2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship

The 2016 Women's World Open Squash Championship is the women's edition of the 2016 World Championships, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players.

It was originally scheduled to take place in Malaysia. In January 2017, El Gouna was selected as the championships' replacement host, with the tournament scheduled to take place alongside the men's annual El Gouna Squash Open between 7 and 14 April 2017 inclusive. It is the third time in four editions the tournament has been held after its designated year.

Prize money and ranking points
For 2016, the prize purse was $165,000. The prize money and points breakdown is as follows:

Seeds
• # 🇪🇬 Nour El Sherbini (champion)

• # 🇫🇷 Camille Serme (semifinals)

• # 🇪🇬 Raneem El Weleily (final)

• # 🇪🇬 Nouran Gohar (semifinals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Laura Massaro (quarterfinals)

• # Nicol David (quarterfinals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sarah-Jane Perry (quarterfinals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alison Waters (second round)

• # 🇳🇿 Joelle King (second round)

• # 🇭🇰 Annie Au (second round)

• # 🇪🇬 Nour El Tayeb (second round)

• # 🇮🇳 Joshna Chinappa (quarterfinals)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Emily Whitlock (second round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victoria Lust (second round)

• # 🇦🇺 Donna Urquhart (first round)

• # 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tesni Evans (second round)