The 2016
Banja Luka Challenger
The Banja Luka Challenger was a tennis List of tennis tournaments, tournament held in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2002. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts. The 2024 edition was cancelled ...
was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fifteenth 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 ...
. It took place in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 12 to 18 September 2016.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
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1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Viktor Durasovic
Viktor Durasovic (; born 19 March 1997) is a Norwegian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 236, which he achieved on 16 June 2025. He also attained his career-high doubles ranking of No. 157 on 20 Fe ...
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Nikola Mektić
Nikola Mektić (born 24 December 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles partnering compatriot Ma ...
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Pablo Andújar
Pablo Andújar Alba (; born 23 January 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Andújar has won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 in July 2015. His best results are reaching the ...
The following player received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:
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Nikola Čačić
Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek '' Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bul ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Maximilian Neuchrist
Maximilian Neuchrist (born 22 July 1991) is an Austrian professional tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of t ...
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Filip Veger
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Sebastian Ofner
Sebastian Ofner (born 12 May 1996) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 37 achieved on 8 January 2024. He is currently the No. 1 Austrian player.
Professional career
2017: ATP and Gra ...
* Lenny Hampel
Champions
Singles
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Adam Pavlásek
Adam Pavlásek (born 8 October 1994) is a Czech professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 29 on 4 November 2024 and a singles ranking of world No. 72 in January 2017. He is ...
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Miljan Zekić
Miljan Zekić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Зекић, ; born 12 July 1988) is a Serbian tennis
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, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4.
Doubles
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Roman Jebavý
Roman Jebavý (born 16 November 1989) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who has won four ATP Tour doubles titles. He reached a career-high ranking in doubles of World No. 43 on 4 March 2019.
Junior career
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Jan Šátral
Jan Šátral (born 24 July 1990, in Melnik) is an inactive Czech tennis player.
Šátral has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 136 achieved on 3 October 2016. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of ...
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Andrea Arnaboldi
Andrea Arnaboldi (; born 27 December 1987) is an Italian former tennis player who competed on the ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's pro ...
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Maximilian Neuchrist
Maximilian Neuchrist (born 22 July 1991) is an Austrian professional tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of t ...
, 7–6
(7–2) 4–6,
0–7
External links
Official Website
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2016 in Bosnia and Herzegovina sport
Banja Luka Challenger
The Banja Luka Challenger was a tennis List of tennis tournaments, tournament held in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2002. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts. The 2024 edition was cancelled ...
Banja Luka Challenger
September 2016 sports events in Europe