2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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Tennis tournament

2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Date| 18–24 April
Edition| 39th
Category| Premier
Draw| 28S / 16D
Prize money| $759,900
Surface| Clay (indoor)
Location| Stuttgart, Germany
Venue| Porsche-Arena
Attendance| 37,200
Champions
Singles
Angelique Kerber
Doubles
Caroline Garcia /  Kristina Mladenovic
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The 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 39th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 18 April through 24 April 2016.

Besides the prize money the singles champion won a Porsche 718 Boxster S sports car.[1]

## Points and prize money

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### Point distribution

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Event | W | F  | SF  | QF  | Round of 16  | Round of 32  | Q  | Q3  | Q2  | Q1

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Singles  | 470  | 305  | 185  | 100  | 55  | 1  | 25  | 18  | 13  | 1
Doubles  | 1  | —  | —  | —  | —  | —

### Prize money

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Event | W | F  | SF  | QF  | Round of 16  | Round of 32  | Q3  | Q2  | Q1

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Singles | €104,477  | €55,792  | €29,799  | €16,018  | €8,590  | €5,451  | €2,448  | €1,301  | €724
Doubles * | €32,680  | €17,459  | €9,541  | €4,855  | €2,637  | —  | —  | —  | —

* per team

## Singles main draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  |  | Rank1 | Seed

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POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 2  | 1
GER | Angelique Kerber | 3  | 2
ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4  | 3
ROU | Simona Halep | 6  | 4
CZE | Petra Kvitová | 7  | 5
ITA | Roberta Vinci | 8  | 6
ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 11  | 7
CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 15  | 8

* 1 Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

### Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Anna-Lena Friedsam
* Julia Görges

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Louisa Chirico
* Océane Dodin
* Laura Siegemund
* Carina Witthöft

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Camila Giorgi

### Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

* Belinda Bencic (back injury) → replaced by  Caroline Garcia
* Sara Errani (right leg injury) → replaced by  Camila Giorgi
* Madison Keys → replaced by  Monica Niculescu
* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by  Alizé Cornet
* Maria Sharapova (provisional suspension) → replaced by  Ekaterina Makarova

## Doubles main draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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SUI | Martina Hingis |  IND | Sania Mirza | 2  | 1
FRA | Caroline Garcia |  FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 23  | 2
SLO | Andreja Klepač |  SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 54  | 3
USA | Raquel Atawo |  POL | Alicja Rosolska | 78  | 4

* Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

### Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

* Annika Beck /  Roberta Vinci
* Anna-Lena Friedsam /  Andrea Petkovic
* Sabine Lisicki /  Lucie Šafářová

### Withdrawals

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During the tournament

* Andrea Petkovic (lower back injury)

## Finals

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### Singles

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Main article: 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Singles

* Angelique Kerber defeated  Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–0.

### Doubles

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Main article: 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix – Doubles

* Caroline Garcia /  Kristina Mladenovic defeated  Martina Hingis /  Sania Mirza, 2–6, 6–1, [10–6].

## References

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1. ^ "Zahlen, Daten und Fakten zum Damen-Spektakel" (in German). tennisnet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-04-14.

## External links

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* Official website
* Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament profile
* Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament event details

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