková Taiwan Open Kaohsiung , Taiwan WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Venus Williams 6–4, 6–2 Misaki Doi Yulia Putintseva Hsieh Su-wei Anastasija Sevastova Stefanie Vögele Elizaveta Kulichkova Kurumi Nara Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–4, 6–3 Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato 15 Feb Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai , United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard – $2,000,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Sara Errani 6–0, 6–2 Barbora Strýcová Caroline Garcia Elina Svitolina Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic Madison Brengle CoCo Vandeweghe Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak 6–4, 6–4 Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic Rio Open Rio de Janeiro , Brazil WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Francesca Schiavone 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 Shelby Rogers Petra Martić Sorana Cîrstea Lara Arruabarrena Cindy Burger Danka Kovinić Paula Cristina Gonçalves Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen 6–1, 7–6(7–5) Tara Moore Conny Perrin 22 Feb Qatar Open Doha , Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,818,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles Carla Suárez Navarro 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 Jeļena Ostapenko Andrea Petkovic Agnieszka Radwańska Zheng Saisai Garbiñe Muguruza Roberta Vinci Elena Vesnina Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 6–3 Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro Mexican Open Acapulco , Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Sloane Stephens 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) Dominika Cibulková Christina McHale Yanina Wickmayer Johanna Larsson Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Naomi Osaka Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–0, 6–4 Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 29 Feb Monterrey Open Monterrey , Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Heather Watson 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 Kirsten Flipkens Anett Kontaveit Caroline Garcia Nicole Gibbs Johanna Konta Pauline Parmentier Caroline Wozniacki Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 4–6, 7–5, [10–7] Petra Martić Maria Sanchez Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Elina Svitolina 6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 7–5 Eugenie Bouchard Naomi Broady Zhu Lin Çağla Büyükakçay Sabine Lisicki Wang Qiang Kristína Kučová Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] Liang Chen Wang Yafan
March Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 7 Mar 14 Mar Indian Wells Open Indian Wells , United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,844,139 – 96S/48Q/32DSingles – Doubles Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–4 Serena Williams Agnieszka Radwańska Karolína Plíšková Simona Halep Petra Kvitová Magdaléna Rybáriková Daria Kasatkina Bethanie Mattek-Sands CoCo Vandeweghe 4–6, 6–4, [10–6] Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková 21 Mar 28 Mar Miami Open Key Biscayne , United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,844,139 – 96S/48Q/32DSingles – Doubles Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–2 Svetlana Kuznetsova Timea Bacsinszky Angelique Kerber Ekaterina Makarova Simona Halep Johanna Konta Madison Keys Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 6–4 Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova
April Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 4 Apr Charleston Open Charleston , United States WTA Premier Clay – $753,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Sloane Stephens 7–6(7–4) , 6–2 Elena Vesnina Angelique Kerber Sara Errani Irina-Camelia Begu Daria Kasatkina Yulia Putintseva Laura Siegemund Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 7–5 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová Katowice Open Katowice , Poland WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Dominika Cibulková 6–4, 6–0 Camila Giorgi Jeļena Ostapenko Pauline Parmentier Tímea Babos Kirsten Flipkens Francesca Schiavone Magda Linette Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato 3–6, 7–5, [10–8] Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marina Melnikova 11 Apr Fed Cup Semifinals Lucerne , Switzerland – hard (i)Trélazé , France – Clay (red) (i) Semifinals winners
Czech Republic 3–2 France 3–2 Semifinals losers
Switzerland Netherlands Copa Colsanitas Bogotá , Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Irina Falconi 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 Sílvia Soler Espinosa Paula Cristina Gonçalves Lara Arruabarrena Alexandra Panova Amra Sadiković Sachia Vickery Catalina Pella Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria 6–2, 4–6, [10–8] Gabriela Cé Andrea Gámiz 18 Apr Stuttgart Open Stuttgart , Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $759,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–0 Laura Siegemund Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová Karolína Plíšková Roberta Vinci Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–1, [10–6] Martina Hingis Sania Mirza İstanbul Cup Istanbul , Turkey WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Çağla Büyükakçay 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 