2016 Malaysian Open

{{TennisEventInfo|2016|Malaysian Open|

| date=29 February – 6 March

| edition=7th

| category=WTA International tournaments

| draw=32S / 16D

| prize_money=$250,000

| surface=Hard

| location=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

| venue=Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC)

| champs={{flagicon|UKR}} Elina Svitolina

| champd={{flagicon|THA}} Varatchaya Wongteanchai / {{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Zhaoxuan

}}

The 2016 BMW Malaysian Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Malaysian Open and was an International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament took place from 29 February to 6 March 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club (KLGCC).

Finals

= Singles =

{{flagicon|UKR}} Elina Svitolina defeated {{flagicon|CAN}} Eugenie Bouchard 6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 7–5{{cite news|url=https://www.si.com/tennis/2016/03/06/ap-ten-malaysian-open|title=Svitolina wins rain-interrupted Malaysian Open title|work=Sports Illustrated|date=March 6, 2016|access-date=February 11, 2024}}

= Doubles =

{{flagicon|THA}} Varatchaya Wongteanchai / {{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Zhaoxuan defeated {{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Chen / {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan 4–6, 6–4, [10–7]

Points and prize money distribution

= Points distribution =

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style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"\|Event \|style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \|style="width:85px; background:thistle;"\|F \|style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"\|SF \|style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|width=85\|Q \|width=85\|Q3 \|width=85\|Q2 \|width=85\|Q1
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Singles \|rowspan=2\|280 \|rowspan=2\|180 \|rowspan=2\|110 \|rowspan=2\|60 \|30 \|1 \|18 \|14 \|10 \|1
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Doubles \|1 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|Event

|style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

|style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

|style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

|style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

|style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85|Q

|width=85|Q3

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Singles

|rowspan=2|280

|rowspan=2|180

|rowspan=2|110

|rowspan=2|60

|30

|18

|14

|10

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

= Prize money =

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center \|style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"\|Event \|width=80 bgcolor=lime\|W \|width=85 bgcolor=thistle\|F \|width=85 bgcolor=ffff00\|SF \|width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd\|QF \|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee\|Round of 16 \|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee\|Round of 32 \|width=85\|Q2 \|width=85\|Q1
style=background:#f3f3f3\|Singles \|$43,000 \|$21,400 \|$11,500 \|$6,175 \|$3,400 \|$2,100 \|$1,020 \|$600
style=background:#f3f3f3\|Doubles \|$12,300 \|$6,400 \|$3,435 \|$1,820 \|$960 \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}} \|{{n/a}}

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|style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|Event

|width=80 bgcolor=lime|W

|width=85 bgcolor=thistle|F

|width=85 bgcolor=ffff00|SF

|width=85 bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 16

|width=85 bgcolor=afeeee|Round of 32

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style=background:#f3f3f3|Singles

|$43,000

|$21,400

|$11,500

|$6,175

|$3,400

|$2,100

|$1,020

|$600

style=background:#f3f3f3|Doubles

|$12,300

|$6,400

|$3,435

|$1,820

|$960

|{{n/a}}

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Ranking¹ ! Seeds
{{flag\|ITA}} \|Roberta Vinci \|10 \|1
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flag\|UKR}} \|Elina Svitolina \|18 \|2
{{flag\|GER}} \|Sabine Lisicki \|31 \|3
{{flag\|GER}} \|Annika Beck \|40 \|4
{{flag\|JPN}} \|Nao Hibino \|60 \|5
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|CAN}} \|Eugenie Bouchard \|61 \|6
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Hsieh Su-wei \|65 \|7
{{flag\|CHN}} \|Zheng Saisai \|72 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Ranking¹

! Seeds

|Roberta Vinci

|10

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|UKR}}

|18

|31

|40

|60

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|CAN}}

|Eugenie Bouchard

|61

|Hsieh Su-wei

|65

|Zheng Saisai

|72

¹ Rankings as of February 22, 2016.

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|GER}} Sabine Lisicki
{{flagicon|UKR}} Elina Svitolina
{{flagicon|ITA}} Roberta Vinci
{{flagicon|HKG}} Zhang Ling

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|JPN}} Miyu Kato
{{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Krejčíková
{{flagicon|THA}} Luksika Kumkhum
{{flagicon|JPN}} Risa Ozaki
{{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Zhaoxuan
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhu Lin

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|USA}} Alison Riske → replaced by {{flagicon|TPE}} Chang Kai-chen
{{flagicon|LAT}} Anastasija Sevastova → replaced by {{flagicon|SVK}} Jana Čepelová
{{flagicon|CRO}} Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan

Doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank ! Seed
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Liang Chen \|{{flag\|CHN}} \|Wang Yafan \|87 \|1
{{flag\|CRO}} \|Darija Jurak \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Nicole Melichar \|113 \|2
{{flag\|TPE}} \|Chan Chin-wei \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Krejčíková \|143 \|3
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Marina Melnikova \|{{flag\|RUS}} \|Alexandra Panova \|151 \|4

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width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank

! Seed

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flag|CHN}}

|Liang Chen

|{{flag|CHN}}

|Wang Yafan