# 2016 Tianjin Open – Singles

Agnieszka Radwańska was the defending champion, but withdrew before her quarterfinal match with a right thigh injury.
Peng Shuai, a Tianjin native, won her first WTA singles title, defeating Alison Riske in the final, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–2.

## Seeds

* Agnieszka Radwańska (quarterfinals, withdrew)
* Svetlana Kuznetsova (semifinals)
* Elena Vesnina (first round)
* Tímea Babos (first round)
* Monica Puig (quarterfinals)
* Yulia Putintseva (first round)
* Zhang Shuai (first round, withdrew)
* Yaroslava Shvedova (first round)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| WC | Peng Shuai | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | Danka Kovinić | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | Danka Kovinić | 6 | 5 | 3 | WC | Peng Shuai | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | | | | | | Alison Riske | 6$^3$ | 2 |
| | Alison Riske | 6 | 5 | 6 | | Alison Riske | 6$^3$ | 2 |
| 2 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Maria | 1 | 2 | | 1 | A Radwańska | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Rodina | 6 | 5 | 6 | | E Rodina | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C McHale | 1 | 7 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | A Radwańska | | | | | | | |
| | V King | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | WC | S Peng | w/o | | | | | | |
| Q | K-c Chang | 6 | 6 | | Q | K-c Chang | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S Peng | w/o | | | WC | S Peng | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Zhang | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | S Peng | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | E Vesnina | 5 | 6 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | D Kovinić | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Q | S Rogers | 7 | 4 | 7$^7$ | Q | S Rogers | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Duan | 4 | 3 | | | D Kovinić | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Kovinić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | D Kovinić | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | F Liu | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 5 | M Puig | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | L Arruabarrena | 6 | 2 | 6 | | L Arruabarrena | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Nara | 3 | 6$^5$ | | 5 | M Puig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | M Puig | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | Y Putintseva | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Wang | 3 | 6 | 6 | WC | Y Wang | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | X Han | 4 | 6 | 6 | | X Han | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Xu | 6 | 1 | 0 | | | | | | X Han | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| | M Linette | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | A Riske | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Q | N Stojanović | 6$^6$ | 0 | | | M Linette | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Riske | 2 | 6 | 6 | | A Riske | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Babos | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | A Riske | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Y Shvedova | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Kuznetsova | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| | N Osaka | 6 | 6 | | | N Osaka | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Hlaváčková | 5 | 4 | | Q | L Hradecká | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Hradecká | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | N Osaka | 6 | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| | D Vekić | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | 2 | S Kuznetsova | 2 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | K Zhang | 6 | 5 | 3 | | D Vekić | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Parmentier | 1 | 3 | | 2 | S Kuznetsova | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Kuznetsova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Shelby Rogers (qualified)
* Han Xinyun (moved to main draw)
* İpek Soylu (first round)
* Sabina Sharipova (qualifying competition)
* Liu Fangzhou (qualified)
* Hiroko Kuwata (qualifying competition)
* Nina Stojanović (qualified)
* Sofia Shapatava (qualifying competition)
* Lucie Hradecká (qualified)
* Xu Shilin (first round)
* Akiko Omae (first round)
* Chang Kai-chen (qualified)
* Katarzyna Piter (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Shelby Rogers
* Chang Kai-chen
* Andrea Hlaváčková
* Nina Stojanović
* Liu Fangzhou
* Lucie Hradecká

### Draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Shelby Rogers | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | You Xiaodi | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | You Xiaodi | 6$^5$ | 3 | | 1 | Shelby Rogers | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | Jacqueline Cako | 4 | 2 |
| | Jacqueline Cako | 5 | 6 | 6 | | Jacqueline Cako | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | Akiko Omae | 7 | 2 | 3 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 13 | Katarzyna Piter | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| | Danielle Lao | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Danielle Lao | 6 | 6 | | Danielle Lao | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| | | | | 12 | Chang Kai-chen | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| WC | Zhang Ying | 2 | 0 | 12 | Chang Kai-chen | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Chang Kai-chen | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | İpek Soylu | 4 | 4 | | | |
| | Andrea Hlaváčková | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | Andrea Hlaváčková | 6 | 6 | Andrea Hlaváčková | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | 5 | 2 |
| | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | 6 | 6 | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | Xu Shilin | 1 | 1 | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Sabina Sharipova | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Alt | Wang Yan | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| Alt | Wang Yan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | Sabina Sharipova | 6 | 3 | 6$^2$ |
| | | | | | 7 | Nina Stojanović | 1 | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| WC | Gao Xinyu | 3 | 3 | | 7 | Nina Stojanović | 1 | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 7 | Nina Stojanović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |

#### Fifth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 5 | Liu Fangzhou | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Kang Jiaqi | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Kang Jiaqi | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | Liu Fangzhou | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 8 | Sofia Shapatava | 1 | 2 |
| | Xun Fangying | 6$^5$ | 5 | | 8 | Sofia Shapatava | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Sofia Shapatava | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | |

#### Sixth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 6 | Hiroko Kuwata | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Ayaka Okuno | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | Ayaka Okuno | 1 | 2 | 6 | Hiroko Kuwata | 3 | 0 |
| | | | | 9 | Lucie Hradecká | 6 | 6 |
| | Olga Savchuk | 3 | 2 | 9 | Lucie Hradecká | 6 | 6 |
| 9 | Lucie Hradecká | 6 | 6 | | | | |