The 2016 Volvo Car Open was a women's tennis event on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place between April 4 – 10, 2016. It was the 44th edition of the Charleston Open tournament and a WTA Premier tournaments tournament. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.
Sloane Stephens won the singles event while Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic captured the doubles crown.
Finals
Singles
Sloane Stephens defeated Elena Vesnina 7–6(7–4), 6–2 It was Stephens' 3rd and last singles title of the year and the 4th of her career.
Doubles
Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová, 6–2, 7–5
Points and prize money
Point distribution EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64QQ2Q1Singles4703051851005530125131Doubles1
Prize money
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1Singles$128,100$68,180$33,600$17,280$8,955$4,585$2,355$1,070$640Doubles$40,300$21,340$11,740$5,975$3,245
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Ranking1 SeedAngelique Kerber31Belinda Bencic102Venus Williams143Lucie Šafářová154Sara Errani185Andrea Petkovic216Sloane Stephens227Madison Keys248Jelena Janković269Samantha Stosur2710Kristina Mladenovic2911Daria Gavrilova3412Irina-Camelia Begu3513Daria Kasatkina3614Sabine Lisicki3715Misaki Doi4416Eugenie Bouchard4517 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the main draw: Frances Altick Louisa Chirico Shelby Rogers
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: Peng Shuai
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Cindy Burger Çağla Büyükakçay Sesil Karatantcheva Lesley Kerkhove Aleksandra Krunić Kristína Kučová Naomi Osaka Elena Vesnina
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Jana Čepelová Patricia Maria Țig
Withdrawals Before the tournament Mona Barthel → replaced by Tatjana Maria Petra Cetkovská (right thigh injury) → replaced by Jana Čepelová Mariana Duque Mariño → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova Jelena Janković (right shoulder injury) → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by Alison Riske
Retirements Eugenie Bouchard Angelique Kerber
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedBethanie Mattek-SandsLucie Šafářová111Andrea HlaváčkováLucie Hradecká212Caroline GarciaKristina Mladenovic263Raquel AtawoAbigail Spears414 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Hadley Berg / Paige Cline Madison Keys / Sloane Stephens
Retirements Abigail Spears (right calf injury)
References
External links
WTA tournament draws