2016 China Open (tennis)
# 2016 China Open (tennis)

The 2016 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the China Open for the men (20th for the women). It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2016 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2016 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from October 3 to October 9, 2016.

## Points and prize money

### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | 20 | 10 | 0 |
| Men's doubles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | 1,000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 |
| Women's doubles | 1,000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 5 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's singles | $663,575 | $311,650 | $154,750 | $77,375 | $39,205 | $20,635 | — | $3,440 | $1,890 |
| Men's doubles | $195,590 | $92,420 | $44,600 | $23,190 | $12,140 | — | — | — | — |
| Women's singles | $1,111,945 | $556,440 | $271,490 | $130,420 | $62,768 | $30,386 | $17,453 | $4,650 | $2,702 |
| Women's doubles | $376,191 | $188,770 | $84,040 | $38,789 | $18,104 | $8,407 | — | — | — |

## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| GBR | Andy Murray | 2 | 1 |
| ESP | Rafael Nadal | 4 | 2 |
| CAN | Milos Raonic | 6 | 3 |
| AUT | Dominic Thiem | 10 | 4 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 12 | 5 |
| FRA | Lucas Pouille | 16 | 6 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 17 | 7 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 18 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 26, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Lu Yen-hsun
* Dominic Thiem
* Zhang Ze

The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

* Florian Mayer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Kyle Edmund
* Konstantin Kravchuk
* Adrian Mannarino
* John Millman

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Novak Djokovic →replaced by Pablo Carreño Busta
* Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by Andrey Kuznetsov
* John Isner →replaced by Guido Pella

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 13 | 1 |
| POL | Łukasz Kubot | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 27 | 2 |
| IND | Rohan Bopanna | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 32 | 3 |
| PHI | Treat Huey | BLR | Max Mirnyi | 42 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of September 26, 2016

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Andre Begemann / Leander Paes
* Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Paolo Lorenzi / Guido Pella

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
| - | - | - | - |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 1 | 1 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 3 | 2 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 3 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 5 | 4 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 5 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 7 | 6 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 8 | 7 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 9 | 8 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 10 | 9 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 12 | 10 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 13 | 11 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 14 | 12 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 15 | 13 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 16 | 14 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 17 | 15 |
| UKR | Elina Svitolina | 18 | 16 |

* Rankings are as of September 26, 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Duan Yingying
* Sabine Lisicki
* Peng Shuai
* Wang Qiang
* Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Lara Arruabarrena
* Louisa Chirico
* Nicole Gibbs
* Julia Görges
* Tatjana Maria
* Alison Riske
* Kateřina Siniaková
* Wang Yafan

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Kiki Bertens → replaced by Zhang Shuai
* Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
* Sara Errani → replaced by Danka Kovinić
* Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
* Karin Knapp → replaced by Shelby Rogers
* Sloane Stephens → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
* Ana Ivanovic → replaced by Madison Brengle
* Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Christina McHale
* Serena Williams (shoulder injury) → replaced by Caroline Wozniacki

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 7 | 1 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 12 | 2 |
| TPE | Chan Hao-Ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 16 | 3 |
| IND | Sania Mirza | CZE | Barbora Strýcová | 19 | 4 |
| USA | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 22 | 5 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 23 | 6 |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | USA | CoCo Vandeweghe | 23 | 7 |
| HUN | Tímea Babos | KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 23 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of September 26, 2016

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Timea Bacsinszky / Jeļena Ostapenko
* Christina McHale / Peng Shuai
* Laura Siegemund / Elina Svitolina
* You Xiaodi / Zhu Lin

## Finals

### Men's singles

* Andy Murray defeated Grigor Dimitrov, 6–4, $7–6^{(7–2)}$

### Women's singles

* Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Johanna Konta, 6−4, 6−2

### Men's doubles

* Pablo Carreño Busta / Rafael Nadal defeated Jack Sock / Bernard Tomic, $6−7^{(6−8)},$ 6−2, [10−8]

### Women's doubles

* Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová defeated Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic, 6−4, 6−4
