The 2016 Tashkent Open was a WTA International

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. It was the 18th edition of the

Tashkent Open The Tashkent Open by Zeromax is a women's tennis tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Held since 1999, this WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The second-tier tou ...

, on the

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. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in

Tashkent Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2 ...

, Uzbekistan, between September 26 and October 1, 2016.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

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Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants

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

Komola Umarova Komola Umarova (born 23 October 1999) is an Uzbekistani female tennis player. Umarova has a career high WTA singles ranking of 762, achieved on 30 January 2017. Umarova also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 738 achieved on 17 July 2017 ...

Donna Vekić Donna Vekić (; born 28 June 1996) is a Croatian professional tennis player and businesswoman. She has won three singles titles on the WTA Tour – at the 2014 Malaysian Open, at the 2017 Nottingham Open, and the 2021 Courmayeur Ladies Open. ...

Dayana Yastremska Dayana Oleksandrivna Yastremska ( uk, Даяна Олександрівна Ястремська; born 15 May 2000) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 21 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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 ...

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 ...

Sabina Sharipova Sabina Sharipova (born 4 September 1994) is an Uzbek former professional tennis player. Up to date, she has won 15 singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 5 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 122. ...

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 The WTA Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for women organized by the Women's Tennis Association. The s ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Sofia Shapatava Sofia Shapatava ( ka, სოფია შაფათავა, tr, ; born 12 January 1989) is a Georgian tennis player. She has won two singles and 32 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 September 2014, she reached her career-high s ...

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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Sara Sorribes Tormo Sara Sorribes Tormo (; born 8 October 1996) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Sorribes Tormo has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit ...

Margarita Gasparyan Margarita Melikovna Betova (née Gasparyan; rus, Маргари́та Ме́ликовна Гаспаря́н, , mərɡɐˈrʲitə ɡəspɐˈrʲan, Ru-Margarita Gasparyan.ogg, hy, Մարգարիտա Մելիքի Գասպարյան; born 1 Sept ...

→ replaced by Patricia Maria Țig *

Hsieh Su-wei Hsieh Su-wei ( ;''Xiè 謝淑薇Shūwēi'' in Chinese mainland. Taiwanese Mandarin: ; in Standard Mandarin of Chinese mainland. born 4 January 1986) is an inactive Taiwanese professional tennis player. She has won three singles titles and 30 ...

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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. ...

Johanna Larsson Johanna Larsson (; born 17 August 1988) is a Swedish former tennis player. She won two singles and 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as 13 singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankings are ...

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Galina Voskoboeva Galina Olegovna Voskoboeva (russian: Галина Олеговна Воскобоева; born 18 December 1984) is a professional Russian-born Kazakhstani tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 42 on 7 May 2012. He ...

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Kristýna Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is an inactive Czech professional tennis player. Plíšková has won one singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 Ju ...

Retirements

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 w ...

Lesia Tsurenko Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko ( uk, Леся Вікторівна Цуренко; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles and eight doubles tournaments on the IT ...

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Arina Folts Arina Folts (russian: Арина Фолц; born 1 January 1997) is an Uzbekistani tennis player. Folts was awarded a wildcard to make her WTA tour debut at the 2013 Tashkent Open, losing in the first round to María Teresa Torró Flor of Spain ...

* Polina Merenkova /

Champions

Singles

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Nao Hibino is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Hibino has won two singles and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Along with that, she ...

, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles

Raluca Olaru Ioana Raluca Olaru (born 3 March 1989) is a professional tennis player from Romania. The winner of 11 singles and 15 doubles ITF titles, Olaru reached one WTA singles final, at the 2009 Gastein Ladies,WTA TourPetkovic, Olaru Into Final(25 Jul ...

def.

Demi Schuurs Demi Schuurs (born 1 August 1993) is a professional Dutch tennis player who has specialized in doubles. She has won 15 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one singles title and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In February 2015, she ...

/ Renata Voráčová, 7–5, 6–3

External links

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