2016 Volvo Car Open
The 2016 Volvo Car Open was a women's tennis event on the 2016 WTA Tour. It took place between April 4 – 10, 2016. It was the 44th edition of the Charleston Open tournament and a WTA Premier tournaments tournament. The event was hosted at the Family Circle Tennis Center, on Daniel Island, Charleston, United States. It was the only event of the clay court season played on green clay.
Sloane Stephens won the singles event while Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic captured the doubles crown.
Finals
Singles
Sloane Stephens defeated Elena Vesnina 7–6, 6–2Doubles
Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová, 6–2, 7–5Points and prize money
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $128,100 | $68,180 | $33,600 | $17,280 | $8,955 | $4,585 | $2,355 | $1,070 | $640 |
| Doubles | $40,300 | $21,340 | $11,740 | $5,975 | $3,245 |
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
- 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Cindy Burger
- Çağla Büyükakçay
- Sesil Karatantcheva
- Lesley Kerkhove
- Aleksandra Krunić
- Kristína Kučová
- Naomi Osaka
- Elena Vesnina
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament- Mona Barthel → replaced by Tatjana Maria
- Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Jana Čepelová
- Mariana Duque Mariño → replaced by Anastasija Sevastova
- Jelena Janković → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig
- Varvara Lepchenko → replaced by Alison Riske
Retirements
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
- 1 Rankings as of March 21, 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:- Hadley Berg / Paige Cline
- Madison Keys / Sloane Stephens