2016 Qatar Total Open – Singles

Carla Suárez Navarro defeated Jeļena Ostapenko in the final, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2016 WTA Qatar Open.

Lucie Šafářová was the defending champion, but lost to Çağla Büyükakçay in the second round.

Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. • 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber (second round)

• 🇷🇴 Simona Halep (second round)

• 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals)

• 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza (quarterfinals)

• 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (third round)

• Belinda Bencic (second round)

• 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová (second round)

• 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (champion)

• 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)

• 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (first round)

• Timea Bacsinszky (third round)

• 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round)

• Caroline Wozniacki (third round)

• 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (second round)

• 🇺🇦 Elina Svitolina (first round)

• 🇮🇹 Sara Errani (second round)

Seeds
• # 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens (qualified)

• # 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko (qualified)

• # Ana Konjuh (qualified)

• # 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang (qualified)

• # Anastasija Sevastova (qualified)

• # 🇬🇧 Naomi Broady (qualifying competition)

• # 🇧🇾 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (qualifying competition)

• # 🇵🇱 Magda Linette (first round)

• # 🇷🇺 Evgeniya Rodina (qualifying competition)

• # Donna Vekić (qualified)

• # 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková (qualifying competition)

• # Stefanie Vögele (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇿 Klára Koukalová (first round)

• # 🇧🇬 Sesil Karatantcheva (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina (qualified)

• # 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying (qualifying competition)

Qualifiers
• # 🇧🇪 Kirsten Flipkens

• # 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko

• # Ana Konjuh

• # 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang

• # Anastasija Sevastova

• # 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina

• # 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová

• # Donna Vekić