2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open

The 2016 Guangzhou International Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.

It was the 13th edition of the Guangzhou International Women's Open, and part of the WTA International tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Guangzhou, China, from September 19 through September 24, 2016.

Prize money
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
 * per team

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 12, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan
 * 🇨🇳 Xu Shilin

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇺🇦 Lyudmyla Kichenok
 * 🇯🇵 Junri Namigata
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pivovarova
 * Sofia Shapatava
 * 🇨🇳 Xun Fangying
 * 🇨🇳 You Xiaodi

The following players received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇮🇹 Cristiana Ferrando
 * 🇭🇰 Ng Kwan-yau

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet → replaced by 🇺🇸 Jennifer Brady
 * 🇺🇸 Irina Falconi → replaced by 🇧🇾 Olga Govortsova
 * 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia → replaced by 🇩🇪 Tatjana Maria
 * Polona Hercog → replaced by 🇸🇪 Rebecca Peterson
 * Hsieh Su-wei → replaced by 🇭🇰 Ng Kwan-yau
 * 🇺🇸 Christina McHale → replaced by 🇮🇹 Cristiana Ferrando
 * 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci → replaced by 🇷🇺 Elizaveta Kulichkova
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Kailin → replaced by 🇨🇳 Han Xinyun

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 12, 2016.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇧🇾 Olga Govortsova / 🇧🇾 Vera Lapko
 * 🇭🇰 Ng Kwan-yau / 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai

Singles

 * 🇺🇦 Lesia Tsurenko def. 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Asia Muhammad / 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai def. 🇧🇾 Olga Govortsova / 🇧🇾 Vera Lapko, 6–2, 7–6(7–3)