2016 İstanbul Cup

The 2016 İstanbul Cup (also known as the TEB BNP Paribas İstanbul Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 9th edition of the İstanbul Cup, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 18 April through 24 April 2016.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of April 11, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcard s into the singles main draw:
 * 🇹🇷 Ayla Aksu
 * 🇹🇷 İpek Soylu
 * 🇺🇦 Dayana Yastremska

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇷🇴 Sorana Cîrstea
 * 🇭🇺 Réka-Luca Jani
 * 🇸🇰 Kristína Kučová
 * 🇷🇺 Marina Melnikova
 * Maria Sakkari
 * 🇺🇦 Maryna Zanevska

Withdrawals
Due to security concerns, the WTA allowed players to withdraw and enter other WTA/ITF tournaments without penalty.
 * Before the tournament
 * 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka → replaced by 🇷🇴 Alexandra Dulgheru
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Cetkovská → replaced by 🇹🇷 Çağla Büyükakçay
 * 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi → replaced by Stefanie Vögele
 * 🇮🇹 Camila Giorgi (entered Stuttgart qualifying) → replaced by 🇧🇬 Tsvetana Pironkova
 * 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká → replaced by Donna Vekić
 * 🇰🇿 Yulia Putintseva → replaced by 🇺🇦 Kateryna Kozlova
 * 🇬🇧 Laura Robson (entered Stuttgart qualifying) → replaced by 🇯🇵 Kurumi Nara
 * 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
 * 🇧🇪 Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by 🇧🇾 Olga Govortsova
 * 🇬🇧 Heather Watson → replaced by 🇧🇾 Aliaksandra Sasnovich
 * Caroline Wozniacki (ankle injury) → replaced by 🇷🇴 Andreea Mitu

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of April 11, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcard s into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇹🇷 Ayla Aksu / 🇹🇷 Melis Sezer
 * 🇹🇷 Çağla Büyükakçay / 🇸🇰 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová

Withdrawals

 * During the tournament
 * 🇯🇵 Nao Hibino (right shoulder injury)
 * 🇲🇪 Danka Kovinić (right hamstring strain)

Retirements

 * 🇺🇦 Maryna Zanevska (left shoulder injury)

Singles

 * 🇹🇷 Çağla Büyükakçay def. 🇲🇪 Danka Kovinić, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3.

Doubles

 * 🇷🇴 Andreea Mitu / 🇹🇷 İpek Soylu def. Xenia Knoll / 🇲🇪 Danka Kovinić, walkover