2016 Nottingham Open
# 2016 Nottingham Open

The 2016 Nottingham Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Open Nottingham) was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It will be the 9th edition of the event for the women and the 21st edition for the men. It is classified as a WTA International tournament on the 2016 WTA Tour and as an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the 2016 ATP World Tour. The event will take place at the Nottingham Tennis Centre in Nottingham, United Kingdom from 6 June through 12 June 2016 for the women, and from 20 June through 25 June 2016 for the men.

## ATP singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| RSA | Kevin Anderson | 20 | 1 |
| URU | Pablo Cuevas | 26 | 2 |
| POR | João Sousa | 30 | 3 |
| UKR | Alexandr Dolgopolov | 31 | 4 |
| USA | Sam Querrey | 32 | 5 |
| USA | Steve Johnson | 39 | 6 |
| ITA | Andreas Seppi | 40 | 7 |
| LUX | Gilles Müller | 41 | 8 |
| CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | 42 | 9 |
| ESP | Pablo Carreño Busta | 44 | 10 |
| CAN | Vasek Pospisil | 46 | 11 |
| ITA | Paolo Lorenzi | 48 | 12 |
| ARG | Guido Pella | 52 | 13 |
| ESP | Fernando Verdasco | 53 | 14 |
| KAZ | Mikhail Kukushkin | 55 | 15 |
| LTU | Ričardas Berankis | 56 | 16 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 13 June 2016.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Liam Broady
* Brydan Klein
* Alexander Ward
* James Ward

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

* Julien Benneteau

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Frank Dancevic
* Ernesto Escobedo
* Jan Hernych
* Stéphane Robert

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Iñigo Cervantes →replaced by Evgeny Donskoy
* Federico Delbonis →replaced by Kyle Edmund
* Marcel Granollers →replaced by Víctor Estrella Burgos
* Illya Marchenko →replaced by Daniel Evans
* Paul-Henri Mathieu →replaced by Mikhail Kukushkin
* Leonardo Mayer →replaced by Jordan Thompson

## ATP doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CRO | Ivan Dodig | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 23 | 1 |
| GBR | Dominic Inglot | CAN | Daniel Nestor | 43 | 2 |
| PHI | Treat Huey | BLR | Max Mirnyi | 51 | 3 |
| COL | Juan Sebastián Cabal | COL | Robert Farah | 54 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 13 June 2016.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

* Jonathan Marray / Adil Shamasdin
* Ken Skupski / Neal Skupski

## WTA singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 19 | 1 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 21 | 2 |
| DEN | Caroline Wozniacki | 34 | 3 |
| PUR | Monica Puig | 53 | 4 |
| BEL | Yanina Wickmayer | 54 | 5 |
| GBR | Heather Watson | 56 | 6 |
| GER | Mona Barthel | 66 | 7 |
| USA | Christina McHale | 67 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 23 May 2016.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

* Freya Christie
* Karolína Plíšková
* Laura Robson

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:

* Victoria Duval
* Peng Shuai

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Ashleigh Barty
* Michelle Larcher de Brito
* Tara Moore
* Zhang Kailin

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

* Andrea Hlaváčková
* Tamira Paszek

### Withdrawals

**Before the tournament**

* Victoria Azarenka → replaced by Anna Tatishvili
* Petra Cetkovská → replaced by Lauren Davis
* Irina Falconi → replaced by Alison Riske
* Madison Keys → replaced by Victoria Duval
* Ana Konjuh → replaced by Andrea Hlaváčková
* Monica Niculescu → replaced by Tamira Paszek
* Lesia Tsurenko → replaced by Magda Linette

### Retirements

* Magdaléna Rybáriková

## WTA doubles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 12 | 1 |
| CHN | Xu Yifan | CHN | Zheng Saisai | 44 | 2 |
| CHN | Han Xinyun | CHN | Wang Yafan | 139 | 3 |
| CAN | Gabriela Dabrowski | CHN | Yang Zhaoxuan | 143 | 4 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of 23 May 2016.

### Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

* Freya Christie / Laura Robson

### Withdrawals

**During the tournament**

* Karolína Plíšková

## Champions

### Men's singles

* Steve Johnson def. Pablo Cuevas, $7–6^{(7–5)},$ 7–5

### Women's singles

* Karolína Plíšková def. Alison Riske, $7–6^{(10–8)},$ 7–5

### Men's doubles

* Dominic Inglot / Daniel Nestor def. Ivan Dodig / Marcelo Melo, 7–5, $7–6^{(7–4)}$

### Women's doubles

* Andrea Hlaváčková / Peng Shuai def. Gabriela Dabrowski / Yang Zhaoxuan, 7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
