The 2016

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was a professional

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. It was the fifteenth edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 2 and 8 May 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of April 25, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Oh Chan-yeong *

Kwon Soon-woo Kwon Soon-woo (; born 2 December 1997) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 52 ranking by the ATP, achieved in November 2021 and a doubles ranking of world No. 224, attained in December 2022. ...

Hong Seong-chan Hong Seong-chan (born 30 June 1997) is a South Korean tennis player. Hong has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 141 achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 359 achieved on 16 January 2023. He is the current Kor ...

Nam Ji-sung Nam Ji-sung (born 15 August 1993) is a South Korean tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 236 achieved on 12 August 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 102 achieved on 3 February 2020. In ...

The following player were given special exempt to gain entry into the singles 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 ...

The following player entered as alternate: *

Daniel Nguyen Daniel Cao Nguyen (born October 16, 1990) is an inactive tennis player. He is the first Vietnamese American to play in the US Open tennis tournament. He has won a total of 15 singles and 5 doubles Futures titles and 2 doubles Challenger title ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Matthew Barton * Jimmy Wang *

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 ...

Marinko Matosevic Marinko Matosevic (, ; born 8 August 1985) is a retired Australian professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 39, which he achieved in February 2013. Matosevic defeated top players including Milos Raonic, Marin Č ...

Champions

Singles

Konstantin Kravchuk Konstantin Vladimirovich Kravchuk ( rus, Константи́н Влади́мирович Кравчу́к, , kənstɐnʲˈtʲin krɐfˈtɕuk; born 23 February 1985) is an inactive Russian professional tennis player. He is known for his stron ...

def. Daniel Evans, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Sam Groth Samuel Groth (born 19 October 1987) is an Australian politician and a former professional tennis player. Sitting as a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Groth represents the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), Liberal Par ...

Leander Paes Leander Adrian Paes ( ; born 17 June 1973) is an Indian former professional tennis player and the first Asian man to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. He is regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all-tim ...

def.

Sanchai Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana (, ), nicknamed Tong (, ; born 23 January 1982), is a professional tennis player from Thailand. He turned professional in 2004. In 2007, Sanchai and his twin brother Sonchat Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana (, ), nicknamed Ton ...

Sonchat Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana (, ), nicknamed Ton (, ; born January 23, 1982, in Bangkok) is a professional tennis player from Thailand. In 2007, Sonchat and his twin brother Sanchai Ratiwatana won their first ATP doubles title in Bangkok in their home c ...

, 4–6, 6–1, 0–7

External links

Official Website
{{2016 ATP Challenger Tour

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