The 2016
Las Vegas Challenger
The Las Vegas Challenger is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually for many years through 2000 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, ...
was a professional
tennis tournament played on
hard courts. It was the second edition of the revamped tournament which was the 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
Las Vegas,
United States between 17 and 23 October 2016.
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
*
1 Rankings are as of October 10, 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Jakob Amilon
*
Alejandro Falla
* Evan Song
*
Mikael Torpegaard
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt:
*
Brydan Klein
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
*
Liam Broady
*
Salvatore Caruso
*
Lloyd Glasspool
*
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Roberto Ortega Olmedo (; born 30 April 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
He advanced through the qualifiers of the 2016 Geneva Open to make the main draw defeating Michael Linzer and wild card Johan Nikles. In the main draw he wa ...
The following player entered as a lucky loser:
*
Tucker Vorster
Tucker Vorster (born 3 September 1988) is a South African tennis player.
Vorster has a career high ATP singles ranking of 278 achieved on 14 September 2015. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 258 achieved on 15 August 2016.
Pl ...
Champions
Singles
*
Sam Groth def.
Santiago Giraldo, 6–7
(4–7), 6–4, 7–5
Doubles
*
Brian Baker /
Matt Reid def.
Bjorn Fratangelo
Bjorn Fratangelo ( ; born July 19, 1993) is a professional American tennis player.
He won the boys' singles title at the 2011 French Open defeating Dominic Thiem. Fratangelo is only the second American out of three to win the event, following J ...
/
Denis Kudla, 6–1, 7–5.
References
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Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, ...
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