days later, at the Dubai Championships, she beat Mona Barthel in the first round. Hantuchová fell in the second round to top seed and eventual champion Simona Halep. At the Monterrey Open, Hantuchová was the seventh seed. She beat Monica Puig in the first round. However, she lost in the second round to qualifier Urszula Radwańska. Hantuchová lost in the first round of Indian Wells Open to Klára Koukalová. She also lost in the first round of the Miami Open to Belinda Bencic. Hantuchová won one match during Fed Cup by beating Susanne Celik of Sweden. During the spring, Hantuchová switched her racquet brand from Prince to Head. At the Morocco Open, Hantuchová lost in the first round to Christina McHale. At the Madrid Open, Hantuchová lost in the first round to Elina Svitolina. Hantuchová lost again in the first round of the Internazionali d'Italia to 13th seed Sara Errani. Hantuchová lost in the first round of the French Open to Bencic. Hantuchová started her grass-court season by playing at the Nottingham Open, where she lost in the first round to Magda Linette in a three-setter. The following week, Hantuchová reached the quarterfinals at the Birmingham Classic with wins over 14th seed Irina-Camelia Begu, qualifier Marina Erakovic, and qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito, before she lost to eighth seed and grass-court specialist Sabine Lisicki. At Wimbledon, Hantuchová beat compatriot Dominika Cibulková in the first round. In the second round, she lost to British No. 1, Heather Watson. At the İstanbul Cup, she beat Turkish wildcard Çağla Büyükakçay. but in the second round, lost to eventual champion Lesia Tsurenko. At the Western & Southern Open, she lost in the first round to Kristina Mladenovic. At the US Open, Hantuchová lost in the first round to Misaki Doi. At the Guangzhou International Open, she lost in the first round to fifth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. At the Wuhan Open, she was given a wild card into the main draw. In the first round, Hantuchová lost to 12th seed Elina Svitolina. Her final tournament of the year was at the China Open. She was the 14th seed for qualifying where in the first round, she lost to Lara Arruabarrena. Hantuchová finished 2015 ranked No. 81. This was her 15th straight top-100 season. 2016: Out of the top 100 Hantuchová started her season at the Brisbane International. She lost in the first round of qualifying