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2016 Challenger Banque Nationale De Granby
The 2016 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourt, hard courts. It was the 23rd edition, for men, and 6th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $100,000, for men, and $50,000, for women, in prize money. It took take place in Granby, Quebec, Canada between August 1 and August 7, 2016. Men's singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of July 25, 2016 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Félix Auger-Aliassime * Philip Bester * Brayden Schnur * Denis Shapovalov The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Edward Corrie (tennis), Edward Corrie * Emilio Gómez (tennis), Emilio Gómez * James McGee (tennis), James McGee * Yasutaka Uchiyama Women's singles main-draw entrants Seeds *1 Rankings are as of July 25, 2016 Other entrants The following player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP Tour. The ITF World Tennis Tour tournaments are on the entry-level of international professional tennis competition. The ATP Challenger Tour is administered by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Players who succeed on the ATP Challenger Tour earn sufficient ranking points to become eligible for main draw or qualifying draw entry at ATP Tour tournaments. Players on the Challenger Tour are usually young players looking to advance their careers, those who fail to qualify for ATP events, or former ATP players looking to get back into the big tour. History of challenger events The first challenger events were held in 1978, with eighteen events taking place. Two were held on the week beginning January 8, one in Auckland and another in Hoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |