2016 Kremlin Cup – Women's singles

2016 Kremlin Cup RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova AUS Daria Gavrilova 6–2, 6–1 8 2016 Kremlin Cup Svetlana Kuznetsova was the defending championhttps://www.espn.co.uk/tennis/story/_/id/13958427/svetlana-kuznetsova-wins-kremlin-cup-beating-anastasia-pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova wins Kremlin Cup, beating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ESPN 1 May 2026 and successfully defended her title, defeating Daria Gavrilova in the final, 6–2, 6–1.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-23/daria-gavrilova-thrashed-in-kremlin-cup-final/7957798 Australia's Daria Gavrilova loses 6-2, 6-1 to Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in Kremlin Cup final Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1 May 2026 By claiming the title, Kuznetsova became the final qualifier for the 2016 WTA Finals, overtaking Johanna Konta on the race list.https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/17855878/svetlana-kuznetsova-retains-kremlin-cup-title-wta-finals-spot Svetlana Kuznetsova earns WTA Finals berth with Kremlin Cup title ESPN 1 May 2026 Seeds The top four seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (champion) SVK Dominika Cibulková (withdrew) ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (second round, retired) UKR Elina Svitolina (semifinals) RUS Elena Vesnina (second round) CZE Barbora Strýcová (first round) RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (quarterfinals) RUS Daria Kasatkina (quarterfinals) HUN Tímea Babos (quarterfinals) Draw Finals Semifinals Final 175 1/WC RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 62 6 4 UKR Elina Svitolina 1 77 4   GER Julia Görges 5 1 AUS Daria Gavrilova 7 6 1/WC RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 6 6 AUS Daria Gavrilova 2 1 Top half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals FRA A Cornet 78 6 USA S Rogers 66 3 FRA K Mladenovic 6 6 WC RUS A Kalinskaya 4 2 ROU I-C Begu 2 77 5 9 HUN T Babos 6 62 7 Q UKR L Tsurenko 3 0r KAZ Y Putintseva 6 0 LAT A Sevastova 6 1 610 Q RUS A Blinkova 4 6 712 LL CRO A Konjuh 6 1 6 6 CZE B Strýcová 4 6 2 1/WC RUS S Kuznetsova 6 7 FRA A Cornet 4 5 FRA K Mladenovic 1 4 9 HUN T Babos 6 6 4 UKR E Svitolina 6 6 KAZ Y Putintseva 2 2 Q RUS A Blinkova LL CRO A Konjuh w/o 1/WC RUS S Kuznetsova 7 62 6 9 HUN T Babos 5 77 2 4 UKR E Svitolina 6 6 LL CRO A Konjuh 1 1 1/WC RUS S Kuznetsova 6 62 6 4 UKR E Svitolina 1 77 4 Bottom half First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals 8 RUS D Kasatkina 6 6 SUI B Bencic 4 1 RUS E Makarova 7 6 Q USA N Gibbs 5 1 MNE D Kovinić 63 3 GER J Görges 77 6 7 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 77 5 7 Q CZE K Siniaková 62 7 5 LAT J Ostapenko 3 3 SRB J Janković 6 6 CZE L Šafářová 2 2 AUS D Gavrilova 6 6 8 RUS D Kasatkina 6 6 RUS E Makarova 4 1 GER J Görges 7 6 5 RUS E Vesnina 5 0 7 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6 SRB J Janković 1 4 AUS D Gavrilova 6 3 3 ESP C Suárez Navarro 4 0r 8 RUS D Kasatkina 5 1 GER J Görges 7 6 7 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 5 6 3 AUS D Gavrilova 7 4 6 GER J Görges 5 1 AUS D Gavrilova 7 6 Qualifying Seeds 30em UKR Lesia Tsurenko (qualified) CZE Kateřina Siniaková (qualified) CRO Ana Konjuh (qualifying competition, lucky loser) TUR Çağla Büyükakçay (second round) USA Nicole Gibbs (qualified) ITA Camila Giorgi (second round) RUS Irina Khromacheva (qualifying competition) RUS Evgeniya Rodina (second round) Qualifiers 30em UKR Lesia Tsurenko CZE Kateřina Siniaková USA Nicole Gibbs RUS Anna Blinkova Lucky losers 30em CRO Ana Konjuh Draw First qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 1 UKR Lesia Tsurenko 3 6 6   UZB Nigina Abduraimova 6 2 2   RUS Elizaveta Kulichkova 6 6   BLR Aryna Sabalenka 4 1   PAR Verónica Cepede Royg 7 6   CZE Lucie Hradecká 5 1   RUS Victoria Kamenskaya 1 0 7 RUS Irina Khromacheva 6 6 1 UKR Lesia Tsurenko 77 6   RUS Elizaveta Kulichkova 64 3   PAR Verónica Cepede Royg 7 0 2 7 RUS Irina Khromacheva 5 6 6 1 UKR Lesia Tsurenko 6 6 7 RUS Irina Khromacheva 1 2 Second qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 2 CZE Kateřina Siniaková 1 6 6   RUS Marina Melnikova 6 4 2   RUS Polina Leykina 6 6   RUS Veronika Kudermetova 0 2   BUL Viktoriya Tomova 6 6 WC RUS Amina Anshba 4 1   BLR Olga Govortsova 1 2 8 RUS Evgeniya Rodina 6 6 2 CZE Kateřina Siniaková 6 6   RUS Polina Leykina 4 2   BUL Viktoriya Tomova 6 6 8 RUS Evgeniya Rodina 4 0 2 CZE Kateřina Siniaková 6 6   BUL Viktoriya Tomova 4 2 Third qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 3 CRO Ana Konjuh 6 6   RUS Ekaterina Alexandrova 1 4   CZE Tereza Martincová 6 6   RUS Anastasia Pivovarova 3 2   POL Paula Kania 77 5 6 WC RUS Anastasia Gasanova 63 7 1   RUS Natalia Vikhlyantseva 4 6 3 5 USA Nicole Gibbs 6 4 6 3 CRO Ana Konjuh 4   CZE Tereza Martincová 0r   POL Paula Kania 4 1 5 USA Nicole Gibbs 6 6 3 CRO Ana Konjuh 5 7 61 5 USA Nicole Gibbs 7 5 77 Fourth qualifier First round Second round Qualifying competition 175 4 TUR Çağla Büyükakçay 1 77 6   RUS Valeriya Solovyeva 6 62 1 WC RUS Anna Blinkova 6 6   BUL Elitsa Kostova 0 4 WC RUS Olesya Pervushina 2 5   ARG Nadia Podoroska 6 7   BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 0 3 6 ITA Camila Giorgi 4 6 6 4 TUR Çağla Büyükakçay 2 3 WC RUS Anna Blinkova 6 6   ARG Nadia Podoroska 0 6 6 6 ITA Camila Giorgi 6 4 4 WC RUS Anna Blinkova 6 6   ARG Nadia Podoroska 2 1 References Main draw Qualifying draw Category:2016 WTA Tour 2016 Women's Singles