2016 İstanbul Cup

2016 İstanbul Cup
Date18–24 April
Edition9th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceClay
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay
Doubles
Romania Andreea Mitu / Turkey İpek Soylu
← 2015 · İstanbul Cup · 2017 →

The 2016 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 9th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 18 April through 24 April 2016.

Points and prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Women's singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Women's doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1
Women's singles $43,000 $21,400 $11,500 $6,175 $3,400 $2,100 $1,020 $600
Women's doubles $12,300 $6,400 $3,435 $1,820 $960

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 34 1
 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 42 2
 UKR Lesia Tsurenko 43 3
 BEL Kirsten Flipkens 59 4
 MNE Danka Kovinić 61 5
 JPN Nao Hibino 66 6
 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 67 7
 SWE Johanna Larsson 69 8
  • Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Due to security concerns, the WTA allowed players to withdraw and enter other WTA/ITF tournaments without penalty.

Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko  UKR Olga Savchuk 89 1
 GEO Oksana Kalashnikova  SWE Johanna Larsson 96 2
  SUI Xenia Knoll  MNE Danka Kovinić 201 3
 RUS Valentyna Ivakhnenko  BLR Lidziya Marozava 219 4
  • 1 Rankings as of April 11, 2016.

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

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During the tournament

Retirements

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Champions

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Singles

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Doubles

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References

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  1. ^ "Caroline Wozniacki erleidet Knöchelverletzung" (in German). tennisnet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
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