The 2016 Coupe Banque Nationale was a
tennis
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tournament played on indoor
carpet court
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s. It was the 24th edition of the
Tournoi de Québec
The Tournoi de Québec (sponsored as Coupe Banque Nationale or known as National Bank Cup in English-language media) was a WTA Tour International level tennis tournament held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Held from 1993 to 2018, the tournament w ...
and part of the
WTA International tournaments
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of the
2016 WTA Tour
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. It took place at the
PEPS de l'Université Laval in
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
,
Canada
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, from September 12 through September 18, 2016.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Françoise Abanda
Françoise Abanda (born February 5, 1997) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 111 on October 9, 2017 and her highest WTA doubles ranking of 197 on September 8, 2014. She achieved a career-high c ...
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Aleksandra Wozniak
Aleksandra Wozniak ( pl, Woźniak; born September 7, 1987) is a Canadian former tennis player. She turned professional in November 2005, and achieved a career-best ranking of No. 21 in June 2009, making her the fifth highest-ranked Canadian singl ...
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Carol Zhao
Carol Zhao (Chinese:赵一羽; born June 20, 1995) is a Canadian tennis player. She turned professional in June 2016 and was Canada's top singles player from June 11th, 2018 to July 23rd, 2018. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
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 ...
*
Amandine Hesse
Amandine Hesse (; born 16 January 1993) is a French professional tennis player.
Hesse has won six singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 154. On ...
*
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and on 22 October 2018, she became List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles ten ...
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Danielle Lao
Danielle Marie Lao (born May 28, 1991, in Pasadena, California) is an American professional tennis player.
She achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of 152 on April 1, 2019, and has won two ITF singles titles and three doubles titles.
...
*
Jamie Loeb
Jamie Loeb (born March 8, 1995) is an American tennis player.
She has career-high WTA rankings of 132 in singles, achieved in February 2018, and 120 in doubles, achieved in July 2018. Loeb has won nine singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF ...
*
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 ...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
*
Barbora Štefková
Barbora Štefková (born 4 April 1995) is a retired Czech tennis player.
Štefková had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 154, achieved on 27 February 2017. On 14 January 2019, she peaked at No. 100 in the doubles rankings. She won nine ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos (; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
She is a four-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2018 and 2020 Australian Opens, as well as the Fre ...
→replaced by
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 ...
*
Anna-Lena Friedsam
Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German tennis player.
She has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one WTA 125 singles title as well as 12 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. She played also ...
→replaced by
Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles title ...
*
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former wo ...
→replaced by
Barbora Štefková
Barbora Štefková (born 4 April 1995) is a retired Czech tennis player.
Štefková had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 154, achieved on 27 February 2017. On 14 January 2019, she peaked at No. 100 in the doubles rankings. She won nine ...
*
Monica Niculescu
Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association as high as 28 in singles and 11 in doubles. Niculescu has won several titles: three singles and ten doubles ...
→replaced by
Catherine Bellis
Catherine Cartan "CiCi" Bellis (born April 8, 1999) is an American former tennis player. In early 2018, she was the second youngest player in the top 100 of the WTA rankings. Bellis has a career-high of 35, which she achieved in August 2017. She ...
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Francesca Schiavone
Francesca Schiavone (; born 23 June 1980) is an Italian former professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1998 and won the 2010 French Open singles title, becoming the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam event in singles. She wa ...
→replaced by
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Ekaterina Evgenyevna Alexandrova ( rus, Екатери́на Евге́ньевна Александро́ва, links=no; ; born 15 November 1994) is a Russian professional tennis player.
She has won three WTA singles titles, three WTA 125 titl ...
*
Anna Tatishvili
Anna Tatishvili ( ka, ანა ტატიშვილი, tr, ; born February 3, 1990) is a Georgian-American former professional tennis player.
In her career, Tatishvili won eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. ...
→replaced by
Ysaline Bonaventure
Ysaline Bonaventure (born 29 August 1994) is a Belgian professional tennis player.
Bonaventure has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 12 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached he ...
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
*
Françoise Abanda
Françoise Abanda (born February 5, 1997) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 111 on October 9, 2017 and her highest WTA doubles ranking of 197 on September 8, 2014. She achieved a career-high c ...
/
Elena Bovina
Elena Olegovna Bovina ( rus, link=no, Елена Олеговна Бовина, , ɪ̯ɪˈlʲenə ˈbovʲɪnə; born 10 March 1983) is a former professional tennis player from Russia. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 in ...
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Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; french: Eugénie Bouchard, ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam t ...
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Jessica Pegula
Jessica Pegula (born February 24, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings in singles and doubles of world No. 3, both achieved on October 24, 2022. She has won two singles titles and five doubles title ...
Champions
Singles
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Océane Dodin
Océane Dodin (, born 24 October 1996) is a professional tennis player from France. WTA rankings, Ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she reached a career-high of 46 as a singles player in June 2017 and No. 375 in October 2017 as a d ...
def.
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 ...
, 6–4, 6–3
Doubles
*
Andrea Hlaváčková
Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew.
Origin of the name
The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...
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Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in ...
def.
Alla Kudryavtseva
Alla Alexandrovna Kudryavtseva (; born 3 November 1987) is a retired Russian tennis player.
Kudryavtseva won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as two singles titles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Cir ...
/
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 ...
, 7–6
(7–2), 7–6
(7–2)
References
External links
Official website
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