2016 Cittadino Challenger

2016 Cittadino Challenger
Date	15–21 August
Edition	4th
Draw	32S/11D
Prize money	€35,000+H
Surface	Clay
Location	Meerbusch, Germany
Champions
Singles
	Florian Mayer
Doubles
	Mikhail Elgin / Andrei Vasilevski

Last updated March 11, 2019

The 2016 Cittadino Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Meerbusch, Germany, between 15 and 21 August 2016.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

A clay court is one of many different types of tennis court. Clay courts are made of crushed shale, stone, brick, or other unbound mineral aggregates. The French Open uses clay courts, making it unique among the Grand Slam tournaments. Clay courts are more common in Continental Europe and Latin America than in North America, Asia or Britain. Two main types exist: red clay, the more common variety, and green clay, also known as "rubico", which is a harder surface. Although less expensive to construct than other types of tennis courts, the maintenance costs of clay are high as the surface must be rolled to preserve flatness.

The Association of Tennis Professionals (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 of challenger tournaments cycle, and 8th under the name of Challenger Tour.

Entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank¹	Seed
GER	Florian Mayer	94	1
ESP	Roberto Carballés Baena	98	2
NED	Igor Sijsling	112	3
CAN	Steven Diez	174	4
POL	Jerzy Janowicz	175	5
ESP	Jordi Samper-Montaña	211	6
BRA	André Ghem	254	7
BLR	Uladzimir Ignatik	259	8

¹ Rankings as of 8 August 2016.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

Aliaksandr Prudnikau
Nicola Kuhn
Oscar Otte
Marvin Greven

Nicola Kuhn is an Austrian born Spanish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 196 achieved on 16 April 2018.

Oscar Otte is a German tennis player.

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Daniel Mark L. Cox, is a British tennis player.

Andrei Vasilevski is a Belarusian professional tennis player.

Mikhail Nikolayevich Elgin is a Russian professional tennis player.

Champions

Singles

Florian Mayer def. Maximilian Marterer, 7–6^(7–4), 6–2

Florian Mayer is a German retired professional tennis player. He played on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour.

Maximilian Marterer is a German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45, achieved in August 2018.

Doubles

Mikhail Elgin / Andrei Vasilevski def. Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen, 7–6^(8–6), 6–4

Sander Gillé is a Belgian tennis player.

Joran Vliegen is a Belgian tennis player.

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[1] "Rankings - Singles - ATP Tour - Tennis". ATP Tour.