| Date: | 15 – 21 May |
| Edition: | 4th |
| Category: | WTA International |
| Draw: | 32S / 16D |
| Prize Money: | $250,000 |
| Surface: | Clay |
| Location: | Nuremberg, Germany |
| Venue: | Tennis-Club 1. FC Nürnberg |
| Champs: | Kiki Bertens |
| Champd: | Kiki Bertens /  Johanna Larsson |
The 2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Nuremberg, Germany, on 15–21 May 2016.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 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 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| style=background:#ededed | Women's singles | €34,677 | €17,258 | €9,274 | €4,980 | €2,742 | €1,694 | €823 | €484 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=background:#ededed | Women's doubles | €9,919 | €5,161 | €2,770 | €1,468 | €774 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Italy | Roberta Vinci | 7 | 1 | |
| Laura Siegemund | 38 | 2 | ||
| Annika Beck | 41 | 3 | ||
 Ukraine | Lesia Tsurenko | 42 | 4 | |
| Sabine Lisicki | 44 | 5 | ||
 Japan | Misaki Doi | 45 | 6 | |
| Anna-Lena Friedsam | 50 | 7 | ||
 Kazakhstan | Yulia Putintseva | 54 | 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:
Madison Keys → replaced by Polona Hercog Karin Knapp → replaced by Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands → replaced by Antonia Lottner
Cristina Dinu| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiki Bertens | Sweden | Johanna Larsson | 103 | 1 | ||
 Georgia | Oksana Kalashnikova | Tatjana Maria | 106 | 2 | ||
| Romania | Raluca Olaru |  Liechtenstein | Stephanie Vogt | 128 | 3 | |
 Russian Federation | Vera Dushevina |  Australia | Anastasia Rodionova | 129 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
See main article: 2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Singles.
Mariana Duque Mariño, 6–2, 6–2See main article: 2016 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Doubles.
Johanna Larsson def. Shuko Aoyama / 
Renata Voráčová, 6–3, 6–4