2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger
# 2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger

The 2016 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 9th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 WTA 125K series, offering a total of $115,000 in prize money. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan, on 14–20 November 2016.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 42 | 1 |
| GBR | Naomi Broady | 88 | 2 |
| GRE | Maria Sakkari | 89 | 3 |
| RUS | Irina Khromacheva | 93 | 4 |
| JPN | Risa Ozaki | 94 | 5 |
| RUS | Evgeniya Rodina | 104 | 6 |
| ESP | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 107 | 7 |
| NZL | Marina Erakovic | 114 | 8 |
| CHN | Wang Yafan | 117 | 9 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of 7 November 2016.

### Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

* Vitalia Diatchenko
* Hsu Chieh-yu
* Hsu Ching-wen
* Lee Ya-hsuan
* Kristina Mladenovic (withdrew)

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Ashleigh Barty
* Lee Pei-chi
* Junri Namigata
* Varatchaya Wongteanchai

The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:

* Kyōka Okamura

## Doubles entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 24 | 1 |
| JPN | Eri Hozumi | JPN | Miyu Kato | 112 | 2 |
| GBR | Naomi Broady | TUR | İpek Soylu | 143 | 3 |
| AUS | Jessica Moore | THA | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | 169 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of 7 November 2016.

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

* Cho I-hsuan / Tatjana Maria

## Champions

### Singles

* Evgeniya Rodina def. Chang Kai-chen, 6–4, 6–3

### Doubles

* Natela Dzalamidze / Veronika Kudermetova def. Chang Kai-chen / Chuang Chia-jung, 4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
