2016 Wuhan Open

The 2016 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 25 and October 1, 2016. It was the 3rd edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants
The following players received wild card s into the main singles draw:
 * 🇩🇪 Sabine Lisicki
 * 🇨🇳 Peng Shuai
 * 🇨🇳 Zheng Saisai

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Louisa Chirico
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet
 * 🇩🇪 Julia Görges
 * 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina
 * 🇷🇺 Elizaveta Kulichkova
 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands
 * 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková
 * 🇬🇧 Heather Watson

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * Kiki Bertens → replaced by 🇰🇿 Yaroslava Shvedova
 * 🇨🇦 Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by 🇺🇸 Shelby Rogers
 * 🇩🇪 Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by 🇦🇺 Daria Gavrilova
 * 🇷🇸 Ana Ivanovic → replaced by 🇨🇳 Zhang Shuai
 * 🇩🇪 Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
 * 🇺🇸 Sloane Stephens → replaced by 🇺🇸 Madison Brengle
 * 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina → replaced by Caroline Wozniacki
 * 🇺🇸 Serena Williams → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni

Retirements

 * Timea Bacsinszky (Viral illness)
 * 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu (Rib injury)
 * Belinda Bencic (Low back injury)
 * 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Viral illness)
 * Anastasija Sevastova (Right shoulder injury)
 * 🇬🇧 Heather Watson (Gastrointestinal illness)

Seeds

 * Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * Timea Bacsinszky / 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova
 * 🇷🇴 Simona Halep / Jeļena Ostapenko
 * 🇨🇳 Han Xinyun / 🇨🇳 Zhu Lin
 * 🇨🇳 Liu Chang / 🇨🇳 Zhang Kailin

The following pair received entry as alternates:
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet / 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇷🇴 Irina-Camelia Begu

Singles

 * 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová def. 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková, 6–1, 6–1

Doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands / 🇨🇿 Lucie Šafářová def. 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza / 🇨🇿 Barbora Strýcová, 6–1, 6–4.