The 2016

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s. It is the 23rd edition of the tournament which is part of the

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Braunschweig Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the ...

, Germany between 4 and 10 July 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of June 27, 2016.

Other entrants

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

Matthias Bachinger Matthias Bachinger (born 2 April 1987) is a professional tennis player from Germany who turned professional in 2005. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 85, achieved in August 2011. Professional career In 2007, Bachinger qualified for h ...

* Andreas Beck *

Daniel Masur Daniel Masur (born 6 November 1994 in Bückeburg) is a German professional tennis player. Masur has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 176, which he first achieved in March 2022 and in doubles of No. 149 achieved in September 2022. J ...

Jan-Lennard Struff Jan-Lennard Struff (; born 25 April 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 in August 2020. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 21 in October 2018. He has ...

The following players received entry as alternates: *

Kenny de Schepper Kenny de Schepper (born 29 May 1987) is a French professional tennis player. Career De Schepper was born in Bordeaux, France. His father Éric, originally from Belgium, was a former professional squash player. De Schepper, who is two meters tall ...

* Michal Konečný *

Marek Michalička Marek Michalička (born 23 December 1986) is a professional Czech tennis player. On 6 June 2015 Michalička reached his career-high singles ranking of 235. On 23 June 2014 Michalička reached a career-high doubles ranking of 261. Michalička ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Juan Ignacio Galarza *

Gianluca Mager Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 66 achieved on 13 September 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019. Personal Info ...

Ante Pavić Ante Pavić (; born 7 March 1989) is an inactive Croatian professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is No. 132 achieved on 13 October 2014. He qualified for the main draw in the 2014 French Open The 2014 French Open was a tennis ...

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (; born 9 October 1990) is a German professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 71 in February 2012. Career 2011: Grand Slam and Top 100 debut He reached his first ATP World Tour quart ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Norbert Gombos Norbert Gombos (, hu, Gombos Norbert; born 13 August 1990), occasionally spelled Norbert Gomboš, is a Slovak professional tennis player competing primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and playing for the Slovakia Davis Cup team. He achieved a ...

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings as of June 27, 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: * Andreas Beck /

Andreas Mies Andreas Mies (; born 21 August 1990) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Kevin Krawietz. Th ...

Axel Michon Axel Michon (born 16 December 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Junior career Professional career 2014 Axel lost in the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open. He made his first appearance in the main draw of a Grand ...

* Juan Ignacio Galarza /

Leonardo Mayer Leonardo Martín Mayer (; ''Mayer'' locally or , ; born May 15, 1987) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. Mayer achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 21 in June 2015 and world No. 48 in doubles in January 2019. ...

The following pairs received entries courtesy of protected rankings into the doubles main draw: *

/ Frank Moser *

Rameez Junaid Rameez Junaid (born 25 May 1981) is an Australian professional tennis player of Pakistani descent. Junaid is based in Melbourne, Victoria, and is currently ranked in the top 100 in doubles. His doubles partners have included Philipp Marx, ...

Simon Stadler Simon Stadler (; born 20 July 1983 in Heidelberg, West Germany) is a German retired professional left-handed tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 140 in February 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking of wo ...

Champions

Singles

Thomaz Bellucci Thomaz Cocchiarali Bellucci (born 30 December 1987, in Tietê) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21 in July 2010. Bellucci used a string of ATP Challenger Tour victories early in ...

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Íñigo Cervantes Íñigo Cervantes Huegun García (; born 30 November 1989 in Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He defeated Dmitry Tursunov at the 2014 ATP 500 Barcelona, Federico Delbonis at the 2016 ATP 250 Sao Paulo, and Alexa ...

, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3

Doubles

James Cerretani Jamie Cerretani, (born October 2, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he has won four ATP World Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professio ...

Philipp Oswald Philipp Oswald (; born 23 January 1986) is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily plays doubles events on the ATP Tour. On 7 December 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 206, and his highest doubles rankin ...

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Mateusz Kowalczyk Mateusz Kowalczyk (; born 3 May 1987) is a Polish tennis player who specialises in doubles. Career He reached his highest doubles ranking of world no. 77 on September 9, 2013. He has played with Tomasz Bednarek, Błażej Koniusz, Marcin Gawron, ...

Antonio Šančić Antonio Šančić (born 23 November 1988, in Samobor) is professional Croatian tennis player.Radio Samobor
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External links

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Sparkassen Open 2016 in German tennis