The 2016
Nürnberger Versicherungscup
The Nuremberg Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Nuremberg, Germany. Held from 2013 until 2019, this WTA International tournaments, International-level tournament was played on outdoor clay courts.
Tournament history
The ...
was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on
clay court
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s. It was the 4th edition of the tournament, and part of the
2016 WTA Tour
The 2016 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis F ...
. It took place in
Nuremberg
Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...
, Germany, on 15–21 May 2016.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings as of May 9, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Mira Antonitsch
Mira Antonitsch (born 16 December 1998) is an inactive Austrian tennis player.
Antonitsch has won two singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 12 June 2017, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 507. On 4 Novemb ...
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Katharina Gerlach
Katharina Gerlach (born 19 February 1998) is a German inactive tennis player.
She has won four singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 25 April 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 217. On 2 July 2018, she pe ...
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Katharina Hobgarski
Katharina Hobgarski (born 18 June 1997) is a German tennis player.
So far, she has won 14 singles titles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 January 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 189. On 29 July 2024, she pea ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Kiki Bertens
Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings#Current rankings, singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest-ranked Dutch female playe ...
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Olga Fridman
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Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (; born 18 December 1995) is a Czech professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 2 in singles and List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles by the Wome ...
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Tatjana Maria
Tatjana Maria (née Malek; born 8 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player. In January 2024 she reached her career-best singles ranking of world No. 42, and in June 2016, she peaked at No. 54 in the doubles rankings.
She has won four ...
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Marina Melnikova
Marina Anatolyevna Melnikova (; born 5 February 1989) is a Russian tennis player.
She has won seven singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 4 May 2015, Melnikova reached her best singles ranking of world No. 170. On 20 June 2016, s ...
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Stephanie Vogt
Stephanie Vogt (; born 15 February 1990) is a former professional tennis player from Liechtenstein.
In her career, Vogt won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour as wells as 12 singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 24 February 2014 ...
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
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Cristina Dinu
Cristina Dinu (born 18 January 1993) is a professional Romanian tennis player.
On 30 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 179. On 20 May 2019, she peaked at No. 153 in the doubles rankings.
Dinu has won 25 singles ...
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Antonia Lottner
Antonia Lottner (; born 13 August 1996) is a German former tennis player.
Lottner won seven singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In June 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 128. In April 2015, she ...
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament
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Mona Barthel
Mona Barthel (born 11 July 1990) is a German tennis player.
On 18 March 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 23. On 14 September 2015, she peaked at No. 63 in the doubles rankings.
Barthel has won four singles and three double ...
→ replaced by
Carina Witthöft
Carina Witthöft (also spelled Witthoeft; born 16 February 1995) is a German former professional tennis player. She won one singles title on the WTA Tour whereas on the ITF Women's Circuit, she won eleven singles titles and one doubles title. On ...
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Angelique Kerber
Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 34 wee ...
→ replaced by
Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in October 2018, after reaching a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open. Sevastova has won four sin ...
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Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...
→ replaced by
Polona Hercog
Polona Hercog (, born 20 January 1991) is a Slovenian professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 35 in singles and 56 in doubles. She has won five titles on the WTA Tour, three in singles and two in doubles. Hercog also has had ...
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Karin Knapp
Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is a retired Italian tennis player.
In her career, Knapp won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, along with six singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 24 August 2015, she reached her best singles ...
→ replaced by
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 w ...
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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 w ...
→ replaced by
Antonia Lottner
Antonia Lottner (; born 13 August 1996) is a German former tennis player.
Lottner won seven singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In June 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 128. In April 2015, she ...
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Anastasija Sevastova
Anastasija Sevastova (born 13 April 1990) is a Latvian professional tennis player. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 in October 2018, after reaching a Premier Mandatory final at the China Open. Sevastova has won four sin ...
→ replaced by
Cristina Dinu
Cristina Dinu (born 18 January 1993) is a professional Romanian tennis player.
On 30 September 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 179. On 20 May 2019, she peaked at No. 153 in the doubles rankings.
Dinu has won 25 singles ...
;During the tournament
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Lesia Tsurenko
Lesia Viktorivna Tsurenko (; born 30 May 1989) is a Ukrainian inactive professional tennis player. Tsurenko has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and eight doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 18 Febr ...
Retirements
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Irina Falconi
Irina Falconi Hartman (; born Irina Alejandra Falconi; May 4, 1990) is an Ecuadorian-born United States, American former professional tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 63, which she reached in May 2016. Her career-high in doubles ...
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings as of May 9, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
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Katharina Hobgarski
Katharina Hobgarski (born 18 June 1997) is a German tennis player.
So far, she has won 14 singles titles and 18 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 9 January 2023, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 189. On 29 July 2024, she pea ...
/
Carina Witthöft
Carina Witthöft (also spelled Witthoeft; born 16 February 1995) is a German former professional tennis player. She won one singles title on the WTA Tour whereas on the ITF Women's Circuit, she won eleven singles titles and one doubles title. On ...
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Sandra Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits (born 13 November 1982) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. She won one doubles title on the WTA Tour (with Andreja Klepač) and 40 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Klemenschits announced that the 2016 Gener ...
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Antonia Lottner
Antonia Lottner (; born 13 August 1996) is a German former tennis player.
Lottner won seven singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In June 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 128. In April 2015, she ...
Withdrawals
;During the tournament
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Anna-Lena Friedsam
Anna-Lena Friedsam (born 1 February 1994) is a German professional tennis player.
In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020.
In her career, she has won fo ...
(lower back injury)
Champions
Singles
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Kiki Bertens
Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings#Current rankings, singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest-ranked Dutch female playe ...
def.
Mariana Duque Mariño
Mariana Duque Mariño (; born 12 August 1989) is a Colombian former tennis player. Having turned professional in 2005, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 in October 2015.
Duque debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in 2004. ...
, 6–2, 6–2
Doubles
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Kiki Bertens
Kiki Bertens (; born 10 December 1991) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings#Current rankings, singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest-ranked Dutch female playe ...
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Johanna Larsson
Johanna Larsson (; born 17 August 1988) is a Swedish former tennis player. In her career, she won two singles and 14 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, with 13 singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her career-high WTA rankin ...
def.
Shuko Aoyama
is a Japanese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
Aoyama turned professional after graduating from Waseda University. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 182, on 9 February 2015, and a doubles ranking of ...
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Renata Voráčová
Renata Voráčová (; born 6 October 1983) is a Czech professional tennis player.
Voráčová has won eleven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and three on WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and 58 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circui ...
, 6–3, 6–4
External links
Official website
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