The 2016
Curitiba Challenger
The Curitiba Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Curitiba, Brazil, since 2016.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
External links Official webs ...
was a professional
tennis tournament played on
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
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s. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the
2016 ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour, in 2016, was the secondary professional tennis circuit organized by the ATP. The 2016 ATP Challenger Tour calendar contained 166 tournaments, with prize money ranging from $40,000 up to $125,000. It was the 39th edition o ...
. It took place in
Curitiba, Brazil between 29 August – 4 September 2016.
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of August 22, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
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Igor Marcondes
Igor Ribeiro Marcondes (born 16 June 1997) is an inactive Brazilian tennis player.
Marcondes has a career high ATP singles ranking of 258 achieved on 21 March 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 351 achieved on 17 January 202 ...
* Rafael Camilo
* Fernando Yamacita
*
Eduardo Russi Assumpção
The following players received entry as an alternate into the singles main draw:
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André Ghem
André Swytka Ghem (born 29 May 1982) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking in July 2015, when he became the World No. 118.
Career
Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Ghem became the World No. 181 in ...
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Gonzalo Lama
Gonzalo Andrés Lama Feliu (; born 27 April 1993 in Santiago de Chile, Santiago) is a Chilean tennis player. He has won two Challengers (Cali and São Paulo), along with fourteen futures, twelve in singles and two in doubles. He has defeated top ...
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
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Gianni Mina
* Caio Silva
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Fabrício Neis
Fabrício Neis (born 15 June 1990, in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian former 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 pl ...
* Oscar José Gutierrez
Champions
Singles
*
Agustín Velotti def.
André Ghem
André Swytka Ghem (born 29 May 1982) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking in July 2015, when he became the World No. 118.
Career
Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Ghem became the World No. 181 in ...
, 6–0, 6–4.
Doubles
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Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo (; born 6 January 1978 in Alicante, Spain) is a former professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 50, achieved on 2 October 2006. His favourite surface is clay, where h ...
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Pere Riba def.
André Ghem
André Swytka Ghem (born 29 May 1982) is a Brazilian professional tennis player. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking in July 2015, when he became the World No. 118.
Career
Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Ghem became the World No. 181 in ...
/
Fabrício Neis
Fabrício Neis (born 15 June 1990, in Porto Alegre) is a Brazilian former 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 pl ...
, 6–7
3–7, 6–4,
0–7
External links
Official website
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Curitiba Challenger
The Curitiba Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It is held annually in Curitiba, Brazil, since 2016.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles
External links Official webs ...