| Main Name: | Charleston Open |
| Before Name: | Family Circle Cup |
| Date: | April 4 – 10 |
| Edition: | 44th |
| Category: | WTA Premier |
| Draw: | 56S / 16D |
| Surface: | Clay / outdoor |
| Prize Money: | $753,000 |
| Location: | Charleston, United States |
| Venue: | Family Circle Tennis Center |
| Champs: |  Sloane Stephens |
| Champd: |  Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic |
The 2016 Volvo Car Open was a women's tennis event on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place between April 4 – 10, 2016. It was the 44th edition of the Charleston Open tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.
Sloane Stephens won the singles event while Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic captured the doubles crown.[1]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| Women's singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's doubles | 1 |
| width=130 bgcolor=dfe2e9 | Event | width=80 bgcolor=lime | W | width=85 bgcolor=thistle | F | width=85 bgcolor=ffff00 | SF | width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd | QF | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 16 | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 32 | width=85 bgcolor=afeeee | Round of 64 | width=85 | Q2 | width=85 | Q1 |
| style=background:#ededed | Women's singles | $128,100 | $68,180 | $33,600 | $17,280 | $8,955 | $4,585 | $2,355 | $1,070 | $640 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style=background:#ededed | Women's doubles | $40,300 | $21,340 | $11,740 | $5,975 | $3,245 |
| Country | Player | Ranking1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelique Kerber | 3 | 1 | ||
| Belinda Bencic | 10 | 2 | ||
| United States | Venus Williams | 14 | 3 | |
 Czech Republic | Lucie Šafářová | 15 | 4 | |
 Italy | Sara Errani | 18 | 5 | |
| Andrea Petkovic | 21 | 6 | ||
| United States | Sloane Stephens | 22 | 7 | |
| United States | Madison Keys | 24 | 8 | |
 Serbia | ||||
 Australia | Samantha Stosur | 27 | 10 | |
| France | Kristina Mladenovic | 29 | 11 | |
| Australia | Daria Gavrilova | 34 | 12 | |
 Romania | Irina-Camelia Begu | 35 | 13 | |
 Russian Federation | Daria Kasatkina | 36 | 14 | |
| Sabine Lisicki | 37 | 15 | ||
 Japan | Misaki Doi | 44 | 16 | |
 Canada | Eugenie Bouchard | 45 | 17 |
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Çağla Büyükakçay Aleksandra Krunić
Kristína Kučová Naomi Osaka Elena VesninaThe following players received entry as lucky losers:
Petra Cetkovská (right thigh injury) → replaced by Jana Čepelová
Mariana Duque Mariño → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova Jelena Janković (right shoulder injury) → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by Alison Riske| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Czech Republic | Lucie Šafářová | 11 | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | Andrea Hlaváčková | Czech Republic | Lucie Hradecká | 21 | 2 | |
| France | Caroline Garcia | France | Kristina Mladenovic | 26 | 3 | |
| United States | Raquel Atawo | United States | Abigail Spears | 41 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Hadley Berg / Paige Cline Madison Keys / Sloane Stephens Abigail Spears (right calf injury)See main article: 2016 Volvo Car Open – Singles.
Sloane Stephens def. Elena Vesnina 7–6(7–4), 6–2See main article: 2016 Volvo Car Open – Doubles.
Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová, 6–2, 7–5