2016 Connecticut Open
2016 Connecticut Open | |
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Date | August 21–27 |
Edition | 48th |
Category | WTA Premier |
Draw | 30S / 16D |
Prize money | $695,900 |
Surface | Hard / outdoor |
Location | New Haven, United States |
Venue | Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center |
Champions | |
Singles | |
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The 2016 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2016 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 27. It was the last event of the 2016 US Open Series before the 2016 US Open.
Points and prize money[edit]
Point distribution[edit]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles[1] | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
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Doubles[1] | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money[edit]
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
Singles | $130,300 | $69,380 | $37,020 | $19,885 | $10,665 | $5,820 | $3,045 | $1,620 | $895 |
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Doubles | $40,650 | $21,700 | $11,865 | $6,035 | $3,270 | — | — | — | — |
Singles main-draw entrants[a][edit]
Seeds[edit]
Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
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![]() | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 1 |
![]() | Roberta Vinci | 8 | 2 |
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![]() | Petra Kvitová | 14 | 6 |
![]() | Timea Bacsinszky | 15 | 7 |
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![]() | Elina Svitolina | 19 | 10 |
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- Rankings are as of 15 August 2016[2]
Other entrants[edit]
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:[3]
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals[edit]
- Before the tournament
Jelena Janković → replaced by
Kristina Mladenovic
Madison Keys → replaced by
Camila Giorgi
Johanna Konta → replaced by
Anett Kontaveit
Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by
Johanna Larsson
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by
Kayla Day
Karolína Plíšková → replaced by
Kirsten Flipkens
Sloane Stephens → replaced by
Caroline Garcia
Barbora Strýcová → replaced by
Evgeniya Rodina
Retirements[edit]
Doubles main-draw entrants[a][edit]
Seeds[edit]
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
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![]() | Tímea Babos | ![]() | Yaroslava Shvedova | 16 | 1 |
![]() | Sania Mirza | ![]() | Monica Niculescu | 17 | 2 |
![]() | Andreja Klepač | ![]() | Katarina Srebotnik | 57 | 3 |
![]() | Anabel Medina Garrigues | ![]() | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 68 | 4 |
- Rankings are as of 15 August 2016
Other entrants[edit]
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Louisa Chirico /
Alison Riske
Hsieh Su-wei /
Andrea Petkovic
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik /
Caroline Wozniacki
Finals[edit]
Singles[edit]
Agnieszka Radwańska defeated
Elina Svitolina, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Doubles[edit]
Sania Mirza /
Monica Niculescu defeated
Kateryna Bondarenko /
Chuang Chia-jung, 7–5, 6–4
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ "2016 Entry List". Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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