The 2016 Generali Ladies Linz was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the Generali Ladies Linz, and part of the WTA International tournaments-category of the 2016 WTA Tour. It was held at the TipsArena Linz in Linz, Austria, on 10–16 October 2016.

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Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	1
SVK	Dominika Cibulková	8	2
USA	Madison Keys	9	3
ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	10	4
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	17	5
NED	Kiki Bertens	23	6
RUS	Daria Kasatkina	24	7
GER	Laura Siegemund	29	8

• Rankings as of October 3, 2016

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Belinda Bencic
• Dominika Cibulková
• Barbara Haas
• Madison Keys

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Océane Dodin
• Mandy Minella
• Kristýna Plíšková
• Sara Sorribes Tormo

Before the tournament

• Sara Errani → replaced by Mona Barthel
• Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Anett Kontaveit
• Karolína Plíšková → replaced by Garbiñe Muguruza
• Barbora Strýcová → replaced by Denisa Allertová

During the tournament

• Madison Keys

• Mandy Minella
• Garbiñe Muguruza

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Raquel Atawo	USA	Abigail Spears	38	1
NED	Kiki Bertens	SWE	Johanna Larsson	83	2
GER	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	CZE	Květa Peschke	95	3
NED	Demi Schuurs	CZE	Renata Voráčová	145	4

• ¹ Rankings as of October 3, 2016

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Ana Bogdan / Barbara Haas
• Sandra Klemenschits / Patty Schnyder

• Dominika Cibulková defeated Viktorija Golubic 6–3, 7–5

• Kiki Bertens / Johanna Larsson defeated Anna-Lena Grönefeld / Květa Peschke 4–6, 6–2, [10–7]

• Official website