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2016 Connecticut Open

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Date
  
August 21 – August 27

Category
  
WTA Premier

Prize money
  
$695,900

Edition
  
48th

Draw
  
30S / 16D

Surface
  
Hard

The 2016 Connecticut Open (also known as the 2016 Connecticut Open presented by United Technologies for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the Connecticut Open, and part of the Premier Series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, from August 21 through August 27. It was the last event of the 2016 US Open Series before the 2016 US Open.

Contents

Seeds

  • Rankings are as of 15 August 2016
  • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Eugenie Bouchard
  • Agnieszka Radwańska
  • Shelby Rogers
  • Caroline Wozniacki
  • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Annika Beck
  • Louisa Chirico
  • Nicole Gibbs
  • Ana Konjuh
  • Maria Sakkari
  • Anastasija Sevastova
  • The following players received entry as lucky losers:

  • Kayla Day
  • Kirsten Flipkens
  • Camila Giorgi
  • Anett Kontaveit
  • Johanna Larsson
  • Evgeniya Rodina
  • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Jelena Janković →replaced by Kristina Mladenovic
  • Madison Keys →replaced by Camila Giorgi
  • Johanna Konta →replaced by Anett Kontaveit
  • Svetlana Kuznetsova →replaced by Johanna Larsson
  • Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova →replaced by Kayla Day
  • Karolína Plíšková →replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
  • Sloane Stephens →replaced by Caroline Garcia
  • Barbora Strýcová →replaced by Evgeniya Rodina
  • Retirements

  • Anett Kontaveit
  • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of 15 August 2016
  • Other entrants

    The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

  • Louisa Chirico / Alison Riske
  • Hsieh Su-wei / Andrea Petkovic
  • Klaudia Jans-Ignacik / Caroline Wozniacki
  • Singles

  • Agnieszka Radwańska def. Elina Svitolina, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
  • Doubles

  • Sania Mirza / Monica Niculescu def. Kateryna Bondarenko / Chuang Chia-jung, 7–5, 6–4
  • References

    2016 Connecticut Open Wikipedia