title: 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles
text: # 2016 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles
  
  Çağla Büyükakçay was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Ksenia Pervak.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Çağla Büyükakçay (first round)
  * Kristína Kučová (first round)
  * Evgeniya Rodina (first round)
  * Mandy Minella (first round)
  * Hsieh Su-wei (champion)
  * Rebecca Šramková (first round)
  * Aryna Sabalenka (first round)
  * Cindy Burger (first round)
  
  ## Main draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 | Hsieh Su-wei | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Mona Barthel | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
  | | Mona Barthel | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | Hsieh Su-wei | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | Natalia Vikhlyantseva | 2 | 2 |
  | Q | Lesley Kerkhove | 1 | $6^5$ | | | Natalia Vikhlyantseva | 2 | 2 |
  | | Natalia Vikhlyantseva | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ç Büyükakçay | 0 | $6^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | PR | K Pervak | 6 | $7^7$ | PR | K Pervak | 4 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Krunić | 6 | 6 | | A Krunić | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Celik | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | A Krunić | 1 | 2 | | | | | |
  | WC | F Al-Nabhani | 0 | 0 | | | | | | 5 | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | Q | Q Lemoine | 6 | 6 | Q | Q Lemoine | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Tomova | 3 | 3 | 5 | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | S-w Hsieh | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | S-w Hsieh | 3 | 7 | 6 |
  | 3 | E Rodina | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | M Barthel | 6 | 5 | 1 |
  | | M Barthel | $7^7$ | 6 | | M Barthel | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Stojanović | 6 | 6 | | N Stojanović | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Kostova | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | M Barthel | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | I Jorović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | I Jorović | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
  | Q | A Vasylyeva | 4 | 1 | | I Jorović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | O Pervushina | 6 | $7^7$ | WC | O Pervushina | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | C Burger | 4 | $6^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | R Šramková | 6 | $6^7$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Majerič | 0 | $7^9$ | 7 | | T Majerič | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | L Kerkhove | 7 | 6 | | Q | L Kerkhove | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | V Kamenskaya | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | Q | L Kerkhove | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | S Sharipova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | S Sharipova | 2 | 3 | | | | |
  | WC | J Fett | 5 | 3 | | | S Sharipova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Abduraimova | 6 | 7 | | | N Abduraimova | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | M Minella | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | Q | L Kerkhove | 1 | $6^5$ |
  | 7 | A Sabalenka | 7 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | N Vikhlyantseva | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | | D Gálfi | 5 | 6 | 6 | | D Gálfi | 7 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Vikhlyantseva | 6 | 4 | 6 | | N Vikhlyantseva | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Moore | 1 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | N Vikhlyantseva | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | | B Haas | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | WC | G Voskoboeva | 3 | 1 | | | | |
  | Q | P Schnyder | 6 | 3 | 5 | | B Haas | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | G Voskoboeva | 6 | 6 | | WC | G Voskoboeva | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | K Kučová | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  