The 2016 China Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 18th edition of the China Open for the men (20th for the women). It was part of ATP World Tour 500 series on the 2016 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2016 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events were held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, China, from October 3 to October 9, 2016.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
Prize money
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings are as of September 26, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Lu Yen-hsun Dominic Thiem Zhang Ze
The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: Florian Mayer
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kyle Edmund Konstantin Kravchuk Adrian Mannarino John Millman
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Novak Djokovic →replaced by Pablo Carreño Busta
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by Andrey Kuznetsov
John Isner →replaced by Guido Pella
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of September 26, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Andre Begemann / Leander Paes Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw: Paolo Lorenzi / Guido Pella
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
Rankings are as of September 26, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Duan Yingying Sabine Lisicki Peng Shuai Wang Qiang Zheng Saisai
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lara Arruabarrena Louisa Chirico Nicole Gibbs Julia Görges Tatjana Maria Alison Riske Kateřina Siniaková Wang Yafan
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Kiki Bertens → replaced by Zhang Shuai
Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Yaroslava Shvedova
Sara Errani → replaced by Danka Kovinić
Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Karin Knapp → replaced by Shelby Rogers
Sloane Stephens → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
Ana Ivanovic → replaced by Madison Brengle
Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Christina McHale
Serena Williams (shoulder injury) → replaced by Caroline Wozniacki
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
1 Rankings are as of September 26, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Timea Bacsinszky / Jeļena Ostapenko Christina McHale / Peng Shuai Laura Siegemund / Elina Svitolina You Xiaodi / Zhu Lin
Finals
Men's singles
Andy Murray defeated Grigor Dimitrov, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Women's singles
Agnieszka Radwańska defeated Johanna Konta, 6−4, 6−2
Men's doubles
Pablo Carreño Busta / Rafael Nadal defeated Jack Sock / Bernard Tomic, 6−7(6−8), 6−2, [10−8]
Women's doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová defeated Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic, 6−4, 6−4