The 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. This was the seventh edition of the tournament and the first as a WTA Premier tournament. It was part of the 2016 WTA Tour and was held between 8 February and 14 February 2016.[1]
| 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8–14 February |
| Edition | 7th |
| Category | WTA Premier |
| Prize money | $753,000 |
| Surface | Hard (indoor) |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Venue | Sibur Arena |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Roberta Vinci | |
| Doubles | |
 Martina Hingis /  Sania Mirza | |
Point distribution edit
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money edit
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $128,450 | $68,585 | $36,635 | $19,690 | $10,560 | $6,700 | $3,010 | $1,600 | $890 |
| Doubles* | $40,170 | $21,465 | $11,730 | $5,965 | $3,240 | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUI
|
Belinda Bencic | 11 | 1 |
| ITA
|
Roberta Vinci | 16 | 2 |
 DEN
|
Caroline Wozniacki | 18 | 3 |
 SRB
|
Ana Ivanovic | 20 | 4 |
 RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 26 | 5 |
 SVK |
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 FRA
|
Kristina Mladenovic | 30 | 7 |
| FRA |
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 ROU
|
Monica Niculescu | 37 | 9 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016.
Other entrants edit
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals edit
Mona Barthel → replaced by 
Tímea Babos
Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by 
Jeļena Ostapenko
Petra Cetkovská → replaced by 
Daria Kasatkina
Alizé Cornet (low back injury) → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig- Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by
Kirsten Flipkens 
Karin Knapp → replaced by 
Bojana Jovanovski
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (ankle sprain) → replaced by Laura Siegemund
Doubles main draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUI
|
Martina Hingis | IND
|
Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 |
 CZE
|
Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE
|
Lucie Hradecká | 22 | 2 |
 ESP
|
Anabel Medina Garrigues | ESP
|
Arantxa Parra Santonja | 59 | 3 |
| ROU
|
Monica Niculescu |  GER
|
Laura Siegemund | 73 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of February 8, 2016.
Other entrants edit
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Retirements edit
- Monica Niculescu (abdominal injury)
Champions edit
Singles edit
- Roberta Vinci defeated
Belinda Bencic 6–4, 6–3
Doubles edit
- Martina Hingis /
Sania Mirza defeated Vera Dushevina / Barbora Krejčíková 6–3, 6–1
References edit
- ^ "St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy". www.wtatennis.com. WTA. Retrieved 1 January 2016.