2016 Wuhan Open – Singles

Petra Kvitová defeated Dominika Cibulková in the final, 6–1, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 2016 Wuhan Open. It was her second Wuhan Open title.

Venus Williams was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

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

• 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)

• 🇵🇱 Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals)

• 🇷🇴 Simona Halep (semifinals)

• 🇨🇿 Karolína Plíšková (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Venus Williams (third round)

• 🇪🇸 Carla Suárez Navarro (third round)

• 🇺🇸 Madison Keys (quarterfinals)

• 🇷🇺 Svetlana Kuznetsova (semifinals)

• 🇸🇰 Dominika Cibulková (final)

• 🇬🇧 Johanna Konta (quarterfinals)

• Timea Bacsinszky (first round, retired)

• 🇮🇹 Roberta Vinci (second round)

• 🇨🇿 Petra Kvitová (champion)

• 🇷🇺 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (first round, retired)

• 🇦🇺 Samantha Stosur (first round)

Seeds
• # 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Christina McHale (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková (qualified)

• # Ana Konjuh (first round)

• # 🇷🇴 Monica Niculescu (withdrew, still playing in Seoul)

• # 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Alison Riske (qualifying competition)

• # 🇩🇪 Julia Görges (qualified)

• # Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (moved to main draw)

• # 🇺🇦 Kateryna Bondarenko (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇳 Wang Qiang (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier (qualifying competition)

• # 🇺🇸 Nicole Gibbs (first round)

• # 🇬🇧 Heather Watson (qualified)

• # 🇺🇸 Louisa Chirico (qualified)

• # 🇨🇳 Duan Yingying (qualifying competition)

• # 🇨🇳 Zhang Kailin (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇷🇺 Daria Kasatkina

• # 🇺🇸 Louisa Chirico

• # 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková

• # 🇺🇸 Bethanie Mattek-Sands

• # 🇬🇧 Heather Watson

• # 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet

• # 🇷🇺 Elizaveta Kulichkova

• # 🇩🇪 Julia Görges