2016 WTA Tour

2016 WTA Tour

Angelique Kerber finished the year as world No. 1 for the only time in her career. She won three singles tournaments during the season, including two majors at the Australian Open and the US Open. She also finished runner-up at another major, the Wimbledon Championships, and won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics.
Details
Duration	3 January – 6 November 2016
Edition	46th
Tournaments	61
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals Summer Olympics WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (33) WTA Elite Trophy
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Dominika Cibulková (4)
Most tournament finals	Angelique Kerber (8)
Prize money leader	Angelique Kerber (US$10,136,615)
Points leader	Angelique Kerber (9,080)
Awards
Player of the year	Angelique Kerber
Doubles team of the year	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
Most improved player of the year	Johanna Konta
Newcomer of the year	Naomi Osaka
Comeback player of the year	Dominika Cibulková
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Angelique Kerber won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, thus becoming the first German to win a Grand Slam title since Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open defeating World No. 1 Serena Williams in the final. Kerber would go on to win the 2016 US Open, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final, thus would attain her World No. 1 ranking. Garbiñe Muguruza won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open, thus becoming the first Spaniard to win a Grand Slam title since Arantxa Sánchez Vicario at the 1998 French Open by defeating Williams in the final. Williams herself would go on to reach the season's third Grand Slam finals and defeat Kerber in the final at Wimbledon to claim her 22nd Grand Slam title, equaling Steffi Graf's record for most Grand Slam titles in the Open Era.

The 2016 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy). Also included in the 2016 calendar is the Summer Olympic Games and Hopman Cup, which were organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.

Schedule

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Summer Olympic Games

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Team events

Note: In the Champions and Runners-up columns, a tournament's results in doubles are also included.

January

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Jan	Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard (i) – $1,000,000 – 8 teams (RR)	Australia Green 2–0	Ukraine	Round robin (Group A) Czech Republic Australia Gold United States	Round robin (Group B) Great Britain Germany France
	Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Samantha Crawford Carla Suárez Navarro	Roberta Vinci Andrea Petkovic Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Varvara Lepchenko
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–5, 6–1	Angelique Kerber Andrea Petkovic
	Shenzhen Open Shenzhen, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–3, 6–2	Alison Riske	Anna-Lena Friedsam Tímea Babos	Wang Qiang Kateřina Siniaková Eugenie Bouchard Anett Kontaveit
		Vania King Monica Niculescu 6–1, 6–4	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai
	Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sloane Stephens 7–5, 6–2	Julia Görges	Tamira Paszek Caroline Wozniacki	Nao Hibino Kirsten Flipkens Alexandra Dulgheru Naomi Broady
		Elise Mertens An-Sophie Mestach 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]	Danka Kovinić Barbora Strýcová
11 Jan	Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $753,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–0, 6–2	Monica Puig	Simona Halep Belinda Bencic	Karolína Plíšková Sara Errani Ekaterina Makarova Samantha Stosur
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 1–6, 7–5, [10–5]	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
	Hobart International Hobart, Australia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Alizé Cornet 6–1, 6–2	Eugenie Bouchard	Johanna Larsson Dominika Cibulková	Mona Barthel Heather Watson Kiki Bertens Camila Giorgi
		Han Xinyun Christina McHale 6–3, 6–0	Kimberly Birrell Jarmila Wolfe
18 Jan 25 Jan	Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard – $14,835,728 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Serena Williams	Agnieszka Radwańska Johanna Konta	Maria Sharapova Carla Suárez Navarro Victoria Azarenka Zhang Shuai
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 7–6(7–1), 6–3	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
		Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares 6–4, 4–6, [10–5]	CoCo Vandeweghe Horia Tecău

February

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Feb	Fed Cup Quarterfinals Cluj-Napoca, Romania – hard (i) Leipzig, Germany – hard (i) Marseille, France – hard (i) Moscow, Russia – hard (i)	Quarterfinals winners Czech Republic 3–2 Switzerland 3–2 France 4–1 Netherlands 3–1	Quarterfinals losers Romania Germany Italy Russia
8 Feb	St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy Saint Petersburg, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $753,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Roberta Vinci 6–4, 6–3	Belinda Bencic	Daria Kasatkina Ana Ivanovic	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Kateryna Kozlova Tímea Babos
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–3, 6–1	Vera Dushevina Barbora Krejčíková
	Taiwan Open Kaohsiung, Taiwan WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Venus Williams 6–4, 6–2	Misaki Doi	Yulia Putintseva Hsieh Su-wei	Anastasija Sevastova Stefanie Vögele Elizaveta Kulichkova Kurumi Nara
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–4, 6–3	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato
15 Feb	Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard – $2,000,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sara Errani 6–0, 6–2	Barbora Strýcová	Caroline Garcia Elina Svitolina	Ana Ivanovic Andrea Petkovic Madison Brengle CoCo Vandeweghe
		Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
	Rio Open Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Francesca Schiavone 2–6, 6–2, 6–2	Shelby Rogers	Petra Martić Sorana Cîrstea	Lara Arruabarrena Cindy Burger Danka Kovinić Paula Cristina Gonçalves
		Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen 6–1, 7–6(7–5)	Tara Moore Conny Perrin
22 Feb	Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,818,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Carla Suárez Navarro 1–6, 6–4, 6–4	Jeļena Ostapenko	Andrea Petkovic Agnieszka Radwańska	Zheng Saisai Garbiñe Muguruza Roberta Vinci Elena Vesnina
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 6–3	Sara Errani Carla Suárez Navarro
	Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sloane Stephens 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)	Dominika Cibulková	Christina McHale Yanina Wickmayer	Johanna Larsson Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Naomi Osaka
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–0, 6–4	Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson
29 Feb	Monterrey Open Monterrey, Mexico WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Heather Watson 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Kirsten Flipkens	Anett Kontaveit Caroline Garcia	Nicole Gibbs Johanna Konta Pauline Parmentier Caroline Wozniacki
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]	Petra Martić Maria Sanchez
	Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Elina Svitolina 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5	Eugenie Bouchard	Naomi Broady Zhu Lin	Çağla Büyükakçay Sabine Lisicki Wang Qiang Kristína Kučová
		Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]	Liang Chen Wang Yafan

