The 2016

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was a professional tennis tournament played on

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s. It was the 35th edition of the tournament which was part of the

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and the

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. It took place in Tampere, Finland, on 18–24 July 2016.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 11 July 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Vladimir Ivanov * Ristomatti Lanne *

Patrik Niklas-Salminen Patrik Niklas-Salminen (born 5 March 1997) is a Finnish professional tennis player. Niklas-Salminen has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 418 achieved on 3 March 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 95 achieved on 1 ...

* Eero Vasa The following player entered the singles main draw as a special exempt: * Clément Geens The following players entered as an alternate: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Lauri Kiiski * Hubert Hurkacz * Milos Sekulic * Alexander Vasilenko

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 11 July 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Monica Malinen * Mariella Minetti *

Milka-Emilia Pasanen Milka-Emilia Pasanen (born 31 May 1997 in Pieksämäki) is a Finnish tennis player. Playing for Finland at the Fed Cup, Pasanen has a win–loss record of 2–3. References External links * * * 1997 births Living people People ...

* Roosa Timonen The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Aleksandra Draganova * Katerina Filip * Grace Leake * Sandra Ortevall *

Saana Saarteinen Saana Saarteinen (born 11 February 1993) is a Finnish tennis and padel player. Career Saarteinen was born in Tampere. On 11 October 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 1083. On 18 July 2011, she peaked at world number 929 ...

Andrea Raaholt Andrea Raaholt (born 17 April 1996 in Ålesund) is a Norwegian tennis player. Raaholt has a Women's Tennis Association, WTA singles career high ranking of 845 achieved on 26 September 2016. She also has a WTA doubles career high ranking of 1130 ...

* Adrija Runča * Anastasia Veselova The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot: * Emilia Salo

Champions

Men's singles

* Kimmer Coppejans def.

Aslan Karatsev Aslan Kazbekovich Karatsev (russian: Аслан Казбекович Карацев, os, Хъарацаты Хъазыбеджы фырт Аслан; born 4 September 1993) is a Russian-Israeli professional tennis player. He reached a career-hi ...

, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Women's singles

Piia Suomalainen Piia Suomalainen (born 9 July 1984) is a Finnish former tennis player. In her career, Suomalainen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 356. On ...

def. Emma Laine, 0–6, 6–2, 6–3

Men's doubles

* David Pérez Sanz /

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def.

Steven de Waard Steven de Waard (born 5 May 1991) is an Australian tennis player. De Waard has a career high ATP singles ranking of 707 achieved on 14 November 2016. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 129 achieved on 26 June 2017. De Waard has won ...

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, 6–4, 6–4

Women's doubles

* Emma Laine / Julia Wachaczyk def. Mia Eklund / Katharina Hering, 6–2, 6–3

External links

Official website
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