2016 Japan Women's Open

The 2016 Japan Women's Open (also known as the 2016 Hashimoto Sogyo Japan Women's Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the Japan Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from September 12 through September 18, 2016.

2016 Japan Women's Open
Date	September 12–18
Edition	8th
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Venue	Ariake Coliseum
Champions
Singles
Christina McHale
Doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Makoto Ninomiya

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 321	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$2,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles2	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—	—

_{¹ Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
² Per team}

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
JPN	Misaki Doi	32	1
BEL	Yanina Wickmayer	38	2
KAZ	Yulia Putintseva	42	3
SWE	Johanna Larsson	47	4
USA	Madison Brengle	50	5
CHN	Zhang Shuai	51	6
USA	Christina McHale	55	7
UKR	Kateryna Bondarenko	59	8

• Rankings are as of August 29, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Misa Eguchi
• Eri Hozumi
• Risa Ozaki

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Jang Su-jeong
• Miyu Kato
• Rebecca Peterson
• Erika Sema

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:

• Antonia Lottner

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Misa Eguchi → replaced by Antonia Lottner
• Irina Falconi → replaced by Kurumi Nara
• Kirsten Flipkens → replaced by Jana Čepelová
• Nicole Gibbs → replaced by Magda Linette
• Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
• Kristína Kučová → replaced by Naomi Osaka
• Jeļena Ostapenko → replaced by Tamira Paszek
• Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by Nao Hibino
• Wang Qiang → replaced by Maria Sakkari

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHN	Xu Yifan	CHN	Zheng Saisai	46	1
UKR	Kateryna Bondarenko	TPE	Chuang Chia-jung	98	2
SRB	Aleksandra Krunić	CZE	Kateřina Siniaková	99	3
CHN	Liang Chen	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	114	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of August 29, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Daniela Hantuchová / Alison Riske
• Kanae Hisami / Kotomi Takahata

Champions

Singles

Main article: 2016 Japan Women's Open – Singles

• Christina McHale def. Kateřina Siniaková, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Japan Women's Open – Doubles

• Shuko Aoyama / Makoto Ninomiya def. Jocelyn Rae / Anna Smith, 6–3, 6–3

External links

• Official website