2016 Malaysian Open

The 2016 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 29 February to 6 March 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC).

Singles

 * 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina defeated 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5

Doubles

 * 🇹🇭 Varatchaya Wongteanchai / 🇨🇳 Yang Zhaoxuan defeated 🇨🇳 Liang Chen / 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of February 22, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki
 * 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina
 * 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci
 * 🇭🇰 Zhang Ling

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇯🇵 Miyu Kato
 * 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková
 * 🇹🇭 Luksika Kumkhum
 * 🇯🇵 Risa Ozaki
 * 🇨🇳 Yang Zhaoxuan
 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇺🇸 Alison Riske → replaced by Chang Kai-chen
 * Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová
 * Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by 🇨🇳 Wang Yafan

Seeds

 * Rankings as of February 22, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pair received wildcard into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇯🇵 Nao Hibino / 🇭🇰 Zhang Ling
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Fangzhou / Jawairiah Noordin