2016 Tianjin Open
The 2016 Tianjin Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was 3rd edition of the tournament, and part of the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place in Tianjin, China between 10 and 16 October 2016.Point distribution
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $111,164 | $55,324 | $29,730 | $8,898 | $4,899 | $3,026 | $1,470 | $865 |
| Doubles * | $17,724 | $9,222 | $4,951 | $2,623 | $1,383 | | | |
1 Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money
* per teamSeeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
| Agnieszka Radwańska | 3 | 1 |
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | 7 | 2 |
| Elena Vesnina | 20 | 3 |
| Tímea Babos | 26 | 4 |
| Monica Puig | 28 | 5 |
| Yulia Putintseva | 33 | 6 |
| Zhang Shuai | 36 | 7 |
| Yaroslava Shvedova | 39 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of October 3, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
;Before the tournament
;During the tournament
- Agnieszka Radwańska
- Zhang Shuai
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
- 1 Rankings are as of October 3, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:
Singles
