The 2016 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was 3rd edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Tianjin, China between 10 and 16 October 2016.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | 280 | 180 | 110 | 60 | 30 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | 1 |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Singles | $111,164 | $55,324 | $29,730 | $8,898 | $4,899 | $3,026 | $1,470 | $865 | ||
| Doubles * | $17,724 | $9,222 | $4,951 | $2,623 | $1,383 |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Poland | Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 1 | |
 Russian Federation | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 7 | 2 | |
| Russian Federation | Elena Vesnina | 20 | 3 | |
 Hungary | Tímea Babos | 26 | 4 | |
| Monica Puig | 28 | 5 | ||
 Kazakhstan | Yulia Putintseva | 33 | 6 | |
 China | Zhang Shuai | 36 | 7 | |
| Kazakhstan | Yaroslava Shvedova | 39 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Han Xinyun
Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina Duan Yingying Zhang Kailin| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Spain | Arantxa Parra Santonja |  Australia | Anastasia Rodionova | 67 | 1 | |
| Spain | Lara Arruabarrena |  Georgia | 114 | 2 | ||
 Argentina | María Irigoyen | Tatjana Maria | 114 | 3 | ||
| Christina McHale | China | Peng Shuai | 116 | 4 |
The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
See main article: 2016 Tianjin Open – Singles.
Peng Shuai def. 
Alison Riske, 7–6(7–3), 6−2[1]See main article: 2016 Tianjin Open – Doubles.
Christina McHale / Peng Shuai def. Magda Linette / Xu Yifan, 7–6(10–8), 6−0
