The 2016 Nottingham Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Open Nottingham) was a combined men's and women's

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tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It will be the 9th edition of the event for the women and the 21st edition for the men. It is classified as a WTA International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour and as an

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tournament on the 2016 ATP World Tour. The event will take place at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in

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, United Kingdom from 6 June through 12 June 2016 for the women, and from 20 June through 25 June 2016 for the men.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 13 June 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Liam Broady Liam Tarquin Broady ( ; born 4 January 1994) is a British professional tennis player who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached a career high ranking of world No. 93 on 25 September 2023. Early and personal life Broady, the young ...

* Brydan Klein * Alexander Ward * James Ward The following player received entry using a protected ranking: *

Julien Benneteau Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 and doubles ranking of No. 5 in November 2014. Benneteau did not win a singles ti ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Frank Dancevic * Ernesto Escobedo * Jan Hernych * Stéphane Robert

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Iñigo Cervantes →replaced by Evgeny Donskoy * Federico Delbonis →replaced by

Kyle Edmund Kyle Steven Edmund (born 8 January 1995) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 14 and was the top-ranked male British tennis player from March 2018 to October 2019. Edmund is an ...

Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the second Spanish man to achieve the feat (after Emilio Sánchez Vicari ...

→replaced by Víctor Estrella Burgos * Illya Marchenko →replaced by Daniel Evans *

Paul-Henri Mathieu Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the 2 ...

→replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin * Leonardo Mayer →replaced by Jordan Thompson

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of 13 June 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: *

Jonathan Marray Jonathan Marray (born 10 March 1981) is a former British tennis player and a 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's doubles, Wimbledon Men's Doubles champion. Marray is a former top 20 doubles (tennis), doubles player, reaching a career high of ...

/ Adil Shamasdin * Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 23 May 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Freya Christie * Karolína Plíšková * Laura Robson The following players received entry using a protected ranking: * Victoria Duval *

Peng Shuai Peng Shuai (; ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Ashleigh Barty Ashleigh Jacinta Barty (born 24 April 1996) is an Australian former professional tennis player and cricketer. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Assoc ...

Michelle Larcher de Brito Micaela Carolina Larcher de Brito (born 29 January 1993), known by the anglicized name Michelle Larcher de Brito, is a Portuguese former professional tennis player. She is the former Portuguese No. 1. Larcher de Brito won four singles titles on ...

* Tara Moore * Zhang Kailin The following players received entry as lucky losers: *

Andrea Hlaváčková Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ...

* Tamira Paszek

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Victoria Azarenka Victoria Fiodaraŭna Azarenka (born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), having held the position for a total of 51 weeks ...

→ replaced by

Anna Tatishvili Anna Tatishvili ( ka, ანა ტატიშვილი, tr, ; born February 3, 1990) is a Georgian-American former professional tennis player. In her career, Tatishvili won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, 2014 at the Linz Open, partneri ...

Petra Cetkovská Petra Cetkovská (; born 8 February 1985) is a retired Czech tennis player. Having turned professional in 2000, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 18 June 2012. Over her career, Cetkovská defeated top-ten players Mari ...

→ replaced by

Lauren Davis Lauren Davis (born October 9, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. Known for her aggressive backhand, speed, and clay-court strength, she has won two singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ran ...

* Irina Falconi → replaced by Alison Riske *

Madison Keys Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...

→ replaced by Victoria Duval * Ana Konjuh → replaced by

Monica Niculescu Monica Niculescu (born 25 September 1987) is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA as high as No. 28 in singles and No. 11 in doubles. She has won three singles and 10 dou ...

→ replaced by Tamira Paszek * Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Magda Linette

Retirements

Magdaléna Rybáriková Magdaléna Rybáriková (; born 4 October 1988) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. In her career, she won four singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour. Rybáriková reached the semifinals of the 2017 Wimbledon Champion ...

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of 23 May 2016.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: * Freya Christie / Laura Robson

Withdrawals

;During the tournament * Karolína Plíšková

Champions

Men's singles

* Steve Johnson def.

Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...

, 7–6^(7–5), 7–5

Women's singles

* Karolína Plíšková def. Alison Riske, 7–6^(10–8), 7–5

Men's doubles

* Dominic Inglot /

Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; ; born Danijel Nestorović, September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 108 weeks ( fifth-most ...

def.

Ivan Dodig Ivan Dodig (; born 2 January 1985) is a Croatian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of World No. 2 in September 2023. He is a seven-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's double ...

Marcelo Melo Marcelo Pinheiro Davi de Melo (; born September 23, 1983) is a Brazilian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1, which he achieved in 2 November 2015. ...

, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

Women's doubles

def. Gabriela Dabrowski / Yang Zhaoxuan, 7–5, 3–6, 0–7

References

External links

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