2016 Brasil Tennis Cup – Singles

Teliana Pereira was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Lyudmyla Kichenok.

Irina-Camelia Begu won the title, defeating Tímea Babos in the final, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3.

Seeds
• #🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (second round)

• #🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu (champion)

• # Monica Puig (semifinals)

• # Jeļena Ostapenko (quarterfinals)

• #🇰🇿 Yulia Putintseva (withdrew)

• #🇭🇺 Tímea Babos (final)

• #🇯🇵 Nao Hibino (quarterfinals)

• #🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka (quarterfinals)

• #🇧🇷 Teliana Pereira (first round)

Seeds
The top two seeds received a bye into the qualifying competition. • # Montserrat González (qualified)

• # 🇭🇺 Réka Luca Jani (qualified)

• # 🇦🇷 Nadia Podoroska (qualified)

• # 🇷🇺 Valeriya Solovyeva (qualified)

• # 🇺🇦 Lyudmyla Kichenok (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇲🇽 Renata Zarazúa (qualified)

• # 🇧🇷 Laura Pigossi (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇺🇦 Nadiia Kichenok (qualified)

• # 🇫🇷 Harmony Tan (first round)

• # 🇬🇧 Emily Webley-Smith (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇦🇷 Guadalupe Pérez Rojas (first round)

• # 🇧🇷 Nathaly Kurata (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # Montserrat González

• # 🇭🇺 Réka Luca Jani

• # 🇦🇷 Nadia Podoroska

• # 🇷🇺 Valeriya Solovyeva

• # 🇺🇦 Nadiia Kichenok

• # 🇲🇽 Renata Zarazúa

Lucky losers
• # 🇺🇦 Lyudmyla Kichenok

• # 🇧🇷 Laura Pigossi

• # 🇬🇧 Emily Webley-Smith

• # 🇦🇷 Martina Capurro Taborda