The 2016 Canberra Tennis International is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Canberra, Australia between 31 October and 6 November 2016.
This is not to be confused with 2016 Canberra Challenger.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Thompson | 95 | 1 | ||
 Japan | Yoshihito Nishioka | 99 | 2 | |
 Korea, Republic of | ||||
 Argentina | Marco Trungelliti | 139 | 4 | |
 Australia | James Duckworth | 164 | 5 | |
| Grega Žemlja | 169 | 6 | ||
| Australia | Matthew Barton | 189 | 7 | |
| Australia | John-Patrick Smith | 255 | 8 | |
| Australia | Marc Polmans | 262 | 9 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Harry Bourchier Thomas Fancutt Daniel Nolan Gavin van PeperzeelThe following player received entry into the singles main draw with protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players entered as lucky losers:
Nathan Pasha Darren K. Polkinghorne| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Risa Ozaki | 117 | 1 | |
| Japan | Hiroko Kuwata | 158 | 2 | |
| United States | Asia Muhammad | 161 | 3 | |
 Israel | Julia Glushko | 167 | 4 | |
| Australia | Arina Rodionova | 186 | 5 | |
| Japan | Eri Hozumi | 195 | 6 | |
| Jana Fett | 198 | 7 | ||
| Japan | Shuko Aoyama | 215 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
See main article: article and 2016 Canberra Tennis International – Men's singles.
James Duckworth def. Marc Polmans, 7–5, 6–3See main article: article and 2016 Canberra Tennis International – Women's singles.
Risa Ozaki def. 
Georgia Brescia, 6–4, 6–4See main article: article and 2016 Canberra Tennis International – Men's doubles.
Luke Saville / Jordan Thompson def. Matt Reid / John-Patrick Smith, 6–2, 6–3See main article: article and 2016 Canberra Tennis International – Women's doubles.
Jessica Moore / Storm Sanders def. Alison Bai / Lizette Cabrera, 6–3, 6–4
