Seeds The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings as of February 29, 2016. Rankings and points before are as of March 7, 2016. † The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2015. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: •
Samantha Crawford •
Lauren Davis •
Daniela Hantuchová •
Jamie Loeb •
Alison Riske •
Shelby Rogers •
Heather Watson •
Zhang Shuai The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw: •
Petra Cetkovská •
Vania King •
Peng Shuai •
Laura Robson •
Galina Voskoboeva The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: •
Kiki Bertens •
Kateryna Bondarenko •
Nicole Gibbs •
Kurumi Nara •
Risa Ozaki •
Pauline Parmentier •
Kristýna Plíšková •
Aliaksandra Sasnovich •
Laura Siegemund •
Kateřina Siniaková •
Taylor Townsend •
Donna Vekić The following player received entry as a lucky loser: •
Anna-Lena Friedsam Withdrawals ;Before the tournament •
Mona Barthel → replaced by
Magdaléna Rybáriková •
Alizé Cornet → replaced by
Mariana Duque Mariño •
Karin Knapp → replaced by
Vania King •
Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by
Tsvetana Pironkova •
Maria Sharapova (forearm injury and provisional suspension) → replaced by
Yulia Putintseva •
Carla Suárez Navarro → replaced by
Anna-Lena Friedsam •
Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by
Irina Falconi Retirements •
Pauline Parmentier •
Barbora Strýcová •
Roberta Vinci ==WTA doubles main-draw entrants==