2016 China Open Super Series Premier

The 2016 China Open Super Series Premier was the eleventh Superseries tournament of the 2016 BWF Super Series. The tournament will take place in Fuzhou, China from November 15–20, 2016 with a total prize money of $700,000. For the first time in the history of this super series tournament, none of the Chinese players won any title.

Seeds
• # Lee Chong Wei (withdrew)

• # 🇨🇳 Chen Long (final)

• # Viktor Axelsen (semifinals)

• # Jan Ø. Jørgensen (champion)

• # 🇨🇳 Tian Houwei (quarterfinals)

• # 🇰🇷 Son Wan-ho (first round)

• # Chou Tien-chen (first round)

• # Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (withdrew)

Seeds
• # 🇪🇸 Carolina Marín (quarterfinals)

• # 🇹🇭 Ratchanok Intanon (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Nozomi Okuhara (first round)

• # 🇮🇳 Saina Nehwal (first round)

• # Tai Tzu-ying (semifinals)

• # 🇰🇷 Sung Ji-hyun (semifinals)

• # 🇮🇳 P. V. Sindhu (champion)

• # 🇨🇳 Sun Yu (final)

Seeds
• # 🇨🇳 Chai Biao / Hong Wei (semifinals)

• # Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong (first round)

• # 🇨🇳 Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen (first round)

• # Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen (final)

• # Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇺 Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov (first round)

• # Markus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (champion)

• # 🇯🇵 Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda (quarterfinals)

Seeds
• # 🇯🇵 Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi (second round)

• # 🇰🇷 Jung Kyung-eun / Shin Seung-chan (quarterfinals)

• # Christinna Pedersen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl (semifinals)

• # 🇨🇳 Luo Ying / Luo Yu (semifinals)

• # Nitya Krishinda Maheswari / Greysia Polii (second round)

• # 🇰🇷 Chang Ye-na / Lee So-hee (champion)

• # 🇯🇵 Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao (second round)

• # 🇯🇵 Shizuka Matsuo / Mami Naito (quarterfinals)

Seeds
• # 🇰🇷 Ko Sung-hyun / Kim Ha-na (semifinals)

• # Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir (champion)

• # Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying (second round)

• # Praveen Jordan / Debby Susanto (quarterfinals)

• # 🇨🇳 Zheng Siwei / Chen Qingchen (quarterfinals)

• # Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen (first round)

• # 🇨🇳 Lu Kai / Huang Yaqiong (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Adcock / Gabrielle Adcock (second round)