2016 Hong Kong Tennis Open
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The 2016 Hong Kong Tennis Open (also known as the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Victoria Park, Hong Kong, from October 10 to 16.
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 321 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 |
| Doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 1 | 1 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 13 | 2 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 14 | 3 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 18 | 4 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 22 | 5 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | 25 | 6 |
| SRB | Jelena Janković | 37 | 7 |
| AUS | Daria Gavrilova | 49 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 3, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- New Zealand Marina Erakovic
- Slovenia Dalila Jakupović
- Serbia Aleksandra Krunić
- Thailand Luksika Kumkhum
- Czech Republic Tereza Martincová
- China Zhu Lin
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Colombia Mariana Duque Mariño → replaced by Japan Risa Ozaki
- Slovakia Kristína Kučová → replaced by United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- Belgium Yanina Wickmayer → replaced by Greece Maria Sakkari
During the tournament
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPE | Chan Hao-Ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 18 | 1 |
| SLO | Andreja Klepač | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 54 | 2 |
| CHN | Liang Chen | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 98 | 3 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | JPN | Makoto Ninomiya | 114 | 4 |
1 Rankings are as of October 3, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
Singles
- Denmark Caroline Wozniacki def. France Kristina Mladenovic, 6−1, 6–7(4–7), 6−2
Doubles
- Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching / Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan def. United Kingdom Naomi Broady / United Kingdom Heather Watson, 6−3, 6–1