2016 Connecticut Open
# 2016 Connecticut Open

The 2016 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2016 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 27. It was the last event of the 2016 US Open Series before the 2016 US Open.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
| Doubles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $130,300 | $69,380 | $37,020 | $19,885 | $10,665 | $5,820 | $3,045 | $1,620 | $895 |
| Doubles | $40,650 | $21,700 | $11,865 | $6,035 | $3,270 | — | — | — | — |

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 5 | 1 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 8 | 2 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 9 | 3 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 10 | 4 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 13 | 5 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 14 | 6 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 15 | 7 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 17 | 8 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 18 | 9 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 19 | 10 |
| CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 20 | 11 |

* Rankings are as of 15 August 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Eugenie Bouchard
* Agnieszka Radwańska
* Shelby Rogers
* Caroline Wozniacki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Annika Beck
* Louisa Chirico
* Nicole Gibbs
* Ana Konjuh
* Maria Sakkari
* Anastasija Sevastova

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Kayla Day
* Kirsten Flipkens
* Camila Giorgi
* Anett Kontaveit
* Johanna Larsson
* Evgeniya Rodina

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Jelena Janković → replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
* Madison Keys → replaced by Camila Giorgi
* Johanna Konta → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Johanna Larsson
* Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova → replaced by Kayla Day
* Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
* Sloane Stephens → replaced by Caroline Garcia
* Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina

### Retirements

* Anett Kontaveit

## Doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank* | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 16 | 1 |
| IND | Sania Mirza | ROU | Monica Niculescu | 17 | 2 |
| SLO | Andreja Klepač | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 57 | 3 |
| ESP | Anabel Medina Garrigues | ESP | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 68 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of 15 August 2016

### Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Louisa Chirico / Alison Riske
* Hsieh Su-wei / Andrea Petkovic
* Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Caroline Wozniacki

## Finals

### Singles

* Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Elina Svitolina, 6–1, $7–6^{(7–3)}$

### Doubles

* Sania Mirza / Monica Niculescu defeated Kateryna Bondarenko / Chuang Chia-jung, 7–5, 6–4
