2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's Singles

Simona Halep was the defending champion, but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round.

Women's Singles
2016 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champion	Sara Errani
Runner-up	Barbora Strýcová
Final score	6–0, 6–2

Main article: 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships

Sara Errani won the title, defeating Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–0, 6–2.

This was the first time at either a WTA or ATP event that all seeded players lost their first match.[1][2]

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

1. Simona Halep (Second round)
2. Garbiñe Muguruza (Second round)
3. Carla Suárez Navarro (Second round)
4. Petra Kvitová (Second round)
5. Belinda Bencic (First round)
6. Karolína Plíšková (First round)
7. Roberta Vinci (First round)
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (First round)

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild Card
• LL = Lucky Loser
• Alt = Alternate
• SE = Special Exempt
• PR = Protected Ranking
• ITF = ITF entry
• JE = Junior Exempt
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
		Barbora Strýcová	6	3	6
		Caroline Garcia	2	6	3
									Barbora Strýcová	0	2
									Sara Errani	6	6
		Sara Errani	6	6
		Elina Svitolina	4	4

Top half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								1/WC	S Halep	6^2	2
		A Ivanovic	6	6					A Ivanovic	7^7	6
		D Gavrilova	1	0												A Ivanovic	6^5	3
		B Strýcová	6	6												B Strýcová	7^7	6
	Q	T Pironkova	4	3					B Strýcová	2	6	6
	WC	J Görges	6	6				WC	J Görges	6	3	1
	8	S Kuznetsova	0	1																			B Strýcová	6	3	6
																							C Garcia	2	6	3
								3	C Suárez Navarro	6	4	3
		AK Schmiedlová	4	1					C Garcia	4	6	6
		C Garcia	6	6												C Garcia	6	6
		C Giorgi	2	1												A Petkovic	3	4
		A Petkovic	6	6					A Petkovic	6	6
		J Janković	4	7	6				J Janković	3	2
	5	B Bencic	6	5	4

Bottom half

	First Round							Second Round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	7	R Vinci	0	6	3
	Q	Y Shvedova	6	4	6			Q	Y Shvedova	3	0
	Q	S Zheng	5	3					S Errani	6	6
		S Errani	7	6												S Errani	4	6	6
		M Brengle	6	7												M Brengle	6	1	4
		E Makarova	4	5					M Brengle	0	7^7	6
								4/WC	P Kvitová	6	6^1	3
																							S Errani	6	6
	6/WC	Ka Plíšková	6^5	1																			E Svitolina	4	4
		C Vandeweghe	7^7	6					C Vandeweghe	7	3	6
		L Tsurenko	2	6^1					K Mladenovic	5	6	4
		K Mladenovic	6	7^7												C Vandeweghe	4	6	2
		E Svitolina	6	6												E Svitolina	6	1	6
	Q	J Čepelová	3	1					E Svitolina	7^7	6
								2	G Muguruza	6^3	3

Qualifying

Seeds

1. Varvara Lepchenko (Qualifying competition)
2. Anna-Lena Friedsam (Qualifying competition)
3. Nao Hibino (First round)
4. Denisa Allertová (Qualifying competition)
5. Zarina Diyas (First round)
6. Zheng Saisai (Qualified)
7. Lucie Hradecká (Withdrew due to change of schedule)
8. Kateryna Bondarenko (Second round)
9. Carina Witthöft (First round)

Qualifiers

1. Zheng Saisai
2. Tsvetana Pironkova
3. Jana Čepelová
4. Yaroslava Shvedova

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	1	Varvara Lepchenko	6	6
	WC	Ons Jabeur	4	1
								1	Varvara Lepchenko	6	7^7
									Sesil Karatantcheva	0	6^1
	PR	María José Martínez Sánchez	4	6	0
		Sesil Karatantcheva	6	4	6
															1	Varvara Lepchenko	5	1
															6	Zheng Saisai	7	6
		Andrea Hlaváčková	7^7	2	6
		Magda Linette	6^3	6	2
									Andrea Hlaváčková	6	3	0
								6	Zheng Saisai	1	6	6
		Çağla Büyükakçay	1	0
	6	Zheng Saisai	6	6

Second qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	2	Anna-Lena Friedsam	7	6
		Evgeniya Rodina	5	1
								2	Anna-Lena Friedsam	7^7	2	7^8
									Wang Qiang	6^2	6	6^6
		Wang Qiang	6	6
	WC	Fatma Al-Nabhani	4	4
															2	Anna-Lena Friedsam	7	5	3
																Tsvetana Pironkova	5	7	6
		Kristýna Plíšková	1	6^4
		Tsvetana Pironkova	6	7^7
									Tsvetana Pironkova	6	6
								8	Kateryna Bondarenko	2	1
		Anastasija Sevastova	3	3
	8	Kateryna Bondarenko	6	6

Third qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	3	Nao Hibino	4	4
		Jeļena Ostapenko	6	6
									Jeļena Ostapenko	3	3
									Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6	6
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6	6
		Ana Konjuh	2	3
																Bethanie Mattek-Sands	4	6	3
																Jana Čepelová	6	1	6
		Alison Riske	6	6
		Aliaksandra Sasnovich	3	2
									Alison Riske	3	7^7	5
									Jana Čepelová	6	6^1	7
		Jana Čepelová	6^13	6	6
	9	Carina Witthöft	7^15	2	4

Fourth qualifier

	First Round							Second Round							Qualifying Competition
	4	Denisa Allertová	6	6
	Alt	Gabriela Dabrowski	2	3
								4	Denisa Allertová	6	6
									Kateřina Siniaková	4	3
		Kateřina Siniaková	6	6
		Olga Savchuk	2	2
															4	Denisa Allertová	4	6	6^6
																Yaroslava Shvedova	6	4	7^8
		Kristína Kučová	3	6	2
		Wang Yafan	6	4	6
									Wang Yafan	0	3
									Yaroslava Shvedova	6	6
		Yaroslava Shvedova	6	3	6
	5	Zarina Diyas	4	6	4

References

1. "Dubai Championships: all eight seeds beaten in opening round for first time in tennis history"
2. "Insider notebook: Upset analysis", WTA news, February 17, 2016

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw