| Date: | 11–17 July (men) 18–24 July (women) |
| Edition: | 69th (men) 8th (women) |
| Surface: | Clay |
| Venue: | Båstad tennis stadium |
| Champms: |  Albert Ramos Viñolas |
| Champmd: | Marcel Granollers / David Marrero |
| Champws: | Laura Siegemund |
| Champwd: |  Andreea Mitu /  Alicja Rosolska |
The 2016 Swedish Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts as part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour and as part of the International Series on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Båstad, Sweden, from 11 through 17 July 2016 for the men's tournament, and from 18 through 24 July 2016 for the women's tournament. It was also known as the 2016 SkiStar Swedish Open for the men and the 2016 Ericsson Open for the women for sponsorship reasons. It was the 69th edition of the event for the men and the 8th edition for the women.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | |||||||||||
| Women's singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | |||
| Women's doubles | 1 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | €82,450 | €43,430 | €23,525 | €13,400 | €7,900 | €4,680 | €2,105 | €1,055 | ||
| Men's doubles * | €25,070 | €13,170 | €7,140 | €4,080 | €2,390 | |||||
| Women's singles | $43,000 | $21,400 | $11,500 | $6,175 | $3,400 | $2,100 | $1,020 | $600 | ||
| Women's doubles * | $12,300 | $6,400 | $3,435 | $1,820 | $960 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | David Ferrer | 14 | 1 | |
| João Sousa | 31 | 2 | ||
| Spain | Albert Ramos Viñolas | 36 | 3 | |
| Spain | Marcel Granollers | 43 | 4 | |
| Spain | Fernando Verdasco | 53 | 5 | |
 United Kingdom | Aljaž Bedene | 56 | 6 | |
 Argentina | ||||
 Russian Federation | Evgeny Donskoy | 78 | 8 | |
| Argentina | Horacio Zeballos | 83 | 9 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Rogério Dutra Silva →replaced by Michael Berrer Teymuraz Gabashvili →replaced by Roberto Carballés Baena
Filip Krajinović →replaced by Dustin Brown
Paolo Lorenzi →replaced by 
Elias Ymer Diego Schwartzman →replaced by Marco Trungelliti| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | Robert Lindstedt | Brazil | André Sá | 82 | 1 | |
| Spain | Marcel Granollers | Spain | David Marrero | 98 | 2 | |
| Nicholas Monroe |  New Zealand | Artem Sitak | 107 | 3 | ||
| New Zealand | Marcus Daniell | Brazil | Marcelo Demoliner | 135 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry as alternates:
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelique Kerber | 2 | 1 | ||
| Italy | Sara Errani | 21 | 2 | |
| Kiki Bertens | 26 | 3 | ||
| Annika Beck | 38 | 4 | ||
 Slovakia | Anna Karolína Schmiedlová | 41 | 5 | |
| Laura Siegemund | 43 | 6 | ||
 Kazakhstan | Yaroslava Shvedova | 49 | 7 | |
| Sweden | Johanna Larsson | 55 | 8 |
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 a special exempt:
Anett Kontaveit
Caroline Garcia → replaced by Sorana Cîrstea Pauline Parmentier → replaced by 
Aliaksandra Sasnovich Yaroslava Shvedova (Mid-back injury)| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Georgia | Kazakhstan | |||||
| Kiki Bertens | Sweden | Johanna Larsson | 73 | 2 | ||
| Romania | Raluca Olaru |  Czech Republic | Kateřina Siniaková | 111 | 3 | |
| Xenia Knoll | Serbia | Aleksandra Krunić | 114 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Yaroslava Shvedova (Mid-back Injury)See main article: 2016 Swedish Open – Men's singles.
Albert Ramos Viñolas def. Fernando Verdasco, 6–3, 6–4See main article: 2016 Swedish Open – Women's singles.
Kateřina Siniaková, 7–5, 6–1See main article: 2016 Swedish Open – Men's doubles.
Marcel Granollers / David Marrero def. Marcus Daniell / Marcelo Demoliner, 6–2, 6–3See main article: 2016 Swedish Open – Women's doubles.
Andreea Mitu / Alicja Rosolska def. Lesley Kerkhove / Lidziya Marozava, 6–3, 7–5
