| 2016 Volvo Car Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 4–10 |
| Edition | 44th |
| Category | WTA Premier |
| Draw | 56S / 16D |
| Prize money | $753,000 |
| Surface | Clay / outdoor |
| Location | Charleston, United States |
| Venue | Family Circle Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
| 👁 United States Sloane Stephens | |
| Doubles | |
| 👁 France Caroline Garcia / 👁 France Kristina Mladenovic | |
The 2016 Volvo Car Open was a women's tennis event on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place between April 4 – 10, 2016. It was the 44th edition of the Charleston Open tournament and a WTA Premier tournaments tournament. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.
Sloane Stephens won the singles event while Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic captured the doubles crown.[1]
Finals
[edit]Singles
[edit]👁 United States
Sloane Stephens defeated 👁 Russia
Elena Vesnina 7–6(7–4), 6–2
- It was Stephens' 3rd and last singles title of the year and the 4th of her career.
Doubles
[edit]👁 France
Caroline Garcia / 👁 France
Kristina Mladenovic defeated 👁 United States
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 👁 Czech Republic
Lucie Šafářová, 6–2, 7–5
Points and prize money
[edit]Point distribution
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Prize money
[edit]| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $128,100 | $68,180 | $33,600 | $17,280 | $8,955 | $4,585 | $2,355 | $1,070 | $640 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | $40,300 | $21,340 | $11,740 | $5,975 | $3,245 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Singles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image GER |
Angelique Kerber | 3 | 1 |
| 👁 Image SUI |
Belinda Bencic | 10 | 2 |
| 👁 Image USA |
Venus Williams | 14 | 3 |
| 👁 Image CZE |
Lucie Šafářová | 15 | 4 |
| 👁 Image ITA |
Sara Errani | 18 | 5 |
| 👁 Image GER |
Andrea Petkovic | 21 | 6 |
| 👁 Image USA |
Sloane Stephens | 22 | 7 |
| 👁 Image USA |
Madison Keys | 24 | 8 |
SRB |
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| 👁 Image AUS |
Samantha Stosur | 27 | 10 |
| 👁 Image FRA |
Kristina Mladenovic | 29 | 11 |
| 👁 Image AUS |
Daria Gavrilova | 34 | 12 |
| 👁 Image ROU |
Irina-Camelia Begu | 35 | 13 |
| 👁 Image RUS |
Daria Kasatkina | 36 | 14 |
| 👁 Image GER |
Sabine Lisicki | 37 | 15 |
| 👁 Image JPN |
Misaki Doi | 44 | 16 |
| 👁 Image CAN |
Eugenie Bouchard | 45 | 17 |
- 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.
Other entrants
[edit]The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- 👁 Netherlands
Cindy Burger - 👁 Turkey
Çağla Büyükakçay - 👁 Bulgaria
Sesil Karatantcheva - 👁 Netherlands
Lesley Kerkhove - 👁 Serbia
Aleksandra Krunić - 👁 Slovakia
Kristína Kučová - 👁 Japan
Naomi Osaka - 👁 Russia
Elena Vesnina
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
[edit]- Before the tournament
- 👁 Germany
Mona Barthel → replaced by 👁 Germany
Tatjana Maria - 👁 Czech Republic
Petra Cetkovská (right thigh injury) → replaced by 👁 Slovakia
Jana Čepelová - 👁 Colombia
Mariana Duque Mariño → replaced by 👁 Latvia
Anastasija Sevastova - 👁 Serbia
Jelena Janković (right shoulder injury) → replaced by 👁 Romania
Patricia Maria Țig - 👁 United States
Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by 👁 United States
Alison Riske
Retirements
[edit]Doubles main draw entrants
[edit]Seeds
[edit]| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 👁 Image USA |
Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 👁 Image CZE |
Lucie Šafářová | 11 | 1 |
| 👁 Image CZE |
Andrea Hlaváčková | 👁 Image CZE |
Lucie Hradecká | 21 | 2 |
| 👁 Image FRA |
Caroline Garcia | 👁 Image FRA |
Kristina Mladenovic | 26 | 3 |
| 👁 Image USA |
Raquel Atawo | 👁 Image USA |
Abigail Spears | 41 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.
Other entrants
[edit]The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- 👁 United States
Hadley Berg / 👁 United States
Paige Cline - 👁 United States
Madison Keys / 👁 United States
Sloane Stephens
Retirements
[edit]- 👁 United States
Abigail Spears (right calf injury)
References
[edit]- ^ "WTA: Stephens strikes gold". Retrieved April 10, 2016.
