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2016 Malaysian Open

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Date
  
29 February – 6 March

Draw
  
32S / 16D

Surface
  
Hard

Edition
  
7th

Prize money
  
$250,000

Category
  
WTA International tournaments

The 2016 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 29 February to 6 March 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC).

Contents

Seeds

  • 1 Rankings as of February 22, 2016.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • Sabine Lisicki
  • Elina Svitolina
  • Roberta Vinci
  • Zhang Ling

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Miyu Kato
  • Barbora Krejčíková
  • Luksika Kumkhum
  • Risa Ozaki
  • Yang Zhaoxuan
  • Zhu Lin

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Alison Riske →replaced by Chang Kai-chen
  • Anastasija Sevastova →replaced by Jana Čepelová
  • Ajla Tomljanović →replaced by Wang Yafan

    • Seeds

  • Rankings as of February 22, 2016.

    • Other entrants

    The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:

  • Nao Hibino / Zhang Ling
  • Liu Fangzhou / Jawairiah Noordin

    • Singles

  • Elina Svitolina def. Eugenie Bouchard 6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 7–5

    • Doubles

  • Varatchaya Wongteanchai / Yang Zhaoxuan def. Liang Chen / Wang Yafan 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]

    • References

    2016 Malaysian Open Wikipedia
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