| Singles | |
|---|---|
| 2016 Waco Showdown | |
| Champion |  Beatriz Haddad Maia |
| Runner-up |  Grace Min |
| Score | 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 |
Viktorija Golubic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Beatriz Haddad Maia won the title, defeating Grace Min in the final, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1.
Samantha Crawford (semifinals)
Verónica Cepede Royg (first round) Jennifer Brady (first round) Taylor Townsend (first round)
Rebecca Peterson (withdrew) Grace Min (final) Sachia Vickery (quarterfinals)
Barbara Haas (first round)| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Samantha Crawford | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| SE | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| SE | Beatriz Haddad Maia | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| 6 | Grace Min | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 | Grace Min | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Robin Anderson | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | S Crawford | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PR |  M Krajicek | 4 | 65 | 1 | S Crawford | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 L Robson | 4 | 4 | Q |  M Buzărnescu | 64 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | M Buzărnescu | 6 | 6 | 1 | S Crawford | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| LL | A Weinhold | 6 | 0 | 2 | WC | D Collins | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
 A Pivovarova | 4 | 6 | 6 | A Pivovarova | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | D Collins | 6 | 5 | 6 | WC | D Collins | 7 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Q |  G Dabrowski | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | S Crawford | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | J Brady | 5 | 4 | SE | B Haddad Maia | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| SE | B Andreescu | 7 | 6 | SE | B Andreescu | 6 | 61 | 0r | |||||||||||||||||||
| WC | E Halbauer | 77 | 4 | 2 | SE | B Haddad Maia | 3 | 77 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SE | B Haddad Maia | 65 | 6 | 6 | SE | B Haddad Maia | 77 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Q | C Whoriskey | 2 | 5 | J Elie | 62 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Elie | 6 | 7 | J Elie | 7 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Georges | 6 | 77 | M Georges | 5 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | B Haas | 2 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | G Min | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Ahn | 1 | 3 | 6 | G Min | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| V Flink | 77 | 6 | V Flink | 0r | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 F Stollár | 62 | 1 | 6 | G Min | 6 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q | C Van Nguyen | 77 | 6 |  S Karatantcheva | 0 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Kenin | 64 | 4 | Q | C Van Nguyen | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Karatantcheva | 6 | 6 | S Karatantcheva | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | T Townsend | 4 | 2 | 6 | G Min | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | S Vickery | 6 | 6 | R Anderson | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | B Shankle | 3 | 3 | 7 | S Vickery | 2 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
 R Zarazúa | 5 | 3 | A Lim | 6 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| A Lim | 7 | 6 | 7 | S Vickery | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WC | UM Arconada | 6 | 6 | R Anderson | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 C Pella | 3 | 1 | WC | UM Arconada | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| R Anderson | 6 | 6 | R Anderson | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | V Cepede Royg | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tímea Babos and Sloane Stephens were the defending champions but were no longer eligible to compete as juniors.
Daria Gavrilova was the defending champion, but lost to Victoria Duval in the second round.
Tímea Babos and Sloane Stephens were the defending champions; however, they didn't participate this year.
Sabine Lisicki was the defending champion but was defeated in the second round by Urszula Radwańska.
Serena Williams was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating lucky loser CoCo Vandeweghe in the final, 7–5, 6–3. It was the first all-American final on the WTA Tour since the 2009 WTA Tour Championships, and the first on American soil since Los Angeles in 2004.
Sara Errani was the defending champion and she retained her title, beating Carla Suárez Navarro in the final, 6–0, 6–4.
Serena Williams was the defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Jelena Janković in the final 3–6, 6–0, 6–2.
In the first edition of the tournament, Simona Halep defeated wild card Andrea Petkovic in the final, 6–3, 6–3, to claim her first WTA singles title.
Kirsten Flipkens was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Polona Hercog.
Venus Williams was the defending champion, but decided not to participate.
Caroline Wozniacki won the title, defeating Annika Beck in the final, 6–2, 6–2.
Karolína Plíšková defeated Varvara Lepchenko in the final, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2014 Korea Open.
Ana Ivanovic was the defending champion, but lost to Caroline Garcia in the semifinals.
Anhelina Kalinina was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Yanina Wickmayer was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Viktorija Golubic.
Irina-Camelia Begu was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Jana Čepelová.
Karolína Plíšková was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.
Michaëlla Krajicek was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Grace Min was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Asia Muhammad.
This was the first edition of the tournament, organised with a single-year license in 2021.
Anna Chakvetadze was the champion when the event was last held in 2010, but she retired from professional tennis in 2013.