The 2016 Nottingham Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Open Nottingham) was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It will be the 9th edition of the event for the women and the 21st edition for the men. It is classified as a WTA International tournament on the

2016 WTA Tour The 2016 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2016 tennis season. The 2016 WTA Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Fe ...

and as an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on 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 ...

. The event will take place at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 6 June through 12 June 2016 for the women, and from 20 June through 25 June 2016 for the men.

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 13 June 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: * Liam Broady * Brydan Klein *

Alexander Ward Alexander Ward (born 30 April 1990) is a retired British tennis player. Early life Ward was born on 30 April 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. He was educated at Northampton School for Boys. Tennis career Ward has a career high ...

James Ward James Ward may refer to: Military *James Ward (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1833–?), American Civil War sailor * James Ward (Medal of Honor, 1890) (1854–1901), American Indian Wars soldier *James Allen Ward (1919–1941), New Zealand pilot and Vi ...

The following player received entry using a protected ranking: * Julien Benneteau The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Frank Dancevic *

Ernesto Escobedo Ernesto "Neto" Escobedo III ( ; , born July 4, 1996) is a Mexican-American professional tennis player who has won four ATP Challenger titles. Personal life Escobedo began playing tennis at the age of 4. His father Ernesto Jr. briefly played prof ...

* Jan Hernych * Stéphane Robert

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament *

Iñigo Cervantes Inigo derives from the Castilian rendering (Íñigo) of the medieval Basque name Eneko. Ultimately, the name means "my little (love)". While mostly seen among the Iberian diaspora, it also gained a limited popularity in the United Kingdom. Ear ...

→replaced by Evgeny Donskoy *

Federico Delbonis Federico Delbonis (; born 5 October 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 33 achieved on 9 May 2016. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 110 achieved on 22 July 2019. Pro ...

→replaced by Kyle Edmund *

Marcel Granollers Marcel Granollers Pujol (; ; born 12 April 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 19 in July 2012, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in February 2013. Granollers h ...

→replaced by

Víctor Estrella Burgos Víctor Estrella Burgos (; born August 2, 1980) is a retired Dominican professional tennis player. In 2014, Estrella became the first Dominican to reach the top 100 in the ATP rankings. He also became the first Dominican player to reach the sem ...

* Illya Marchenko →replaced by Daniel Evans * Paul-Henri Mathieu →replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin * Leonardo Mayer →replaced by Jordan Thompson

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of 13 June 2016.

Other entrants

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

Adil Shamasdin Adil Shamasdin ( ; born May 23, 1982) is a Canadians, Canadian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 41 on June 26, 2017. Tennis career Shamasdin's junior career saw him finish ...

* Ken Skupski /

Neal Skupski Neal Skupski (born 1 December 1989) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 14 November 2022. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, havi ...

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 23 May 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw: *

Freya Christie Freya Nicole Christie (born 8 November 1997) is a British tennis player. Up to date, she has won 18 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 6 June 2016, Christie made her WTA Tour debut at the Nottingham Open, losing in the first round ...

Karolína Plíšková Karolína Hrdličková ( née Plíšková; ; born 21 March 1992) is a Czech professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in singles, reaching the top of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings on 17 July 2017 and holding the pos ...

* Laura Robson The following players received entry using a protected ranking: *

Victoria Duval Victoria Duval (born 30 November 1995) is an American professional tennis player. Duval has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In August 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 87. In 2012, she won ...

* Peng Shuai The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Ashleigh Barty * Michelle Larcher de Brito * Tara Moore *

Zhang Kailin Zhang Kailin (; ; born 28 January 1990) is a former tennis player from China. Zhang has won one doubles title on WTA 125 tournaments along five singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 September 2016, she reached her best sing ...

The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Andrea Hlaváčková * Tamira Paszek

Withdrawals

;Before the tournament * Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Anna Tatishvili * Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Lauren Davis * Irina Falconi → replaced by Alison Riske *

Madison Keys Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 7 by the Women's Tennis Association The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's ...

→ replaced by

Ana Konjuh Ana Konjuh (; born 27 December 1997) is a Croatian tennis player. A successful junior player, Konjuh won both the singles and doubles junior events at the Australian Open in January 2013 and, as a result, moved up to No. 1 in the ITF Junior w ...

→ replaced by Andrea Hlaváčková * Monica Niculescu → replaced by Tamira Paszek * Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by

Magda Linette Magda Linette (born 12 February 1992) is a Polish professional tennis player. Having made her tour debut in 2009, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 33 in February 2020. Linette has reached five finals on the WTA Tour, winning ...

Retirements

* Magdaléna Rybáriková

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

*¹ Rankings are as of 23 May 2016.

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw: *

/ Laura Robson

Withdrawals

;During the tournament *

Champions

Men's singles

* Steve Johnson def. Pablo Cuevas, 7–6^(7–5), 7–5

Women's singles

def. Alison Riske, 7–6^(10–8), 7–5

Men's doubles

* Dominic Inglot /

Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor ( ; sr, Данијел Нестор, Danijel Nestor; born September 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal ...

def. Ivan Dodig /

Marcelo Melo Marcelo is a given name, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Marcellus. The Italian version of the name is Marcello, differing in having an additional "l". Marcelo may refer to: * Marcelo Costa de Andrade (born 1967), Brazilian serial killer, rapi ...

, 7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

Women's doubles

* Andrea Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai def. Gabriela Dabrowski / Yang Zhaoxuan, 7–5, 3–6, 0–7

References

External links

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