2016 Nordic Naturals Challenger – Doubles

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Doubles
2016 Nordic Naturals Challenger
Final
Champions Flag of South Africa.svg Nicolaas Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg Tucker Vorster
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Mackenzie McDonald
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ben McLachlan
Score6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–8]
Events
Singles Doubles
  2015  · Nordic Naturals Challenger ·  2017  

Chris Guccione and Artem Sitak were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.

Contents

Nicolaas Scholtz and Tucker Vorster won the title after defeating Mackenzie McDonald and Ben McLachlan 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–8] in the final.

Seeds

  1. Flag of South Africa.svg Dean O'Brien / Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse (quarterfinals)
  2. Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Meister / Flag of the United States.svg Eric Quigley (first round)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg Stefan Kozlov / Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Reid (semifinals, withdrew)
  4. Flag of the United States.svg Sekou Bangoura / Flag of the United States.svg Evan King (first round)

Draw

Key

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of South Africa.svg D O'Brien
Flag of South Africa.svg R Roelofse
4 2
WC Flag of Italy.svg Erik Crepaldi
Flag of the United States.svg Joshua Pompan
2 1 Flag of South Africa.svg N Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg T Vorster
66
Flag of South Africa.svg N Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg T Vorster
66 Flag of South Africa.svg N Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg T Vorster
678
4 Flag of the United States.svg S Bangoura
Flag of the United States.svg E King
4 6[4] Flag of Japan.svg Y Nishioka
Flag of Japan.svg Y Uchiyama
3 66
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C Norrie
Flag of the United States.svg C Thompson
62 [10] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C Norrie
Flag of the United States.svg C Thompson
4 3
Flag of Japan.svg Y Nishioka
Flag of Japan.svg Y Uchiyama
66 Flag of Japan.svg Y Nishioka
Flag of Japan.svg Y Uchiyama
66
WC Flag of South Africa.svg Rikus De Villiers
Flag of the United States.svg T Fawcett
4 3 Flag of South Africa.svg N Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg T Vorster
656[10]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg L Broady
Flag of India.svg R Ramanathan
66 Flag of the United States.svg M McDonald
Flag of New Zealand.svg B McLachlan
773 [8]
Flag of the United States.svg John Lamble
Flag of Portugal.svg B Saraiva
4 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg L Broady
Flag of India.svg R Ramanathan
2 2
Flag of the United States.svg M Krueger
Flag of the United States.svg A Kuznetsov
73 [10] 3 Flag of the United States.svg S Kozlov
Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Reid
66
3 Flag of the United States.svg S Kozlov
Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Reid
5 6[12]3 Flag of the United States.svg S Kozlov
Flag of Australia (converted).svg M Reid
Flag of the United States.svg M McDonald
Flag of New Zealand.svg B McLachlan
66 Flag of the United States.svg M McDonald
Flag of New Zealand.svg B McLachlan
w/o
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D Evans
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg L Glasspool
1 4 Flag of the United States.svg M McDonald
Flag of New Zealand.svg B McLachlan
73 [10]
Flag of the United States.svg A Halebian
Flag of the United States.svg R Sarmiento
1 6[13] Flag of the United States.svg A Halebian
Flag of the United States.svg R Sarmiento
5 6[1]
2 Flag of the United States.svg N Meister
Flag of the United States.svg E Quigley
64 [11]

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