The 2016 Curitiba Challenger was a professional

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tournament played on

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s. It was the first 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

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the larg ...

, Brazil between 29 August – 4 September 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of August 22, 2016.

Other entrants

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

Igor Marcondes Igor Ribeiro Marcondes (born 16 June 1997) is an inactive Brazilian 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 ...

* Rafael Camilo * Fernando Yamacita * Eduardo Russi Assumpção The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw: *

André Ghem André Swytka Ghem (born 29 May 1982) is a former Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking in July 2015, when he became the World No. 118. Career Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Ghem became the World No. ...

Gonzalo Lama Gonzalo Andrés Lama Feliu (; born 27 April 1993 in Santiago) is a former Chilean professional tennis player. His best singles ranking was 160 in June 2016. He won two Challengers (Cali and São Paulo), along with fourteen futures, twelve in sin ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Gianni Mina Gianni Mina (born 9 February 1992 in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe, France) is a French former professional tennis player. Tennis career Juniors On the junior circuit, Mina reached the No. 1 combined world ranking in March 2010. He finished runner-up ...

* Caio Silva *

Fabrício Neis Fabrício Neis (born 15 June 1990, in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian former 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 ...

* Oscar José Gutierrez

Champions

Singles

Agustín Velotti Agustín Velotti (; born May 24, 1992) is an Argentine tennis player. Velotti won the 2010 French Open Boys' singles competition after beating his good friend Andrea Collarini, 6–4, 7–5. Previously, he had won different junior tournaments, ...

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Doubles

Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. His favourite surface is clay, where h ...

Pere Riba Pere Riba Madrid (, ; born 7 April 1988) is a Spanish tennis coach and former professional player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as No. 65 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in May 2011, and ...

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External links

Official website
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