The 2016 Open du Pays d'Aix was a professional

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tournament played on

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s. 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 in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

, France between 2 and 8 May 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings as of April 25, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: *

Calvin Hemery Calvin Hemery (born 28 January 1995) is a French tennis player of Nigerian descent. Hemery has a career high ATP singles ranking of 116 achieved on 30 April 2018. Hemery has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 252 achieved on 24 December 2018. ...

Maxime Chazal Maxime Chazal (born 24 April 1993, in Nouméa) is a French tennis player. Chazal has a career high ATP singles ranking of 234, achieved on 7 March 2016. Chazal made his ATP main draw doubles debut at the 2013 Open 13 where he partnered Martin Va ...

Grégoire Barrère Grégoire Barrère (; born 16 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 80 achieved on 7 October 2019. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 161 achieved on 26 April 2021 ...

Julien Benneteau Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is ATP world no. 25, which he reached in November 2014. He formerly resided in Boulogne-Billancourt and ...

The following players received entry as a special exempt to gain entry into the main draw: *

Constant Lestienne Constant Lestienne (; born 23 May 1992) is a French professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ITF Men's Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 61 on 3 October 2022 and his highest doub ...

Marek Michalička Marek Michalička (born 23 December 1986) is a professional Czech tennis player. On 6 June 2015 Michalička reached his career-high singles ranking of 235. On 23 June 2014 Michalička reached a career-high doubles ranking of 261. Michalička ...

The following player received entry as a protected ranking to gain entry into the main draw: *

Albano Olivetti Albano Olivetti (born 24 November 1991) is a French professional tennis player. Although not officially recognised by the ATP, Olivetti did hit the second fastest serve on record at 160 mph or 257.5 km/h during the first round of the ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Yann Marti Yann Marti (born 7 June 1988) is a Swiss tennis player. His highest ranking is World No. 200, which was achieved on 18 August 2014. In September 2014, Yann Marti was called as fifth player and sparring partner for the Davis Cup semifinal Switzer ...

Nikola Mektić Nikola Mektić (born 24 December 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles partnering compatriot Mat ...

Yannik Reuter Yannik Reuter (born 6 March 1991) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. He was active on tour from 2008 to 2018 and reached a best singles world ranking of 195. Biography A Sankt Vith-native, Reuter is a member of Belgium's German spea ...

Martin Vaïsse Martin Vaïsse (born 11 August 1987) is a French tennis player. Vaisse has a career high ATP singles ranking of 225, achieved on 22 September 2014. Vaïsse made his ATP main draw doubles debut at the 2013 Open 13 where he partnered Maxime Chaza ...

The following players entered as a lucky loser: *

David Guez David Guez (born 8 December 1982) is a French tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 116 in July 2010. Career At the 2009 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon he won with Rajeev Ram and reached to the second round, where ...

Champions

Singles

* Thiago Monteiro def.

Carlos Berlocq Carlos Alberto Berlocq (; born February 3, 1983) is an Argentine retired professional tennis player nicknamed ''Charly'', ''Panther'' and ''Warlocq''. His favourite surface was clay and he was last coached by Walter Grinovero. Berlocq's career ...

, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1

Doubles

Oliver Marach Oliver Marach (born 16 July 1980) is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily specialises in doubles. He achieved his highest singles ranking of world No. 82 in August 2005, but achieved most of his success in doubles where he reache ...

Philipp Oswald Philipp Oswald (; born 23 January 1986) is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily plays doubles events on the ATP Tour. On 7 December 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 206, and his highest doubles ranki ...

def.

Guillermo Durán Guillermo Durán (; born 6 June 1988) is an Argentine tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis ...

Máximo González Máximo González Mereira (; born July 20, 1983, in Tandil) is an Argentine professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking is World No. 58, achieved in July 2009 and his career-high doubles ranking is World No. 22 achieved on 22 Apr ...

, 6–1, 4–6, 0–7

External links

Official Website
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