The 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad (also known as the 2016 J. Safra Sarasin Swiss Open Gstaad for sponsorship reasons) was a men's

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tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 49th edition of the

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, and part of the

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of the

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. It took place at the

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, Switzerland, from 18 July through 24 July 2016.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of July 11, 2016

Other entrants

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

Antoine Bellier Antoine Bellier (born 18 October 1996) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 178, achieved on 24 October 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 355 achieved on 3 October 2022. Be ...

Henri Laaksonen Henri Joona Julius Laaksonen (, Swiss Standard German: ; born 31 March 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is world No. 84, which he achieved on 14 February 2022, and his highest doubles ranking is world No. 1 ...

Johan Nikles Johan Nikles (born 23 March 1997) is a Swiss tennis player. Nikles has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 256 achieved on 11 July 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 357 achieved on 3 October 2022. On th ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Tristan Lamasine Tristan Lamasine (; born 5 March 1993) is a French, professional tennis player. Career 2010–2015 From 2010 to 2015, Lamasine played mostly in the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Men's Circuit. He made his ITF Men's Circuit singles debut (a ...

Yann Marti Yann Marti (born 7 June 1988) is a Swiss tennis player. His highest ranking is World No. 200, which was achieved on 18 August 2014. In September 2014, Yann Marti was called as fifth player and sparring partner for the Davis Cup semifinal Switzer ...

Jan Mertl Jan Mertl (born 3 January 1982) is a Czech tennis player playing on the ITF Futures Tour and ATP Challenger Tour. On 23 July 2007, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 163. Mertl made his ATP main draw debut at 2016 Swiss Open Gstaa ...

* Thiago Monteiro The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Agustín Velotti Agustín Velotti (; born May 24, 1992) is an Argentina, Argentine tennis player. Velotti won the 2010 French Open List of Grand Slam Boys' Singles champions, Boys' singles competition after beating his good friend Andrea Collarini, 6–4, 7–5. ...

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Santiago Giraldo Santiago Giraldo Salazar (, born 27 November 1987) is a retired Colombian professional tennis player. He played on the ATP tour and represented Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. His best tournament result is reaching the final in the 2 ...

→replaced by

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 ...

Retirements

Denis Istomin Denis Olegovich Istomin (born 7 September 1986) is an Uzbek professional tennis player. He has won two singles titles (at the 2015 Aegon Open Nottingham and 2017 Chengdu Open) and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in Augu ...

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of July 11, 2016

Other entrants

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

Andre Begemann Andre Begemann (born 12 July 1984) is a German inactive professional tennis player. He is a doubles specialist who reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 36, achieved in May 2015. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 166, ac ...

Robin Haase Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012, and has won two singles titles, at the Austrian Open in both 2011 and 2012. Haase also reache ...

Champions

Singles

Feliciano López Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016.In 2005, López was t ...

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, 6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Julio Peralta Julio Leonardo Peralta Martínez (; born 9 September 1981) is a professional tennis player from Chile. Peralta has found success in the late stage of his career, reaching no. 29 in the ATP rankings in doubles. He captured six doubles titles at ATP ...

Horacio Zeballos Horacio Zeballos Jr. (; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is world No. 39 achieved in March 2013 and his career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3 achieved in September 2019. In dou ...

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Mate Pavić Mate Pavić (; born 4 July 1993) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won three titles in men's doubles: the 2018 Australian Open with Oliver Marach, th ...

/ Michael Venus, 7–6^(7–2), 6–2

External links

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