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2016 Japan Women's Open

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2016 Japan Women's Open
DateSeptember 12–18
Edition8th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceHard
LocationTokyo, Japan
VenueAriake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
United States Christina McHale
Doubles
Japan Shuko Aoyama / Japan Makoto Ninomiya
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The 2016 Japan Women's Open (also known as the 2016 Hashimoto Sogyo Japan Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 12 through September 18, 2016.

Point distribution

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 14 10 1
Doubles 1

Prize money

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Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q Q2 Q1
Singles $43,000 $21,400 $11,300 $5,900 $3,310 $2,925 $1,005 $730 $530
Doubles2 $12,300 $6,400 $3,435 $1,820 $960

1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
2 Per team

Singles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Rank1 Seed
 JPN Misaki Doi 32 1
 BEL Yanina Wickmayer 38 2
 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 42 3
 SWE Johanna Larsson 47 4
 USA Madison Brengle 50 5
 CHN Zhang Shuai 51 6
 USA Christina McHale 55 7
 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 59 8
  • Rankings are as of August 29, 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:

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

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Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

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Seeds

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Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 CHN Xu Yifan  CHN Zheng Saisai 46 1
 UKR Kateryna Bondarenko  TPE Chuang Chia-jung 98 2
 SRB Aleksandra Krunić  CZE Kateřina Siniaková 99 3
 CHN Liang Chen  CHN Yang Zhaoxuan 114 4
  • 1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2016

Other entrants

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The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Champions

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Singles

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Doubles

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References

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  1. ^ "In Tokyo, Christina McHale comes back to top Katerina Siniakova for first WTA title". Tennis.com. 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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