| Date: | 18–24 July |
| Edition: | 35th (men) 10th (women) |
| Category: | ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's Circuit |
| Location: | Mumbai, Finland |
| Surface: | Clay |
| Prize Money: | €42,500 (men) $10,000 (women) |
| Champms: |  Kimmer Coppejans |
| Champmd: |  David Pérez Sanz /  Max Schnur |
| Champws: |  Piia Suomalainen |
| Champwd: | Emma Laine / Julia Wachaczyk |
The 2016 Tampere Open was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 35th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit. It took place in Tampere, Finland, on 18–24 July 2016.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina | Facundo Argüello | 174 | 1 | |
 Estonia | Jürgen Zopp | 176 | 2 | |
 Brazil | João Souza | 182 | 3 | |
 France | Mathias Bourgue | 184 | 4 | |
 Kazakhstan | Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 196 | 5 | |
| Belgium | Kimmer Coppejans | 214 | 6 | |
| Belgium | Joris De Loore | 228 | 7 | |
 Serbia | Nikola Milojević | 231 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Vladimir Ivanov Ristomatti Lanne Patrik Niklas-Salminen Eero VasaThe following player entered the singles main draw as a special exempt:
Clément GeensThe following players entered as an alternate:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Lauri Kiiski
Hubert Hurkacz 
Milos Sekulic 
Alexander Vasilenko| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | Alena Tarasova | 313 | 1 | |
| Julia Wachaczyk | 438 | 2 | ||
| Finland | Emma Laine | 570 | 3 | |
| Katharina Hering | 713 | 4 | ||
| Finland | Piia Suomalainen | 739 | 5 | |
| Nora Niedmers | 759 | 6 | ||
| Russian Federation | Angelina Zhuravleva | 789 | 7 | |
 Norway | Andrea Raaholt | 846 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
Monica Malinen Mariella Minetti Milka-Emilia Pasanen Roosa TimonenThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Katerina Filip Grace Leake Sandra Ortevall Saana Saarteinen Andrea Raaholt Adrija Runča Anastasia VeselovaThe following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:
Emilia SaloSee main article: 2016 Tampere Open – Men's singles.
Kimmer Coppejans def. Aslan Karatsev, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 Piia Suomalainen def. Emma Laine, 0–6, 6–2, 6–3See main article: 2016 Tampere Open – Men's doubles.
David Pérez Sanz / Max Schnur def. 
Steven de Waard / Andreas Mies, 6–4, 6–4 Emma Laine / Julia Wachaczyk def. Mia Eklund / Katharina Hering, 6–2, 6–3