2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's singles

Sara Errani defeated Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–0, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships.

Women's singles
2016 Dubai Tennis Championships
Champion	Sara Errani
Runner-up	Barbora Strýcová
Score	6–0, 6–2
Draw	28
Seeds	8

Simona Halep was the defending champion, but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round.

This was the first time at either a WTA Tour or ATP Tour event that all seeded players lost their opening match.[1][2]

Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.

Simona Halep (second round)
Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)
Carla Suárez Navarro (second round)
Petra Kvitová (second round)
Belinda Bencic (first round)
Karolína Plíšková (first round)
Roberta Vinci (first round)
Svetlana Kuznetsova (first round)

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final

		Barbora Strýcová	6	3	6

		Caroline Garcia	2	6	3
									Barbora Strýcová	0	2

									Sara Errani	6	6
		Sara Errani	6	6

		Elina Svitolina	4	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

								1/WC	S Halep	6²	2
		A Ivanovic	6	6					A Ivanovic	7⁷	6
		D Gavrilova	1	0												A Ivanovic	6⁵	3
		B Strýcová	6	6												B Strýcová	7⁷	6
	Q	T Pironkova	4	3					B Strýcová	2	6	6
	WC	J Görges	6	6				WC	J Görges	6	3	1
	8	S Kuznetsova	0	1																			B Strýcová	6	3	6
																							C Garcia	2	6	3
								3	C Suárez Navarro	6	4	3
		AK Schmiedlová	4	1					C Garcia	4	6	6
		C Garcia	6	6												C Garcia	6	6
		C Giorgi	2	1												A Petkovic	3	4
		A Petkovic	6	6					A Petkovic	6	6
		J Janković	4	7	6				J Janković	3	2
	5	B Bencic	6	5	4

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals

	7	R Vinci	0	6	3
	Q	Y Shvedova	6	4	6			Q	Y Shvedova	3	0
	Q	S Zheng	5	3					S Errani	6	6
		S Errani	7	6												S Errani	4	6	6
		M Brengle	6	7												M Brengle	6	1	4
		E Makarova	4	5					M Brengle	0	7⁷	6
								4/WC	P Kvitová	6	6¹	3
																							S Errani	6	6
	6/WC	Ka Plíšková	6⁵	1																			E Svitolina	4	4
		C Vandeweghe	7⁷	6					C Vandeweghe	7	3	6
		L Tsurenko	2	6¹					K Mladenovic	5	6	4
		K Mladenovic	6	7⁷												C Vandeweghe	4	6	2
		E Svitolina	6	6												E Svitolina	6	1	6
	Q	J Čepelová	3	1					E Svitolina	7⁷	6
								2	G Muguruza	6³	3

Qualifying

Seeds

Varvara Lepchenko (qualifying competition)
Anna-Lena Friedsam (qualifying competition)
Nao Hibino (first round)
Denisa Allertová (qualifying competition)
Zarina Diyas (first round)
Zheng Saisai (qualified)
Lucie Hradecká (withdrew due to change of schedule)
Kateryna Bondarenko (second round)
Carina Witthöft (first round)

Qualifiers

First qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	1	Varvara Lepchenko	6	6

	WC	Ons Jabeur	4	1
								1	Varvara Lepchenko	6	7⁷

									Sesil Karatantcheva	0	6¹
	PR	María José Martínez Sánchez	4	6	0

		Sesil Karatantcheva	6	4	6
															1	Varvara Lepchenko	5	1

															6	Zheng Saisai	7	6
		Andrea Hlaváčková	7⁷	2	6

		Magda Linette	6³	6	2
									Andrea Hlaváčková	6	3	0

								6	Zheng Saisai	1	6	6
		Çağla Büyükakçay	1	0

	6	Zheng Saisai	6	6

Second qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	2	Anna-Lena Friedsam	7	6

		Evgeniya Rodina	5	1
								2	Anna-Lena Friedsam	7⁷	2	7⁸

									Wang Qiang	6²	6	6⁶
		Wang Qiang	6	6

	WC	Fatma Al-Nabhani	4	4
															2	Anna-Lena Friedsam	7	5	3

																Tsvetana Pironkova	5	7	6
		Kristýna Plíšková	1	6⁴

		Tsvetana Pironkova	6	7⁷
									Tsvetana Pironkova	6	6

								8	Kateryna Bondarenko	2	1
		Anastasija Sevastova	3	3

	8	Kateryna Bondarenko	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	3	Nao Hibino	4	4

		Jeļena Ostapenko	6	6
									Jeļena Ostapenko	3	3

									Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6	6
		Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6	6

		Ana Konjuh	2	3
																Bethanie Mattek-Sands	4	6	3

																Jana Čepelová	6	1	6
		Alison Riske	6	6

		Aliaksandra Sasnovich	3	2
									Alison Riske	3	7⁷	5

									Jana Čepelová	6	6¹	7
		Jana Čepelová	6¹³	6	6

	9	Carina Witthöft	7¹⁵	2	4

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Second round							Qualifying competition

	4	Denisa Allertová	6	6

	Alt	Gabriela Dabrowski	2	3
								4	Denisa Allertová	6	6

									Kateřina Siniaková	4	3
		Kateřina Siniaková	6	6

		Olga Savchuk	2	2
															4	Denisa Allertová	4	6	6⁶

																Yaroslava Shvedova	6	4	7⁸
		Kristína Kučová	3	6	2

		Wang Yafan	6	4	6
									Wang Yafan	0	3

									Yaroslava Shvedova	6	6
		Yaroslava Shvedova	6	3	6

	5	Zarina Diyas	4	6	4

References

"Dubai Championships: all eight seeds beaten in opening round for first time in tennis history"
"Insider notebook: Upset analysis", WTA news, February 17, 2016

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