The 2016 Rio Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 WTA Tour. It took in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 15 February and 21 February 2016.
See main article: 2016 Rio Open – Men's singles.
Guido Pella 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–4[1]See main article: 2016 Rio Open – Women's singles.
Francesca Schiavone defeated 
Shelby Rogers 2–6, 6–2, 6–2See main article: 2016 Rio Open – Men's doubles.
Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah defeated 
Pablo Carreño Busta / David Marrero 7–6(7–5), 6–1See main article: 2016 Rio Open – Women's doubles.
María Irigoyen defeated 
Tara Moore / Conny Perrin 6–1, 7–6(7–5)| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | 45 | 25 | |||||||||||
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Women's doubles | 1 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | $303,300 | $142,450 | $70,735 | $35,365 | $17,920 | $9,430 | $1,570 | $865 | ||||
| Men's doubles | $89,400 | $42,240 | $20,390 | $10,600 | $5,550 | |||||||
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,300 | $5,900 | $3,310 | $1,925 | $1,005 | $730 | $530 | |||
| Women's doubles | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 | |||||||
| Doubles prize money per team | ||||||||||||
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | Rafael Nadal | 5 | 1 | |
| Spain | David Ferrer | 6 | 2 | |
 France | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 9 | 3 | |
| John Isner | 12 | 4 | ||
 Austria | Dominic Thiem | 19 | 5 | |
| Jack Sock | 23 | 6 | ||
| Italy | Fabio Fognini | 24 | 7 | |
 Brazil | Thomaz Bellucci | 30 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Fernando Verdasco→replaced by Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Andreas Haider-Maurer→replaced by 
Dušan Lajović
Alexandr Dolgopolov (right shoulder injury) Fabio Fognini (abdominal strain) Dušan Lajović (left foot injury) Juan Mónaco (right shoulder injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Marcelo Melo | Brazil | Bruno Soares | 11 | 1 | |
| Colombia | Juan Sebastián Cabal | Colombia | Robert Farah | 50 | 2 | |
| Italy | ||||||
| Nicholas Monroe | Jack Sock | 68 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following pair received entry as lucky losers:
Fabio Fognini (abdominal strain) Jack Sock (lower back injury)| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Teliana Pereira | 44 | 1 | |
 Sweden | Johanna Larsson | 48 | 2 | |
 Montenegro | Danka Kovinić | 50 | 3 | |
| Christina McHale | 62 | 4 | ||
| Polona Hercog | 83 | 5 | ||
| Spain | Lara Arruabarrena | 88 | 6 | |
| Tatjana Maria | 90 | 7 | ||
 Romania | Andreea Mitu | 104 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Jennifer Brady Mariana Duque Mariño Paula Cristina Gonçalves María Irigoyen
Eugenie Bouchard (change in schedule) → replaced by Petra Martić Karin Knapp (left knee injury) → replaced by Sílvia Soler Espinosa| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | Anastasia Rodionova |  Liechtenstein | Stephanie Vogt | 110 | 1 | |
 New Zealand | Marina Erakovic | Spain | Sílvia Soler Espinosa | 201 | 2 | |
| Montenegro | Danka Kovinić | Romania | Andreea Mitu | 214 | 3 | |
| Verónica Cepede Royg | Argentina | María Irigoyen | 215 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:
Alizé Lim (neck injury)