The 2016 Kremlin Cup (also known as the 2016 VTB Kremlin Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 27th edition of the Kremlin Cup for the men and the 21st edition for the women. The tournament was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour, and of the Premier series of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 17 October through 23 October 2016.
| 2016 Kremlin Cup | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17–23 October |
| Edition | 27th (men) / 21st (women) |
| Surface | Hard |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Venue | Olympic Stadium |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Pablo Carreño Busta | |
| Women's singles | |
 Svetlana Kuznetsova | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká | |
On 15 October, a record high of 4800 people visited the qualifying rounds; according to Tarpishchev, in no other tennis tournament was that number so high.[1]
ATP singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESP
|
Roberto Bautista Agut | 19 | 1 |
| ESP
|
Albert Ramos Viñolas | 27 | 2 |
 GER
|
Philipp Kohlschreiber | 30 | 3 |
 SRB
|
Viktor Troicki | 31 | 4 |
 SVK
|
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| ESP
|
Pablo Carreño Busta | 35 | 6 |
 ITA
|
Paolo Lorenzi | 37 | 7 |
| RUS
|
Andrey Kuznetsov | 42 | 8 |
| ESP
|
Marcel Granollers | 43 | 9 |
- Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants edit
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
Bernard Tomic →replaced by 
Evgeny Donskoy
Jiří Veselý →replaced by Lukáš Rosol
Martin Kližan →replaced by 
Federico Gaio
Retirements edit
ATP doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESP
|
Pablo Carreño Busta | ESP
|
Marcel Granollers | 52 | 1 |
| COL
|
Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL
|
Robert Farah | 60 | 2 |
 ARG
|
Guillermo Durán |  POL
|
Mariusz Fyrstenberg | 119 | 3 |
 NED
|
Wesley Koolhof | NED
|
Matwé Middelkoop | 119 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants edit
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals edit
- During the tournament
WTA singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUS
|
Svetlana Kuznetsova | 8 | 1 |
| SVK |
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| ESP
|
Carla Suárez Navarro | 12 | 3 |
 UKR
|
Elina Svitolina | 15 | 4 |
| RUS
|
Elena Vesnina | 19 | 5 |
| CZE
|
Barbora Strýcová | 20 | 6 |
| RUS
|
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 21 | 7 |
| RUS
|
Daria Kasatkina | 24 | 8 |
 HUN
|
Tímea Babos | 26 | 9 |
- Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants edit
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player entered as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals edit
- Before the tournament
- Sara Errani →replaced by
Anastasija Sevastova - Karolína Plíšková →replaced by
Shelby Rogers 
Monica Puig →replaced by 
Danka Kovinić- Dominika Cibulková →replaced by
Ana Konjuh
- During the tournament
Retirements edit
WTA doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUS
|
Ekaterina Makarova | RUS
|
Elena Vesnina | 15 | 1 |
| CZE
|
Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE
|
Lucie Hradecká | 25 | 2 |
| CZE
|
Kateřina Siniaková |  SLO
|
Katarina Srebotnik | 60 | 3 |
 AUS
|
Anastasia Rodionova | UKR
|
Olga Savchuk | 100 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016
Other entrants edit
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions edit
Men's singles edit
Pablo Carreño Busta def. Fabio Fognini, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Women's singles edit
- Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Daria Gavrilova, 6–2, 6–1
Men's doubles edit
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah def. 
Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer, 7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Women's doubles edit
- Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká def. Daria Gavrilova / Daria Kasatkina, 4–6, 6–0, [10–7]