2016 İstanbul Cup

2016 İstanbul Cup
Date18–24 April
Edition9th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceClay
LocationIstanbul, Turkey
VenueGaranti Koza Arena
Champions
Singles
Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay
Doubles
Romania Andreea Mitu / Turkey İpek Soylu
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The 2016 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a women's 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 at the Garanti Koza Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, from 18 April through 24 April 2016. Unseeded Çağla Büyükakçay won the singles title.

Security concerns and withdrawals

Due to the tense security situation in Turkey following a number of terrorist attacks in February and March the WTA allowed registered players to withdraw from the tournament without penalty. Additionally, the players were given the opportunity to register at short notice for another tournament, such as the Stuttgart Open in Germany, a premier tournament held in the same week.

Finals

Singles

Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay defeated Montenegro Danka Kovinić, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles

Romania Andreea Mitu / Turkey İpek Soylu defeated Switzerland Xenia Knoll / Montenegro Danka Kovinić, walkover

Points and prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1
Singles 280 180 110 60 30 1 18 12 1
Doubles 1 N/a N/a N/a N/a

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1
Singles $43,000 $21,400 $11,500 $6,175 $3,400 $2,100 $1,020 $600
Doubles $12,300 $6,400 $3,435 $1,820 $960 N/a N/a N/a

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

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

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

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

Seeds

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

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

Retirements

References

  1. ↑ "Buyukakcay makes history with #IstanbulCup win". TRT World. 25 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Adam Addicott (1 April 2016). "Istanbul Cup Terrorism Fears Sparks WTA Action". Ubitennis.
  3. ↑ "Caroline Wozniacki erleidet Knöchelverletzung" (in German). tennisnet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-11. Retrieved 2016-04-09.