2016 Aircel Chennai Open

The 2016 Aircel Chennai Open was a men's tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts that was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It was the 21st edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and was played at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, from 4 January until 10 January 2016. First-seeded Stan Wawrinka won the singles event.^[3]

2016 Aircel Chennai Open
Date	4–10 January 2016
Edition	21st
Category	World Tour 250
Draw	28S / 16D
Prize money	$425,535
Surface	Hard / outdoors
Location	Chennai, India
Venue	SDAT Tennis Stadium
Champions
Singles
Stan Wawrinka[1]
Doubles
Oliver Marach / Fabrice Martin[2]

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2016 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles

• Stan Wawrinka defeated Borna Ćorić, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles

• Oliver Marach / Fabrice Martin defeated Austin Krajicek / Benoît Paire, 6–3, 7–5

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles	250	150	90	45	20	0	12	6	0
Doubles					0	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Singles	$75,700	$39,870	$21,600	$12,300	$7,250	$4,295	$1,935	$970
Doubles	$23,000	$12,090	$6,550	$3,750	$2,200	—	—	—
Doubles prize money per team

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SUI	Stan Wawrinka	4	1
RSA	Kevin Anderson	12	2
FRA	Benoît Paire	19	3
ESP	Roberto Bautista Agut	25	4
ESP	Guillermo García López	27	5
LUX	Gilles Müller	38	6
CAN	Vasek Pospisil	39	7
CRO	Borna Ćorić	44	8

• ¹ Rankings as of 28 December 2015

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Karen Khachanov
• Ramkumar Ramanathan
• Andrey Rublev

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Somdev Devvarman
• Thomas Fabbiano
• Jozef Kovalík
• Ante Pavić

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Alexander Kudryavtsev

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Yuki Bhambri →replaced by Daniel Gimeno Traver
• Andreas Haider-Maurer →replaced by Austin Krajicek
• Lu Yen-hsun →replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff
• Janko Tipsarević →replaced by Luca Vanni
• Kevin Anderson (late withdrawal) →replaced by Alexander Kudryavtsev

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RSA	Raven Klaasen	USA	Rajeev Ram	56	1
ESP	Marcel Granollers	IND	Leander Paes	80	2
AUT	Oliver Marach	FRA	Fabrice Martin	119	3
NZL	Marcus Daniell	NZL	Artem Sitak	119	4

• ¹ Rankings as of 28 December 2015

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Sriram Balaji / Ramkumar Ramanathan
• Somdev Devvarman / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Taro Daniel / John Millman

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Guillermo García López (right calf injury)

During the tournament

• Marcel Granollers (illness)