2016 Aircel Chennai Open

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2016 Aircel Chennai Open
Date4–10 January 2016
Edition21st
Category World Tour 250
Draw28S / 16D
Prize money$425,535
Surface Hard / outdoors
Location Chennai, India
Venue SDAT Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka [1]
Doubles
Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach / Flag of France.svg Fabrice Martin [2]
  2015  · Maharashtra Open ·  2017  

The 2016 Aircel Chennai Open was a men's tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It was the 21st edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and was played at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, from 4 January until 10 January 2016. First-seeded Stan Wawrinka won the singles event. [3]

Contents

Finals

Singles

Doubles

Points and prize money

Point distribution

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ2Q1
Singles25015090452001260
Doubles0

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Q2Q1
Singles$75,700$39,870$21,600$12,300$7,250$4,295$1,935$970
Doubles$23,000$12,090$6,550$3,750$2,200
Doubles prize money per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   SUI Stan Wawrinka 41
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Kevin Anderson 122
Flag of France.svg  FRA Benoît Paire 193
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 254
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Guillermo García López 275
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  LUX Gilles Müller 386
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Vasek Pospisil 397
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Borna Ćorić 448

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Raven Klaasen Flag of the United States.svg USA Rajeev Ram 561
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Marcel Granollers Flag of India.svg  IND Leander Paes 802
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Oliver Marach Flag of France.svg  FRA Fabrice Martin 1193
Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Marcus Daniell Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Artem Sitak 1194

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament
During the tournament

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References

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  2. "2016 Chennai – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  3. "Wawrinka beats Coric for 4th Chennai Open title". AP. 10 January 2016.