2016 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open

2016 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open
Date	August 1 – August 7
Edition	3rd
Category	WTA International
Draw	32S/16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Nanchang, China
Champions
Singles
Duan Yingying
Doubles
Liang Chen / Lu Jingjing
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The 2016 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the event, in the International category of the 2016 WTA Tour and took place in Nanchang, China, from August 1 – August 7, 2016.

Points and prize money[]

Point distribution[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	12	1
Doubles					1	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Prize money[]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,500	$6,175	$3,400	$2,100	$1,020	$600
Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	N/A	N/A	N/A

Singles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
POL	Magda Linette	86	1
JPN	Kurumi Nara	91	2
ITA	Francesca Schiavone	107	3
CRO	Donna Vekić	109	4
CHN	Zhang Kailin	112	5
USA	Vania King	120	6
JPN	Risa Ozaki	126	7
CHN	Han Xinyun	127	8
BUL	Elitsa Kostova	131	9

• Rankings are as of July 25, 2016.

Other entrants[]

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Lu Jiajing
• Yang Zhaoxuan
• Zheng Wushuang
• Zhang Yuxuan

The following player received entry by a protected ranking:

• Tereza Mrdeža

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
• Lu Jingjing
• Junri Namigata
• Peangtarn Plipuech
• Storm Sanders
• Zhang Ying

The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:

• Han Na-lae

Withdrawals[]

Before the tournament

• Zarina Diyas → replaced by Elitsa Kostova
• Magda Linette → replaced by Han Na-lae
• Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by Daniela Hantuchová
• Wang Qiang → replaced by Marina Melnikova

Doubles main draw entrants[]

Seeds[]

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CHN	Wang Yafan	CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	123	1
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	JPN	Makoto Ninomiya	154	2
CHN	Han Xinyun	CHN	Zhang Kailin	180	3
JPN	Miyu Kato	JPN	Kurumi Nara	219	4

• Rankings are as of July 25, 2016.

Other entrants[]

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Chang Kai-Chen / Duan Yingying
• Sun Ziyue / Zhu Aiwen

Champions[]

Singles[]

• Duan Yingying def. Vania King 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles[]

• Liang Chen / Lu Jingjing def. Shuko Aoyama / Makoto Ninomiya, 3–6, 7–6^(7–2), [13–11]

References[]