The 2016

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between 1 and 7 August 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of 28 July 2016.

Other entrants

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

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The following player entered the singles main draw as a special exempt: *

Zdeněk Kolář Zdeněk Kolář (; born 9 October 1996) is a Czech tennis player. Kolář has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 111 achieved on 13 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 110 achieved on 1 August 2022. Pr ...

The following player received entered as an alternate: *

Miljan Zekić Miljan Zekić ( sr-Cyrl, Миљан Зекић, ; born 12 July 1988) is a Serbian tennis player. Career Zekić made his ATP main draw debut in doubles with compatriot David Savić as a wildcard pair at the 2011 Serbia Open, losing in the firs ...

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Markus Eriksson *

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The following player received entry as a lucky loser: *

Carl Söderlund Carl Söderlund (born 3 June 1997) is a Swedish tennis player. Söderlund reached a career high ATP singles ranking of 387 achieved on 8 May 2017. In the ATP doubles ranking he reached a career high of 1303 achieved on 10 October 2016. Söderl ...

Champions

Singles

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