2016 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying

This article displays the qualifying draw for women's singles at the 2016 Australian Open.

The loss of Francesca Schiavone in the second round ended her streak of consecutive appearances in the main draw of Grand Slam singles events at 61, the second longest streak after Ai Sugiyama, in the Open Era.

Seeds
• #🇨🇳 Wang Qiang (qualified)

• #🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs (qualified)

• #🇬🇧 Naomi Broady (first round)

• #🇧🇬 Sesil Karatantcheva (first round)

• # Anastasija Sevastova (qualified)

• #🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (second round)

• #🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková (qualified)

• #🇨🇳 Duan Yingying (second round, retired)

• # Stefanie Vögele (second round)

• #🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier (first round)

• #🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (first round)

• #🇷🇴 Patricia Maria Țig (first round)

• #🇪🇸 María Teresa Torró Flor (first round)

• #🇦🇹 Tamira Paszek (qualified)

• #🇺🇸 Sachia Vickery (qualifying competition)

• #🇮🇱 Julia Glushko (qualifying competition)

• #🇨🇿 Tereza Smitková (second round)

• #🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai (qualified)

• #🇹🇷 Çağla Büyükakçay (first round)

• #🇸🇪 Rebecca Peterson (first round)

• #🇷🇺 Alexandra Panova (second round)

• # Chang Kai-chen (second round)

• # Richèl Hogenkamp (qualifying competition)

• #🇳🇿 Marina Erakovic (first round)

Qualifiers
• #🇨🇳 Wang Qiang

• #🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs

• #🇨🇳 Wang Yafan

• #🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka

• # Anastasija Sevastova

• #🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai

• #🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková

• # Viktorija Golubic

• #🇹🇭 Luksika Kumkhum

• #🇺🇦 Maryna Zanevska

• # Maria Sakkari

• #🇦🇹 Tamira Paszek