The 2016

KPIT MSLTA Challenger The Pune Challenger, previously known as the ''KPIT MSLTA Challenger'', is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It has been held annually at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sport ...

was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third 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 at

Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex The Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex is a sports complex located in Pune, India. The complex is situated about 15 km from Pune downtown and 5 km from Hinjawadi. This complex was the venue for the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, Kh ...

in Pune, India from 24 to 30 October 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 17 October 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: * Adrián Menéndez Maceiras * Jayesh Pungliya * Dhruv Sunish *

Vishnu Vardhan Vishnu Vardhan (born 27 July 1987), also known as J. Vishnuvardhan, is a professional tennis player from India. He won bronze medal in men's doubles at 2010 Asian games in Guangzhou, China. He paired-up with and Sania Mirza for mixed doubles an ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Marat Deviatiarov Marat Mansurovych Deviatiarov ( ua, Марат Мансурович Дев'ятьяров; born 19 April 1994 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian tennis player. Career Deviatiarov has a career high ATP singles ranking of 538 achieved on 25 May 2015. He ...

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Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (born 30 September 1985) is an Indian tennis player. Virali-Murugesan has a career high ATP singles ranking of 417 achieved on 24 May 2010 and a career high ATP doubles ranking of 268, achieved on 11 August 2014. Viral ...

Champions

Singles

Sadio Doumbia Sadio Doumbia (born 12 September 1990) is a French tennis player. Doumbia has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 250 achieved on 7 November 2016. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 52 achieved on 13 February 2023. Doumbia has ...

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Prajnesh Gunneswaran Prajnesh Gunneswaran (born 12 November 1989) is an Indian tennis player. He has won 2 ATP Challenger and 8 ITF titles in singles and 1 ITF title in doubles. He is currently the highest-ranked Indian singles player. He represents India at the Dav ...

, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3.

Doubles

Purav Raja Purav Raja ( ; born 7 December 1985) is an Indian tennis player. He specializes in doubles and competes on the ATP World Tour. He has 2 ATP world tour level titles in men's doubles. He represents India in the Davis Cup. Personal and early life ...

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, 3–6, 6–3, 1–9

References

External links

Official Website
{{2016 ATP Challenger Tour 2016 in Indian tennis

KPIT MSLTA Challenger