The 2016 Sparkassen ATP Challenger was a professional

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tournament played on indoor

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in Ortisei, Italy between 7 and 13 November 2016. It was the seventh 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 ...

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of October 31, 2016.

Other entrants

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

Matteo Berrettini Matteo Berrettini (; born 12 April 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in January 2022, and world No. 105 in do ...

Salvatore Caruso Salvatore Caruso (; born 15 December 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 January ...

Gianluca Mager Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 66 achieved on 13 September 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019. Personal Inf ...

The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking: *

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 player received entry into the singles main draw as a special exempt: *

Kevin Krawietz Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Andreas Mies. The ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Julien Dubail *

Yannick Jankovits Yannick Jankovits (born 6 January 1987) is a French tennis player. Jankovits has a career high ATP singles ranking of 226 achieved on 14 September 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 303 achieved on 21 September 2014. He won ...

* Andriej Kapaś * Michał Przysiężny The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Nino Serdarušić Nino Serdarušić (; born 13 December 1996) is a Croatian tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 183 achieved on 4 April 2022. Juniors Serdarušić had a career high junior ranking of No. 21, and partnering Petros Chrys ...

Champions

Singles

Stefano Napolitano Stefano Napolitano (; born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 12 June 2017, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 152 and his highest doubles ranking of 182 was achieved on 3 Apr ...

def. Alessandro Giannessi 6–4, 6–1.

Doubles

def.

Frank Dancevic Frank Russell Dancevic ( ; sr, Френк Расел Данчевић, Frenk Rasel Dančević, ; born September 26, 1984) is a retired Canadian professional tennis player. He first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rank ...

/ Marko Tepavac, 6–4, 6–4.

External links

Official Website
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