2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
| 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8–14 February |
| Edition | 7th |
| Category | WTA Premier |
| Prize money | $753,000 |
| Surface | Hard (indoor) |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Venue | Sibur Arena |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| Roberta Vinci | |
| Doubles | |
| Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza | |
The 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. This was the seventh edition of the tournament and the first as a WTA Premier tournament. It was part of the 2016 WTA Tour and was held between 8 February and 14 February 2016.[1]
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $128,450 | $68,585 | $36,635 | $19,690 | $10,560 | $6,700 | $3,010 | $1,600 | $890 |
| Doubles* | $40,170 | $21,465 | $11,730 | $5,965 | $3,240 | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUI | Belinda Bencic | 11 | 1 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 16 | 2 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 18 | 3 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 20 | 4 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 26 | 5 |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 30 | 7 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | 37 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- Mona Barthel → replaced by Tímea Babos
- Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko
- Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
- Alizé Cornet (low back injury) → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
- Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
- Karin Knapp → replaced by Bojana Jovanovski
- Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (ankle sprain) → replaced by Laura Siegemund
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 22 | 2 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | ESP | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 59 | 3 |
| ROU | Monica Niculescu | GER | Laura Siegemund | 73 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 8, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Retirements
- Monica Niculescu (abdominal injury)
Champions
Singles
- Roberta Vinci defeated Belinda Bencic 6–4, 6–3
Doubles
- Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza defeated Vera Dushevina / Barbora Krejčíková 6–3, 6–1
References
- ^ "St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy". www.wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 1 January 2016.