The 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Brasil Tennis Cup, a WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Florianópolis, Brazil from July 31 to August 5, 2016.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=background:#ededed | Doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serbia | Jelena Janković | 27 | 1 | |
 Romania | Irina-Camelia Begu | 30 | 2 | |
| Monica Puig | 37 | 3 | ||
| Jeļena Ostapenko | 40 | 4 | ||
 Kazakhstan | ||||
 Hungary | Tímea Babos | 44 | 6 | |
 Japan | Nao Hibino | 75 | 7 | |
| Japan | Naomi Osaka | 87 | 8 | |
 Brazil | Teliana Pereira | 94 | 9 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Réka Luca Jani
Nadiia Kichenok
Nadia Podoroska
Valeriya Solovyeva
Renata ZarazúaThe following players received entry as lucky losers:
Alizé Lim
Mariana Duque Mariño → replaced by Lyudmyla Kichenok Caroline Garcia → replaced by Aleksandrina Naydenova
Kristína Kučová → replaced by Laura Pigossi Paula Cristina Gonçalves Monica Niculescu → replaced by Gabriela Cé
Tamira Paszek → replaced by Olga Savchuk
Kristýna Plíšková → replaced by Anastasia Pivovarova Yulia Putintseva → replaced by 
Emily Webley-Smith
Laura Pous Tió Ana Bogdan Martina Capurro Taborda Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Catalina Pella| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | Lyudmyla Kichenok | Ukraine | Nadiia Kichenok | 150 | 1 | |
| Chuang Chia-jung | Jeļena Ostapenko | 163 | 2 | |||
| Hungary | Tímea Babos | Hungary | Réka Luca Jani | 184 | 3 | |
| Aleksandrina Naydenova | Spain | Laura Pous Tió | 259 | 4 |
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
See main article: 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup – Singles.
Irina-Camelia Begu def. Tímea Babos, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3See main article: 2016 Brasil Tennis Cup – Doubles.
Lyudmyla Kichenok / Nadiia Kichenok def. Tímea Babos / Réka Luca Jani, 6–3, 6–1