# 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |