| 2016 Winston-Salem Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | August 21–27 | 
| Edition | 48th | 
| Category | ATP World Tour 250 Series | 
| Draw | 48S/16D | 
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | 
| Location | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA | 
| Venue | Wake Forest University | 
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
|  Pablo Carreño Busta | |
| Doubles | |
|  Guillermo García López /  Henri Kontinen | |
The 2016 Winston-Salem Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 48th edition of the Winston-Salem Open (as successor to previous tournaments in New Haven and Long Island), and part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, from August 23 through August 29, 2015. It was the last event on the 2016 US Open Series before the 2016 US Open.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank* | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  FRA | Richard Gasquet | 15 | 1 | 
|  ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 17 | 2 | 
|  URU | Pablo Cuevas | 19 | 3 | 
|  USA | Steve Johnson | 23 | 4 | 
|  RSA | Kevin Anderson | 24 | 5 | 
|  USA | Sam Querrey | 29 | 6 | 
|  FRA | Gilles Simon | 31 | 7 | 
|  ESP | Albert Ramos Viñolas | 33 | 8 | 
|  SRB | Viktor Troicki | 35 | 9 | 
|  POR | João Sousa | 36 | 10 | 
|  ITA | Paolo Lorenzi | 40 | 11 | 
|  RUS | Andrey Kuznetsov | 41 | 12 | 
|  ARG | Federico Delbonis | 43 | 13 | 
|  CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | 44 | 14 | 
|  ESP | Fernando Verdasco | 45 | 15 | 
|  ESP | Pablo Carreño Busta | 48 | 16 | 
- Rankings are as of August 15, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
 Borna Ćorić →replaced by Borna Ćorić →replaced by Daniel Evans Daniel Evans
 Marcel Granollers →replaced by Marcel Granollers →replaced by Víctor Estrella Burgos Víctor Estrella Burgos
 Ernests Gulbis →replaced by Ernests Gulbis →replaced by Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert
 Nicolas Mahut →replaced by Nicolas Mahut →replaced by Lukáš Rosol Lukáš Rosol
 Juan Mónaco →replaced by Juan Mónaco →replaced by Evgeny Donskoy Evgeny Donskoy
 Benoît Paire →replaced by Benoît Paire →replaced by Damir Džumhur Damir Džumhur
 Guido Pella →replaced by Guido Pella →replaced by Stéphane Robert Stéphane Robert
 Dudi Sela →replaced by Dudi Sela →replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff Jan-Lennard Struff
 Horacio Zeballos →replaced by Horacio Zeballos →replaced by Tim van Rijthoven Tim van Rijthoven
- During the tournament
Retirements
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  POL | Łukasz Kubot |  SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 58 | 1 | 
|  CRO | Mate Pavić |  NZL | Michael Venus | 78 | 2 | 
|  SWE | Robert Lindstedt |  PAK | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 79 | 3 | 
|  USA | Eric Butorac |  USA | Scott Lipsky | 86 | 4 | 
- Rankings are as of August 15, 2016
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Champions
Singles
 Pablo Carreño Busta def. Pablo Carreño Busta def. Roberto Bautista Agut, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–4 Roberto Bautista Agut, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Doubles
 Guillermo García López / Guillermo García López / Henri Kontinen def. Henri Kontinen def. Andre Begemann / Andre Begemann / Leander Paes, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8] Leander Paes, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
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