2016 BRD Bucharest Open

The 2016 BRD Bucharest Open was a professional tennis tournament played on red clay courts. It was the 3rd edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place at Arenele BNR in Bucharest, Romania between 11 and 17 July 2016.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of June 27, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇷🇴 Ioana Mincă
 * 🇷🇴 Elena Gabriela Ruse
 * 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
 * 🇺🇸 Vania King

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇯🇵 Misa Eguchi
 * 🇧🇬 Elitsa Kostova
 * 🇦🇷 Nadia Podoroska
 * 🇧🇬 Isabella Shinikova

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇨🇳 Xu Shilin

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇨🇿 Denisa Allertová → replaced by 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčiková
 * 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas → replaced by 🇵🇱 Paula Kania
 * 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp → replaced by 🇧🇬 Sesil Karatantcheva
 * 🇰🇿 Yulia Putintseva → replaced by 🇪🇸 María Teresa Torró Flor
 * 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova (viral illness) → replaced by 🇨🇳 Xu Shilin
 * 🇺🇸 Anna Tatishvili → replaced by 🇷🇺 Polina Leykina

Retirements

 * 🇮🇹 Francesca Schiavone (right shoulder injury)

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of June 27, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇷🇴 Cristina Dinu / 🇷🇴 Elena Gabriela Ruse
 * 🇷🇴 Irina Maria Bara / 🇷🇴 Nicoleta Dascălu

Singles

 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep def. Anastasija Sevastova, 6–0, 6–0

Doubles

 * 🇦🇺 Jessica Moore / 🇹🇭 Varatchaya Wongteanchai vs. 🇷🇴 Alexandra Cadanțu / 🇵🇱 Katarzyna Piter, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)