2016 Monterrey Open

2016 Monterrey Open
Date29 February – 6 March
Edition8th
CategoryWTA International
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$250,000
SurfaceHard / outdoor
LocationMonterrey, Mexico
Champions
Singles
United Kingdom Heather Watson
Doubles
Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues / Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja

The 2016 Monterrey Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the Monterrey Open and a WTA International tier tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at the Club Sonoma in Monterrey, Mexico, from 29 February through 6 March 2016. Unseeded Heather Watson won the singles title.[1][2]

Finals

Singles

United Kingdom Heather Watson defeated Belgium Kirsten Flipkens 3–6, 6–2, 6–3

  • It was Watson's only singles title of the year and the 3rd of her career.

Doubles

Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues / Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja defeated Croatia Petra Martić / United States Maria Sanchez 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]

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 N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a

Prize money

Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q3 Q2 Q1
Singles $43,000[3] $21,400 $11,300 $5,900 $3,310 $1,925 $1,005[4] $730 $530
Doubles* $12,300[5] $6,400 $3,435 $1,820 $960 N/a N/a N/a N/a

*per team

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Ranking1 Seed
ITA Sara Errani 17 1
DEN Caroline Wozniacki 22 2
RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 25 3
GBR Johanna Konta 26 4
FRA Caroline Garcia 33 5
BEL Alison Van Uytvanck 44 6
MNE Danka Kovinić 46 7
HUN Tímea Babos 48 8
  • 1 Rankings as of February 22, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Retirements

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
ESP Anabel Medina Garrigues ESP Arantxa Parra Santonja 70 1
AUS Anastasia Rodionova POL Alicja Rosolska 85 2
NED Kiki Bertens SWE Johanna Larsson 107 3
ARG María Irigoyen POL Paula Kania 131 4
  • Rankings as of February 22, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

References

  1. ↑ "Heather Watson secures third WTA title after winning Monterrey Open". Sky Sports. 7 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Monterrey Open: Heather Watson beats Kirsten Flipkens in final". BBC Sport. 6 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Singles draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Qualifying draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  5. ↑ "Doubles draw" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-03-01.