The 2016

Manila Challenger The Manila Challenger (also known as the Philippine Open) was a tennis tournament held in Manila, Philippines 2016. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts. The inaugural tournament of the Manila Challenge ...

was a professional

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tournament played on hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 18 and 24 January 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of January 11, 2016.

Other entrants

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

Francis Casey Alcantara Francis Casey "Niño" Alcantara (born February 4, 1992) is a professional tennis player from the Philippines. Career Francis Alcantara first took the sport of the tennis when he was 6 years old and he was influenced by his father who played the ...

* Ruben Gonzales * Alberto Lim Jr. * Jeson Patrombon The following player received entry to the main draw as a protected ranking: *

Marco Chiudinelli Marco Chiudinelli (born 10 September 1981) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. A member of Switzerland's winning 2014 Davis Cup squad, he reached his highest singles ranking of 52 in February 2010 during a career that was often hindered ...

The following players received entry to the main draw as special exempts: *

Jason Jung Jason Jung ( zh, c=莊吉生, p=Zhuāng Jíshēng, poj=Chng Kit-seng; ; born 15 June 1989) is an American-born Taiwanese inactive professional tennis player representing team Chinese Taipei. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. ...

Frederico Ferreira Silva Frederico Ferreira "Kiko" Silva (; born 18 March 1995) is a Portuguese tennis player who currently competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 24, 2021, Silva reached a career singles high ranking of No. 168. He also reached a career-hig ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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 ...

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 ...

Vijay Sundar Prashanth Vijay SP Natarajan (born 27 October 1986) is an Indian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 80 achieved on 29 January 2024. He also has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 335 achieved on 5 October ...

* Jimmy Wang

Champions

Singles

Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Associ ...

def.

6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Johan Brunström Johan Brunström (born 3 April 1980) is a professional Swedish tennis player. His highest ATP doubles ranking is no. 31, which he reached on 22 March 2010. His career high in singles is no. 377, which he reached on 24 September 2007. He made h ...

def.

Christopher Rungkat Christopher Benjamin Rungkat (born 14 January 1990) is an Indonesian tennis player. In 2008, he won the final stage of French Open 2008 Boys' Doubles Juniors category with Finnish tennis player Henri Kontinen.(11 June 2008French Open glory for ...

6–2, 6–2

References

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