March

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
7 Mar 14 Mar	Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,844,139 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–4, 6–4	Serena Williams	Agnieszka Radwańska Karolína Plíšková	Simona Halep Petra Kvitová Magdaléna Rybáriková Daria Kasatkina
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands CoCo Vandeweghe 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]	Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková
21 Mar 28 Mar	Miami Open Key Biscayne, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,844,139 – 96S/48Q/32D Singles – Doubles	Victoria Azarenka 6–3, 6–2	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Timea Bacsinszky Angelique Kerber	Ekaterina Makarova Simona Halep Johanna Konta Madison Keys
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–3, 6–4	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova

April

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
4 Apr	Charleston Open Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay – $753,000 (Green) – 56S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Sloane Stephens 7–6(7–4), 6–2	Elena Vesnina	Angelique Kerber Sara Errani	Irina-Camelia Begu Daria Kasatkina Yulia Putintseva Laura Siegemund
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–2, 7–5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
	Katowice Open Katowice, Poland WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 6–4, 6–0	Camila Giorgi	Jeļena Ostapenko Pauline Parmentier	Tímea Babos Kirsten Flipkens Francesca Schiavone Magda Linette
		Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato 3–6, 7–5, [10–8]	Valentyna Ivakhnenko Marina Melnikova
11 Apr	Fed Cup Semifinals Lucerne, Switzerland – hard (i) Trélazé, France – Clay (red) (i)	Semifinals winners Czech Republic 3–2 France 3–2	Semifinals losers Switzerland Netherlands
	Copa Colsanitas Bogotá, Colombia WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Irina Falconi 6–2, 2–6, 6–4	Sílvia Soler Espinosa	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Lara Arruabarrena	Alexandra Panova Amra Sadiković Sachia Vickery Catalina Pella
		Lara Arruabarrena Tatjana Maria 6–2, 4–6, [10–8]	Gabriela Cé Andrea Gámiz
18 Apr	Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay (red) (i) – $759,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Angelique Kerber 6–4, 6–0	Laura Siegemund	Agnieszka Radwańska Petra Kvitová	Karolína Plíšková Roberta Vinci Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 2–6, 6–1, [10–6]	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
	İstanbul Cup Istanbul, Turkey WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Çağla Büyükakçay 3–6, 6–2, 6–3	Danka Kovinić	Kateryna Kozlova Stefanie Vögele	Maria Sakkari Anastasija Sevastova Nao Hibino Kristína Kučová
		Andreea Mitu İpek Soylu Walkover	Xenia Knoll Danka Kovinić
25 Apr	Morocco Open Rabat, Morocco WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Timea Bacsinszky 6–2, 6–1	Marina Erakovic	Tímea Babos Kiki Bertens	Johanna Larsson Pauline Parmentier Yulia Putintseva Aleksandra Krunić
		Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić 6–3, 6–0	Tatjana Maria Raluca Olaru
	Prague Open Prague, Czech Republic WTA International Clay (red) – $500,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Lucie Šafářová 3–6, 6–1, 6–4	Samantha Stosur	Svetlana Kuznetsova Karolína Plíšková	Monica Puig Barbora Strýcová Camila Giorgi Hsieh Su-wei
		Margarita Gasparyan Andrea Hlaváčková 6–4, 6–2	María Irigoyen Paula Kania

May

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 May	Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay (red) – €5,300,951 – 64S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–2, 6–4	Dominika Cibulková	Louisa Chirico Samantha Stosur	Sorana Cîrstea Daria Gavrilova Irina-Camelia Begu Patricia Maria Țig
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–4, 6–4	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
9 May	Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay (red) – €2,900,360 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Serena Williams 7–6(7–5), 6–3	Madison Keys	Irina-Camelia Begu Garbiñe Muguruza	Svetlana Kuznetsova Misaki Doi Timea Bacsinszky Barbora Strýcová
		Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–3]	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
16 May	Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg, France WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Garcia 6–4, 6–1	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	Virginie Razzano Kristina Mladenovic	Elena Vesnina Samantha Stosur Alla Kudryavtseva Pauline Parmentier
		Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja 6–2, 6–0	María Irigoyen Liang Chen
	Nuremberg Cup Nürnberg, Germany WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Kiki Bertens 6–2, 6–2	Mariana Duque Mariño	Julia Görges Annika Beck	Irina Falconi Lesia Tsurenko Anna-Lena Friedsam Varvara Lepchenko
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 6–3, 6–4	Shuko Aoyama Renata Voráčová
23 May 30 May	French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay (red) – €14,712,000 128S/96Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Garbiñe Muguruza 7–5, 6–4	Serena Williams	Kiki Bertens Samantha Stosur	Yulia Putintseva Timea Bacsinszky Shelby Rogers Tsvetana Pironkova
		Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic 6–3, 2–6, 6–4	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
		Martina Hingis Leander Paes 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]	Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig

June

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
6 Jun	Nottingham Open Nottingham, Great Britain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 7–6(10–8), 7–5	Alison Riske	Monica Puig Zheng Saisai	Ashleigh Barty Tamira Paszek Anett Kontaveit Tara Moore
		Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]	Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan
	Rosmalen Grass Court Championships Rosmalen, Netherlands WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	CoCo Vandeweghe 7–5, 7–5	Kristina Mladenovic	Belinda Bencic Madison Brengle	Viktorija Golubic Elise Mertens Kateryna Kozlova Evgeniya Rodina
		Oksana Kalashnikova Yaroslava Shvedova 6–1, 6–1	Xenia Knoll Aleksandra Krunić
13 Jun	Birmingham Classic Birmingham, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $846,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Madison Keys 6–3, 6–4	Barbora Strýcová	CoCo Vandeweghe Carla Suárez Navarro	Yanina Wickmayer Tsvetana Pironkova Jeļena Ostapenko Angelique Kerber
		Karolína Plíšková Barbora Strýcová 6–3, 7–6(7–1)	Vania King Alla Kudryavtseva
	Mallorca Open Santa Ponsa, Spain WTA International Grass – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Garcia 6–3, 6–4	Anastasija Sevastova	Kirsten Flipkens Jelena Janković	Verónica Cepede Royg Ana Ivanovic Mariana Duque Mariño Sorana Cîrstea
		Gabriela Dabrowski María José Martínez Sánchez 6–4, 6–2	Anna-Lena Friedsam Laura Siegemund
20 Jun	Eastbourne International Eastbourne, Great Britain WTA Premier Grass – $776,878 – 48S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 7–5, 6–3	Karolína Plíšková	Monica Puig Johanna Konta	Agnieszka Radwańska Kristina Mladenovic Elena Vesnina Ekaterina Makarova
		Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova 5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
27 Jun 4 Jul	The Championships, Wimbledon London, Great Britain Grand Slam Grass – £12,983,000 128S/96Q/64D/16Q/48X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Serena Williams 7–5, 6–3	Angelique Kerber	Elena Vesnina Venus Williams	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Dominika Cibulková Simona Halep Yaroslava Shvedova
		Serena Williams Venus Williams 6–3, 6–4	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova
		Heather Watson Henri Kontinen 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Robert Farah

