2016 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open

The 2016 Jiangxi International Women's Tennis Open was a professional women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament, in the International category of the 2016 WTA Tour and took place in Nanchang, China, from 1 August through 7 August 2016. Unseeded Duan Yingying won the singles title.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of July 25, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Lu Jiajing
 * 🇨🇳 Yang Zhaoxuan
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Wushuang
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Yuxuan

The following player received entry by a protected ranking:
 * Tereza Mrdeža

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇹🇭 Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
 * 🇨🇳 Lu Jingjing
 * 🇯🇵 Junri Namigata
 * 🇹🇭 Peangtarn Plipuech
 * 🇦🇺 Storm Sanders
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Ying

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

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇰🇿 Zarina Diyas → replaced by 🇧🇬 Elitsa Kostova
 * 🇵🇱 Magda Linette → replaced by 🇰🇷 Han Na-lae
 * 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková → replaced by 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang → replaced by 🇷🇺 Marina Melnikova

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of July 25, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Chang Kai-Chen / 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying
 * 🇨🇳 Sun Ziyue / 🇨🇳 Zhu Aiwen

Singles

 * 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying defeated 🇺🇸 Vania King 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

 * 🇨🇳 Liang Chen / 🇨🇳 Lu Jingjing defeated 🇯🇵 Shuko Aoyama / 🇯🇵 Makoto Ninomiya, 3–6, 7–6(7–2), [13–11]