The 2016 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Yangming Tennis Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 8 February through 14 February 2016. First-seeded Venus Williams won the singles title.
Finals
Singles
Venus Williams defeated Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2 It was Williams' only singles title of the year and the 49th of her career.
Doubles
Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan defeated Eri Hozumi / Miyu Kato 6–4, 6–3
Points and prize money Point distribution Event1WFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Q2Q1 Singles280180110603011814101Doubles1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 322Q2Q1Singles$111,164$55,324$29,730$8,898$4,899$3,026$1,470$865Doubles *$17,724$9,222$4,950$2,623$1,383
1 Points per the WTA. 2 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money * per team
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedVenus Williams121Misaki Doi622Yulia Putintseva643Zarina Diyas694Zheng Saisai715Hsieh Su-wei826Kurumi Nara907Alison Riske928 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Hsu Ching-wen Lee Pei-chi Lee Ya-hsuan
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Miyu Kato Lyudmyla Kichenok Ayaka Okuno Laura Pous Tió Shérazad Reix Zhang Yuxuan
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Hiroko Kuwata Marina Melnikova
Withdrawals Before the tournament Jana Čepelová (Abdominal strain) → replaced by Marina Melnikova Luksika Kumkhum → replaced by Mandy Minella Romina Oprandi → replaced by Kristína Kučová Pauline Parmentier → replaced by Hiroko Kuwata Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by Naomi Osaka During the tournament Kurumi Nara (Left thigh injury)
Retirements Stefanie Vögele (Dizziness)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedChan Hao-chingChan Yung-jan211Liang ChenWang Yafan882Lyudmyla KichenokNadiia Kichenok1213Shuko AoyamaChan Chin-wei1624 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Chien Pei-ju / Lee Pei-chi Cho I-hsuan / Shih Hsin-yuan
See also List of sporting events in Taiwan
References
External links Official website