2016 Blossom Cup

2016 Blossom Cup
Date	21–27 March
Edition	8th
Category	ITF Women's Circuit
Prize money	$50,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Quanzhou, China
Champions
Singles
Wang Qiang
Doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Makoto Ninomiya

The 2016 Blossom Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Quanzhou, China, on 21–27 March 2016.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
CHN	Wang Qiang	96	1
CHN	Wang Yafan	135	2
CHN	Zhang Kailin	143	3
THA	Luksika Kumkhum	153	4
CHN	Zhu Lin	155	5
CHN	Yang Zhaoxuan	162	6
BEL	Elise Mertens	169	7
CHN	Zhang Yuxuan	182	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 7 March 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Ye Qiuyu
• You Xiaodi
• Yuan Yue
• Zhao Di

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Gao Xinyu
• Guo Shanshan
• Peangtarn Plipuech
• Tian Ran

Champions

Singles

• Wang Qiang def. Liu Fangzhou, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles

• Shuko Aoyama / Makoto Ninomiya def. Lu Jingjing / Zhang Yuxuan, 6–3, 6–0

External links

• 2016 Blossom Cup at ITFtennis.com