Danka Kovinić Kateryna Kozlova Stefanie Vögele Maria Sakkari Anastasija Sevastova Nao Hibino Kristína Kučová Andreea Mitu İpek Soylu Walkover Xenia Knoll Danka Kovinić 25 Apr Morocco Open Rabat , Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 6–1 Marina Erakovic Tímea Babos Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson Pauline Parmentier Yulia Putintseva Aleksandra Krunić Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić 6–3, 6–0 Tatjana Maria Raluca Olaru Prague Open Prague , Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $500,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 Samantha Stosur Svetlana Kuznetsova Karolína Plíšková Monica Puig Barbora Strýcová Camila Giorgi Hsieh Su-wei Margarita Gasparyan Andrea Hlaváčková 6–4, 6–2 María Irigoyen Paula Kania
May Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 1 May Madrid Open Madrid , Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – €5,300,951 – 64S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles Simona Halep 6–2, 6–4 Dominika Cibulková Louisa Chirico Samantha Stosur Sorana Cîrstea Daria Gavrilova Irina-Camelia Begu Patricia Maria Țig Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4 Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 9 May Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – €2,900,360 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles Serena Williams 7–6(7–5) , 6–3 Madison Keys Irina-Camelia Begu Garbiñe Muguruza Svetlana Kuznetsova Misaki Doi Timea Bacsinszky Barbora Strýcová Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–1, 6–7(5–7) , [10–3] Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 16 May Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Caroline Garcia 6–4, 6–1 Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Virginie Razzano Kristina Mladenovic Elena Vesnina Samantha Stosur Alla Kudryavtseva Pauline Parmentier Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–0 María Irigoyen Liang Chen Nuremberg Cup Nürnberg , Germany WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Kiki Bertens 6–2, 6–2 Mariana Duque Mariño Julia Görges Annika Beck Irina Falconi Lesia Tsurenko Anna-Lena Friedsam Varvara Lepchenko Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 6–3, 6–4 Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová 23 May 30 May French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – €14,712,000 128S/96Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed Garbiñe Muguruza 7–5, 6–4 Serena Williams Kiki Bertens Samantha Stosur Yulia Putintseva Timea Bacsinszky Shelby Rogers Tsvetana Pironkova Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Martina Hingis Leander Paes 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig
June Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 6 Jun Nottingham Open Nottingham , Great Britain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Karolína Plíšková 7–6(10–8) , 7–5 Alison Riske Monica Puig Zheng Saisai Ashleigh Barty Tamira Paszek Anett Kontaveit Tara Moore Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai 7–5, 3–6, [10–7] Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen , Netherlands WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles CoCo Vandeweghe 7–5, 7–5 Kristina Mladenovic Belinda Bencic Madison Brengle Viktorija Golubic Elise Mertens Kateryna Kozlova Evgeniya Rodina Oksana Kalashnikova Yaroslava Shvedova 6–1, 6–1 Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić 13 Jun Birmingham Classic Birmingham , Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $846,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Madison Keys 6–3, 6–4 Barbora Strýcová CoCo Vandeweghe Carla Suárez Navarro Yanina Wickmayer Tsvetana Pironkova Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová 6–3, 7–6(7–1) Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva Mallorca Open Santa Ponsa , Spain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Caroline Garcia 6–3, 6–4 Anastasija Sevastova Kirsten Flipkens Jelena Janković Verónica Cepede Royg Ana Ivanovic Mariana Duque Mariño Sorana Cîrstea Gabriela Dabrowski María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, 6–2 Anna-Lena Friedsam Laura Siegemund 20 Jun Eastbourne International Eastbourne , Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $776,878 – 48S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Dominika Cibulková 7–5, 6–3 Karolína Plíšková Monica Puig Johanna Konta Agnieszka Radwańska Kristina Mladenovic Elena Vesnina Ekaterina Makarova Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova 5–7, 7–6(7–4) , [10–6] Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 27 Jun 4 Jul The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – £12,983,000 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48XSingles – Doubles – Mixed Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3 Angelique Kerber Elena Vesnina Venus Williams Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Simona Halep Yaroslava Shvedova Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–3, 6–4 Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova Heather Watson Henri Kontinen 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 Anna-Lena Grönefeld Robert Farah
July Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 11 Jul Bucharest Open Bucharest , Romania WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Simona Halep 6–0, 6–0 Anastasija Sevastova Vania King Laura Siegemund Danka Kovinić Pauline Parmentier Polona Hercog Sara Errani Jessica Moore Varatchaya Wongteanchai 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Alexandra Cadanțu Katarzyna Piter Ladies Championship Gstaad Gstaad , Switzerland WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Viktorija Golubic 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 Kiki Bertens Timea Bacsinszky Rebeka Masarova Johanna Larsson Irina Khromacheva Carina Witthöft Annika Beck Lara Arruabarrena Xenia Knoll 6–1, 3–6, [10–8] Annika Beck Evgeniya Rodina 18 Jul Stanford Classic Stanford , United States WTA Premier Hard – $846,000 – 28S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Johanna Konta 7–5, 5–7, 6–2 Venus Williams Alison Riske Dominika Cibulková Catherine Bellis CoCo Vandeweghe Zheng Saisai Misaki Doi Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–4 Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova Swedish Open Båstad , Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Laura Siegemund 7–5, 6–1 Kateřina Siniaková Julia Görges Johanna Larsson Lara Arruabarrena Karin Knapp Annika Beck Sara Errani Andreea Mitu Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 7–5 Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava Washington Open Washington, D.C. , United States WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–2 Lauren Davis Jessica Pegula Yulia Putintseva Samantha Stosur Camila Giorgi Kristina Mladenovic Risa Ozaki Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–3 Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki 25 Jul Canadian Open Montreal , Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,714,413 – 56S/48Q/28DSingles – Doubles Simona Halep 7–6(7–2) , 6–3 Madison Keys Kristína Kučová Angelique Kerber Johanna Konta Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova Daria Kasatkina Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Simona Halep Monica Niculescu
August Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 1 Aug Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis , Brazil WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Irina-Camelia Begu 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 Tímea Babos Ana Bogdan Monica Puig Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko Naomi Osaka Nao Hibino Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–3, 6–1 Tímea Babos Réka Luca Jani Jiangxi Open Nanchang , China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Duan Yingying 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 Vania King Risa Ozaki Misa Eguchi Francesca Schiavone Zhang Kailin Liu Fangzhou Kurumi Nara Liang Chen Lu Jingjing 3–6, 7–6(7–2) , [13–11] Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya 8 Aug Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil Summer Olympic Games Hard – 64S/32D/16XSingles – Doubles – Mixed Gold Silver Bronze Fourth place Quarterfinalists Monica Puig 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 Angelique Kerber Petra Kvitová 7–5, 2–6, 6–2 Madison Keys Elina Svitolina Laura Siegemund Daria Kasatkina Johanna Konta Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–4, 6–4 Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová 7–5, 6–1 Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jack Sock 6–7(3–7) , 6–1, [10–7] Venus Williams Rajeev Ram Lucie Hradecká Radek Štěpánek 6–1, 7–5 Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna 15 Aug Cincinnati Open Mason , United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,804,000 – 48S/48Q/28DSingles – Doubles Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 6–1 Angelique Kerber Garbiñe Muguruza Simona Halep Svetlana Kuznetsova Tímea Babos Agnieszka Radwańska Carla Suárez Navarro Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová 7–5, 6–4 Martina Hingis CoCo Vandeweghe 22 Aug Connecticut Open New Haven , United States WTA Premier Hard – $761,000 – 30S/48Q/16DSingles – Doubles Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 7–6(7–3) Elina Svitolina Petra Kvitová Johanna Larsson Kirsten Flipkens Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Roberta Vinci Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu 7–5, 6–4 Kateryna Bondarenko Chuang Chia-jung 29 Aug 5 Sep US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $22,112,700 128S/128Q/64D/32XSingles – Doubles – Mixed Angelique Kerber 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 Karolína Plíšková Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki Simona Halep Ana Konjuh Anastasija Sevastova Roberta Vinci Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 2–6, 7–6(7–5) , 6–4 Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic Laura Siegemund Mate Pavić 6–4, 6–4 CoCo Vandeweghe Rajeev Ram
September Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 12 Sep Tournoi de Québec Quebec City , Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Océane Dodin 6–4, 6–3 Lauren Davis Tereza Martincová Julia Boserup Alla Kudryavtseva Jessica Pegula Catherine Bellis Alison Van Uytvanck Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 7–6(7–2) , 7–6(7–2) Alla Kudryavtseva Alexandra Panova Japan Women's Open Tokyo, Japan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Christina McHale 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 Kateřina Siniaková Zhang Shuai Jana Čepelová Alison Riske Varvara Lepchenko Kurumi Nara Viktorija Golubic Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya 6–3, 6–3 Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith 19 Sep Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–3 Naomi Osaka Elina Svitolina Agnieszka Radwańska Garbiñe Muguruza Aliaksandra Sasnovich Magda Linette Monica Puig Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová 6–1, 6–1 Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan Korea Open Seoul , South Korea WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Lara Arruabarrena 6–0, 2–6, 6–0 Monica Niculescu Zhang Shuai Patricia Maria Țig Jana Čepelová Camila Giorgi Sara Sorribes Tormo Johanna Larsson Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson 6–2, 6–3 Akiko Omae Peangtarn Plipuech Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou , China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16DSingles – Doubles Lesia Tsurenko 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 Jelena Janković Anett Kontaveit Ana Konjuh Viktorija Golubic Alison Riske Jennifer Brady Sabine Lisicki Asia Muhammad Peng Shuai 6–2, 7–6(7–3) Olga Govortsova Vera Lapko 26 Sep Wuhan Open Wuhan , China WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,589,000 – 56S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–1 Dominika Cibulková Simona Halep Svetlana Kuznetsova Johanna Konta Madison Keys Agnieszka Radwańska Barbora Strýcová Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–1, 6–4 Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Kristýna Plíšková 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 Nao Hibino Kateryna Kozlova Denisa Allertová Stefanie Vögele Irina Khromacheva Lesia Tsurenko Kirsten Flipkens Raluca Olaru İpek Soylu 7–5, 6–3 Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová
October Week Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists 3 Oct China Open Beijing , China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,289,521 – 60S/32Q/28DSingles – Doubles Agnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 6–2 Johanna Konta Elina Svitolina Madison Keys Daria Gavrilova Yaroslava Shvedova Zhang Shuai Petra Kvitová Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–4 Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 10 Oct Tianjin Open Tianjin , China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16Q/16DSingles – Doubles Peng Shuai 7–6(7–3) , 6–2 Alison Riske Danka Kovinić Svetlana Kuznetsova Agnieszka Radwańska Monica Puig Han Xinyun Naomi Osaka Christina McHale Peng Shuai 7–6(10–8) , 6–0 Magda Linette Xu Yifan Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–7(4–7) , 6–2 Kristina Mladenovic Daria Gavrilova Jelena Janković Angelique Kerber Bethanie Mattek-Sands Wang Qiang Alizé Cornet Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 6–1 Naomi Broady Heather Watson Linz Open Linz , Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 7–5 Viktorija Golubic Madison Keys Carla Suárez Navarro Garbiñe Muguruza Océane Dodin Denisa Allertová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 4–6, 6–2, [10–7] Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke 17 Oct Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $823,888 – 28S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–1 Daria Gavrilova Elina Svitolina Julia Görges Tímea Babos Ana Konjuh Daria Kasatkina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–0, [10–7] Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer , Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16DSingles – Doubles Monica Niculescu 6–4, 6–0 Petra Kvitová Lauren Davis Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson Andrea Petkovic Denisa Allertová Caroline Wozniacki Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 4–6, 7–5, [11–9] Monica Niculescu Patricia Maria Țig 24 Oct WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships Hard (i) – $7,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8DSingles – Doubles Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 6–4 Angelique Kerber Agnieszka Radwańska Svetlana Kuznetsova Round Robin
Simona Halep Madison Keys Karolína Plíšková Garbiñe Muguruza Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 7–6(7–5) , 6–3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 31 Oct WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai , China Year-end championships Hard – $2,214,500 – 12S (RR)/6D (RR)Singles – Doubles Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–2 Elina Svitolina Johanna Konta Zhang Shuai Round robin
Caroline Garcia Samantha Stosur Timea Bacsinszky Tímea Babos Barbora Strýcová Roberta Vinci Elena Vesnina Kiki Bertens İpek Soylu Xu Yifan 6–4, 3–6, [10–7] Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi
November These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2016 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Olympic win equalling one-and-a-half Premier win, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).
Key Grand Slam tournaments Summer Olympic Games Year-end championships WTA Premier Mandatory WTA Premier 5 WTA Premier WTA International
Titles won by player Titles won by nation The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:
Top 10 entry The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:
WTA rankings These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, of the 2016 season.
