2016 Dalian Women's Tennis Open

The 2016 Dalian Women's Tennis Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 WTA 125K series and took place in Dalian, China, from 6 to 11 September 2016.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of 29 August 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Lu Jiajing
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai
 * 🇨🇳 Tang Haochen
 * 🇨🇳 Yang Zhaoxuan

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * Chang Kai-chen
 * 🇨🇳 Lu Jingjing
 * 🇹🇭 Peangtarn Plipuech
 * 🇨🇳 You Xiaodi

The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:
 * 🇰🇷 Han Na-lae

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of 16 August 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandra Krunić / 🇨🇳 Li Yuenu

Singles

 * 🇨🇿 Kristýna Plíšková def. 🇯🇵 Misa Eguchi, 7–5, 4–6, 2–5 ret.

Doubles

 * Lee Ya-hsuan / 🇯🇵 Kotomi Takahata def. 🇹🇭 Nicha Lertpitaksinchai / Jessy Rompies, 6–2, 6–1