2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
# 2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem

The 2016 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a women's professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament and part of the WTA International tournaments category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Rabat, Morocco, between 25 and 30 April 2016.

## Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| Women's doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 16 | 1 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | 29 | 2 |
| SVK | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 34 | 3 |
| ROU | Irina-Camelia Begu | 35 | 4 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | 40 | 5 |
| GER | Annika Beck | 41 | 6 |
| UKR | Lesia Tsurenko | 43 | 7 |
| KAZ | Yulia Putintseva | 53 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of April 18, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Ghita Benhadi
* Anna Blinkova
* Ons Jabeur

The following players received entry as qualifiers:

* Marina Erakovic
* Kaia Kanepi
* Aleksandra Krunić
* Sílvia Soler Espinosa

The following player received entry as a special exempt:

* Kateryna Kozlova

The following player entered by a protected ranking:

* Laura Robson

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Richèl Hogenkamp
* Anastasia Rodionova
* Sara Sorribes Tormo

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Kateryna Bondarenko → replaced by Andreea Mitu
* Çağla Büyükakçay → replaced by Anastasia Rodionova
* Misaki Doi → replaced by Alison Riske
* Irina Falconi → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
* Nao Hibino → replaced by Kiki Bertens
* Bojana Jovanovski → replaced by Alexandra Dulgheru
* Karin Knapp → replaced by Richèl Hogenkamp
* Johanna Konta → replaced by Tatjana Maria
* Laura Siegemund → replaced by Sara Sorribes Tormo
* Elena Vesnina → replaced by Donna Vekić

### Retirements

* Lesia Tsurenko

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GER | Tatjana Maria | ROU | Raluca Olaru | 110 | 1 |
| AUS | Anastasia Rodionova | AUS | Arina Rodionova | 117 | 2 |
| GER | Annika Beck | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 162 | 3 |
| SUI | Xenia Knoll | SRB | Aleksandra Krunić | 210 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of April 18, 2016

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Ghita Benhadi / Ons Jabeur
* Salma Charif / Abir El Fahimi

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Daniela Hantuchová

## Champions

### Singles

* Timea Bacsinszky def. Marina Erakovic, 6–2, 6–1

### Doubles

* Xenia Knoll / Aleksandra Krunić def. Tatjana Maria / Raluca Olaru 6–3, 6–0.
