The winner of the Grand Prix was decided in the last stage in Sharjah, UAE, when rating favorite and reigning world champion Hou Yifan overtook second seeded Koneru Humpy to win her third straight Grand Prix cycle.
[1] For the third time running, Koneru Humpy finished runner-up to Hou Yifan.
With the overall win Hou Yifan earned the right to play the Women's World Chess Championship 2016 in a ten-game match.
[6] With the objective of determining a clear, single winner to play in the Challenger Match and in the case that two or more players have equal cumulative points at the top, the following criteria (in descending order) will be utilized to decide the overall winner:[6] The fifth stage was moved from Tbilisi to Lopota.
[7] The sixth stage was moved from Erdenet, Mongolia to Sharjah, UAE, the world's largest chess club.