2016 Katowice Open
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The 2016 Katowice Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Katowice Open and an International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from 4 April to 10 April 2016.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 1 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,300 | $5,900 | $3,310 | $1,925 | $1,005 | $730 | $530 |
| Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 2 | 1 |
| SVK | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 30 | 2 |
| LAT | Jeļena Ostapenko | 39 | 3 |
| FRA | Alizé Cornet | 42 | 4 |
| ITA | Camila Giorgi | 43 | 5 |
| UKR | Lesia Tsurenko | 45 | 6 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | 49 | 7 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 54 | 8 |
| BEL | Kirsten Flipkens | 65 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings as of 21 March 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Russia Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
- Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
- Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Czech Republic Denisa Allertová → replaced by Croatia Donna Vekić
- Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
- Slovenia Polona Hercog → replaced by Czech Republic Klára Koukalová
- Estonia Anett Kontaveit → replaced by France Pauline Parmentier
- Romania Monica Niculescu → replaced by Switzerland Romina Oprandi
- Poland Agnieszka Radwańska (shoulder injury) → replaced by Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
- Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková (left wrist injury) → replaced by Czech Republic Jesika Malečková
- Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
- Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck (ankle surgery) → replaced by Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG | María Irigoyen | POL | Paula Kania | 116 | 1 |
| GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | NED | Demi Schuurs | 134 | 2 |
| RUS | Vera Dushevina | ESP | María José Martínez Sánchez | 135 | 3 |
| GBR | Jocelyn Rae | GBR | Anna Smith | 146 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of 21 March 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received a wildcard into the main draw:
- Belarus Vera Lapko / Belarus Aliaksandra Sasnovich
- Poland Katarzyna Piter / Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
Withdrawals
During the tournament
- Italy Karin Knapp (right ankle injury)
Champions
Singles
- Slovakia Dominika Cibulková def. Italy Camila Giorgi, 6–4, 6–0
Doubles
- Japan Eri Hozumi / Japan Miyu Kato def. Russia Valentyna Ivakhnenko / Russia Marina Melnikova, 3–6, 7–5, [10–8]