The 2016 Abierto Tampico was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 4th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000+H in prize money. It took place in Tampico, Mexico, on 24–30 October 2016.

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
BEL	Elise Mertens	133	1
SLO	Dalila Jakupović	161	2
CAN	Françoise Abanda	173	3
RUS	Anastasia Pivovarova	176	4
ARG	Catalina Pella	182	5
ARG	Nadia Podoroska	200	6
JPN	Mayo Hibi	207	7
GBR	Laura Robson	216	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 17 October 2016.

The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

• Giuliana Olmos
• Nazari Urbina
• Marcela Zacarías
• Sofya Zhuk

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Hanna Chang
• Nicole Coopersmith
• Mara Schmidt
• Naomi Totka

The following players received entry by lucky loser spots:

• Karla de la Luz Montalvo
• Eva Raszkiewicz
• Andrea Renee Villarreal

The following player received entry by a junior exempt:

• Katie Swan

• Sofya Zhuk def. Varvara Flink, 6–4, 6–3

• Mihaela Buzărnescu / Elise Mertens def. Usue Maitane Arconada / Katie Swan, 6–0, 6–2

• 2016 Abierto Tampico at ITFtennis.com