The 2016 Taiwan Open was a women's

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the first edition of the event and part of the

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of the

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. It took place at the Yangming Tennis Center in

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

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from 8 through 14 February 2016.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

_{¹ Points per the WTA.}
_{² Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}
_{* per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of February 1, 2016.

Other entrants

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

Hsu Ching-wen Hsu Ching-wen (; born 19 August 1996) is a Taiwanese former 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 ...

Lee Pei-chi Lee Pei-chi (; born 16 October 1994) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. Lee has won 11 singles and 19 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 March 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 389. On 21 November 202 ...

Lee Ya-hsuan Lee Ya-hsuan (; born 20 July 1995) is a Taiwanese tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings The WTA rankings are the ratings defined by the Women's Tennis Association, introduced in November 1975. Iga Świątek is the curr ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Miyu Kato *

Lyudmyla Kichenok Lyudmyla Viktorivna Kichenok ( uk, Людмила Вікторівна Кіченок; born 20 July 1992) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. On 21 July 2014, Lyudmyla reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 156. On 12 Septem ...

Ayaka Okuno is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has won two singles and 13 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 22 February 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 263. On 10 April 2017, she peaked at No. 147 in the doubl ...

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 ...

* Shérazad Reix *

Zhang Yuxuan Zhang Yuxuan (; ; born 19 August 1994) is a inactive professional tennis player from China. In her career, she won five singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit. On 18 April 2016, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Hiroko Kuwata Hiroko Kuwata ( ja, 桑田寛子; born 18 December 1990) is a Japanese tennis player. Kuwata has won seven singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 May 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 150. On 13 July ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Abdominal strain) → replaced by

Luksika Kumkhum Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum ( th, ลักษิกา คำขำ; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she ...

→ replaced by

Mandy Minella Mandy Minella (born 22 November 1985) is a former professional tennis player from Luxembourg. Having made her debut on the WTA Tour in 2001, she peaked at No. 66 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2012, and No. 47 in doubles in April 2013 ...

Romina Oprandi Romina Sarina Oprandi (born 29 March 1986) is a retired tennis player. She has dual Swiss-Italian citizenship and represented Italy from her professional debut in 2005 until January 2012, when she joined the Swiss tennis federation. She has wo ...

→ replaced by

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 ...

Pauline Parmentier Pauline Parmentier (; born 31 January 1986) is a French former tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings, WTA singles ranking is world No. 40, which she attained on 21 July 2008. On 30 April 2012, she peaked at world No. 89 on the WTA doubles ...

→ replaced by

Ajla Tomljanović Ajla Tomljanović ( ; ; born 7 May 1993) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has won four singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 October 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33. On 5 Janu ...

→ replaced by

Naomi Osaka is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and is the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles. Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champio ...

;During the tournament *

Kurumi Nara is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 August 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No ...

(Left thigh injury)

Retirements

Stefanie Vögele Stefanie Vögele (born 10 March 1990) is a former professional Swiss tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 11 November 2013. Her highest WTA ranking in doubles is 100, which she reached on 5 January 2015. O ...

(Dizziness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of February 1, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Chien Pei-ju /

Cho I-hsuan Cho I-hsuan (; born 21 February 2000) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She has won 14 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 October 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 656. She peaked at No. 288 in the WTA doub ...

/ Shih Hsin-yuan

Champions

Singles

Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, Williams has won seven Grand Slam singles titles, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open. She is ...

def.

Misaki Doi is a Japanese professional tennis player. Her highest WTA rankings are No. 30 in singles and No. 77 in doubles. Doi reached two junior Grand Slam doubles finals – at Wimbledon in 2007 with Kurumi Nara, and at the Australian Open in 2008, w ...

6–4, 6–2

Doubles

Chan Hao-ching Chan Hao-ching (; ; born September 19, 1993), also known as Angel Chan, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She is primarily a doubles specialist, having won 18 WTA, 2 WTA Challenger and 6 ITF titles in that discipline. Chan reached the ...

Chan Yung-jan Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 ...

def.

Eri Hozumi is a Japanese tennis player. On 10 November 2014, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 144. On 27 May 2019, she peaked at No. 28 in the WTA doubles rankings. Partnering with Miyu Kato, she reached semifinals of the 2017 Aust ...

/ Miyu Kato 6–4, 6–3

References

;General
Official website
;Specific {{2016 WTA Tour Taiwan Open WTA Taiwan Open 2016 in Taiwanese women's sport 2016 in Taiwanese tennis

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

Withdrawals

Retirements

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Other entrants

Champions

Singles

Doubles

See also

References