2016 Ankara Cup
# 2016 Ankara Cup

The 2016 TEB Ankara Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Ankara, Turkey, from 19–25 December 2016.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 135 | 1 |
| BUL | Elitsa Kostova | 139 | 2 |
| UZB | Sabina Sharipova | 153 | 3 |
| SRB | Ivana Jorović | 157 | 4 |
| TUR | İpek Soylu | 159 | 5 |
| SWE | Susanne Celik | 180 | 6 |
| RUS | Viktoria Kamenskaya | 189 | 7 |
| RUS | Anna Blinkova | 201 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings as of 12 December 2016

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Ayla Aksu
* Berfu Cengiz
* Selin Övünç
* İpek Öz

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Mihaela Buzărnescu
* Ganna Poznikhirenko
* Raluca Georgiana Șerban
* Ana Vrljić

The following players received entry by lucky loser spots:

* Maria Marfutina
* Ekaterina Yashina

The following player received entry by using protected rankings:

* Vitalia Diatchenko

## Champions

### Singles

* Ivana Jorović def. Vitalia Diatchenko, 6–4, 7–5

### Doubles

* Anna Blinkova / Lidziya Marozava def. Sabina Sharipova / Ekaterina Yashina, 4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
