Career
On 8 February 2016, Bains reached her best singles ranking of world number 553. On 2 November 2015, she peaked at world number 518 in the doubles rankings. Bains emigrated with her Indian-born father Gurnake from Britain to Brisbane aged 8 and holds dual British-Australian citizenship.
At Australian Open qualifying, Bains lost to Andrea Hlaváčková in straight sets, but together with Olivia Tjandramulia, Bains was awarded a wildcard into the main doubles draw where she faced the 14th seeded team of Julia Görges and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, also losing in straight sets.
In March, Bains was awarded a wildcard into qualifying at the Sony Open in Miami, for just her third appearance at Women's Tennis Association Tour-level Doubles (0–1).