2016 German Open – Singles
# 2016 German Open – Singles

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.

Martin Kližan won the title, defeating Pablo Cuevas in the final, 6–1, 6–4.

## Seeds

* Philipp Kohlschreiber (quarterfinals)
* Benoît Paire (first round)
* Pablo Cuevas (final)
* Alexander Zverev (first round)
* Jérémy Chardy (first round)
* Nicolás Almagro (second round)
* Martin Kližan (champion)
* Guillermo García-López (quarterfinals)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Renzo Olivo | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| 3 | Pablo Cuevas | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | Pablo Cuevas | 7 | 6 | 3 | Pablo Cuevas | 1 | 4 |
| | | | | 7 | Martin Kližan | 6 | 6 |
| | Stéphane Robert | 3 | 4 | 7 | Martin Kližan | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Martin Kližan | 6 | 6 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | $6^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Berlocq | 3 | $7^7$ | 3 | 1 | P Kohlschreiber | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kicker | 6 | 5 | 6 | | N Kicker | 6 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Fabbiano | 3 | 7 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 0 | 5 | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | $6^5$ | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | R Olivo | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | R Olivo | $7^7$ | 2 | 6 | | R Olivo | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M González | 6 | 2 | $7^7$ | | M González | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | J Chardy | 2 | 6 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | R Olivo | 5 | 3 |
| 3 | P Cuevas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | P Cuevas | 7 | 6 |
| WC | F Mayer | 4 | 3 | | 3 | P Cuevas | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Monteiro | $7^7$ | 6 | | Q | T Monteiro | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Zverev | $6^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | P Cuevas | $7^9$ | 6 | | | | | |
| | P-H Mathieu | 6 | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | P-H Mathieu | $6^7$ | 1 | | | | | |
| | G Melzer | 4 | $6^5$ | | | P-H Mathieu | 4 | $7^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Šátral | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6 | N Almagro | 6 | $6^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | N Almagro | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | G García-López | 5 | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K de Schepper | 7 | 2 | $6^6$ | 8 | G García-López | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Möller | 1 | 2 | | | G Žemlja | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Žemlja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | G García-López | $6^4$ | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | L Mayer | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | S Robert | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Robert | $7^7$ | 6 | | | S Robert | 7 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Í Cervantes | 7 | $7^7$ | | | Í Cervantes | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | A Zverev | 5 | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | S Robert | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | M Kližan | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | M Kližan | 6 | 6 |
| | I Sijsling | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | M Kližan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Diez | 7 | 2 | 1 | WC | L Wessels | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Wessels | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | M Kližan | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | J-L Struff | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | D Gimeno-Traver | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| Q | D Medvedev | 6 | 5 | 6 | Q | D Medvedev | 7 | $6^4$ | $6^2$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Gimeno-Traver | 7 | 3 | 6 | | D Gimeno-Traver | 5 | $7^7$ | $7^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | B Paire | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying

### Seeds

* Thiago Monteiro (qualified)
* Guido Andreozzi (first round)
* Steven Diez (qualified)
* Daniil Medvedev (qualified)
* Axel Michon (first round)
* Jan Šátral (qualified)
* Jan Mertl (qualifying competition)
* Michal Konečný (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Thiago Monteiro
* Jan Šátral
* Steven Diez
* Daniil Medvedev

### Qualifying draw

**First qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thiago Monteiro | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Demian Raab | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Demian Raab | 2 | 1 | 1 | Thiago Monteiro | $7^8$ | $6^2$ | 6 |
| | | | | | Daniel Masur | $6^6$ | $7^7$ | 3 |
| | Daniel Masur | 6 | 6 | | Daniel Masur | $6^6$ | $7^7$ | 3 |
| 8 | Michal Konečný | 3 | 3 | | | | | |

**Second qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Guido Andreozzi | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6 | 6 | | WC | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 4 | 4 |
| | | | | | 6 | Jan Šátral | 6 | 6 |
| | Lorenzo Sonego | 4 | 6 | $6^2$ | 6 | Jan Šátral | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Jan Šátral | 6 | 3 | $7^7$ | | | | |

**Third qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Steven Diez | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | Yann Marti | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| | Yann Marti | 3 | 5 | 3 | Steven Diez | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | Matteo Viola | 4 | 4 |
| | Matteo Viola | 6 | 6 | | Matteo Viola | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Axel Michon | 2 | 1 | | | | |

**Fourth qualifier**

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Daniil Medvedev | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Nico Matic | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Nico Matic | 4 | 2 | 4 | Daniil Medvedev | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Jan Mertl | 4 | 2 |
| | Roberto Ortega Olmedo | 4 | 2 | 7 | Jan Mertl | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Jan Mertl | 6 | 6 | | | | |
