title: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Women's singles
text: # 2016 Apia International Sydney – Women's singles
  
  Petra Kvitová was the defending champion, but withdrew before her first match due to a gastrointestinal illness.
  
  Svetlana Kuznetsova won the title, defeating Monica Puig in the final, 6–0, 6–2.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.
  
  * Simona Halep (semifinals)
  * Agnieszka Radwańska (withdrew due to left leg injury)
  * Petra Kvitová (withdrew due to gastrointestinal illness)
  * Angelique Kerber (second round, withdrew)
  * Karolína Plíšková (quarterfinals)
  * Timea Bacsinszky (first round)
  * Carla Suárez Navarro (first round)
  * Belinda Bencic (semifinals, retired)
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Simona Halep | $6^5$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
  | | Svetlana Kuznetsova | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | |
  | | Svetlana Kuznetsova | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | Q | Monica Puig | 0 | 2 |
  | 8 | Belinda Bencic | 0 | $0^r$ | | Q | Monica Puig | 0 | 2 |
  | Q | Monica Puig | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
  
  ### 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 | S Halep | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | K Mladenovic | $6^4$ | 4 | | C Garcia | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | C Garcia | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 1 | S Halep | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | | A Pavlyuchenkova | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | 5 | K Plíšková | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
  | Q | L Arruabarrena | 1 | $6^1$ | | A Pavlyuchenkova | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | A Ivanovic | 4 | 2 | 5 | K Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 5 | K Plíšková | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Halep | $6^5$ | 6 | 3 |
  | LL | P Hercog | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | S Kuznetsova | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 |
  | | S Lisicki | 6 | 6 | | S Lisicki | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Patterson | 2 | 0 | | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | S Kuznetsova | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | | C Vandeweghe | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | S Errani | $6^1$ | 0 | | | | | |
  | | J Janković | 6 | 6 | | J Janković | $6^3$ | $6^8$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Errani | 6 | 6 | | S Errani | $7^7$ | $7^{10}$ | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | C Suárez Navarro | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 8 | B Bencic | $7^8$ | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Lučić-Baroni | $6^6$ | 6 | 4 | 8 | B Bencic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Tsurenko | $6^6$ | 2 | | WC | T Pironkova | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | T Pironkova | $7^8$ | 6 | | | | | | 8 | B Bencic | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
  | LL | L Hradecká | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | E Makarova | 0 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
  | | E Makarova | 6 | 6 | | | E Makarova | w/o | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | E Svitolina | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | A Kerber | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | A Kerber | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | B Bencic | 0 | $0^r$ |
  | 6 | T Bacsinszky | 6 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Puig | 6 | 0 |
  | | AK Schmiedlová | 1 | 6 | 6 | | AK Schmiedlová | 1 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M Puig | 6 | 3 | 6 | Q | M Puig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | LL | M Rybáriková | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | Q | M Puig | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | R Vinci | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | S Stosur | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
  | | S Stosur | 4 | 7 | 7 | | S Stosur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | | | | | Q | D Hantuchová | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ## Qualifying
  
  ### Seeds
  
  * Yanina Wickmayer (second round)
  * Varvara Lepchenko (withdrew)
  * Lucie Hradecká (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  * Yaroslava Shvedova (first round, retired)
  * Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (qualified)
  * Zheng Saisai (withdrew, still playing in Shenzhen)
  * Polona Hercog (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
  * Daria Kasatkina (second round, retired)
  * Irina Falconi (second round)
  * Yulia Putintseva (second round)
  
  ### Qualifiers
  
  * Daniela Hantuchová
  * Monica Puig
  * Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
  * Lara Arruabarrena
  
  ### Lucky losers
  
  * Lucie Hradecká
  * Polona Hercog
  * Magdaléna Rybáriková
  
  ### Draw
  
  **First qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Yanina Wickmayer | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | Anastasija Sevastova | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | Anastasija Sevastova | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Yanina Wickmayer | 3 | $6^3$ | | | |
  | | | | | | | Lauren Davis | 6 | $7^7$ | | | |
  | | Lauren Davis | 2 | 6 | $7^7$ | | Lauren Davis | 6 | $7^7$ | | | |
  | Alt | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | Stefanie Vögele | 6 | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | Lauren Davis | 3 | 2 |
  | | | | | | | | | | Daniela Hantuchová | 6 | 6 |
  | | Jeļena Ostapenko | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | Daniela Hantuchová | 6 | 6 |
  | | Daniela Hantuchová | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Daniela Hantuchová | 6 | 6 | | | Daniela Hantuchová | 7 | 6 | | | |
  | | | | | | 9 | Irina Falconi | 5 | 1 | | | |
  | | Anna Tatishvili | 4 | 2 | | 9 | Irina Falconi | 5 | 1 | | | |
  | 9 | Irina Falconi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Second qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 10 | Yulia Putintseva | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Aliaksandra Sasnovich | 1 | 1 | | 10 | Yulia Putintseva | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Monica Puig | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Monica Puig | 6 | 6 | | | Monica Puig | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
  | | Andreea Mitu | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Andreea Mitu | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | Monica Puig | 2 | 6 | 6 |
  | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Polona Hercog | 6 | 1 | 1 |
  | | Hsieh Su-wei | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Polona Hercog | 6 | 1 | 1 |
  | | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Elizaveta Kulichkova | 6 | 4 | 2 | | Hsieh Su-wei | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
  | | | | | | 7 | Polona Hercog | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | WC | Olivia Rogowska | 3 | 4 | | 7 | Polona Hercog | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
  | 7 | Polona Hercog | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Third qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 3 | Lucie Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Magda Linette | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Magda Linette | 3 | 3 | | 3 | Lucie Hradecká | 4 | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | |
  | | | | | | | Laura Siegemund | 6 | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | |
  | | Evgeniya Rodina | 2 | 6 | 2 | | Laura Siegemund | 6 | 2 | $6^3$ | | | | |
  | | Laura Siegemund | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | Laura Siegemund | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | Lucie Hradecká | 3 | 3 |
  | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 6 |
  | WC | Storm Sanders | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 6 |
  | Alt | Patricia Maria Țig | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
  | Alt | Patricia Maria Țig | 6 | 2 | 3 | WC | Storm Sanders | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
  | | | | | | 5 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | WC | Arina Rodionova | 1 | 4 | | 5 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
  | 5 | Mirjana Lučić-Baroni | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  **Fourth qualifier**
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 4 | Yaroslava Shvedova | $1^r$ | | | | | | | | |
  | | Sesil Karatantcheva | 4 | | | | | | | | |
  | | Sesil Karatantcheva | 4 | | | Sesil Karatantcheva | 2 | 1 | | | |
  | | | | | | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 6 | 6 | | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 6 | 6 | | | |
  | | Donna Vekić | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | |
  | | Donna Vekić | 2 | 0 | | | | | Magdaléna Rybáriková | 1 | $6^2$ |
  | | | | | | | | | Lara Arruabarrena | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | WC | Olivia Tjandramulia | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | Lara Arruabarrena | 6 | $7^7$ |
  | | Lara Arruabarrena | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  | | Lara Arruabarrena | 6 | 6 | | Lara Arruabarrena | 7 | 1 | | | |
  | | | | | 8 | Daria Kasatkina | 5 | $0^r$ | | | |
  | | Mariana Duque Mariño | 3 | 4 | 8 | Daria Kasatkina | 5 | $0^r$ | | | |
  | 8 | Daria Kasatkina | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
  