| Date: | 10–16 January 2016 |
| Edition: | 124th |
| Category: | ATP World Tour 250 series / WTA Premier |
| Draw: | 32S / 16D |
| Prize Money: | $461,330 (men) $753,000 (women) |
| Surface: | Hard |
| Location: | Sydney, Australia |
| Venue: | NSW Tennis Centre |
| Champms: |  Viktor Troicki |
| Champws: |  Svetlana Kuznetsova |
| Champmd: |  Jamie Murray /  Bruno Soares |
| Champwd: | Martina Hingis /  Sania Mirza |
| Main Name: | Sydney International |
The 2016 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2016 ATP World Tour and 2016 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the 123rd edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 10 January through 16 January 2016 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Women's doubles | 1 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $72,000 | $37,900 | $20,545 | $11,705 | $6,900 | $4,085 | $1,840 | $920 | ||||
| Men's doubles* | $21,850 | $11,500 | $6,230 | $3,570 | $2,090 | |||||||
| Women's singles | $128,800 | $68,585 | $36,600 | $19,660 | $10,540 | $5,750 | $3,010 | $1,600 | $885 | |||
| Women's doubles* | $40,200 | $21,465 | $11,735 | $5,970 | $3,230 |
| width=70 | Country | width=175 | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | Bernard Tomic | 18 | 1 | ||
 Austria | Dominic Thiem | 20 | 2 | ||
| Serbia | Viktor Troicki | 22 | 3 | ||
| Grigor Dimitrov | 28 | 4 | |||
 Italy | Andreas Seppi | 29 | 5 | ||
 France | Jérémy Chardy | 31 | 6 | ||
 Argentina | Leonardo Mayer | 35 | 7 | ||
 Ukraine | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 36 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Janko Tipsarević → replaced by Simone Bolelli Julien Benneteau (groin injury, late withdrawal) → replaced by 
Íñigo Cervantes
Martin Kližan (left shoulder injury) Dominic Thiem (blisters) Bernard Tomic| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Julien Rojer |  Romania | Horia Tecău | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bob Bryan | Mike Bryan | 9 | 2 | |||
| Brazil | Marcelo Melo |  Canada | Daniel Nestor | 19 | 3 | |
| India | Rohan Bopanna | Romania | Florin Mergea | 20 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Dominic Inglot (abdominal pain)| width=70 | Country | width=175 | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | Simona Halep | 2 | 1 | ||
 Poland | |||||
 Czech Republic | |||||
| Angelique Kerber | 10 | 4 | |||
| Czech Republic | Karolína Plíšková | 11 | 5 | ||
| Timea Bacsinszky | 12 | 6 | |||
| Spain | Carla Suárez Navarro | 13 | 7 | ||
| Belinda Bencic | 14 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by 
CoCo Vandeweghe Daria Gavrilova (left abdominal muscle injury) → replaced by Magdaléna Rybáriková Madison Keys → replaced by Caroline Garcia Petra Kvitová (gastrointestinal illness) → replaced by Lucie Hradecká Agnieszka Radwańska (left leg injury) → replaced by Polona Hercog Lucie Šafářová → replaced by Lesia Tsurenko| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martina Hingis | India | Sania Mirza | 3 | 1 | ||
| Chan Hao-ching | Chan Yung-jan | 19 | 2 | |||
| France | Caroline Garcia | France | Kristina Mladenovic | 23 | 3 | |
 Hungary | Tímea Babos | Katarina Srebotnik | 25 | 4 |
See main article: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles.
Viktor Troicki def. Grigor Dimitrov 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(9–7)See main article: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Women's singles.
Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Monica Puig, 6–0, 6–2.See main article: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Men's doubles.
Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares def. Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea, 6–3, 7–6(8–6).See main article: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Women's doubles.
Sania Mirza def. Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic, 1–6, 7–5, [10–5].Selected matches aired in Australia on 7Two, with live coverage of both day and night sessions. Every match was also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app.[1]
