The 2016

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was a professional

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tournament played on

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s. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the

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. It took place in

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between 11 and 17 January 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of January 4, 2016.

Other entrants

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

Andrés Molteni Andrés Molteni (; ; born 15 March 1988) is a professional tennis player from Argentina who specialises in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 31 on 21 March 2022 and his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 181 in May 2011. H ...

Santiago Rodríguez Taverna Santiago Rodríguez Taverna (born 16 July 1999) is an Argentine professional tennis player. Rodríguez Taverna has a career high ATP singles ranking of 157 achieved on 29 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 183 achieved on ...

* Matias Zukas The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Maximiliano Estévez *

Martín Cuevas Martín Cuevas Urroz (; born January 14, 1992, in Salto, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player. Martín Cuevas is the brother of the Uruguayan player Pablo Cuevas. They have played together in the ATP Challenger Tour, winning the Co ...

* Agustín Velotti * Franco Agamenone The following players received entry as lucky losers: * Hernán Casanova *

Peter Torebko Peter Torebko (born 10 February 1988) is a German tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Men's Circuit. On 16 July 2012, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 182. Torebko made his ATP World Tour ...

Champions

Singles

* Facundo Bagnis def.

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6–3, 6–2

Doubles

* Facundo Bagnis /

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 ...

def.

Sergio Galdós Sergio Galdós (; born January 2, 1990) is a Peruvian tennis player. He is a regular member of the Peruvian Davis Cup team. He's sponsored by Joma Joma () is a Spanish sports clothing manufacturer that currently produces footwear and clothing ...

Christian Lindell Christian Meira Lindell (born 20 November 1991) is an inactive professional tennis player from Brazil who plays for Sweden. He has played seven Davis Cup matches, with a 4–3 record. Personal information He has a Swedish father and a Brazilian ...

6–1, 6–2

External links

{{2016 ATP Challenger Tour