The 2016 Katowice Open was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the Katowice Open and an International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at Spodek arena in Katowice, Poland, from 4 April to 10 April 2016.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| style=background:#ededed | Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,300 | $5,900 | $3,310 | $1,925 | $1,005 | $730 | $530 | |||||||||
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| style=background:#ededed | Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 Poland | |||
 Slovakia | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 30 | 2 |
| Jeļena Ostapenko | 39 | 3 | |
 France | Alizé Cornet | 42 | 4 |
 Italy | Camila Giorgi | 43 | 5 |
 Ukraine | Lesia Tsurenko | 45 | 6 |
 Hungary | Tímea Babos | 49 | 7 |
| Slovakia | Dominika Cibulková | 54 | 8 |
 Belgium | Kirsten Flipkens | 65 | 9 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following players received entry as lucky losers:
Denisa Allertová → replaced by Donna Vekić Klára Koukalová
Anett Kontaveit → replaced by Pauline Parmentier
Monica Niculescu → replaced by Romina Oprandi Agnieszka Radwańska (shoulder injury) → replaced by Valeriya Strakhova Magdaléna Rybáriková (left wrist injury) → replaced by Jesika Malečková Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Kristýna Plíšková Alison Van Uytvanck (ankle surgery) → replaced by 
Aliaksandra Sasnovich| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | María Irigoyen | Poland | Paula Kania | 116 | 1 | |
 Georgia | Oksana Kalashnikova | Demi Schuurs | 134 | 2 | ||
 Russian Federation | Vera Dushevina |  Spain | María José Martínez Sánchez | 135 | 3 | |
 United Kingdom | Jocelyn Rae | United Kingdom | Anna Smith | 146 | 4 |
The following pairs received a wildcard into the main draw:
Karin Knapp (right ankle injury)See main article: 2016 Katowice Open – Singles.
Dominika Cibulková def. Camila Giorgi, 6–4, 6–0[1] [2]See main article: 2016 Katowice Open – Doubles.
Eri Hozumi / Miyu Kato def. Valentyna Ivakhnenko / Marina Melnikova, 3–6, 7–5, [10–8]