July

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
11 Jul	Bucharest Open Bucharest, Romania WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 6–0, 6–0	Anastasija Sevastova	Vania King Laura Siegemund	Danka Kovinić Pauline Parmentier Polona Hercog Sara Errani
		Jessica Moore Varatchaya Wongteanchai 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Alexandra Cadanțu Katarzyna Piter
	Ladies Championship Gstaad Gstaad, Switzerland WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Viktorija Golubic 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Kiki Bertens	Timea Bacsinszky Rebeka Masarova	Johanna Larsson Irina Khromacheva Carina Witthöft Annika Beck
		Lara Arruabarrena Xenia Knoll 6–1, 3–6, [10–8]	Annika Beck Evgeniya Rodina
18 Jul	Stanford Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard – $846,000 – 28S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Johanna Konta 7–5, 5–7, 6–2	Venus Williams	Alison Riske Dominika Cibulková	Catherine Bellis CoCo Vandeweghe Zheng Saisai Misaki Doi
		Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears 6–3, 6–4	Darija Jurak Anastasia Rodionova
	Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden WTA International Clay (red) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Laura Siegemund 7–5, 6–1	Kateřina Siniaková	Julia Görges Johanna Larsson	Lara Arruabarrena Karin Knapp Annika Beck Sara Errani
		Andreea Mitu Alicja Rosolska 6–3, 7–5	Lesley Kerkhove Lidziya Marozava
	Washington Open Washington, D.C., United States WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–2	Lauren Davis	Jessica Pegula Yulia Putintseva	Samantha Stosur Camila Giorgi Kristina Mladenovic Risa Ozaki
		Monica Niculescu Yanina Wickmayer 6–4, 6–3	Shuko Aoyama Risa Ozaki
25 Jul	Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,714,413 – 56S/48Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Simona Halep 7–6(7–2), 6–3	Madison Keys	Kristína Kučová Angelique Kerber	Johanna Konta Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Svetlana Kuznetsova Daria Kasatkina
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–3, 7–6(7–5)	Simona Halep Monica Niculescu

August

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
1 Aug	Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis, Brazil WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Irina-Camelia Begu 2–6, 6–4, 6–3	Tímea Babos	Ana Bogdan Monica Puig	Lyudmyla Kichenok Jeļena Ostapenko Naomi Osaka Nao Hibino
		Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 6–3, 6–1	Tímea Babos Réka Luca Jani
	Jiangxi Open Nanchang, China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Duan Yingying 1–6, 6–4, 6–2	Vania King	Risa Ozaki Misa Eguchi	Francesca Schiavone Zhang Kailin Liu Fangzhou Kurumi Nara
		Liang Chen Lu Jingjing 3–6, 7–6(7–2), [13–11]	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya
8 Aug	Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Summer Olympic Games Hard – 64S/32D/16X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth place
		Monica Puig 6–4, 4–6, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Petra Kvitová 7–5, 2–6, 6–2	Madison Keys
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 6–4, 6–4	Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová 7–5, 6–1	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jack Sock 6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–7]	Venus Williams Rajeev Ram	Lucie Hradecká Radek Štěpánek 6–1, 7–5	Sania Mirza Rohan Bopanna
15 Aug	Cincinnati Open Mason, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,804,000 – 48S/48Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 6–1	Angelique Kerber	Garbiñe Muguruza Simona Halep	Svetlana Kuznetsova Tímea Babos Agnieszka Radwańska Carla Suárez Navarro
		Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová 7–5, 6–4	Martina Hingis CoCo Vandeweghe
22 Aug	Connecticut Open New Haven, United States WTA Premier Hard – $761,000 – 30S/48Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–1, 7–6(7–3)	Elina Svitolina	Petra Kvitová Johanna Larsson	Kirsten Flipkens Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Roberta Vinci
		Sania Mirza Monica Niculescu 7–5, 6–4	Kateryna Bondarenko Chuang Chia-jung
29 Aug 5 Sep	US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard – $22,112,700 128S/128Q/64D/32X Singles – Doubles – Mixed	Angelique Kerber 6–3, 4–6, 6–4	Karolína Plíšková	Serena Williams Caroline Wozniacki	Simona Halep Ana Konjuh Anastasija Sevastova Roberta Vinci
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
		Laura Siegemund Mate Pavić 6–4, 6–4	CoCo Vandeweghe Rajeev Ram

September

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12 Sep	Tournoi de Québec Quebec City, Canada WTA International Carpet (i) – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Océane Dodin 6–4, 6–3	Lauren Davis	Tereza Martincová Julia Boserup	Alla Kudryavtseva Jessica Pegula Catherine Bellis Alison Van Uytvanck
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)	Alla Kudryavtseva Alexandra Panova
	Japan Women's Open Tokyo, Japan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Christina McHale 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	Kateřina Siniaková	Zhang Shuai Jana Čepelová	Alison Riske Varvara Lepchenko Kurumi Nara Viktorija Golubic
		Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya 6–3, 6–3	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith
19 Sep	Pan Pacific Open Tokyo, Japan WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 7–5, 6–3	Naomi Osaka	Elina Svitolina Agnieszka Radwańska	Garbiñe Muguruza Aliaksandra Sasnovich Magda Linette Monica Puig
		Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová 6–1, 6–1	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan
	Korea Open Seoul, South Korea WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Lara Arruabarrena 6–0, 2–6, 6–0	Monica Niculescu	Zhang Shuai Patricia Maria Țig	Jana Čepelová Camila Giorgi Sara Sorribes Tormo Johanna Larsson
		Kirsten Flipkens Johanna Larsson 6–2, 6–3	Akiko Omae Peangtarn Plipuech
	Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou, China WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/24Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Lesia Tsurenko 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Jelena Janković	Anett Kontaveit Ana Konjuh	Viktorija Golubic Alison Riske Jennifer Brady Sabine Lisicki
		Asia Muhammad Peng Shuai 6–2, 7–6(7–3)	Olga Govortsova Vera Lapko
26 Sep	Wuhan Open Wuhan, China WTA Premier 5 Hard – $2,589,000 – 56S/32Q/28D Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–1, 6–1	Dominika Cibulková	Simona Halep Svetlana Kuznetsova	Johanna Konta Madison Keys Agnieszka Radwańska Barbora Strýcová
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–1, 6–4	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová
	Tashkent Open Tashkent, Uzbekistan WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Kristýna Plíšková 6–3, 2–6, 6–3	Nao Hibino	Kateryna Kozlova Denisa Allertová	Stefanie Vögele Irina Khromacheva Lesia Tsurenko Kirsten Flipkens
		Raluca Olaru İpek Soylu 7–5, 6–3	Demi Schuurs Renata Voráčová

