2016 China Open (tennis)

The 2016 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the China Open for the men (20th for the women). It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2016 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2016 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from October 3 to October 9, 2016.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 26, 2016

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * Lu Yen-hsun
 * 🇦🇹 Dominic Thiem
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze

The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇬🇧 Kyle Edmund
 * 🇷🇺 Konstantin Kravchuk
 * 🇫🇷 Adrian Mannarino
 * 🇦🇺 John Millman

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic →replaced by 🇪🇸 Pablo Carreño Busta
 * 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by 🇷🇺 Andrey Kuznetsov
 * 🇺🇸 John Isner →replaced by 🇦🇷 Guido Pella

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of September 26, 2016

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Andre Begemann / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes
 * 🇨🇳 Gong Maoxin / 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇮🇹 Paolo Lorenzi / 🇦🇷 Guido Pella

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of September 26, 2016

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying
 * 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai
 * 🇪🇸 Lara Arruabarrena
 * 🇺🇸 Louisa Chirico
 * 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs
 * 🇩🇪 Julia Görges
 * 🇩🇪 Tatjana Maria
 * 🇺🇸 Alison Riske
 * 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * Kiki Bertens → replaced by 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai
 * 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova
 * 🇮🇹 Sara Errani → replaced by 🇲🇪 Danka Kovinić
 * 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
 * 🇮🇹 Karin Knapp → replaced by 🇺🇸 Shelby Rogers
 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
 * 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic → replaced by 🇺🇸 Madison Brengle
 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic → replaced by 🇺🇸 Christina McHale
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams (shoulder injury) → replaced by Caroline Wozniacki

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 26, 2016

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Timea Bacsinszky / Jeļena Ostapenko
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai
 * 🇩🇪 Laura Siegemund / 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina
 * 🇨🇳 You Xiaodi / 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin

Men's singles

 * 🇬🇧 Andy Murray defeated 🇧🇬 Grigor Dimitrov, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Women's singles

 * 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska defeated 🇬🇧 Johanna Konta, 6−4, 6−2

Men's doubles

 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Carreño Busta / 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal defeated 🇺🇸 Jack Sock / 🇦🇺 Bernard Tomic, 6−7(6−8), 6−2, [10−8]

Women's doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová defeated 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic, 6−4, 6−4