2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy
The 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. This was the seventh edition of the tournament and the first as a WTA Premier tournament. It was part of the 2016 WTA Tour and was held between 8 February and 14 February 2016.
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 321 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $128,450 | $68,585 | $36,635 | $19,690 | $10,560 | $6,700 | $3,010 | $1,600 | $890 |
| Doubles* | $40,170 | $21,465 | $11,730 | $5,965 | $3,240 |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
- 1 Rankings as of February 1, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as lucky losers:
Withdrawals
- Mona Barthel → replaced by Tímea Babos
- Irina-Camelia Begu → replaced by Jeļena Ostapenko
- Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Daria Kasatkina
- Alizé Cornet → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
- Alexandra Dulgheru → replaced by Kirsten Flipkens
- Karin Knapp → replaced by Bojana Jovanovski
- Anna Karolína Schmiedlová → replaced by Laura Siegemund
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
- 1 Rankings as of February 8, 2016.