October

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
3 Oct	China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard – $6,289,521 – 60S/32Q/28D Singles  – Doubles	Agnieszka Radwańska 6–4, 6–2	Johanna Konta	Elina Svitolina Madison Keys	Daria Gavrilova Yaroslava Shvedova Zhang Shuai Petra Kvitová
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová 6–4, 6–4	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
10 Oct	Tianjin Open Tianjin, China WTA International Hard – $500,000 – 32S/16Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Peng Shuai 7–6(7–3), 6–2	Alison Riske	Danka Kovinić Svetlana Kuznetsova	Agnieszka Radwańska Monica Puig Han Xinyun Naomi Osaka
		Christina McHale Peng Shuai 7–6(10–8), 6–0	Magda Linette Xu Yifan
	Hong Kong Open Hong Kong WTA International Hard – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Caroline Wozniacki 6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–2	Kristina Mladenovic	Daria Gavrilova Jelena Janković	Angelique Kerber Bethanie Mattek-Sands Wang Qiang Alizé Cornet
		Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan 6–3, 6–1	Naomi Broady Heather Watson
	Linz Open Linz, Austria WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 7–5	Viktorija Golubic	Madison Keys Carla Suárez Navarro	Garbiñe Muguruza Océane Dodin Denisa Allertová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
17 Oct	Kremlin Cup Moscow, Russia WTA Premier Hard (i) – $823,888 – 28S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–2, 6–1	Daria Gavrilova	Elina Svitolina Julia Görges	Tímea Babos Ana Konjuh Daria Kasatkina Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
		Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 4–6, 6–0, [10–7]	Daria Gavrilova Daria Kasatkina
	Luxembourg Open Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg WTA International Hard (i) – $250,000 – 32S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles	Monica Niculescu 6–4, 6–0	Petra Kvitová	Lauren Davis Kiki Bertens	Johanna Larsson Andrea Petkovic Denisa Allertová Caroline Wozniacki
		Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson 4–6, 7–5, [11–9]	Monica Niculescu Patricia Maria Țig
24 Oct	WTA Finals Singapore Year-end championships Hard (i) – $7,000,000 – 8S (RR)/8D Singles – Doubles	Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 6–4	Angelique Kerber	Agnieszka Radwańska Svetlana Kuznetsova	Round Robin Simona Halep Madison Keys Karolína Plíšková Garbiñe Muguruza
		Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina 7–6(7–5), 6–3	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
31 Oct	WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Year-end championships Hard – $2,214,500 – 12S (RR)/6D (RR) Singles – Doubles	Petra Kvitová 6–4, 6–2	Elina Svitolina	Johanna Konta Zhang Shuai	Round robin Caroline Garcia Samantha Stosur Timea Bacsinszky Tímea Babos Barbora Strýcová Roberta Vinci Elena Vesnina Kiki Bertens
		İpek Soylu Xu Yifan 6–4, 3–6, [10–7]	Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi

November

Week	Tournament	Champions	Runners-up	Semifinalists	Quarterfinalists
12–13 Nov	Fed Cup Final Strasbourg, France – hard (i)	Czech Republic 3–2	France

Statistical information

These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2016 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games, the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the Tournament of Champions), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), and the WTA International tournaments. The players/nations are sorted by: 1) total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation); 2) cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 wins, one year-end championships win equalling one-and-a-half Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win, one Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 win equalling two Premier wins, one Olympic win equalling one-and-a-half Premier win, one Premier win equalling two International wins); 3) a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Grand Slam tournaments

