2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's doubles

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Men's doubles
2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
Final
Champion Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Saville
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson
Runner-up Flag of South Africa.svg Nicolaas Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg Tucker Vorster
Score6–2, 7–5
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
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Carsten Ball and Brydan Klein were the defending champions but only Klein returned, partnering Andrew Whittington. Klein lost in the first round to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Ramkumar Ramanathan.

Contents

Luke Saville and Jordan Thompson won the title after defeating Nicolaas Scholtz and Tucker Vorster 6–2, 7–5 in the final.

Seeds

  1. Flag of Denmark.svg Frederik Nielsen / Flag of Ireland.svg David O'Hare (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of South Africa.svg Dean O'Brien / Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse (quarterfinals)
  3. Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Andrey Golubev / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Reid (first round)
  4. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Luke Saville / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson (champions)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of Denmark.svg F Nielsen
Flag of Ireland.svg D O'Hare
4 6[10]
Q Flag of the United States.svg A Lawson
Flag of the United States.svg Austin Smith
62 [5] 1 Flag of Denmark.svg F Nielsen
Flag of Ireland.svg D O'Hare
642
Flag of Japan.svg H Moriya
Flag of Japan.svg Y Uchiyama
775 [10] Flag of Japan.svg H Moriya
Flag of Japan.svg Y Uchiyama
776
WC Flag of the United States.svg Jordi Arconada
Flag of the United States.svg F Tiafoe
657[5] Flag of Japan.svg H Moriya
Flag of Japan.svg Y Uchiyama
3 5
3 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg A Golubev
Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Reid
643 Flag of South Africa.svg N Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg T Vorster
67
Flag of South Africa.svg N Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg T Vorster
776 Flag of South Africa.svg N Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg T Vorster
776
Flag of the United States.svg S Bangoura
Flag of New Zealand.svg J Statham
776 Flag of the United States.svg S Bangoura
Flag of New Zealand.svg J Statham
653
WC Flag of the United States.svg Beck Pennington
Flag of the United States.svg J Witten
643 Flag of South Africa.svg N Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg T Vorster
2 5
WC Flag of Norway.svg Nils Ellefsen
Flag of France.svg Enzo Wallart
0 4 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg L Saville
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Thompson
67
Flag of the United States.svg N Meister
Flag of the United States.svg E Quigley
66 Flag of the United States.svg N Meister
Flag of the United States.svg E Quigley
2 2
Flag of Brazil.svg G Clezar
Flag of Brazil.svg M Demoliner
3 2 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg L Saville
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Thompson
66
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg L Saville
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Thompson
664 Flag of Australia (converted).svg L Saville
Flag of Australia (converted).svg J Thompson
76
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg B Klein
Flag of Australia (converted).svg A Whittington
656[10] Flag of India.svg J Nedunchezhiyan
Flag of India.svg R Ramanathan
5 2
Flag of India.svg J Nedunchezhiyan
Flag of India.svg R Ramanathan
774 [12] Flag of India.svg J Nedunchezhiyan
Flag of India.svg R Ramanathan
66
Flag of the United States.svg M Krueger
Flag of the United States.svg M McDonald
4 4 2 Flag of South Africa.svg D O'Brien
Flag of South Africa.svg R Roelofse
4 2
2 Flag of South Africa.svg D O'Brien
Flag of South Africa.svg R Roelofse
66

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