2016 WTA Tour
The 2016 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Premier tournaments, the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup, the year-end championships. Also included in the 2016 calendar is the Summer Olympic Games and Hopman Cup, which were organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.
Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.;Key
| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Summer Olympic Games |
| Year-end championships |
| WTA Premier Mandatory |
| WTA Premier 5 |
| WTA Premier |
| WTA International |
| Team events |
Note: In the Champions and Runners-up columns, a tournament's results in doubles are also included.
January
| Week | Tournament | Champions | Runners-up | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
| 4 Jan | Hopman Cup Perth, Australia ITF Mixed Teams Championships Hard – $1,000,000 – 8 teams | Green 2–0 | Round robin Gold | Round robin | |
| 4 Jan | Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard – $1,000,000 – 30S/32Q/16D Singles – Doubles |  FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberStatistical informationThese tables present the number of singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2016 WTA Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the tennis event at the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games, the year-end championships, the WTA Premier tournaments total number of titles cumulated importance of those titles a singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy; 4) alphabetical order.KeyTitles won by playerTitles won by nationTitles informationThe following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:;Singles
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These are the WTA rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the WTA Tour, of the 2016 season. SinglesNumber 1 rankingDoublesNumber 1 rankingPrize money leadersAngelique Kerber topped the 2016 money list and joined Serena Williams as the only two women to ever win over $10,000,000 in a single season. Additionally, Kerber became the 15th WTA player to win $20,000,000 in career earnings. The top-32 players earned over $1,000,000. Bethanie Mattek-Sands won $1,088,600 in doubles tournaments. It was the 3rd consecutive year that a player earned over $1,000,000 in doubles events.Statistics leaders''''Points distributionWTA fan pollsPlayer of the monthBreakthrough of the monthShot of the monthRetirementsFollowing is a list of notable players or who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive, or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2016 season:
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