Summer Olympic Games

Year-end championships

WTA Premier Mandatory

WTA Premier 5

WTA Premier

WTA International

Titles won by player

Total	Player	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
8	Sania Mirza (IND)		●										● ●		● ● ● ● ●			0	8	0
6	Martina Hingis (SUI)		●	●									●		● ● ●			0	5	1
6	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)		●				●				● ● ●		●					0	5	1
6	Caroline Garcia (FRA)		●								●				● ●	● ●		2	4	0
5	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)		●								● ●		●			●		1	4	0
4	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)		●								●				● ●			0	4	0
4	Elena Vesnina (RUS)			●		●			●				●					0	3	1
4	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)							●						●		● ●		4	0	0
4	Monica Niculescu (ROU)														●	●	● ●	1	3	0
4	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)														●		● ● ●	0	4	0
4	Kiki Bertens (NED)															●	● ● ●	1	3	0
4	Peng Shuai (CHN)															●	● ● ●	1	3	0
4	Johanna Larsson (SWE)																● ● ● ●	0	4	0
3	Angelique Kerber (GER)	● ●												●				3	0	0
3	Serena Williams (USA)	●	●									●						2	1	0
3	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)					●			●				●					0	3	0
3	İpek Soylu (TUR)								●								● ●	0	3	0
3	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)									● ●				●				3	0	0
3	Simona Halep (ROU)									●		●				●		3	0	0
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)									●				●		●		3	0	0
3	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)											●			●	●		2	1	0
3	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)												●		● ●			0	3	0
3	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)												●				● ●	0	3	0
3	Chan Yung-jan (TPE)												●				● ●	0	3	0
3	Sloane Stephens (USA)													●		● ●		3	0	0
3	Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)															●	● ●	1	2	0
3	Christina McHale (USA)															●	● ●	1	2	0
3	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)																● ● ●	0	3	0
3	Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)																● ● ●	0	3	0
2	Venus Williams (USA)		●													●		1	1	0
2	Laura Siegemund (GER)			●												●		1	0	1
2	Heather Watson (GBR)			●												●		1	0	1
2	Petra Kvitová (CZE)							●				●						2	0	0
2	Coco Vandeweghe (USA)										●					●		1	1	0
2	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)													● ●				2	0	0
2	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)													●		●		2	0	0
2	Darija Jurak (CRO)														● ●			0	2	0
2	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)														●		●	0	2	0
2	Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)															●	●	1	1	0
2	Xenia Knoll (SUI)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Andreea Mitu (ROU)																● ●	0	2	0
2	Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA)																● ●	0	2	0
1	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	●																1	0	0
1	Monica Puig (PUR)				●													1	0	0
1	Xu Yifan (CHN)								●									0	1	0
1	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)											●						1	0	0
1	Sara Errani (ITA)													●				1	0	0
1	Madison Keys (USA)													●				1	0	0
1	Johanna Konta (GBR)													●				1	0	0
1	Roberta Vinci (ITA)													●				1	0	0
1	Raquel Atawo (USA)														●			0	1	0
1	Chuang Chia-jung (TPE)														●			0	1	0
1	Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)														●			0	1	0
1	Abigail Spears (USA)														●			0	1	0
1	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)															●		1	0	0
1	Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)															●		1	0	0
1	Çağla Büyükakçay (TUR)															●		1	0	0
1	Alizé Cornet (FRA)															●		1	0	0
1	Océane Dodin (FRA)															●		1	0	0
1	Duan Yingying (CHN)															●		1	0	0
1	Irina Falconi (USA)															●		1	0	0
1	Viktorija Golubic (SUI)															●		1	0	0
1	Kristýna Plíšková (CZE)															●		1	0	0
1	Francesca Schiavone (ITA)															●		1	0	0
1	Elina Svitolina (UKR)															●		1	0	0
1	Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)															●		1	0	0
1	Shuko Aoyama (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Verónica Cepede Royg (PAR)																●	0	1	0
1	Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)																●	0	1	0
1	Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)																●	0	1	0
1	Margarita Gasparyan (RUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Han Xinyun (CHN)																●	0	1	0
1	Eri Hozumi (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	María Irigoyen (ARG)																●	0	1	0
1	Miyu Kato (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)																●	0	1	0
1	Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)																●	0	1	0
1	Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)																●	0	1	0
1	Vania King (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Aleksandra Krunić (SRB)																●	0	1	0
1	Liang Chen (CHN)																●	0	1	0
1	Lu Jingjing (CHN)																●	0	1	0
1	Tatjana Maria (GER)																●	0	1	0
1	María José Martínez Sánchez (ESP)																●	0	1	0
1	Elise Mertens (BEL)																●	0	1	0
1	An-Sophie Mestach (BEL)																●	0	1	0
1	Jessica Moore (AUS)																●	0	1	0
1	Asia Muhammad (USA)																●	0	1	0
1	Makoto Ninomiya (JPN)																●	0	1	0
1	Raluca Olaru (ROU)																●	0	1	0
1	Alicja Rosolska (POL)																●	0	1	0
1	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)																●	0	1	0
1	Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN)																●	0	1	0

Titles won by nation

Total	Nation	Grand Slam			Olympic Games			Year-end		Premier Mandatory		Premier 5		Premier		Inter­national		Total
		S	D	X	S	D	X	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	S	D	X
22	United States (USA)	1	2				1				3	1	1	2	1	6	4	10	11	1
17	Czech Republic (CZE)		1					1			2	2	2		3	3	3	6	11	0
11	Romania (ROU)									1		1			1	3	5	5	6	0
10	Switzerland (SUI)		1	1									1		3	2	2	2	7	1
10	China (CHN)								1							2	7	2	8	0
9	Spain (ESP)	1										1				1	6	3	6	0
8	France (FRA)		1								1				2	4		4	4	0
8	India (IND)		1										2		5			0	8	0
7	Russia (RUS)			1		1			1				1	2			1	2	4	1
6	Germany (GER)	2		1										1		1	1	4	1	1
4	Slovakia (SVK)							1						1		2		4	0	0
4	Turkey (TUR)								1							1	2	1	3	0
4	Poland (POL)									1				1		1	1	3	1	0
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)												1		1		2	0	4	0
4	Belgium (BEL)															1	3	1	3	0
4	Netherlands (NED)															1	3	1	3	0
4	Sweden (SWE)																4	0	4	0
3	Great Britain (GBR)			1										1		1		2	0	1
3	Belarus (BLR)									2				1				3	0	0
3	Italy (ITA)													2		1		3	0	0
3	Ukraine (UKR)															2	1	2	1	0
2	Denmark (DEN)													1		1		2	0	0
2	Croatia (CRO)														2			0	2	0
2	Australia (AUS)														1		1	0	2	0
2	Japan (JPN)																2	0	2	0
2	Thailand (THA)																2	0	2	0
1	Puerto Rico (PUR)				1													1	0	0
1	Argentina (ARG)																1	0	1	0
1	Canada (CAN)																1	0	1	0
1	Georgia (GEO)																1	0	1	0
1	Kazakhstan (KAZ)																1	0	1	0
1	Paraguay (PAR)																1	0	1	0
1	Serbia (SRB)																1	0	1	0

Titles information

The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

• Irina Falconi – Bogotá (draw)
• Çağla Büyükakçay – İstanbul (draw)
• Viktorija Golubic – Gstaad (draw)
• Laura Siegemund – Båstad (draw)
• Johanna Konta – Stanford (draw)
• Duan Yingying – Nanchang (draw)
• Christina McHale – Tokyo (draw)
• Océane Dodin – Quebec City (draw)
• Kristýna Plíšková – Tashkent (draw)
• Peng Shuai – Tianjin (draw)

Doubles

• Elise Mertens – Auckland (draw)
• Han Xinyun – Hobart (draw)
• Christina McHale – Hobart (draw)
• Verónica Cepede Royg – Rio de Janeiro (draw)
• Varatchaya Wongteanchai – Kuala Lumpur (draw)
• Yang Zhaoxuan – Kuala Lumpur (draw)
• CoCo Vandeweghe – Indian Wells (draw)
• Eri Hozumi – Katowice (draw)
• Miyu Kato – Katowice (draw)
• Andreea Mitu – İstanbul (draw)
• İpek Soylu – İstanbul (draw)
• Xenia Knoll – Rabat (draw)
• Jessica Moore – Bucharest (draw)
• Lu Jingjing – Nanchang (draw)
• Makoto Ninomiya – Tokyo (draw)
• Kirsten Flipkens – Seoul (draw)

Mixed doubles

• Elena Vesnina – Australian Open (draw)
• Heather Watson – Wimbledon (draw)
• Laura Siegemund – US Open (draw)

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Singles

• Angelique Kerber – Stuttgart (draw)
• Serena Williams – Wimbledon (draw)
• Svetlana Kuznetsova – Moscow (draw)

Doubles

• Martina Hingis – Brisbane (draw)
• Sania Mirza – Sydney (draw)

Top 10 entry

The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:

Singles

• Belinda Bencic (enters at #9 on February 15)
• Roberta Vinci (enters at #10 on February 22)
• Madison Keys (enters at #10 on June 20)
• Johanna Konta (enters at #9 on October 10)

Doubles

• Caroline Garcia (enters at #9 on May 9)

WTA rankings

These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, of the 2016 season.

