2016 Connecticut Open
DateAugust 21–27
Edition48th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw30S / 16D
Prize money$695,900
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationNew Haven, United States
VenueCullman-Heyman Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
Doubles
India Sania Mirza / Romania Monica Niculescu
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The 2016 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2016 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 27. It was the last event of the 2016 US Open Series before the 2016 US Open.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles[1] 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Doubles[1] 1 — — — — —

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $130,300 $69,380 $37,020 $19,885 $10,665 $5,820 $3,045 $1,620 $895
Doubles $40,650 $21,700 $11,865 $6,035 $3,270 — — — —

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank* Seed
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5 1
 ITA Roberta Vinci 8 2
 USA Madison Keys 9 3
 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 10 4
 GBR Johanna Konta 13 5
 CZE Petra Kvitová 14 6
  SUI Timea Bacsinszky 15 7
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 17 8
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 18 9
 UKR Elina Svitolina 19 10
 CZE Barbora Strýcová 20 11

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:[3]

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank* Seed
 HUN Tímea Babos  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 16 1
 IND Sania Mirza  ROU Monica Niculescu 17 2
 SLO Andreja Klepač  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 57 3
 ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues  ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 68 4

Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2016 Connecticut Open – Singles

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Connecticut Open – Doubles

Notes

  1. ^ a b This is a list of players who have committed to the tournament. A full entry list will be released in July

References

  1. ^ a b "Rankings explained". WTA. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ^ "2016 Entry List". Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Agnieszka Radwanska, Genie Bouchard and Shelby Rogers have been awarded wildcards into the Connecticut Open". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links

WTA New Haven tournaments
2016 WTA Tour « 2015 2017 »
2016 US Open Series « 2015 2017 »
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