2016 Hobart International

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2016 Hobart International
Date	10–16 January 2016
Edition	23rd
Category	WTA International tournaments
Draw	32S / 16D
Prize money	$250,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Hobart, Australia
Venue	Hobart International Tennis Centre
Champions
Singles
Alizé Cornet
Doubles
Han Xinyun / Christina McHale

The 2016 Hobart International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 23nd edition of the event and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Hobart International Tennis Centre in Hobart, Australia from 10 through 16 January 2016.^[1]

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2016 Hobart International – Singles

• Alizé Cornet defeated Eugenie Bouchard, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Hobart International – Doubles

• Han Xinyun / Christina McHale defeated Kimberly Birrell / Jarmila Wolfe, 6–3, 6–0

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	18	14	10	1
Doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32^2	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$5,900	$3,310	$1,925	$1,005	$730	$530
Doubles	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—	—
Doubles prize money per team

² Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.^[2]

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
USA	Sloane Stephens	30	1
ITA	Camila Giorgi	35	2
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	38	3
ROU	Monica Niculescu	39	4
USA	Madison Brengle	40	5
CZE	Barbora Strýcová	42	6
FRA	Alizé Cornet	43	7
BEL	Alison Van Uytvanck	44	8
GER	Mona Barthel	45	9

• ¹ Rankings as of 4 January 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:^[3]

• Kimberly Birrell
• Maddison Inglis
• Jarmila Wolfe

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kiki Bertens
• Kurumi Nara
• Naomi Osaka
• Laura Pous Tió

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Verónica Cepede Royg
• Pauline Parmentier

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Carina Witthöft
• Alison Riske (change of schedule) → replaced by Pauline Parmentier
• Sloane Stephens (viral illness) → replaced by Verónica Cepede Royg

During the tournament

• Mona Barthel (back injury)

Retirements

• Madison Brengle (respiratory illness)

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	ESP	Arantxa Parra Santonja	69	1
NED	Kiki Bertens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	74	2
UKR	Lyudmyla Kichenok	UKR	Nadiia Kichenok	113	3
CRO	Darija Jurak	USA	Nicole Melichar	125	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 4 January 2016.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Maddison Inglis / Jessica Moore

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Johanna Larsson (thigh injury)

References

1. "Tournament dates". Retrieved 4 January 2016.
2. "WTA: All about rankings". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
3. "In form field ready for Hobart International". 29 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2016.

External links

• Official website