Singles

WTA Championships Race Rankings, Final rankings
#	Player	Points	Tours
1	Angelique Kerber (GER)	8,000	20
2	Serena Williams (USA)	7,050	7
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	4,975	19
4	Simona Halep (ROU)	4,728	17
5	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	4,100	21
6	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	3,736	19
7	Madison Keys (USA)	3,637	15
8	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)	3,625	21
9	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)	3,490	20
10	Johanna Konta (GBR)	3,455	22
11	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)	3,170	22
12	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	2,840	20
13	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	2,456	22
14	Venus Williams (USA)	2,241	17
15	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	2,240	22
16	Roberta Vinci (ITA)	2,190	22
17	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)	2,188	18
18	Elena Vesnina (RUS)	2,094	19
19	Samantha Stosur (AUS)	2,090	20
20	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	2,070	21

Champion

  Player competed at the 2016 WTA Finals

  Player qualified but did not compete at the 2016 WTA Finals

WTA Singles Year-End Rankings
#	Player	Points	#Trn	'15 Rk	High	Low	'15→'16
1	Angelique Kerber (GER)	9,080	21	10	1	10	9
2	Serena Williams (USA)	7,050	14	1	1	2	1
3	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL)	5,600	20	5	2	5	2
4	Simona Halep (ROU)	5,228	18	2	2	5	2
5	Dominika Cibulková (SVK)	4,875	23	38	5	66	33
6	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	4,600	22	11	5	19	5
7	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)	4,236	20	3	2	7	4
8	Madison Keys (USA)	4,137	16	18	7	25	10
9	Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)	4,115	21	25	8	25	16
10	Johanna Konta (GBR)	3,640	23	47	9	47	37
11	Petra Kvitová (CZE)	3,485	22	6	6	16	5
12	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP)	3,070	23	13	6	14	1
13	Victoria Azarenka (BLR)	3,061	12	22	5	22	9
14	Elina Svitolina (UKR)	2,895	23	19	14	21	5
15	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)	2,347	19	12	9	21	3
16	Elena Vesnina (RUS)	2,252	20	111	16	122	95
17	Venus Williams (USA)	2,240	17	7	6	17	10
18	Roberta Vinci (ITA)	2,210	23	15	7	18	3
19	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)	2,185	22	17	17	74	2
20	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	2,170	22	41	19	48	21

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Serena Williams (USA)	Year end 2015	11 September 2016
Angelique Kerber (GER)	12 September 2016	Year end 2016

Doubles

WTA Championships Race Rankings As of October 24, 2016
#	Team	Points	Tours
1	Caroline Garcia (FRA) Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)	7,360	16
2	Martina Hingis (SUI) Sania Mirza (IND)	6,315	14
3	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	5,226	8
4	Elena Vesnina (RUS) Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	4,495	9
5	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	4,140	17
6	Chan Hao-ching (TPE) Chan Yung-jan (TPE)	4,115	20
7	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) Tímea Babos (HUN)	3,975	12
8	Julia Görges (GER) Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	3,485	11
9	Raquel Atawo (USA) Abigail Spears (USA)	2,700	21
10	Xu Yifan (CHN) Zheng Saisai (CHN)	2,670	20

  Team has qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals

WTA rankings (Doubles), Final rankings
#	Player	Points	Prev	Move‡
1	Sania Mirza (IND)	7,815	1
2	Caroline Garcia (FRA)	7,360	4	2
	Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)		3	1
4	Martina Hingis (SUI)	7,300	2	2
5	Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)	6,735	5
6	Lucie Šafářová (CZE)	5,422	6
7	Elena Vesnina (RUS)	5,315	7
8	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)	4,721	8
9	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)	4,300	11	2
10	Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	4,140	14	4
11	Chan Hao-ching (TPE)	4,115	9	2
	Chan Yung-jan (TPE)
13	Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ)	4,075	13
14	Karolína Plíšková (CZE)	4,040	15	1
15	Tímea Babos (HUN)	3,980	12	3
16	Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	3,965	16
17	Julia Görges (GER)	3,840	17
18	CoCo Vandeweghe (USA)	3,226	19	1
19	Monica Niculescu (ROU)	3,225	18	1
20	Xu Yifan (CHN)	2,760	22	2

Number 1 ranking

Holder	Date gained	Date forfeited
Sania Mirza (IND)	Year end 2015	17 January 2016
Martina Hingis (SUI) Sania Mirza (IND)	18 January 2016	21 August 2016
Sania Mirza (IND)	22 August 2016	Year end 2016

Prize money leaders

Angelique Kerber topped the 2016 money list and joined Serena Williams as the only two women to ever win over $10,000,000 in a single season. Additionally, Kerber became the 15th WTA player to win $20,000,000 in career earnings. The top-32 players earned over $1,000,000. Bethanie Mattek-Sands won $1,088,600 in doubles tournaments. It was the 3rd consecutive year that a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.

#	Player	Singles	Doubles	Mixed	Year-to-date
1	Angelique Kerber  (GER)	$9,841,181	$20,434	$0	$10,136,615
2	Serena Williams  (USA)	$7,384,429	$290,601	$0	$7,675,030
3	Simona Halep  (ROU)	$3,590,480	$40,428	$2,345	$4,333,253
4	Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)	$3,762,193	$0	$0	$4,162,193
5	Karolína Plíšková  (CZE)	$3,375,673	$375,420	$0	$3,976,093
6	Dominika Cibulková  (SVK)	$3,912,431	$28,002	$0	$3,940,433
7	Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)	$3,287,124	$16,264	$0	$3,903,388
8	Victoria Azarenka  (BLR)	$2,651,080	$0	$0	$2,651,080
9	Petra Kvitová  (CZE)	$2,182,099	$18,417	$0	$2,500,516
10	Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)	$2,260,009	$136,470	$0	$2,396,479
prize money given in US$ as of November 7, 2016

