The 2016 Morocco Tennis Tour – Meknes was a professional

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Meknes Meknes (, ) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravid dynasty, Almoravids as a military settlement, Mekne ...

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between 12 and 17 September 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

* ¹ Rankings are as of August 29, 2016.

Other entrants

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

Yassine Idmbarek Yassine Idmbarek (born 7 December 1986) is a Moroccan tennis player. Idmbarek has a career high ATP singles ranking of 659 achieved on 18 January 2016. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 641 achieved on 19 October 2009. Idmbarek ...

Mehdi Jdi Mehdi Jdi (born 13 December 1988) is a Moroccan tennis player. Jdi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 906 achieved on 16 June 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 1229 achieved on 4 May 2015. Jdi made his ATP main draw ...

Amine Ahouda Amine Ahouda (born 11 September 1997) is a Moroccan tennis player. Ahouda has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 668 achieved on 19 June 2017. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 882 achieved on 29 October 2018. In April 20 ...

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

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The following player entered as an alternate: * Bastián Malla The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: *

Mario Vilella Martínez Mario Vilella Martínez (; born 3 July 1995) is a Spanish former tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 158 achieved on 19 July 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 286 achieved on 23 November 2020. ...

* Linnert van der Linden * Gibril Diarra * Alexander Zhurbin The following players entered as lucky losers: *

Sander Gillé Sander Gillé (born 15 January 1991) is a Belgian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 18 by the ATP, achieved on 25 September 2023. He also has a career-high singles ranking of ...

* Omar Salman *

Pol Toledo Bagué Pol Toledo Bagué (born 22 December 1994) is a Spanish former tennis player. Toledo Bagué has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 372 achieved on 6 August 2018. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 204, which he ach ...

Champions

Singles

Maximilian Marterer Maximilian Marterer (born 15 June 1995) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in 13 August 2018. Professional career 2015-2017: ATP and to ...

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Uladzimir Ignatik Uładzimir Iharavich Ihnatsik (); or Vladimir Igorevich Ignatik (); born 14 July 1990 in Belarus, is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Professional career Junior career Igantik was ranked the No. 1 junior in the world in June 2007 afte ...

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Doubles

Luca Margaroli Luca Margaroli (born 15 February 1992) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 128 achieved on 6 June 2019, and a singles ranking of No. 692, achieved on 23 October 2017. Career Margaroli made his ATP main dr ...

Mohamed Safwat Mohamed Safwat (; born 19 September 1990) is an Egyptian tennis player. Safwat has been a regular player on the Egypt Davis Cup team since 2009. Safwat has won one singles and three titles in doubles on the ATP Challenger Tour. He is currently t ...

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Pedro Martínez Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25, 1971) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to , for five teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox from to . As of 2023, M ...

Oriol Roca Batalla Oriol Roca Batalla (, ; born 30 April 1993) is a professional Spanish tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 150 achieved on 19 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 128 ac ...

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