The 2016

Morelos Open The Morelos Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit. It is held annually in Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; ...

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tournament played on outdoor

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s. It was the third (ATP) and second (ITF) editions of the tournament, which was part of the

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and the

2016 ITF Women's Circuit The 2016 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit is a second-tier tour for women's professional tennis. It is organized by the International Tennis Federation and is a tier below the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour. The ITF Wo ...

, offering prize money of $50,000 (ATP) and $25,000 (ITF) on 15–21 February 2016.

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 8 February 2016.

Other entrants

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

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* Luis Patiño The following players gained entry into the singles main draw as an alternate: *

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Juan Ignacio Londero Juan Ignacio Londero (; born 15 August 1993, in Jesus Maria) is an Argentine tennis player. Londero made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against eventual champi ...

The following player gained entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Peter Polansky Peter Polansky ( ; born June 15, 1988) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Czech origin. He was Canada's top singles player from June 21, 2010, until January 17, 2011, in the ATP rankings. He was also Canada's No. 2 from August 4, 2008, u ...

ITF singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 8 February 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Alexia Coutiño Castillo * Beatriz Magdalena Flores * Daniela Morales Beckmann * María José Portillo Ramírez The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Nika Kukharchuk *

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The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot: * Shelby Talcott

Champions

Men's singles

Gerald Melzer Gerald Melzer (born 13 July 1990) is a professional Austrian tennis player. As a qualifier, he reached the semifinals of Munich in 2015. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in November 2016. He is the younger brother of top ...

def. Alejandro González, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3

Women's singles

Marie Bouzková Marie Bouzková (, born 21 July 1998) is a Czech professional tennis player. She attained her career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 26 on 31 October 2022. On 9 May 2022, she peaked at No. 24 in the WTA doubles rankings. So far, she has won one ...

def.

Lauren Albanese Lauren Albanese (born October 1, 1989, in Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United ...

, 0–6, 6–0, 6–1

Men's doubles

Philip Bester Philip Bester (born October 6, 1988) is a Canadian former professional tennis player from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian male to reach a ...

def.

Marcelo Arévalo Marcelo Arévalo González (; born October 17, 1990) is a Salvadoran professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 5 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 14 November 2022. ...

Sergio Galdós Sergio Galdós (; born January 2, 1990) is a Peruvian tennis player. He is a regular member of the Peruvian Davis Cup team. He's sponsored by Joma Joma () is a Spanish sports clothing manufacturer that currently produces footwear and clothin ...

, 6–4, 3–6, 0–6

Women's doubles

* Aleksandrina Naydenova /

Fanny Stollár Fanny Stollár (born 12 November 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player. Stollár has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as one singles title and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Wo ...

def.

Kateřina Kramperová Kateřina Kramperová (born 28 December 1988) is a Czech former tennis player. Kramperová won five singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 29 April 2013, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 314. On 11 July 2016, s ...

, 6–3, 6–2

External links

2016 Morelos Open
at ITFtennis.com 2016

2016 ITF Women's Circuit Hard court tennis tournaments

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