The 2016

Challenger La Manche The Challenger La Manche is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It has been held annually at the Complexe Sportif Chantereyne in C ...

was a professional

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tournament played on indoor

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. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, France between 22 and 28 February.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of 15 February 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Grégoire Barrère Grégoire Barrère (; born 16 February 1994) is a French former professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 49, which was achieved on 3 July 2023. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved ...

Calvin Hemery Calvin Hemery (born 28 January 1995) is a French tennis player of Nigerian descent. Hemery competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 116 achieved on 30 April 2018 and a doubles ranking of No. 252 a ...

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 ...

Alexandre Sidorenko Alexandre Sidorenko (born 18 February 1988) is a French tennis player. Sidorenko has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 145, achieved on 25 May 2009. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 168, achieved 7 June 201 ...

The following player received a special exemption into the singles main draw: *

Jan Hernych Jan Hernych (born 7 July 1979) is a Czech former professional tennis player and tennis coach. Hernych turned professional in 1998 and achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 59 in April 2009. He won one doubles title on the ATP ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Maxime Authom Maxime Authom (born 29 March 1987) is a Belgian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. Career On 2 April 2012, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 184, after reaching his first ATP Challenger final in Rimouski, Canada. H ...

Sadio Doumbia Sadio Doumbia (born 12 September 1990) is a French professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 26 achieved on 26 May 2025. Doumbia has won five ATP titles with compatriot Fabien Reboul an ...

Frederik Nielsen Frederik Løchte Nielsen (born 27 August 1983) is a Danish tennis coach and a former professional player. A Wimbledon men's doubles champion, he peaked at world No. 17 in the rankings in April 2013. Nielsen reached five other doubles finals ...

Maxime Teixeira Maxime Teixeira (born 18 January 1989) is a French professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures circuit, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 154 in Mar ...

Champions

Singles

* Jordan Thompson def.

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 ...

4–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

Ken Skupski Ken Skupski Jr. (born 9 April 1983) is a British former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles. He reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 44 in July 2010, and won seven titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the ...

Neal Skupski Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1. He achieved this milestone in November 2022, topping the rankings jointly with long-ti ...

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Yoshihito Nishioka is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has won three ATP Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24 on 19 June 2023. He is currently the No. 2 Japanese player. Personal life Marriage Nishioka marr ...

Aldin Šetkić Aldin Šetkić (born 21 December 1987) is a Bosnian 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 two ...

4–6, 6–3, 0–6

External links

Official Website

Combined Main Draw
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