Singles WTA Championships Race Rankings , Final rankings # Player Points Tours 1 Angelique Kerber (GER ) 8,000 20 2 Serena Williams (USA ) 7,050 7 3 Agnieszka Radwańska (POL ) 4,975 19 4 Simona Halep (ROU ) 4,728 17 5 Karolína Plíšková (CZE ) 4,100 21 6 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP ) 3,736 19 7 Madison Keys (USA ) 3,637 15 8 Dominika Cibulková (SVK ) 3,625 21 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS ) 3,490 20 10 Johanna Konta (GBR ) 3,455 22 11 Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP ) 3,170 22 12 Petra Kvitová (CZE ) 2,840 20 13 Elina Svitolina (UKR ) 2,456 22 14 Venus Williams (USA ) 2,241 17 15 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN ) 2,240 22 16 Roberta Vinci (ITA ) 2,190 22 17 Timea Bacsinszky (SUI ) 2,188 18 18 Elena Vesnina (RUS ) 2,094 19 19 Samantha Stosur (AUS ) 2,090 20 20 Barbora Strýcová (CZE ) 2,070 21
WTA Singles Year-End Rankings # Player Points #Trn '15 Rk High Low '15→'16 1 Angelique Kerber (GER ) 9,080 21 10 1 10 9 2 Serena Williams (USA ) 7,050 14 1 1 2 1 3 Agnieszka Radwańska (POL ) 5,600 20 5 2 5 2 4 Simona Halep (ROU ) 5,228 18 2 2 5 2 5 Dominika Cibulková (SVK ) 4,875 23 38 5 66 33 6 Karolína Plíšková (CZE ) 4,600 22 11 5 19 5 7 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP ) 4,236 20 3 2 7 4 8 Madison Keys (USA ) 4,137 16 18 7 25 10 9 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS ) 4,115 21 25 8 25 16 10 Johanna Konta (GBR ) 3,640 23 47 9 47 37 11 Petra Kvitová (CZE ) 3,485 22 6 6 16 5 12 Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP ) 3,070 23 13 6 14 1 13 Victoria Azarenka (BLR ) 3,061 12 22 5 22 9 14 Elina Svitolina (UKR ) 2,895 23 19 14 21 5 15 Timea Bacsinszky (SUI ) 2,347 19 12 9 21 3 16 Elena Vesnina (RUS ) 2,252 20 111 16 122 95 17 Venus Williams (USA ) 2,240 17 7 6 17 10 18 Roberta Vinci (ITA ) 2,210 23 15 7 18 3 19 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN ) 2,185 22 17 17 74 2 20 Barbora Strýcová (CZE ) 2,170 22 41 19 48 21
Number 1 ranking Doubles WTA Championships Race Rankings As of October 24, 2016[update] # Team Points Tours 1 Caroline Garcia (FRA ) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA ) 7,360 16 2 Martina Hingis (SUI ) Sania Mirza (IND ) 6,315 14 3 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA ) Lucie Šafářová (CZE ) 5,226 8 4 Elena Vesnina (RUS ) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS ) 4,495 9 5 Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE ) Lucie Hradecká (CZE ) 4,140 17 6 Chan Hao-ching (TPE ) Chan Yung-jan (TPE ) 4,115 20 7 Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ ) Tímea Babos (HUN ) 3,975 12 8 Julia Görges (GER ) Karolína Plíšková (CZE ) 3,485 11 9 Raquel Atawo (USA ) Abigail Spears (USA ) 2,700 21 10 Xu Yifan (CHN ) Zheng Saisai (CHN ) 2,670 20
WTA rankings (Doubles), Final rankings # Player Points Prev Move‡ 1 Sania Mirza (IND ) 7,815 1 2 Caroline Garcia (FRA ) 7,360 4 2 Kristina Mladenovic (FRA ) 3 1 4 Martina Hingis (SUI ) 7,300 2 2 5 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA ) 6,735 5 6 Lucie Šafářová (CZE ) 5,422 6 7 Elena Vesnina (RUS ) 5,315 7 8 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS ) 4,721 8 9 Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE ) 4,300 11 2 10 Lucie Hradecká (CZE ) 4,140 14 4 11 Chan Hao-ching (TPE ) 4,115 9 2 Chan Yung-jan (TPE ) 13 Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ ) 4,075 13 14 Karolína Plíšková (CZE ) 4,040 15 1 15 Tímea Babos (HUN ) 3,980 12 3 16 Barbora Strýcová (CZE ) 3,965 16 17 Julia Görges (GER ) 3,840 17 18 CoCo Vandeweghe (USA ) 3,226 19 1 19 Monica Niculescu (ROU ) 3,225 18 1 20 Xu Yifan (CHN ) 2,760 22 2
Number 1 ranking Holder Date gained Date forfeited Sania Mirza (IND ) Year end 2015 17 January 2016 Martina Hingis (SUI ) Sania Mirza (IND ) 18 January 2016 21 August 2016 Sania Mirza (IND ) 22 August 2016 Year end 2016
Prize money leaders Angelique Kerber topped the 2016 money list and joined Serena Williams as the only two women to ever win over $10,000,000 in a single season. Additionally, Kerber became the 15th WTA player to win $20,000,000 in career earnings. The top-32 players earned over $1,000,000. Bethanie Mattek-Sands won $1,088,600 in doubles tournaments. It was the 3rd consecutive year that a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.
