2016 İstanbul Cup should not be confused with 2016 Istanbul Open.
The 2016 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 9th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 18 April through 24 April 2016.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | |||
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| Women's doubles | 1 |
| width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9 | Event | width=80 bgcolor=lime | W | width=85 bgcolor=thistle | F | width=85 bgcolor=ffff00 | SF | width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd | QF | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 16 | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| style=background:#ededed | Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 | ||||||||
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| style=background:#ededed | Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Slovakia | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 34 | 1 | |
 Belgium | Yanina Wickmayer | 42 | 2 | |
 Ukraine | Lesia Tsurenko | 43 | 3 | |
| Belgium | Kirsten Flipkens | 59 | 4 | |
 Montenegro | Danka Kovinić | 61 | 5 | |
 Japan | Nao Hibino | 66 | 6 | |
| Ukraine | Kateryna Bondarenko | 67 | 7 | |
 Sweden | Johanna Larsson | 69 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Victoria Azarenka → replaced by 
Alexandra Dulgheru
Petra Cetkovská → replaced by 
Çağla Büyükakçay
Irina Falconi → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
Camila Giorgi (entered Stuttgart qualifying) → replaced by Tsvetana Pironkova Lucie Hradecká → replaced by Donna Vekić
Yulia Putintseva → replaced by Kateryna Kozlova
Laura Robson (entered Stuttgart qualifying) → replaced by Kurumi Nara Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by Olga Govortsova Heather Watson → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich Andreea Mitu| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | Kateryna Bondarenko | Ukraine | Olga Savchuk | 89 | 1 | |
 Georgia | Oksana Kalashnikova | Sweden | Johanna Larsson | 96 | 2 | |
| Xenia Knoll | Montenegro | Danka Kovinić | 201 | 3 | ||
 Russian Federation | Valentyna Ivakhnenko | Belarus | Lidziya Marozava | 219 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Nao Hibino (right shoulder injury) Danka Kovinić (right hamstring strain) Maryna Zanevska (left shoulder injury)See main article: 2016 İstanbul Cup – Singles.
Çağla Büyükakçay def. Danka Kovinić, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3.See main article: 2016 İstanbul Cup – Doubles.
Andreea Mitu / İpek Soylu def. Xenia Knoll / Danka Kovinić, walkover