# 2016 Suzhou Ladies Open – Singles

Zhang Kailin was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Chang Kai-chen won the title, defeating Wang Yafan in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1.

## Seeds

* Magda Linette (second round, retired)
* Tatjana Maria (quarterfinals)
* Han Xinyun (first round)
* Wang Yafan (final)
* Zhu Lin (first round)
* Luksika Kumkhum (second round)
* İpek Soylu (first round)
* Sabina Sharipova (first round)

## Main 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | Katarzyna Piter | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| 4 | Wang Yafan | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 | Wang Yafan | 7 | 6 | 4 | Wang Yafan | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | Chang Kai-chen | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Xu Yifan | 3 | 0 | | Chang Kai-chen | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | Chang Kai-chen | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | M Linette | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Stokke | 3 | 1 | | 1 | M Linette | 6 | 3$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Kuwata | 6 | 7 | | | H Kuwata | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Xun | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | H Kuwata | 5 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| | K Piter | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | K Piter | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| WC | A Gai | 0 | 7 | 1 | | K Piter | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Stojanović | 6 | 6 | | | N Stojanović | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | İ Soylu | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | K Piter | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Y Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y Wang | 7 | 6 |
| | N Lertpitaksinchai | 4 | 1 | | 4 | Y Wang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | X Sun | 4 | 6 | 6 | Q | X Sun | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | X Jiang | 6 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 4 | Y Wang | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Z Wei | 6 | 2 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | Y-h Lee | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | Y-h Lee | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Y-h Lee | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N-l Han | 5 | 0$^r$ | | 6 | L Kumkhum | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | L Kumkhum | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | L Zhu | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Liu | 6 | 2 | 6 | | C Liu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Cako | 3 | 6 | 6 | Q | J Cako | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S-r Lee | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | C Liu | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| | Pe Plipuech | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | Y Xu | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | X Gao | 4 | 4 | | | Pe Plipuech | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Xu | 7 | 7 | | WC | Y Xu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | X Han | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | WC | Y Xu | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | S Sharipova | 6$^6$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | K-c Chang | 6 | 6 |
| | K-c Chang | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | K-c Chang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Omae | 3 | 1 | | | A Naydenova | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Naydenova | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | K-c Chang | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | R Tian | 3 | 6 | 2 | | | | | 2 | T Maria | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | S Shapatava | 6 | 0 | 0$^r$ | | R Tian | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Yuan | 2 | 0 | | 2 | T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Maria | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |