2016 WTA Tour

2016 WTA Tour
Details
Angelique Kerber finished as the year-end No. 1 with two Grand Slam titles, despite not having had the most tournament titles in the year.
Duration	4 January – 6 November 2016
Edition	46th
Tournaments	61
Categories	Grand Slam (4) WTA Finals Summer Olympics WTA Premier Mandatory (4) WTA Premier 5 (5) WTA Premier (12) WTA International (33) WTA Elite Trophy
Achievements (singles)
Most tournament titles	Dominika Cibulková (4)
Most tournament finals	Angelique Kerber (8)
Prize money leader	Angelique Kerber ($8,628,207)
Points leader	Angelique Kerber (9,020)
Awards
Player of the year	Angelique Kerber
Doubles Team of the year	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic
Most improved player of the year	Johanna Konta
Newcomer of the year	Naomi Osaka
Comeback player of the year	Dominika Cibulková
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The 2016 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), the WTA Premier tournaments (Premier Mandatory, Premier 5, and regular Premier), the WTA International tournaments, the Fed Cup (organized by the ITF), the year-end championships (the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Elite Trophy), and the tennis event at the Summer Olympic Games. Also included in the 2016 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which was organized by the ITF and did not distribute ranking points.

This is the complete schedule of events on the 2016 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.

Note: In the Champions and Runners-up columns, a tournament's results in doubles are also included.