Sara Errani defeated Barbora Strýcová in the final, 6–0, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships.
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but lost to Ana Ivanovic in the second round.
This was the first time at either a WTA Tour or ATP Tour event that all seeded players lost their opening match."Dubai Championships: all eight seeds beaten in opening round for first time in tennis history""Insider notebook: Upset analysis", WTA news, February 17, 2016
Seeds The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
Qualifying
Seeds
Qualifiers
Qualifying draw
First qualifier
Second qualifier
Third qualifier
Fourth qualifier
References
External links Main Draw Qualifying Draw