# Player Singles Doubles Mixed Year-to-date 1 Angelique Kerber (GER ) $9,841,181 $20,434 $0 $10,136,615 2 Serena Williams (USA ) $7,384,429 $290,601 $0 $7,675,030 3 Simona Halep (ROU ) $3,590,480 $40,428 $2,345 $4,333,253 4 Agnieszka Radwańska (POL ) $3,762,193 $0 $0 $4,162,193 5 Karolína Plíšková (CZE ) $3,375,673 $375,420 $0 $3,976,093 6 Dominika Cibulková (SVK ) $3,912,431 $28,002 $0 $3,940,433 7 Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP ) $3,287,124 $16,264 $0 $3,903,388 8 Victoria Azarenka (BLR ) $2,651,080 $0 $0 $2,651,080 9 Petra Kvitová (CZE ) $2,182,099 $18,417 $0 $2,500,516 10 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS ) $2,260,009 $136,470 $0 $2,396,479 prize money given in US$ as of November 7, 2016[update]
Statistics leaders as of November 7, 2016[update]
Points distribution Category W F SF QF R16 R32 R64 R128 Q Q3 Q2 Q1 Grand Slam (S) 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2 Grand Slam (D) 2000 1300 780 430 240 130 10 – 48 – – – WTA Finals (S) 1500* 1080* 750* (+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win) WTA Finals (D) 1500 1080 750 375 – WTA Premier Mandatory (96S) 1000 650 390 215 120 65 35 10 30 – 20 2 WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S) 1000 650 390 215 120 65 10 – 30 – 20 2 WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D) 1000 650 390 215 120 10 – – – – – – WTA Premier 5 (56S) 900 585 350 190 105 60 1 – 30 20 12 1 WTA Premier 5 (28D) 900 585 350 190 105 1 – – – – – – WTA Premier (56S) 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 – 12 – 8 1 WTA Premier (32S) 470 305 185 100 55 1 – – 25 16 10 1 WTA Premier (16D) 470 305 185 100 1 – – – – – – – WTA Elite Trophy (S) 700* 440* 240* (+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win) WTA International (56S) 280 180 110 60 30 15 1 – 10 – 6 1 WTA International (32S) 280 180 110 60 30 1 – – 18 14 10 1 WTA International (16D) 280 180 110 60 1 – – – – – – –
* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.
WTA fan polls Player of the month Breakthrough of the month Shot of the month Retirements Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2016 season:
Sofia Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984, in Halmstad , Sweden) – She decided to retire in January 2016 at the age of 31. Gabriela Chmelinová (born 2 June 1976 in Prague , Czechoslovakia) – Chmelinová announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016. Lourdes Domínguez Lino (born 31 March 1981 in Pontevedra , Spain) – She decided to retire in November 2016 at the age of 35. Maureen Drake (born 21 March 1971 in Toronto , Canada) – She announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis in August 2016. Janette Husárová (born 4 June 1974 in Bratislava , Slovakia) – In February 2016 Husárová announced her retirement from professional tennis. Ana Ivanovic (born 6 November 1987 in Belgrade , Serbia) – The former world number 1 announced her retirement from professional tennis December 2016. Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (born 24 September 1984 in Gdynia , Poland) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2016. Mathilde Johansson (born 28 April 1985, in Boulogne-Billancourt , France) – Johansson played her final match in the singles 2016 French Open qualifications. Sandra Klemenschits (born 13 November 1982 in Salzburg , Austria) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in October 2016. Maria Kondratieva (born 17 January 1982 in Moscow, Russia) – Kondratieva announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016. Klára Koukalová (born 24 February 1982 in Prague , Czech Republic) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in September 2016. Petra Rampre (born 20 January 1980 in Ljubljana , Slovenia) – Rampre announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016. Tamarine Tanasugarn (born 24 May 1977, in Los Angeles, United States) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2016. Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978 in České Budějovice , Czechoslovakia) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016. Nicole Vaidišová (born 23 April 1989 in Nuremberg , West Germany) – She announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis in July 2016. Stephanie Vogt (born 15 February 1990 in Vaduz , Liechtenstein) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2016. Yan Zi (born 12 November 1984 in Sichuan , China) – Yan Zi announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016. See also References
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