2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
# 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur

The 2016 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 32nd and final edition of the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club in Nice, France, from 15 May until 21 May 2016. The tournament was replaced on the ATP World Tour by the Lyon Open. First-seeded Dominic Thiem won the singles title.

## Singles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| AUT | Dominic Thiem | 15 | 1 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 18 | 2 |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 19 | 3 |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 21 | 4 |
| POR | João Sousa | 30 | 5 |
| ITA | Fabio Fognini | 31 | 6 |
| ITA | Andreas Seppi | 42 | 7 |
| GER | Alexander Zverev | 44 | 8 |

* Rankings are as of May 9, 2016.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Kevin Anderson
* Fabio Fognini
* Quentin Halys

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

* Brian Baker

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Kyle Edmund
* Daniil Medvedev
* Diego Schwartzman
* Donald Young

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Martin Kližan →replaced by Chung Hyeon
* Juan Mónaco →replaced by Adrian Mannarino
* Tommy Robredo →replaced by Daniel Muñoz de la Nava

### Retirements

* Kyle Edmund (left ankle injury)

## Doubles main draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 44 | 1 |
| CRO | Mate Pavić | NZL | Michael Venus | 80 | 2 |
| USA | Eric Butorac | USA | Scott Lipsky | 87 | 3 |
| AUS | Chris Guccione | BRA | André Sá | 111 | 4 |

* Rankings are as of May 9, 2016.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Mathias Bourgue / Quentin Halys
* Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua

The following pair received entry as alternates:

* Víctor Estrella Burgos / Daniel Muñoz de la Nava

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Diego Schwartzman (left foot injury)

**During the tournament**

* Denis Kudla (lower back injury)

## Finals

### Singles

* Dominic Thiem defeated Alexander Zverev, 6–4, 3–6, 6–0

### Doubles

* Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah defeated Mate Pavić / Michael Venus, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
