2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
# 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

The 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 39th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 18 April through 24 April 2016.

Besides the prize money the singles champion won a Porsche 718 Boxster S sports car.

## 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 | €104,477 | €55,792 | €29,799 | €16,018 | €8,590 | €5,451 | €2,448 | €1,301 | €724 |
| Doubles * | €32,680 | €17,459 | €9,541 | €4,855 | €2,637 | — | — | — | — |

$_{*perteam}$

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 2 | 1 |
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 3 | 2 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 3 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 6 | 4 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 7 | 5 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 8 | 6 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 11 | 7 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 15 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Anna-Lena Friedsam
* Julia Görges

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Louisa Chirico
* Océane Dodin
* Laura Siegemund
* Carina Witthöft

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

* Camila Giorgi

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Belinda Bencic (back injury) → replaced by Caroline Garcia
* Sara Errani (right leg injury) → replaced by Camila Giorgi
* Madison Keys → replaced by Monica Niculescu
* Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Alizé Cornet
* Maria Sharapova (provisional suspension) → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 23 | 2 |
| SLO | Andreja Klepač | SLO | Katarina Srebotnik | 54 | 3 |
| USA | Raquel Atawo | POL | Alicja Rosolska | 78 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

* Annika Beck / Roberta Vinci
* Anna-Lena Friedsam / Andrea Petkovic
* Sabine Lisicki / Lucie Šafářová

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Andrea Petkovic (lower back injury)

## Finals

### Singles

* Angelique Kerber defeated Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–0.

### Doubles

* Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic defeated Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza, 2–6, 6–1, [10–6].
