2016 Canberra Challenger

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.

2016 Canberra Challenger
Date	9–16 January 2016
Edition	1st
Category	ATP Challenger Tour
Prize money	$75,000
Surface	Hard
Location	Canberra, Australia
Champions
Singles
Paolo Lorenzi
Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Santiago González

The tournament attracted 10 of the world's top 100 singles players,^[1] 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.^[2]

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ITA	Paolo Lorenzi	68	1
COL	Santiago Giraldo	70	2
ESP	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	75	3
ESP	Marcel Granollers	84	4
CRO	Ivan Dodig	87	5
ARG	Diego Schwartzman	88	6
RUS	Evgeny Donskoy	91	7
JPN	Taro Daniel	96	8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Daniel Hobart
• Alex De Minaur
• Alexei Popyrin
• Max Purcell

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Sergey Betov
• Frank Moser
• Daniel Nolan
• Steven de Waard

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2016 Canberra Challenger – Singles

• Paolo Lorenzi def. Ivan Dodig 6–2, 6–4

Men's doubles

Main article: 2016 Canberra Challenger – Doubles

• Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Santiago González def. Maverick Banes / Jarryd Chaplin 7–6^(7–3), 6–3