The 2016

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s. It was the 35th edition of the tournament which was part of the

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and the

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. It took place in

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, Finland, on 18–24 July 2016.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 11 July 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Vladimir Ivanov * Ristomatti Lanne *

Patrik Niklas-Salminen Patrik Niklas-Salminen (born 5 March 1997) is a Finnish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 95 achieved on 17 April 2023 and a singles ranking of No. 418 achieved on 3 Marc ...

* Eero Vasa The following player entered the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Clément Geens The following players entered as an alternate: * Markus Eriksson The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Lauri Kiiski Lauri Kiiski (born 10 October 1980) is a Finnish tennis player. Kiiski has a career high ATP singles ranking of 427 achieved on 9 September 2002. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 300 achieved on 29 July 2002. Kiiski represen ...

Hubert Hurkacz Hubert Hurkacz (; born 11 February 1997) is a Polish professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, making him the highest-ranked Polish man in singl ...

* Milos Sekulic * Alexander Vasilenko

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 11 July 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Monica Malinen * Mariella Minetti * Milka-Emilia Pasanen * Roosa Timonen The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Aleksandra Draganova * Katerina Filip * Grace Leake * Sandra Ortevall * Saana Saarteinen * Andrea Raaholt * Adrija Runča * Anastasia Veselova The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot: * Emilia Salo

Champions

Men's singles

Kimmer Coppejans Kimmer Coppejans (born 7 February 1994) is a Belgium, Belgian tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is world No. 97, achieved in June 2015. Coppejans competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career He was the Junior Champion at th ...

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Aslan Karatsev Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (, ; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 14 on 7 February 2022, and peaked at No. 76 in the doubles rankings on 16 May 2022. Karatsev h ...

, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Women's singles

Piia Suomalainen Piia Suomalainen (born 9 July 1984) is a Finnish former tennis player. In her career, Suomalainen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 356. On ...

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Emma Laine Emma Johanna Laine (born 26 March 1986) is a former tennis player from Finland. Laine won 11 singles and 44 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 August 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 30 October 2006, s ...

, 0–6, 6–2, 6–3

Men's doubles

David Pérez Sanz David Pérez Sanz (; born 15 May 1994) is a Spanish tennis player. Pérez Sanz has a career high ATP singles ranking of 216, achieved on 6 June 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 158 achieved on 19 September 2016. Pérez Sa ...

Max Schnur Max Jacob Schnur (born 15 February 1993) is an American inactive tennis player mostly playing on the ATP Challenger Tour, specializing in doubles. His highest ATP doubles ranking of World No. 87 was achieved on 12 September 2022. College caree ...

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Steven de Waard Steven de Waard (born 5 May 1991) is an Australian tennis player. De Waard has a career high ATP singles ranking of 707 achieved on 14 November 2016. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 129 achieved on 26 June 2017. De Waard has won ...

Andreas Mies Andreas Mies (; born 21 August 1990) is a German professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Kevin Krawietz. The ...

, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

Julia Wachaczyk Julia Lohoff (née Wachaczyk; born 13 April 1994) is a German tennis player. She is a doubles specialist who reached her career-high doubles ranking by the WTA of No. 61 in February 2022. Lohoff has won one WTA Tour doubles title at the 2020 WT ...

def. Mia Eklund / Katharina Hering, 6–2, 6–3

External links

Official website
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