Jak zwykle tej jesieni Panie będą rozgrywać cykl mniejszych i większych turniejów w Azji. Pojawią się m.in w Tokio (turniej trwa), Guangzhou, Seulu, ponownie w Tokio a także w Taszkiencie.
Większymi turniejami w tym okresie będą ogranizowany w rodzinnym mieście Li Na turniej w Wuhan oraz kończący cały cykl turniej w Pekinie.
Trwa także niewielki turniej w Quebecu.
Wizytówki większych eventów:
2016 DONGFENG MOTOR WUHAN
TOURNAMENT INFO
TIER: Premier
PRIZE MONEY: $2,288,250 SURFACE: Hard
DIRECTOR: Zhu Jianbin / Fabric
The Wuhan Open was one of three WTA events in China new to the calendar in 2014. It is also one of two Premier-level stops in China.
Sandwiched in between Premier events in Tokyo and Beijing during the WTA's Asian swing, the Wuhan Open takes place at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center.
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province and the most populous city in Central China, is often referred to as the country's economic and geographical center. It is also the hometown of two-time Grand Slam champion Li Na.
"I'm so proud that my city is staging such a prestigious tournament," Li said.
CHINA OPEN
TOURNAMENT INFO
TIER: Premier
PRIZE MONEY: $5,424,394 SURFACE: Hard
DIRECTOR: Alfred Zhang / Charl
A combined ATP-WTA event, the China Open is the biggest tournament on the Asian leg of the WTA calendar and the fourth and last Premier Mandatory stop of the season.
The tournament, which launched as a Tier II event in 2004 and was upgraded to Premier status in 2009, is staged in Beijing Olympic Park at the China National Tennis Center. The facility - constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics - expanded to 11 courts featuring a new 15,000-seat stadium with a retractable roof in 2011. It utilizes space-age air-cooling technology. In 2006, the China Open became the first tournament outside the United States to implement Hawk-Eye electronic line calling.
Titlists include Jelena Jankovic, Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwanska, Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova and two-time winners Svetlana Kuznetsova and Serena Williams.
A center for politics, culture, business, transportation and education, Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populated cities in the world.