The 2016

Kobe Challenger The Kobe Challenger is a tennis List of tennis tournaments, tournament held near Kobe, Japan in Miki, Hyōgo, Miki at the Beans Dome in Miki Disaster Management Park, since 2015. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on indoor ...

was a professional

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tournament played on indoor

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. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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, Japan between 7 and 13 November 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of October 31, 2016.

Other entrants

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

Yosuke Watanuki is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking of World No. 72 achieved on 30 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 374 achieved on 7 January 2019. He is currently the No. 6 Japanese player. Career 2016: Junior ...

* Makoto Ochi * Ken Onishi *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Shintaro Imai * Kim Cheung-eui * Lee Kuan-yi *

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Champions

Singles

Chung Hyeon Chung Hyeon (; ; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open. J ...

def. James Duckworth, 6–4, 7–6^(7–2).

Doubles

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Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (born 20 October 1988) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 64 achieved on 18 March 2019. He won the doubles title with Rohan Bopanna at the 2017 Chennai Open, in a his ...

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, 4–6, 6–3, 0–6

External links

Official Website
{{2016 ATP Challenger Tour

Kobe Challenger 2016 in Japanese tennis