Statistics leaders

as of November 7, 2016

Aces
	Player	Aces	Matches
1	Karolína Plíšková	530	61
2	Serena Williams	324	44
3	Madison Keys	300	63
4	Johanna Konta	284	68
5	Kristýna Plíšková	274	24
6	Tímea Babos	269	63
7	CoCo Vandeweghe	232	40
8	Petra Kvitová	223	66
9	Caroline Garcia	218	55
10	Svetlana Kuznetsova	215	65

Double faults
	Player	DFs	Matches
1	Kristina Mladenovic	263	58
2	Jeļena Ostapenko	259	43
3	Petra Kvitová	252	66
4	Camila Giorgi	237	34
5	Dominika Cibulková	233	74
6	Samantha Stosur	231	50
7	Tímea Babos	229	63
8	Alizé Cornet	225	42
9	Monica Puig	212	65
10	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	205	50

First-serve percentage
	Player	%	Matches
1	Sara Errani	84.8	43
2	Annika Beck	72.2	48
3	Monica Niculescu	71.8	43
4	Laura Siegemund	70.5	48
5	Yulia Putintseva	70.5	51
6	Kurumi Nara	70.0	31
7	Madison Brengle	68.9	39
8	Timea Bacsinszky	68.6	51
9	Viktorija Golubic	67.8	28
10	Carla Suárez Navarro	67.6	58

Second-serve percentage
	Player	%	Matches
1	Francesca Schiavone	47.9	26
2	Danka Kovinić	47.0	40
3	CoCo Vandeweghe	46.2	40
4	Ana Konjuh	45.7	26
5	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	45.1	32
6	Naomi Osaka	45.1	33
7	Jeļena Ostapenko	44.7	42
8	Anastasija Sevastova	44.6	41
9	Camila Giorgi	43.4	34
10	Julia Görges	43.1	41

First-serve points won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	75.7	41
2	Karolína Plíšková	73.9	61
3	Victoria Azarenka	72.2	27
4	CoCo Vandeweghe	72.1	40
5	Naomi Broady	71.3	25
6	Lucie Šafářová	71.0	31
7	Julia Görges	70.5	41
8	Madison Keys	69.4	57
9	Naomi Osaka	69.2	33
10	Petra Kvitová	69.1	60

Second-serve points won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Johanna Konta	52.7	64
2	Madison Keys	50.6	57
3	Serena Williams	50.2	41
4	Simona Halep	50.2	59
5	Petra Kvitová	50.1	60
6	Caroline Garcia	50.0	53
7	Shelby Rogers	49.9	28
8	Viktorija Golubic	49.3	28
9	Angelique Kerber	49.2	71
10	Sloane Stephens	49.0	30

Service points won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	65.8	44
2	Victoria Azarenka	63.3	27
3	Madison Keys	62.5	63
4	Johanna Konta	62.0	68
5	Lucie Šafářová	61.8	33
6	Petra Kvitová	61.8	66
7	Karolína Plíšková	61.6	61
8	CoCo Vandeweghe	61.3	40
9	Julia Görges	61.0	41
10	Naomi Osaka	59.7	33

Return points won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Victoria Azarenka	51.0	27
2	Agnieszka Radwańska	49.2	71
3	Monica Niculescu	49.2	43
4	Simona Halep	49.0	59
5	Sara Errani	47.6	43
6	Serena Williams	47.4	44
7	Angelique Kerber	47.1	71
8	Dominika Cibulková	46.9	73
9	Timea Bacsinszky	46.8	51
10	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	46.6	32

Service games won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Serena Williams	83.8	44
2	Victoria Azarenka	79.7	27
3	Madison Keys	77.6	63
4	Karolína Plíšková	75.9	61
5	Lucie Šafářová	75.7	33
6	Petra Kvitová	75.6	66
7	Johanna Konta	75.4	39
8	Julia Görges	74.5	41
9	CoCo Vandeweghe	73.3	40
10	Garbiñe Muguruza	72.5	51

Return games won
	Player	%	Matches
1	Victoria Azarenka	51.2	27
2	Agnieszka Radwańska	48.8	70
3	Monica Niculescu	48.3	42
4	Simona Halep	47.2	59
5	Sara Errani	44.7	40
6	Annika Beck	43.6	47
7	Angelique Kerber	43.2	71
8	Dominika Cibulková	43.2	73
9	Serena Williams	42.7	41
10	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	42.6	32

Break points saved
	Player	%	Matches
1	Victoria Azarenka	66.4	27
2	Serena Williams	63.7	44
3	Belinda Bencic	59.9	39
4	Karolína Plíšková	59.9	61
5	Madison Keys	59.8	63
6	Johanna Konta	59.7	68
7	Garbiñe Muguruza	59.3	51
8	Julia Görges	59.3	41
9	Yaroslava Shvedova	59.3	34
10	Daria Gavrilova	59.1	47

Break points converted
	Player	%	Matches
1	Agnieszka Radwańska	54.7	71
2	Nao Hibino	54.6	37
3	Lesia Tsurenko	52.9	38
4	Caroline Wozniacki	52.6	51
5	Madison Brengle	51.8	39
6	Annika Beck	51.4	48
7	Barbora Strýcová	51.1	60
8	Shelby Rogers	51.1	28
9	Zhang Shuai	51.1	45
10	Kurumi Nara	50.9	31

Points distribution

Category	W	F	SF	QF	R16	R32	R64	R128	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Grand Slam (S)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Grand Slam (D)	2000	1300	780	430	240	130	10	–	48	–	–	–
WTA Finals (S)	1500*	1080*	750*	(+125 per round robin match; +125 per round robin win)
WTA Finals (D)	1500	1080	750	375	–
WTA Premier Mandatory (96S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	35	10	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (64/60S)	1000	650	390	215	120	65	10	–	30	–	20	2
WTA Premier Mandatory (28/32D)	1000	650	390	215	120	10	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier 5 (56S)	900	585	350	190	105	60	1	–	30	20	12	1
WTA Premier 5 (28D)	900	585	350	190	105	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Premier (56S)	470	305	185	100	55	30	1	–	12	–	8	1
WTA Premier (32S)	470	305	185	100	55	1	–	–	25	16	10	1
WTA Premier (16D)	470	305	185	100	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
WTA Elite Trophy (S)	700*	440*	240*	(+40 per round robin match; +80 per round robin win)
WTA International (56S)	280	180	110	60	30	15	1	–	10	–	6	1
WTA International (32S)	280	180	110	60	30	1	–	–	18	14	10	1
WTA International (16D)	280	180	110	60	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

* Assumes undefeated round robin match record.

