2016 Kunming Open

The 2016 Kunming Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the fifth edition for men and third edition for women of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 for men and women in prize money. It took place in Anning, China, between 25 April–1 May for men and 2–8 May 2016 for women.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of 18 April 2016

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Xia Zihao
 * 🇨🇳 He Yecong
 * 🇨🇳 Te Rigele
 * 🇨🇳 Ouyang Bowen

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇯🇵 Yoshihito Nishioka
 * 🇩🇪 Yannick Hanfmann
 * 🇦🇺 Matt Reid
 * 🇦🇺 Greg Jones

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of 25 April 2016

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai
 * 🇨🇳 Xun Fangying
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai
 * 🇨🇳 Zhao Di

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Gai Ao
 * 🇨🇳 Guo Shanshan
 * 🇫🇷 Harmony Tan
 * 🇨🇳 Ye Qiuyu

Men's singles

 * 🇦🇺 Jordan Thompson def. 🇫🇷 Mathias Bourgue, 6–3, 6–2

Women's singles

 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Kailin def. 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai, 6–1, 0–6, 4–2, retired

Men's doubles

 * 🇨🇳 Bai Yan / 🇮🇹 Riccardo Ghedin def. 🇺🇦 Denys Molchanov / 🇰🇿 Aleksandr Nedovyesov, 4–6, 6–3, [10–6]

Women's doubles

 * 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan / 🇨🇳 Zhang Kailin def. 🇹🇭 Varatchaya Wongteanchai / 🇨🇳 Yang Zhaoxuan, 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), [10–1]