2016 Kremlin Cup

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.

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.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of October 10, 2016

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇹🇷 Cem İlkel
 * 🇷🇺 Karen Khachanov
 * 🇷🇺 Konstantin Kravchuk

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Alexander Bublik
 * 🇷🇺 Aslan Karatsev
 * 🇷🇺 Daniil Medvedev
 * 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇮🇹 Federico Gaio

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic →replaced by 🇷🇺 Evgeny Donskoy
 * 🇨🇿 Jiří Veselý →replaced by 🇨🇿 Lukáš Rosol
 * 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan →replaced by 🇮🇹 Federico Gaio

Retirements

 * 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers
 * 🇷🇺 Aslan Karatsev
 * 🇰🇿 Mikhail Kukushkin

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeny Donskoy / 🇷🇺 Teymuraz Gabashvili
 * 🇷🇺 Daniil Medvedev / 🇷🇺 Andrey Rublev

Withdrawals

 * During the tournament
 * 🇪🇸 Marcel Granollers

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of October 10, 2016

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Kalinskaya
 * 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Blinkova
 * 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs
 * 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková
 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko

The following player entered as a lucky loser:
 * Ana Konjuh

Withdrawals

 * 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
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Blinkova

Retirements

 * 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇷🇺 Anna Kalinskaya / 🇷🇺 Olesya Pervushina
 * 🇷🇺 Natela Dzalamidze / 🇷🇺 Veronika Kudermetova

Men's singles

 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Carreño Busta def. 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

 * 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. 🇦🇺 Daria Gavrilova, 6–2, 6–1

Men's doubles

 * 🇨🇴 Juan Sebastián Cabal / 🇨🇴 Robert Farah def. 🇦🇹 Julian Knowle / 🇦🇹 Jürgen Melzer, 7–5, 4–6, [10–5]

Women's doubles

 * 🇨🇿 Andrea Hlaváčková / 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká def. 🇦🇺 Daria Gavrilova / 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina, 4–6, 6–0, [10–7]