2016 Canberra Challenger

2016 Canberra Challenger 9–16 January 2016 1st $75,000 Hard ATP Challenger Tour Canberra, Australia ITA Paolo Lorenzi POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg / MEX Santiago González The 2016 Canberra Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Canberra, Australia between 9 and 16 January 2016. The tournament attracted 10 of the world's top 100 singles players,http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/tennis--announcement-of-field-for-canberra-tournament---20160105-glzh0l.html www.smh.com.au Ten top 100 players confirmed for Canberra's Australian Open lead-up 5 January 2016 8 January 2016 and although the 2016 edition was described as a "one-off" due to a gap in the events with the draw sizes changing in Sydney and Auckland, Tennis ACT boss Ross Triffitt campaigned for it to become a permanent fixture in the tennis calendar, succeeding in getting the event a spot in the 2017 ATP Challenger Tour schedule.http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/tennis-act-announce-strongest-ever-canberra-challenger-field-20161220-gteyug.html www.canberratimes.com.au Tennis ACT announce strongest ever Canberra Challenger field 20 December 2016 27 February 2017 27 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170227233547/http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/tennis-act-announce-strongest-ever-canberra-challenger-field-20161220-gteyug.html dead Singles main draw entrants Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedITAPaolo Lorenzi681COLSantiago Giraldo702ESPDaniel Muñoz de la Nava753ESPMarcel Granollers844CROIvan Dodig875ARGDiego Schwartzman886RUSEvgeny Donskoy917JPNTaro Daniel968 Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: AUS Daniel Hobart AUS Alex De Minaur AUS Alexei Popyrin AUS Max Purcell The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: BLR Sergey Betov GER Frank Moser AUS Daniel Nolan AUS Steven de Waard Champions Men's singles 2016 Canberra Challenger – Singles ITA Paolo Lorenzi def. CRO Ivan Dodig 6–2, 6–4 Men's doubles 2016 Canberra Challenger – Doubles POL Mariusz Fyrstenberg / MEX Santiago González def. AUS Maverick Banes / AUS Jarryd Chaplin 7–6(7–3), 6–3 References External links http://www.tennis.com.au/tournaments/pro-tournaments/australian-pro-tour/canberra-2 ATP Challenger Tour official site Category:2016 ATP Challenger Tour Category:2016 in Australian tennis Can