2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

2016 Dubai Tennis Championships ITA Sara Errani CZE Barbora Strýcová 6–0, 6–2 28 8 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships Sara Errani defeated Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–0, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships.https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/10175233/sara-errani-hammers-barbora-strycova-in-dubai-final Sara Errani hammers Barbora Strycova in Dubai final Sky Sports 21 April 2026 Simona Halep was the defending champion,https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/12358628/simona-halep-wins-2nd-wta-title-year-dubai-championships Halep beats Pliskova for Dubai title ESPN 21 April 2026 but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round.https://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/14793307/top-seeded-simona-halep-ousted-ana-ivanovic-dubai Top-seeded Simona Halep ousted by Ana Ivanovic in Dubai ESPN 21 April 2026 This was the first time at either a WTA Tour or ATP Tour event that all seeded players lost their opening match."Dubai Championships: all eight seeds beaten in opening round for first time in tennis history""Insider notebook: Upset analysis", WTA news, February 17, 2016 Seeds The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em ROU Simona Halep (second round) ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (second round) ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (second round) CZE Petra Kvitová (second round) SUI Belinda Bencic (first round) CZE Karolína Plíšková (first round) ITA Roberta Vinci (first round) RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (first round) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175   CZE Barbora Strýcová 6 3 6 FRA Caroline Garcia 2 6 3   ITA Sara Errani 6 6 UKR Elina Svitolina 4 4   CZE Barbora Strýcová 0 2 ITA Sara Errani 6 6 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 AUS D Gavrilova 1 0 CZE B Strýcová 6 6 Q BUL T Pironkova 4 3 WC GER J Görges 6 6 8 RUS S Kuznetsova 0 1 SVK AK Schmiedlová 4 1 FRA C Garcia 6 6 ITA C Giorgi 2 1 GER A Petkovic 6 6 SRB J Janković 4 7 6 5 SUI B Bencic 6 5 4 1/WC ROU S Halep 62 2 SRB A Ivanovic 77 6 CZE B Strýcová 2 6 6 WC GER J Görges 6 3 1 3 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 4 3 FRA C Garcia 4 6 6 GER A Petkovic 6 6 SRB J Janković 3 2 SRB A Ivanovic 65 3 CZE B Strýcová 77 6 FRA C Garcia 6 6 GER A Petkovic 3 4 CZE B Strýcová 6 3 6 FRA C Garcia 2 6 3 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 7 ITA R Vinci 0 6 3 Q KAZ Y Shvedova 6 4 6 Q CHN S Zheng 5 3 ITA S Errani 7 6 USA M Brengle 6 7 RUS E Makarova 4 5 6/WC CZE Ka Plíšková 65 1 USA C Vandeweghe 77 6 UKR L Tsurenko 2 61 FRA K Mladenovic 6 77 UKR E Svitolina 6 6 Q SVK J Čepelová 3 1 Q KAZ Y Shvedova 3 0 ITA S Errani 6 6 USA M Brengle 0 77 6 4/WC CZE P Kvitová 6 61 3 USA C Vandeweghe 7 3 6 FRA K Mladenovic 5 6 4 UKR E Svitolina 77 6 2 ESP G Muguruza 63 3 ITA S Errani 4 6 6 USA M Brengle 6 1 4 USA C Vandeweghe 4 6 2 UKR E Svitolina 6 1 6 ITA S Errani 6 6 UKR E Svitolina 4 4 Qualifying Seeds 30em USA Varvara Lepchenko (qualifying competition) GER Anna-Lena Friedsam (qualifying competition) JPN Nao Hibino (first round) CZE Denisa Allertová (qualifying competition) KAZ Zarina Diyas (first round) CHN Zheng Saisai (qualified) CZE Lucie Hradecká (withdrew due to change of schedule) UKR Kateryna Bondarenko (second round) GER Carina Witthöft (first round) Qualifiers 30em CHN Zheng Saisai BUL Tsvetana Pironkova SVK Jana Čepelová KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova Qualifying draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 USA Varvara Lepchenko 6 6 WC TUN Ons Jabeur 4 1 PR ESP María José Martínez Sánchez 4 6 0   BUL Sesil Karatantcheva 6 4 6   CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 77 2 6   POL Magda Linette 63 6 2   TUR Çağla Büyükakçay 1 0 6 CHN Zheng Saisai 6 6 1 USA Varvara Lepchenko 6 77   BUL Sesil Karatantcheva 0 61   CZE Andrea Hlaváčková 6 3 0 6 CHN Zheng Saisai 1 6 6 1 USA Varvara Lepchenko 5 1 6 CHN Zheng Saisai 7 6 Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 GER Anna-Lena Friedsam 7 6   RUS Evgeniya Rodina 5 1   CHN Wang Qiang 6 6 WC OMN Fatma Al-Nabhani 4 4   CZE Kristýna Plíšková 1 64   BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 6 77   LVA Anastasija Sevastova 3 3 8 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 6 6 2 GER Anna-Lena Friedsam 77 2 78   CHN Wang Qiang 62 6 66   BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 6 6 8 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 2 1 2 GER Anna-Lena Friedsam 7 5 3   BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 5 7 6 Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 JPN Nao Hibino 4 4   LAT Jeļena Ostapenko 6 6   USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 6   CRO Ana Konjuh 2 3   USA Alison Riske 6 6   BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 3 2   SVK Jana Čepelová 613 6 6 9 GER Carina Witthöft 715 2 4 LVA Jeļena Ostapenko 3 3   USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 6   USA Alison Riske 3 77 5   SVK Jana Čepelová 6 61 7   USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 4 6 3   SVK Jana Čepelová 6 1 6 Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 CZE Denisa Allertová 6 6 Alt CAN Gabriela Dabrowski 2 3   CZE Kateřina Siniaková 6 6   UKR Olga Savchuk 2 2   SVK Kristína Kučová 3 6 2   CHN Wang Yafan 6 4 6   KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 6 3 6 5 KAZ Zarina Diyas 4 6 4 4 CZE Denisa Allertová 6 6   CZE Kateřina Siniaková 4 3   CHN Wang Yafan 0 3   KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 6 6 4 CZE Denisa Allertová 4 6 66   KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 6 4 78 References External links Main Draw Qualifying Draw Dubai Tennis Championships - Singles Category:2016 Dubai Tennis Championships Category:Women in Dubai Category:Women's tennis in the United Arab Emirates Category:Women's sports competitions in the United Arab Emirates