The 2016 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the China Open for the men (20th for the women). It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2016 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2016 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from October 3 to October 9, 2016.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Men's singles[1] | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Women's singles[2] | 1,000 | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |||
| Women's doubles | 5 |
| 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 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| style=background:#ededed | Men's singles | $663,575 | $311,650 | $154,750 | $77,375 | $39,205 | $20,635 | $3,440 | $1,890 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=background:#ededed | Men's doubles | $195,590 | $92,420 | $44,600 | $23,190 | $12,140 | |||||||||||||
| style=background:#ededed | Women's singles | $1,111,945 | $556,440 | $271,490 | $130,420 | $62,768 | $30,386 | $17,453 | $4,650 | $2,702 | |||||||||
| style=background:#ededed | Women's doubles | $376,191 | $188,770 | $84,040 | $38,789 | $18,104 | $8,407 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom | 2 | 1 | ||
 Spain | 4 | 2 | ||
 Canada | 6 | 3 | ||
 Austria | 10 | 4 | ||
| Spain | David Ferrer | 12 | 5 | |
 France | 16 | 6 | ||
| Spain | 17 | 7 | ||
| France | Richard Gasquet | 18 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Novak Djokovic →replaced by Pablo Carreño Busta Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by 
Andrey Kuznetsov
John Isner →replaced by 
Guido Pella| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Bryan | Mike Bryan | 13 | 1 | |||
 Poland | Łukasz Kubot |  Brazil | Marcelo Melo | 27 | 2 | |
 India | Rohan Bopanna | Canada | Daniel Nestor | 32 | 3 | |
| Treat Huey |  Belarus | Max Mirnyi | 42 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Zhang Shuai Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by 
Yaroslava Shvedova
Sara Errani → replaced by 
Danka Kovinić Karin Knapp → replaced by Shelby Rogers Sloane Stephens → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova Ana Ivanovic → replaced by Madison Brengle Christina McHale Serena Williams (shoulder injury) → replaced by Caroline WozniackiThe following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
See main article: 2016 China Open – Men's singles.
Andy Murray defeated Grigor Dimitrov, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)See main article: 2016 China Open – Women's singles.
Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Johanna Konta, 6−4, 6−2See main article: 2016 China Open – Men's doubles.
Pablo Carreño Busta / Rafael Nadal defeated Jack Sock / 
Bernard Tomic, 6−7(6−8), 6−2, [10−8]See main article: 2016 China Open – Women's doubles.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 
Lucie Šafářová defeated Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic, 6−4, 6−4
Romania
Slovakia
Ukraine
Hungary