2016 Ricoh Open – Women's singles

Camila Giorgi was the defending champion of the 2016 Ricoh Open, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Sixth-seeded Coco Vandeweghe won the title, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final, 7–5, 7–5.

Seeds
• # Belinda Bencic (semifinals)

• #🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (second round)

• #🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic (final)

• # Jeļena Ostapenko (second round)

• #🇩🇪 Laura Siegemund (first round)

• #🇺🇸 Coco Vandeweghe (champion)

• #🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard (first round)

• #🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Friedsam (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇷🇸 Aleksandra Krunić (qualifying competition, lucky loser)

• # 🇯🇵 Risa Ozaki (qualified)

• # Viktorija Golubic (qualified)

• # 🇷🇺 Irina Khromacheva (qualifying competition)

• # 🇷🇺 Alexandra Panova (first round)

• # 🇵🇱 Urszula Radwańska (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Jennifer Brady (first round)

• # Amra Sadiković (qualifying competition)

• # 🇯🇵 Miyu Kato (first round)

• # 🇷🇴 Ana Bogdan (qualifying competition)

• # 🇧🇪 Elise Mertens (qualified)

• # 🇨🇿 Barbora Krejčíková (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇯🇵 Eri Hozumi

• # 🇯🇵 Risa Ozaki

• # Viktorija Golubic

• # 🇷🇺 Natalia Vikhlyantseva

• # 🇷🇸 Jovana Jakšić

• # 🇧🇪 Elise Mertens

Lucky losers

 * 1) 🇷🇸 Aleksandra Krunić