2016 Shenzhen Open

2016 Shenzhen Open
Date	2 – 9 January
Edition	4th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$500,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Shenzhen, China
Venue	Longgang Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska
Doubles
Vania King / Monica Niculescu

The 2016 Shenzhen Open (known as 2016 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Centre in Shenzhen, China, from 2–9 January 2016.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^1	Q2	Q1
Singles	$111,163	$55,323	$29,730	$8,934	$4,928	$3,199	$1,852	$1,081
Doubles *	$17,724	$9,222	$4,951	$2,623	$1,383	N/A	N/A	N/A

<sub>¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team</sub>

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	5	1
CZE	Petra Kvitová	6	2
ROU	Irina-Camelia Begu	31	3
ROU	Monica Niculescu	39	4
GBR	Johanna Konta	48	5
CAN	Eugenie Bouchard	49	6
KAZ	Zarina Diyas	52	7
GER	Annika Beck	58	8

• ¹ Rankings as of December 28, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Duan Yingying
• Irina Khromacheva
• Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nicole Gibbs
• Yaroslava Shvedova
• Tereza Smitková
• Zhang Kailin

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• Vania King

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

• Stefanie Vögele

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Olga Govortsova →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
• Magda Linette (gastrointestinal illness) →replaced by Stefanie Vögele
• Urszula Radwańska →replaced by Donna Vekić

Retirements

• Irina-Camelia Begu (right knee injury)
• Petra Kvitová (gastrointestinal illness)

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
CHN	Xu Yifan	CHN	Zheng Saisai	88	1
TPE	Chuang Chia-jung	GEO	Oksana Kalashnikova	113	2
RUS	Vera Dushevina	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	147	3
TUR	Çağla Büyükakçay	SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	210	4

• ¹ Rankings as of December 28, 2015

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Li Yixuan / Sheng Yuqi

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Magda Linette (gastrointestinal illness)

Champions

Singles

• Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Alison Riske, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles

• Vania King / Monica Niculescu defeated Xu Yifan / Zheng Saisai, 6–1, 6–4

References

External links

• Official website