2016 WTA Shenzhen Open

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Tennis tournament

2016 WTA Shenzhen Open

Date| 2–9 January 2016
Edition| 4th
Category| WTA International
Draw| 32S / 16D
Prize money| $500,000
Surface| Hard
Location| Shenzhen, China
Venue| Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center
Champions
Singles
Agnieszka Radwańska
Doubles
Vania King /  Monica Niculescu
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The 2016 Shenzhen Open (known as 2016 Shenzhen Gemdale Open for sponsorship reason) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the fourth edition of the Shenzhen Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Sports Center in Shenzhen, China, from 2 January to 9 January 2016. First-seeded Agnieszka Radwańska won the singles title.

## Finals

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### Singles

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* Agnieszka Radwańska defeated  Alison Riske, 6–3, 6–2[1]

### Doubles

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* Vania King /  Monica Niculescu defeated  Xu Yifan /  Zheng Saisai, 6–1, 6–4

## 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  | Q2  | Q1

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Singles  | 280  | 180  | 110  | 60  | 30  | 1  | 18  | 12  | 1
Doubles  | 1  | —  | —  | —  | —

### Prize money

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Event | W | F  | SF  | QF  | Round of 16  | Round of 321 | Q2  | Q1

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Singles | $111,163  | $55,323  | $29,730  | $8,934  | $4,928  | $3,199  | $1,852  | $1,081
Doubles * | $17,724  | $9,222  | $4,951  | $2,623  | $1,383  | —  | —  | —

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per team

## Singles main draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5  | 1
CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6  | 2
ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 31  | 3
ROU | Monica Niculescu | 39  | 4
GBR | Johanna Konta | 48  | 5
CAN | Eugenie Bouchard | 49  | 6
KAZ | Zarina Diyas | 52  | 7
GER | Annika Beck | 58  | 8

* 1 Rankings as of December 28, 2015.

### Other entrants

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The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Duan Yingying
* Irina Khromacheva
* Zhang Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Nicole Gibbs
* Yaroslava Shvedova
* Tereza Smitková
* Zhang Kailin

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

* Vania King

The following player received entry as lucky loser:

* Stefanie Vögele

### Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

* Olga Govortsova → replaced by  Kateřina Siniaková
* Magda Linette (gastrointestinal illness) → replaced by  Stefanie Vögele
* Urszula Radwańska → replaced by  Donna Vekić

### Retirements

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* Irina-Camelia Begu (right knee injury)
* Petra Kvitová (gastrointestinal illness)

## Doubles main draw entrants

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### Seeds

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Country  | Player  | Country  | Player  | Rank1 | Seed

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CHN | Xu Yifan |  CHN | Zheng Saisai | 88  | 1
TPE | Chuang Chia-jung |  GEO | Oksana Kalashnikova | 113  | 2
RUS | Vera Dushevina |  CZE | Kateřina Siniaková | 147  | 3
TUR | Çağla Büyükakçay |  SRB | Aleksandra Krunić | 210  | 4

* 1 Rankings as of December 28, 2015

### Other entrants

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The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Li Yixuan /  Sheng Yuqi

### Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

* Magda Linette (gastrointestinal illness)

## References

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1. ^ "Agnieszka Radwanska wins Shenzhen Open for 18th career title". ESPN. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2024.

## External links

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* Official website Archived 2020-02-17 at the Wayback Machine

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