The 2016 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2016 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 21st edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 17 October through 23 October 2016.
On 15 October, a record high of 4800 people visited the qualifying rounds; according to Tarpishchev, in no other tennis tournament was that number so high.Тарпищев: на Кубке Кремля установлен мировой рекорд по посещаемости квалификации
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed Roberto Bautista Agut191 Albert Ramos Viñolas272 Philipp Kohlschreiber303 Viktor Troicki314 Martin Kližan335 Pablo Carreño Busta356 Paolo Lorenzi377 Andrey Kuznetsov428 Marcel Granollers439 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Cem İlkel Karen Khachanov Konstantin Kravchuk
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alexander Bublik Aslan Karatsev Daniil Medvedev Jürgen Melzer
The following player received entry as a lucky loser: Federico Gaio
Withdrawals Before the tournament Bernard Tomic →replaced by Evgeny Donskoy Jiří Veselý →replaced by Lukáš Rosol Martin Kližan →replaced by Federico Gaio
Retirements Marcel Granollers Aslan Karatsev Mikhail Kukushkin
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedPablo Carreño BustaMarcel Granollers521 Juan Sebastián CabalRobert Farah602Guillermo DuránMariusz Fyrstenberg1193Wesley KoolhofMatwé Middelkoop1194 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Evgeny Donskoy / Teymuraz Gabashvili Daniil Medvedev / Andrey Rublev
Withdrawals During the tournament Marcel Granollers
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedSvetlana Kuznetsova81Dominika Cibulková102 Carla Suárez Navarro123Elina Svitolina154Elena Vesnina195Barbora Strýcová206 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova217 Daria Kasatkina248Tímea Babos269
Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Anna Kalinskaya Svetlana Kuznetsova
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Anna Blinkova Nicole Gibbs Kateřina Siniaková Lesia Tsurenko
The following player entered as a lucky loser: Ana Konjuh
Withdrawals Before the tournament Sara Errani →replaced by Anastasija Sevastova Karolína Plíšková →replaced by Shelby Rogers Monica Puig →replaced by Danka Kovinić Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Ana Konjuh During the tournament Anna Blinkova
Retirements Carla Suárez Navarro
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedEkaterina MakarovaElena Vesnina151Andrea HlaváčkováLucie Hradecká252Kateřina SiniakováKatarina Srebotnik603Anastasia RodionovaOlga Savchuk1004 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Anna Kalinskaya / Olesya Pervushina Natela Dzalamidze / Veronika Kudermetova
Champions
Men's singles
Pablo Carreño Busta def. Fabio Fognini, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Women's singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Daria Gavrilova, 6–2, 6–1
Men's doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah def. Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer, 7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Women's doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká def. Daria Gavrilova / Daria Kasatkina, 4–6, 6–0, [10–7]
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