The 2016 Dunlop World Challenge was a professional

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, Japan, on 14–20 November 2016.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 7 November 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Makoto Ochi * Yusuke Takahashi *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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* Yaraslav Shyla

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of 7 November 2016.

Other entrants

The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw: *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

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Champions

Men's singles

* James Duckworth def.

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, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1

Women's singles

* Aryna Sabalenka def. Lizette Cabrera, 6–2, 6–4

Men's doubles

* Matt Reid / John-Patrick Smith def. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Christopher Rungkat, 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

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, 6–7^(4–7), 6–2, 0–5

External links

2016 Dunlop World Challenge
at ITFtennis.com
Official website
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