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2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

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Date
  
18–24 April

Category
  
Premier

Prize money
  
$759,900

Edition
  
39th

Draw
  
28S / 16D

Surface
  
Clay (indoor)

The 2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts. It was the 39th edition of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, and part of the Premier tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, from 18 April through 24 April 2016.

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Besides the prize money the singles champion won a Porsche 718 Boxster S sports car.

Prize money

* per team

Seeds

  • 1 Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

    • Other entrants

    The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Anna-Lena Friedsam
  • Julia Görges

    • The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

  • Louisa Chirico
  • Océane Dodin
  • Laura Siegemund
  • Carina Witthöft

    • The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

  • Camila Giorgi

    • Withdrawals

    Before the tournament
  • Belinda Bencic (back injury) → replaced by Caroline Garcia
  • Sara Errani (right leg injury) → replaced by Camila Giorgi
  • Madison Keys → replaced by Monica Niculescu
  • Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Alizé Cornet
  • Maria Sharapova (provisional suspension) → replaced by Ekaterina Makarova

    • Seeds

  • Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

    • Other entrants

    The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:

  • Annika Beck / Roberta Vinci
  • Anna-Lena Friedsam / Andrea Petkovic
  • Sabine Lisicki / Lucie Šafářová

    • Withdrawals

    During the tournament
  • Andrea Petkovic (lower back injury)

    • Singles

  • Angelique Kerber def. Laura Siegemund, 6–4, 6–0.

    • Doubles

  • Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic def. Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza, 2–6, 6–1, [10–6].

    • References

    2016 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Wikipedia
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