2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem 25 – 30 April 16th WTA International 32S / 16D Clay / outdoor $250,000 Rabat, Morocco Club des CheminotsUnion Sportive des Cheminots du Maroc SUI Timea Bacsinszky SUI Xenia Knoll / SRB Aleksandra Krunić Morocco Open The 2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 25 and 30 April 2016. Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1Women's singles280180110603011814101Women's doubles1 Singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedSUITimea Bacsinszky161RUSEkaterina Makarova292SVKAnna Karolína Schmiedlová343ROUIrina-Camelia Begu354HUNTímea Babos405GERAnnika Beck416UKRLesia Tsurenko437KAZYulia Putintseva538 1 Rankings as of April 18, 2016 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: MAR Ghita Benhadi RUS Anna Blinkova TUN Ons Jabeur The following players received entry as qualifiers: NZL Marina Erakovic EST Kaia Kanepi SRB Aleksandra Krunić ESP Sílvia Soler Espinosa The following player received entry as a special exempt: UKR Kateryna Kozlova The following player entered by a protected ranking: GBR Laura Robson The following players received entry as lucky losers: NED Richèl Hogenkamp AUS Anastasia Rodionova ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo Withdrawals Before the tournament UKR Kateryna Bondarenko → replaced by ROU Andreea Mitu TUR Çağla Büyükakçay → replaced by AUS Anastasia Rodionova JPN Misaki Doi → replaced by USA Alison Riske USA Irina Falconi → replaced by LAT Anastasija Sevastova JPN Nao Hibino → replaced by NED Kiki Bertens SRB Bojana Jovanovski → replaced by ROU Alexandra Dulgheru ITA Karin Knapp → replaced by NED Richèl Hogenkamp GBR Johanna Konta → replaced by GER Tatjana Maria GER Laura Siegemund → replaced by ESP Sara Sorribes Tormo RUS Elena Vesnina → replaced by CRO Donna Vekić Retirements UKR Lesia Tsurenko Doubles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedGERTatjana MariaROURaluca Olaru1101AUSAnastasia RodionovaAUSArina Rodionova1172GERAnnika BeckSWEJohanna Larsson1623SUIXenia KnollSRBAleksandra Krunić2104 1 Rankings as of April 18, 2016 Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: MAR Ghita Benhadi / TUN Ons Jabeur MAR Salma Charif / MAR Abir El Fahimi Withdrawals During the tournament SVK Daniela Hantuchová Champions Singles 2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Singles SUI Timea Bacsinszky def. NZL Marina Erakovic, 6–2, 6–1 Doubles 2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem – Doubles SUI Xenia Knoll / SRB Aleksandra Krunić def. GER Tatjana Maria / ROU Raluca Olaru 6–3, 6–0. References External links Official website Category:Morocco Open Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Morocco Category:April 2016 sports events in Africa Category:2016 in African women's sport Category:Sports competitions in Rabat Category:21st century in Rabat Category:Women's sport in Rabat