title: 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
text: # 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
  
  The 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the nineteenth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000+H in prize money. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 12–18 December 2016.
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | TUR | Çağla Büyükakçay | 77 | 1 |
  | SVK | Kristína Kučová | 82 | 2 |
  | RUS | Evgeniya Rodina | 86 | 3 |
  | LUX | Mandy Minella | 104 | 4 |
  | TPE | Hsieh Su-wei | 108 | 5 |
  | SVK | Rebecca Šramková | 121 | 6 |
  | BLR | Aryna Sabalenka | 135 | 7 |
  | NED | Cindy Burger | 138 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings as of 5 December 2015
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Fatma Al-Nabhani
  * Jana Fett
  * Olesya Pervushina
  * Galina Voskoboeva
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Lesley Kerkhove
  * Quirine Lemoine
  * Patty Schnyder
  * Anastasiya Vasylyeva
  
  The following player received entry by using protected rankings:
  
  * Ksenia Pervak
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Hsieh Su-wei def. Natalia Vikhlyantseva, 6–2, 6–2
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Mandy Minella / Nina Stojanović def. Hsieh Su-wei / Valeria Savinykh, 6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
  