2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
# 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge

The 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000+H in prize money. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 12–18 December 2016.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| TUR | Çağla Büyükakçay | 77 | 1 |
| SVK | Kristína Kučová | 82 | 2 |
| RUS | Evgeniya Rodina | 86 | 3 |
| LUX | Mandy Minella | 104 | 4 |
| TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 108 | 5 |
| SVK | Rebecca Šramková | 121 | 6 |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 135 | 7 |
| NED | Cindy Burger | 138 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of 5 December 2015

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Fatma Al-Nabhani
* Jana Fett
* Olesya Pervushina
* Galina Voskoboeva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Lesley Kerkhove
* Quirine Lemoine
* Patty Schnyder
* Anastasiya Vasylyeva

The following player received entry by using protected rankings:

* Ksenia Pervak

## Champions

### Singles

* Hsieh Su-wei def. Natalia Vikhlyantseva, 6–2, 6–2

### Doubles

* Mandy Minella / Nina Stojanović def. Hsieh Su-wei / Valeria Savinykh, 6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
