| Date: | 8–14 February |
| Edition: | 7th |
| Prize Money: | $753,000 |
| Surface: | Hard (indoor) |
| Location: | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Venue: | Sibur Arena |
| Champs: |  Roberta Vinci |
| Before Year: | 2015 |
| Before Name: | Ladies Neva Cup |
The 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. This was the seventh edition of the tournament and the first as a WTA Premier tournament. It was part of the 2016 WTA Tour and was held between 8 February and 14 February 2016.[1]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | width=85 | Q3 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | $128,450 | $68,585 | $36,635 | $19,690 | $10,560 | $6,700 | $3,010 | $1,600 | $890 | |||
| Doubles* | $40,170 | $21,465 | $11,730 | $5,965 | $3,240 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belinda Bencic | 11 | 1 | ||
| Italy | Roberta Vinci | 16 | 2 | |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 18 | 3 | ||
 Serbia | Ana Ivanovic | 20 | 4 | |
 Russian Federation | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 26 | 5 | |
 Slovakia | ||||
 France | Kristina Mladenovic | 30 | 7 | |
| France | ||||
 Romania | Monica Niculescu | 37 | 9 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky losers:
Tímea Babos Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko
Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Daria Kasatkina Alizé Cornet (low back injury) → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by 
Kirsten Flipkens Karin Knapp → replaced by Bojana Jovanovski Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (ankle sprain) → replaced by Laura Siegemund| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martina Hingis |  India | Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 | ||
| Czech Republic | Andrea Hlaváčková | Czech Republic | Lucie Hradecká | 22 | 2 | |
 Spain | Anabel Medina Garrigues | Spain | Arantxa Parra Santonja | 59 | 3 | |
| Romania | Monica Niculescu | Laura Siegemund | 73 | 4 |
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Monica Niculescu (abdominal injury)See main article: 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Singles.
Roberta Vinci defeated Belinda Bencic 6–4, 6–3See main article: 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles.
Sania Mirza defeated Vera Dushevina / Barbora Krejčíková 6–3, 6–1
