The 2016 Torneo de Mendoza 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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from 5 to 10 January 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* Rankings are as of December 28, 2015.

Other entrants

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

Andrea Collarini Andrea Collarini (; born 31 January 1992) is an Argentinian–American tennis player. Collarini had represented Argentina in the early days of his career from 2007 to 2010, until he chose to represent USA from 2010 to 2012 before switching back ...

* Gianni Mina *

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The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: * Maximiliano Estévez * Juan Ignacio Galarza * Thiago Monteiro *

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

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Axel Michon Axel Michon (born 16 December 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Junior career Professional career 2014 Axel lost in the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open. He made his first appearance in the main draw of a Grand ...

4–6, 6–4, 6–0

Doubles

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 ...

/ José Hernández def.

Julio Peralta Julio Leonardo Peralta Martínez (; born 9 September 1981) is a professional tennis player from Chile. Peralta has found success in the late stage of his career, reaching no. 29 in the ATP rankings in doubles. He captured six doubles titles at ATP ...

/ Horacio Zeballos 4–6, 6–3,

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References

External links

{{2016 ATP Challenger Tour Torneo de Mendoza Torneo de Mendoza