| 2016 Wuhan Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 25 – October 1 |
| Edition | 3rd |
| Category | WTA Premier 5 |
| Draw | 56S / 28D |
| Prize money | $2,589,000 |
| Surface | Hard / outdoor |
| Location | Wuhan, China |
| Venue | Optics Valley Int'l Tennis Center |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
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The 2016 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 25 and October 1, 2016. It was the 3rd edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles [1] | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles [1] | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles [2] [3] | $471,700 | $235,520 | $117,770 | $54,230 | $26,900 | $13,790 | $7,090 | $3,955 | $2,040 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles [4] | $135,000 | $68,200 | $33,635 | $16,990 | $8,600 | $4,255 | — | — | — |
| Country | Player [5] | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angelique Kerber | 1 | 1 | |
| Garbiñe Muguruza | 3 | 2 | |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 3 | |
| Simona Halep | 5 | 4 | |
| Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 5 | |
| Venus Williams | 7 | 6 | |
| Carla Suárez Navarro | 8 | 7 | |
| Madison Keys | 9 | 8 | |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 10 | 9 | |
| Dominika Cibulková | 12 | 10 | |
| Johanna Konta | 13 | 11 | |
| Timea Bacsinszky | 14 | 12 | |
| Roberta Vinci | 15 | 13 | |
| Petra Kvitová | 16 | 14 | |
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 17 | 15 | |
| Samantha Stosur | 18 | 16 |
The following players received wild card s into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline Garcia | Kristina Mladenovic | 7 | 1 | ||
| Chan Hao-Ching | Chan Yung-jan | 14 | 2 | ||
| Sania Mirza | Barbora Strýcová | 19 | 3 | ||
| Martina Hingis | CoCo Vandeweghe | 21 | 4 | ||
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Lucie Šafářová | 22 | 5 | ||
| Tímea Babos | Yaroslava Shvedova | 23 | 6 | ||
| Andrea Hlaváčková | Lucie Hradecká | 23 | 7 | ||
| Julia Görges | Karolína Plíšková | 29 | 8 |
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates: