The 2016 Hardee's Pro Classic was a professional

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 player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the sixteenth edition of the tournament and part of the

2016 ITF Women's Circuit The 2016 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit is a second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The ITF Wo ...

, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in

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, United States, on 18–24 April 2016.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 11 April 2016.

Other entrants

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

Lauren Albanese Lauren Albanese (born October 1, 1989, in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American inactive tennis player. She began her professional career in 2006. Her highest Women's Tennis Association, WTA singles ranking is 158, which she reached on June 15, ...

Sofia Kenin Sofia Anna "Sonya" Kenin (born November 14, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of No. 4 in the world, which she achieved on March 9, 2020. She was the 2020 WTA ...

Claire Liu Claire Liu (born May 25, 2000) is an American tennis player. On 24th October 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 60. In 2017, she was the world No. 1 in the junior rankings, after winning the Wimbledon girls' sing ...

* Alexandra Sanford The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Varvara Flink Varvara Alexandrovna Flink (russian: Варвара Александровна Флинк; born 13 December 1996) is a Russian tennis player. She achieved a career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking of 122 on 15 July 2019 and a doubles ranki ...

Olga Ianchuk Olga Yuriyivna Ianchuk ( uk, Ольга Юріївна Янчук, born 29 March 1995) is a Ukrainian former professional tennis player. Career Ianchuk has career-high WTA rankings of 213 in singles, achieved in August 2017, and 254 in doubles, ...

* Raveena Kingsley *

Taylor Townsend Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings of world No. 61 in singles (July 2018) and No. 31 in doubles (December 2022). She also reached the doubles final of the 2022 U ...

The following player received entry by a lucky loser: *

Olivia Rogowska Olivia Rogowska (; born 7 June 1991) is an Australian former tennis player. Both of her parents are Polish. The right-hander was born in and lives in Melbourne. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 102, achieved on 11 August 2014. Her ...

The following player received entry by a protected ranking: *

Ulrikke Eikeri Ulrikke Pia Eikeri (born 16 December 1992) is a Norwegian tennis player. Eikeri has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on WTA Challenger Tour and 11 singles titles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She reached the ...

Champions

Singles

Rebecca Peterson Rebecca Peterson (born 6 August 1995) is a Swedish tennis player. She has been ranked as high as 43 in singles and 87 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Peterson has reached two singles finals on the WTA Tour in 2019, winning bot ...

def.

, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Asia Muhammad Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Muhammad has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour, four doubles titles on WTA Challenger Tour as well as 13 singles and 35 doubles titles on ...

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Caitlin Whoriskey Caitlin Whoriskey (born February 19, 1988) is an American former professional tennis player. She played collegiately at the University of Tennessee, where she was a three-time All-American. Whoriskey finished runner-up in doubles at the 2010 N ...

Keri Wong Keri Wong (born December 25, 1989) is an American former professional tennis player. In her career, she won seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On April 21, 2014, she peaked at No. 156 in the WTA doubles rankings. Wong made her WT ...

, 6–0, 6–1

External links

2016 Hardee's Pro Classic
at ITFtennis.com
Official website
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