2016 Volvo Car Open

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 Premier level 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.

2016 Volvo Car Open
DateApril 4 – 10
Edition44th
CategoryWTA Premier
Draw56S / 16D
Prize money$753,000
SurfaceClay / outdoor
LocationCharleston, United States
VenueFamily Circle Tennis Center
Champions
Singles
Sloane Stephens
Doubles
Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic

Sloane Stephens won the singles event while Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic captured the doubles crown.[1]

Points and prize money

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 30 1 25 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Q2 Q1
Women's Singles $128,100 $68,180 $33,600 $17,280 $8,955 $4,585 $2,355 $1,070 $640
Women's Doubles $40,300 $21,340 $11,740 $5,975 $3,245 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Ranking1 Seed
 GER Angelique Kerber 3 1
  SUI Belinda Bencic 10 2
 USA Venus Williams 14 3
 CZE Lucie Šafářová 15 4
 ITA Sara Errani 18 5
 GER Andrea Petkovic 21 6
 USA Sloane Stephens 22 7
 USA Madison Keys 24 8
 SRB Jelena Janković 26 9
 AUS Samantha Stosur 27 10
 FRA Kristina Mladenovic 29 11
 AUS Daria Gavrilova 34 12
 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 35 13
 RUS Daria Kasatkina 36 14
 GER Sabine Lisicki 37 15
 JPN Misaki Doi 44 16
 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 45 17
  • 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.

Other entrants

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:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands  CZE Lucie Šafářová 11 1
 CZE Andrea Hlaváčková  CZE Lucie Hradecká 21 2
 FRA Caroline Garcia  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 26 3
 USA Raquel Atawo  USA Abigail Spears 41 4
  • 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Retirements

Champions

Singles
Main article: 2016 Volvo Car Open – Singles

Doubles
Main article: 2016 Volvo Car Open – Doubles
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References
  1. "WTA: Stephens strikes gold". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
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