The tournament was originally supposed to take place from December 14th to 18th, 2015. However, the organizer canceled the event shortly before it started due to financial problems. At the beginning of February 2016 it was announced that the tournament would continue to be held in Kuala Lumpur, but now from April 23 to 30. The organizer was now the agency of the former Malaysian squash player Mohd Azlan Iskandar .
Last year's winner was Nicol David , who defeated Raneem El Weleily in five sets last year . David lost in the quarterfinals to Nour El Sherbini , who won the tournament as the youngest player to date and thus became world champion. In a new edition of the final from 2013 she defeated Laura Massaro , who she was still inferior in 2013, with 6:11, 4:11, 11: 3, 11: 5 and 11: 8.
The field of participants in the women's competition consisted of 32 players, eight of whom were qualifiers. Per Wildcard received Low Wee Wern a spot in the main draw.
At the 2015 Women's Squash World Cup, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize pool was $ 185,000.
L. Massaro
S. Teran
J. Chinappa
D. Arnold
OA Kawy
A. Sobhy
M. Craig
T.-L. Liu
T. Evans
C. Serme
D. Urquhart