2016 Taiwan Open

2016 Taiwan Open 8–14 February 1st WTA International 32S / 16D $500,000 Hard Kaohsiung, Taiwan Yangming Tennis Center USA Venus Williams TPE Chan Hao-ching / TPE Chan Yung-jan Taiwan Open (Taipei)Taiwan Open The 2016 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Yangming Tennis Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 8 February through 14 February 2016.http://www.taiwanopen.com.tw/EN/overview-about.html Fast facts 9 January 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160127005806/http://www.taiwanopen.com.tw/EN/overview-about.html 27 January 2016 First-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title.Venus Williams beats Misaki Doi to claim Taiwan Open https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/14775844/venus-williams-beats-misaki-doi-win-taiwan-open ESPN 14 February 2016 Finals Singles 2016 Taiwan Open – Singles USA Venus Williams defeated JPN Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2 It was Williams' only singles title of the year and the 49th of her career. Doubles 2016 Taiwan Open – Doubles TPE Chan Hao-ching / TPE Chan Yung-jan defeated JPN Eri Hozumi / JPN Miyu Kato 6–4, 6–3 Points and prize money Point distribution Event1WFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Singles280180110603011814101Doubles1 Prize money EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 322Q2Q1Singles$111,164$55,324$29,730$8,898$4,899$3,026$1,470$865Doubles *$17,724$9,222$4,950$2,623$1,383 1 Points per the WTA.http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings WTA: All about rankings 4 January 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121214232116/http://www.wtatennis.com/all-about-rankings 14 December 2012 2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team Singles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedUSAVenus Williams121JPNMisaki Doi622KAZYulia Putintseva643KAZZarina Diyas694CHNZheng Saisai715TPEHsieh Su-wei826JPNKurumi Nara907USAAlison Riske928 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016. Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: TPE Hsu Ching-wen TPE Lee Pei-chi TPE Lee Ya-hsuan The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: JPN Miyu Kato UKR Lyudmyla Kichenok JPN Ayaka Okuno ESP Laura Pous Tió FRA Shérazad Reix CHN Zhang Yuxuan The following players received entry as lucky losers: JPN Hiroko Kuwata RUS Marina Melnikova Withdrawals Before the tournament SVK Jana Čepelová (Abdominal strain) → replaced by RUS Marina Melnikova THA Luksika Kumkhum → replaced by LUX Mandy Minella SUI Romina Oprandi → replaced by SVK Kristína Kučová FRA Pauline Parmentier → replaced by JPN Hiroko Kuwata CRO Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by JPN Naomi Osaka During the tournament JPN Kurumi Nara (Left thigh injury) Retirements SUI Stefanie Vögele (Dizziness) Doubles main-draw entrants Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedTPEChan Hao-chingTPEChan Yung-jan211CHNLiang ChenCHNWang Yafan882UKRLyudmyla KichenokUKRNadiia Kichenok1213JPNShuko AoyamaTPEChan Chin-wei1624 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016. Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: TPE Chien Pei-ju / TPE Lee Pei-chi TPE Cho I-hsuan / TPE Shih Hsin-yuan See also List of sporting events in Taiwan References External links Official website Taiwan Open Category:WTA Taiwan Open Category:2016 in Taiwanese women's sport Category:2016 in Taiwanese tennis