The 2016

ATP Shenzhen Open The Shenzhen Open was a professional men's tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that ...

was a professional men's tennis tournament played on

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. It was the third edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the

2016 ATP World Tour The 2016 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 ATP World Tour calendar comprised the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by ...

. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Centre in Shenzhen,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

from September 26 to October 2.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Li Zhe * Akira Santillan * Zhang Ze The following players received entry using a protected ranking: * Pablo Andújar * Janko Tipsarević The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ryan Harrison *

Luca Vanni Luca Vanni (born 4 June 1985) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He competed mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, no. 100 on 11 May 2015, and his ...

* Andrew Whittington *

Mischa Zverev Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev (russian: Михаил "Миша" Александрович Зверев, , ; born 22 August 1987) is a German professional tennis player born in Russia. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world ...

The following player received entry as a lucky loser: * Thomas Fabbiano

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Alexandr Dolgopolov Alexandr Oleksandrovych Dolgopolov (born 7 November 1988), formerly known as Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., is a Ukrainian retired professional tennis player. He changed his forename spelling to the current form in May 2010. Dolgopolov reached the ...

→replaced by

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 Alexan ...

* Daniel Evans →replaced by Lukáš Rosol * Taylor Fritz →replaced by Yoshihito Nishioka *

Alexander Zverev Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 2, and was continuously ranked in the top 10 from July 2017 to N ...

→replaced by Thomas Fabbiano

Retirements

* Janko Tipsarević

Doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants

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

Gong Maoxin Gong Maoxin (; ; born August 24, 1987), is a professional male tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a ...

/ Zhang Ze * Li Zhe /

Zhang Zhizhen Zhang Zhizhen (; ; born 16 October 1996) is a Chinese professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 69 on 8 May 2023, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 211 in September 2017. He has won two ...

Champions

Singles

* Tomáš Berdych def. Richard Gasquet, 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(2–7), 6–3

Doubles

* Fabio Fognini / Robert Lindstedt def. Mate Pavić / Michael Venus, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3

References

External links

Official site
{{2016 ATP World Tour

ATP Shenzhen Open