The 2016
Sparkassen ATP Challenger was a professional
tennis
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tournament played on indoor
hard courts
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in
Ortisei, Italy between 7 and 13 November 2016. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the
2016 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, in 2016 in tennis, 2016, was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2016 ATP Challenger Tour calendar contained 166 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $40,000 up to $125,000. It was th ...
.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of October 31, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Patrick Prader
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Matteo Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini (; born 12 April 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in January 2022, and world N ...
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Salvatore Caruso
Salvatore Caruso (; born 15 December 1992) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 ...
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Gianluca Mager
Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 62 achieved on 22 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019.
Personal Info ...
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:
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Albano Olivetti
Albano Olivetti (born 24 November 1991) is a French professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist and has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 40 achieved on 22 July 2024.
Although not officially recognised by the ATP, Olivetti did ...
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:
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Kevin Krawietz
Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 on 10 February 2025. Krawietz has won eleven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, inclu ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Julien Dubail
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Yannick Jankovits
Yannick Jankovits (born 6 January 1987) is a French tennis player.
Jankovits has a career high ATP singles ranking of 226 achieved on 14 September 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 303 achieved on 21 September 2014.
He won ...
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Andriej Kapaś
Andriej Kapaś (; born 11 August 1989) is a Polish professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures
The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour (formerly ''ITF Men's Circuit'') is a series of professional tennis t ...
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Michał Przysiężny
Michał Przysiężny (; born 16 February 1984) is a former Polish professional tennis player. He reached the semifinals of St. Petersburg in 2013, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 57 in January 2014.
Career
He started his ...
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
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Nino Serdarušić
Nino Serdarušić (; born 13 December 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 167, achieved on 27 June 2022 and a doubles ranking of No. 159, achieved on 20 November 2023.
Juniors
Serdarušić had a ...
Champions
Singles
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Stefano Napolitano
Stefano Napolitano (; born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 121 on 17 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 182, achieved on 3 Apr ...
def.
Alessandro Giannessi
Alessandro Giannessi (born 30 May 1990) is an Italian former professional tennis player. On 24 July 2017 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 84 while his best doubles ranking was No. 171 on 14 October 2013.
Career
Giannessi ...
6–4, 6–1.
Doubles
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Kevin Krawietz
Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5 on 10 February 2025. Krawietz has won eleven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, inclu ...
/
Albano Olivetti
Albano Olivetti (born 24 November 1991) is a French professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist and has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 40 achieved on 22 July 2024.
Although not officially recognised by the ATP, Olivetti did ...
def.
Frank Dancevic
Frank Russell Dancevic ( ; , ; born September 26, 1984) is a retired Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles tennis, singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an 18-year-old, and r ...
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Marko Tepavac
Marko Tepavac ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Тепавац; born 5 April 1994) is a former Serbian professional tennis player, mainly competing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 24 October 2016, he reached his best singles ranking of world No. 174, while on ...
, 6–4, 6–4.
External links
Official Website
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