The 2016

Copa Colsanitas The Copa Colsanitas is a women's professional tennis tournament held in Bogotá, Colombia at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento. Held since 1998, this WTA 250 tournament is played on outdoor clay courts A clay court is one of the types of tennis ...

(also known as the 2016 Claro Open Colsanitas) was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 19th edition of the Copa Colsanitas, and part of the International category of the

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. It took place at the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in

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, from April 11 through April 17, 2016.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 4 April 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Emiliana Arango Emiliana Arango (; born 28 November 2000) is a Colombian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 220, achieved on 7 March 2022. Up to date, she has won three singles titles on the ITF Circuit. Playing for Colombia Fe ...

Nadia Echeverría Alam Nadia Echeverría Alam (born 14 January 1995) is an American-Venezuelan tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of 758 in singles, achieved on 22 April 2013, and 479 in doubles, reached on 2 May 2016. Echeverría Alam has won six Int ...

Yuliana Lizarazo Carol Yuliana Lizarazo Antolinez (born 23 May 1993) is a Colombian female tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Sanaz Marand Sanaz Marand ( fa, ساناز مرند; born June 21, 1988) is an American former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2014, she reached her best singles ranking o ...

Tereza Martincová Tereza Martincová (; born 24 October 1994) is a Czech tennis player. Martincová has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and four singles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 February 2022, she reached her best WTA singles ranking of world ...

Chloé Paquet Chloé Paquet (; born 1 July 1994) is a French professional tennis player. She has achieved career-high WTA rankings of No. 101 in singles on 25 April 2022 and 247 in doubles on 12 June 2017. Career 2010–2016: WTA Tour debut Paquet made her d ...

Catalina Pella Catalina Pella (; born 31 January 1993) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Her brother Guido competes on the ATP World Tour. In her career, Pella won eleven singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 Novem ...

Conny Perrin Conny Perrin (born 25 December 1990) is a Swiss tennis player. Perrin has won 13 singles titles and 23 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of pro ...

Daniela Seguel Daniela Valeska Seguel Carvajal, (born 15 November 1992), is a Chilean tennis player. She has won 16 singles titles and 28 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 28 May 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 162, weeks after rea ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Jana Čepelová Jana Čepelová (; born 29 May 1993) is an inactive Slovak tennis player. She has won seven singles titles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 May 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 18 May 2015, she p ...

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Amra Sadiković Amra Sadiković ( mk, Амра Садиковиќ; ; born 6 May 1989) is a Swiss tennis player. She announced her retirement in May 2014, a few days after her 25th birthday, only to begin playing 13 months later on the ITF Women's Circuit again. ...

Lauren Davis Lauren Davis (born October 9, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. Known for her aggressive backhand, speed, and clay-court strength, she won her first title on the WTA Tour at the Auckland Open and reached a career-high singles ra ...

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Sílvia Soler Espinosa Sílvia Soler Espinosa (; born 19 November 1987) is a retired Spanish tennis player. In her career, she has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as five singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 21 May 2012, she ...

Alexa Glatch Alexa Glatch (born September 10, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. Junior career She started playing tennis at the age of five. As a junior player, she won the prestigious Easter Bowl title in the Girls-14s and Girls-18s divisions ...

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Marina Melnikova Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova (russian: Марина Анатольевна Мельникова; born 5 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player. She has won six singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 4 May 2015, Melnikova reache ...

Kristína Kučová Kristína Kučová (; born 23 May 1990) is a Slovak tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 71. On 5 October 2009, she peaked at No. 168 in the WTA doubles rankings. She has won one singles title on ...

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Paula Cristina Gonçalves Paula Cristina de Araújo Gonçalves (born 11 August 1990) is an inactive Brazilian tennis player. She has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and 24 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 August 2016, Go ...

Varvara Lepchenko Varvara (Cyrillic: Варвара; el, Βαρβάρα, ''Varvára''), a variant of " Barbara", may refer to: Places * Varvara, Azerbaijan * Varvara, Prozor, on the Rama river, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Varvara, Burgas Province, Bulgaria * Varvara ...

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Alexandra Panova Alexandra Alexandrovna Panova (russian: Александра Александровна Панова; born 2 March 1989) is a Russian professional tennis player. On 30 July 2012, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 71. On 18 ...

Alizé Lim Alizé Lim (born 13 July 1990) is an inactive French tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 135, which she reached on 26 May 2014. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is No. 148, attained on 7 November 2016. Career Li ...

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Elitsa Kostova Elitsa Kostova ( bg, Елица Костова) (born 10 April 1990) is a former professional Bulgarian tennis player. On 12 September 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 130, achieved on 12 September 2016, her best doubles ...

Petra Martić Petra Martić (; born 19 January 1991) is a Croatian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14, achieved in January 2020. Martić has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, one singles and one doubles tou ...

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Laura Pous Tió Laura Pous Tió (born 1 October 1984) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Career Pous Tió won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería by defeating compatriot Nuria Llagostera Vives in straight sets. She won ...

Christina McHale Christina Marietta McHale (born May 11, 1992) is an American former professional tennis player. Her highest-ever WTA rankings were No. 24 in singles and No. 35 in doubles. Known for an aggressive baseline game, McHale was recognized by ''The New ...

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İpek Soylu İpek Soylu (born 15 April 1996) is a professional Turkish female tennis player. Soylu has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, her biggest coming at the 2016 year-end Elite Trophy. She has also won 12 singles and 18 doubles titles on the ...

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of April 4, 2016.

Other entrants

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

Champions

Singles

Irina Falconi Irina Falconi ( es, Falconí; born May 4, 1990) is an Ecuadorian-born American former tennis player. She moved to Manhattan, New York, as a toddler. Her highest WTA singles ranking is world No. 63, which she reached in May 2016. Her career-high ...

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Doubles

Lara Arruabarrena Lara Arruabarrena Vecino (; born 20 March 1992) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 3 July 2017, she reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of 52, and her best doubles ranking is world No. 28, set on 22 February 2016. Arr ...

Tatjana Maria Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In November 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 46, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings. She has won two singles ...

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Gabriela Cé Gabriela Vianna Cé (born 3 March 1993) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. She has won one WTA 125 doubles title, with eleven singles titles and 21 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 September 2019, she reached her best singles ran ...

Andrea Gámiz Andrea Gámiz PérezAndrea G ...

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References

External links

* {{2016 WTA Tour Copa Claro Colsanitas Copa Colsanitas Copa Claro Colsanitas