2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships

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2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
Date25–31 July
Edition21st (men)
19th (women)
Category ATP Challenger Tour
ITF Women's Circuit
Prize money$50,000 (men)
$50,000 (women)
Surface Hard
Location Lexington, Kentucky, United States
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of the United States.svg Ernesto Escobedo
Women's singles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michaëlla Krajicek
Men's doubles
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Saville / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson
Women's doubles
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata / Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Lin
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The 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition, for men, and 19th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $50,000, for both genders, in prize money. It took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, on 25–31 July 2016.

Contents

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Adrian Mannarino 551
Flag of Tunisia.svg  TUN Malek Jaziri 632
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Daniel Evans 823
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS Jordan Thompson 904
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bjorn Fratangelo 1085
Flag of France.svg  FRA Quentin Halys 1406
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Frances Tiafoe 1567
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Stefan Kozlov 1638

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

The following player entered as an alternate:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL Alison Van Uytvanck 1161
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Kristýna Plíšková 1192
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Ana Bogdan 1353
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Taylor Townsend 1484
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Hiroko Kuwata 1545
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN Zhu Lin 1516
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Grace Min 1587
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Miyu Kato 1828
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL An-Sophie Mestach 1899

Other entrants

The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Champions

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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