2016 Generali Ladies Linz
# 2016 Generali Ladies Linz

The 2016 Generali Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments-category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, on 10–16 October 2016.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 |
| Doubles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 1 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of $32^1$ | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,200 | $3,420 | $2,220 | $1,285 | $750 |
| Doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | — | — | — |

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## Singles entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 1 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 8 | 2 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 9 | 3 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 10 | 4 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 17 | 5 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | 23 | 6 |
| RUS | Daria Kasatkina | 24 | 7 |
| GER | Laura Siegemund | 29 | 8 |

* Rankings as of October 3, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Belinda Bencic
* Dominika Cibulková
* Barbara Haas
* Madison Keys

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Océane Dodin
* Mandy Minella
* Kristýna Plíšková
* Sara Sorribes Tormo

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Sara Errani → replaced by Mona Barthel
* Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
* Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Garbiñe Muguruza
* Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Denisa Allertová

**During the tournament**

* Madison Keys

### Retirements

* Mandy Minella
* Garbiñe Muguruza

## Doubles entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Raquel Atawo | USA | Abigail Spears | 38 | 1 |
| NED | Kiki Bertens | SWE | Johanna Larsson | 83 | 2 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | CZE | Květa Peschke | 95 | 3 |
| NED | Demi Schuurs | CZE | Renata Voráčová | 145 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of October 3, 2016

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Ana Bogdan / Barbara Haas
* Sandra Klemenschits / Patty Schnyder

## Finals

### Singles

* Dominika Cibulková defeated Viktorija Golubic 6–3, 7–5

### Doubles

* Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