WTA fan polls

Player of the month

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January	Angelique Kerber (GER) (41%)	Serena Williams (28%) Agnieszka Radwańska (21%) Victoria Azarenka (10%)
February	Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) (44%)	Roberta Vinci (40%) Sara Errani (16%)
March	Victoria Azarenka (BLR) (70%)	Svetlana Kuznetsova (17%) Serena Williams (13%)
April	Angelique Kerber (GER) (54%)	Laura Siegemund (27%) Sloane Stephens (19%)
May	Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) (70%)	Simona Halep (20%) Serena Williams (10%)
June	Serena Williams (USA) (62%)	Dominika Cibulková (21%) Angelique Kerber (14%) Madison Keys (3%)
July	Simona Halep (ROU) (84%)	Venus Williams (9%) Johanna Konta (5%) Madison Keys (2%)
August	Monica Puig (PUR) (97%)	Angelique Kerber (2%) Karolína Plíšková (1%)
September	Petra Kvitová (CZE) (55%)	Caroline Wozniacki (34%) Naomi Osaka (1%)
October	Dominika Cibulková (SVK) (55%)	Agnieszka Radwańska (33%) Angelique Kerber (12%)

Breakthrough of the month

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January	Zhang Shuai (CHN) (44%)	Johanna Konta (31%) Daria Gavrilova (17%) Daria Kasatkina (6%) Samantha Crawford (2%)
February	Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) (50%)	Daria Kasatkina (23%) Caroline Garcia (15%) Zheng Saisai (12%)
March	Nicole Gibbs (USA) (64%)	Tímea Babos (16%) Daria Kasatkina (15%) Naomi Osaka (4%)
April	Çağla Büyükakçay (TUR) (92%)	Laura Siegemund (5%) Irina Falconi (3%)
May	Kiki Bertens (NED) (69%)	Shelby Rogers (16%) Yulia Putintseva (12%) Louisa Chirico (3%)
June	Elena Vesnina (RUS) (62%)	Madison Keys (31%) Anastasija Sevastova (7%)
July	Kristína Kučová (SVK) (49%)	Johanna Konta (34%) Laura Siegemund (12%) Viktorija Golubic (5%)
August	Karolína Plíšková (CZE) (64%)	Anastasija Sevastova (18%) Ana Konjuh (18%)
September	Naomi Osaka (JPN) (45%)	Kristýna Plíšková (40%) Océane Dodin (9%) Christina McHale (6%)
October	Peng Shuai (CHN) (70%)	Johanna Konta (23%) Daria Gavrilova (8%)

Shot of the month

Month	Winner	Other candidates
January	Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) (42%)	Simona Halep (28%) Eugenie Bouchard (16%) Svetlana Kuznetsova (8%) Victoria Azarenka (6%)
February	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) (84%)	Jelena Janković (6%) Elina Svitolina (4%) Garbiñe Muguruza (3%) Belinda Bencic (3%)
March	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) (55%)	Simona Halep (33%) Camila Giorgi (5%) Serena Williams (4%) Angelique Kerber (3%)
April	Monica Niculescu (ROU) (79%)	Angelique Kerber (9%) Sara Errani (5%) Laura Siegemund (5%) Caroline Garcia (2%)
May	Simona Halep (ROU) (70%)	Irina-Camelia Begu (12%) Serena Williams (7%) Garbiñe Muguruza (6%) Carla Suárez Navarro (5%)
June	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) (77%)	Angelique Kerber (8%) Samantha Stosur (6%) Kristina Mladenovic (5%) Madison Keys (3%)
July	Simona Halep (ROU) (79%)	Eugenie Bouchard (9%) Angelique Kerber (6%) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (3%) Johanna Konta (3%)
August	Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) (67%)	Angelique Kerber (19%) Eugenie Bouchard (9%) Elina Svitolina (3%) Johanna Konta (2%)
September	Kirsten Flipkens (47%)	Agnieszka Radwańska (39%) Simona Halep (6%) Caroline Wozniacki (4%) Angelique Kerber (3%)
October	Angelique Kerber (GER) (74%)	Agnieszka Radwańska (11%) Dominika Cibulkovà (6%) Daria Gavrilova (6%) Madison Keys (3%)

Retirements

Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the WTA rankings top 100 (singles) or (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2016 season:

• Sofia Arvidsson (born 16 February 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden) – She decided to retire in January 2016 at the age of 31.
• Gabriela Chmelinová (born 2 June 1976 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) – Chmelinová announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016.
• Lourdes Domínguez Lino (born 31 March 1981 in Pontevedra, Spain) – She decided to retire in November 2016 at the age of 35.
• Maureen Drake (born 21 March 1971 in Toronto, Canada) – She announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis in August 2016.
• Janette Husárová (born 4 June 1974 in Bratislava, Slovakia) – In February 2016 Husárová announced her retirement from professional tennis.
• Ana Ivanovic (born 6 November 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia) – The former world number 1 announced her retirement from professional tennis December 2016.
• Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (born 24 September 1984 in Gdynia, Poland) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2016.
• Mathilde Johansson (born 28 April 1985, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) – Johansson played her final match in the singles 2016 French Open qualifications.
• Sandra Klemenschits (born 13 November 1982 in Salzburg, Austria) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in October 2016.
• Maria Kondratieva (born 17 January 1982 in Moscow, Russia) – Kondratieva announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016.
• Klára Koukalová (born 24 February 1982 in Prague, Czech Republic) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in September 2016.
• Petra Rampre (born 20 January 1980 in Ljubljana, Slovenia) – Rampre announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016.
• Tamarine Tanasugarn (born 24 May 1977, in Los Angeles, United States) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in June 2016.
• Vladimíra Uhlířová (born 4 May 1978 in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in January 2016.
• Nicole Vaidišová (born 23 April 1989 in Nuremberg, West Germany) – She announced her second and permanent retirement from professional tennis in July 2016.
• Stephanie Vogt (born 15 February 1990 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein) – She announced her retirement from professional tennis in August 2016.
• Yan Zi (born 12 November 1984 in Sichuan, China) – Yan Zi announced her retirement from professional tennis in 2016.

See also

• 2016 ATP World Tour
• 2016 WTA 125K series
• 2016 ITF Women's Circuit
• Women's Tennis Association
• International Tennis Federation

External links

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) official website
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website