2016 Kremlin Cup
2016 Kremlin Cup | |
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Date | 17 – 23 October |
Edition | 27th (men) / 21st (women) |
Surface | Hard |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Venue | Olympic Stadium |
Champions | |
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Women's Singles | |
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The 2016 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2016 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 21st edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier Series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 17 October through 23 October 2016.
On 15 October, a record high of 4800 people visited the qualifiying rounds; according to Tarpishchev, in no other tennis tournament was that number so high.[1]
ATP singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Roberto Bautista Agut | 19 | 1 |
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Albert Ramos-Viñolas | 27 | 2 |
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Philipp Kohlschreiber | 30 | 3 |
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Viktor Troicki | 31 | 4 |
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Pablo Carreño Busta | 35 | 6 |
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Paolo Lorenzi | 37 | 7 |
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Andrey Kuznetsov | 42 | 8 |
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Marcel Granollers | 43 | 9 |
- Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
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 a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
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Bernard Tomic →replaced by
Evgeny Donskoy
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Jiří Veselý →replaced by
Lukáš Rosol
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Martin Kližan →replaced by
Federico Gaio
Retirements
ATP doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Pablo Carreño Busta | ![]() |
Marcel Granollers | 52 | 1 |
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Juan Sebastián Cabal | ![]() |
Robert Farah | 60 | 2 |
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Guillermo Durán | ![]() |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg | 119 | 3 |
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Wesley Koolhof | ![]() |
Matwé Middelkoop | 119 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
WTA singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Svetlana Kuznetsova | 8 | 1 |
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Carla Suárez Navarro | 12 | 3 |
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Elina Svitolina | 15 | 4 |
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Elena Vesnina | 19 | 5 |
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Barbora Strýcová | 20 | 6 |
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Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 21 | 7 |
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Daria Kasatkina | 24 | 8 |
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Tímea Babos | 26 | 9 |
- Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player entered as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
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Sara Errani →replaced by
Anastasija Sevastova
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Karolína Plíšková →replaced by
Shelby Rogers
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Mónica Puig →replaced by
Danka Kovinić
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Dominika Cibulkova →replaced by
Ana Konjuh
- During the tournament
Retirements
WTA doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Ekaterina Makarova | ![]() |
Elena Vesnina | 15 | 1 |
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Andrea Hlaváčková | ![]() |
Lucie Hradecká | 25 | 2 |
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Kateřina Siniaková | ![]() |
Katarina Srebotnik | 60 | 3 |
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Anastasia Rodionova | ![]() |
Olga Savchuk | 100 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
Men's Singles
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Pablo Carreño Busta def.
Fabio Fognini, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Women's Singles
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Svetlana Kuznetsova def.
Daria Gavrilova, 6–2, 6–1
Men's Doubles
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Juan Sebastián Cabal /
Robert Farah def.
Julian Knowle /
Jürgen Melzer, 7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Women's Doubles
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Andrea Hlaváčková /
Lucie Hradecká def.
Daria Gavrilova /
Daria Kasatkina, 4–6, 6–0, [10–7]