2016 Volvo Car Open

The 2016 Volvo Car Open was a women's tennis event on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place between April 4 – 10, 2016. It was the 44th edition of the Charleston Open tournament and a Premier level tournament. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.

Sloane Stephens won the singles event while Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic captured the doubles crown.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Frances Altick
 * 🇺🇸 Louisa Chirico
 * 🇺🇸 Shelby Rogers

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * Cindy Burger
 * 🇹🇷 Çağla Büyükakçay
 * 🇧🇬 Sesil Karatantcheva
 * Lesley Kerkhove
 * 🇷🇸 Aleksandra Krunić
 * 🇸🇰 Kristína Kučová
 * 🇯🇵 Naomi Osaka
 * 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina

The following players received entry as lucky losers:
 * 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová
 * 🇷🇴 Patricia Maria Țig

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇩🇪 Mona Barthel → replaced by 🇩🇪 Tatjana Maria
 * 🇨🇿 Petra Cetkovská (right thigh injury) → replaced by 🇸🇰 Jana Čepelová
 * 🇨🇴 Mariana Duque Mariño → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
 * 🇷🇸 Jelena Janković (right shoulder injury) → replaced by 🇷🇴 Patricia Maria Țig
 * 🇺🇸 Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by 🇺🇸 Alison Riske

Retirements

 * 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard
 * 🇩🇪 Angelique Kerber

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Hadley Berg / 🇺🇸 Paige Cline
 * 🇺🇸 Madison Keys / 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens

Retirements

 * 🇺🇸 Abigail Spears (right calf injury)

Singles

 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens def. 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina 7–6(7–4), 6–2

Doubles

 * 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic def. 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová, 6–2, 7–5