2016 Taiwan Open
# 2016 Taiwan Open

The 2016 Taiwan Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Yangming Tennis Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan from 8 through 14 February 2016.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| $Event^1$ | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^2$ | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $111,164 | $55,324 | $29,730 | $8,898 | $4,899 | $3,026 | $1,470 | $865 |
| Doubles * | $17,724 | $9,222 | $4,950 | $2,623 | $1,383 | — | — | — |

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## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| USA | Venus Williams | 12 | 1 |
| JPN | Misaki Doi | 62 | 2 |
| KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 64 | 3 |
| KAZ | Zarina Diyas | 69 | 4 |
| CHN | Zheng Saisai | 71 | 5 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 82 | 6 |
| JPN | Kurumi Nara | 90 | 7 |
| USA | Alison Riske | 92 | 8 |

* $^1$ 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 | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 21 | 1 |
| CHN | Liang Chen | CHN | Wang Yafan | 88 | 2 |
| UKR | Lyudmyla Kichenok | UKR | Nadiia Kichenok | 121 | 3 |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | TPE | Chan Chin-wei | 162 | 4 |

* $^1$ 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

## Champions

### Singles

* Venus Williams def. Misaki Doi 6–4, 6–2

### Doubles

* Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan def. Eri Hozumi / Miyu Kato 6–4, 6–3
