2016 İstanbul Cup

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Tennis tournament

2016 İstanbul Cup

Date| 18–24 April
Edition| 9th
Category| WTA International
Draw| 32S / 16D
Prize money| $250,000
Surface| Clay
Location| Istanbul, Turkey
Champions
Singles
Çağla Büyükakçay
Doubles
Andreea Mitu /  İpek Soylu
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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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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

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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

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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:

* Ayla Aksu
* İpek Soylu
* Dayana Yastremska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Sorana Cîrstea
* Réka-Luca Jani
* Kristína Kučová
* Marina Melnikova
* Maria Sakkari
* Maryna Zanevska

### 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.

* Victoria Azarenka → replaced by  Alexandra Dulgheru
* Petra Cetkovská → replaced by  Çağla Büyükakçay
* Irina Falconi → replaced by  Stefanie Vögele
* Camila Giorgi (entered Stuttgart qualifying) → replaced by  Tsvetana Pironkova
* Lucie Hradecká → replaced by  Donna Vekić
* Yulia Putintseva → replaced by  Kateryna Kozlova
* Laura Robson (entered Stuttgart qualifying) → replaced by  Kurumi Nara
* Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by  Anastasija Sevastova
* Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by  Olga Govortsova
* Heather Watson → replaced by  Aliaksandra Sasnovich
* Caroline Wozniacki (ankle injury)[1] → replaced by  Andreea Mitu

## Doubles main-draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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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:

* Ayla Aksu /  Melis Sezer
* Çağla Büyükakçay /  Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

### Withdrawals

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During the tournament

* Nao Hibino (right shoulder injury)
* Danka Kovinić (right hamstring strain)

### Retirements

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* Maryna Zanevska (left shoulder injury)

## Champions

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### Singles

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Main article: 2016 İstanbul Cup – Singles

* Çağla Büyükakçay def.  Danka Kovinić, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3.

### Doubles

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Main article: 2016 İstanbul Cup – Doubles

* Andreea Mitu /  İpek Soylu def.  Xenia Knoll /  Danka Kovinić, walkover

## 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.

## External links

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* Official website Archived 2018-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
* Players list Archived 2018-01-05 at the Wayback Machine

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