2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger
# 2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger

The 2016 Amex-Istanbul Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Istanbul, Turkey between 12 and 18 September 2016.

## Singles main-draw entrants

### Seeds

| Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
| - | - | - | - |
| TUN | Malek Jaziri | 68 | 1 |
| ISR | Dudi Sela | 80 | 2 |
| GER | Tobias Kamke | 136 | 3 |
| SUI | Marco Chiudinelli | 144 | 4 |
| ROU | Marius Copil | 173 | 5 |
| ESP | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 207 | 6 |
| BIH | Aldin Šetkić | 211 | 7 |
| SRB | Nikola Milojević | 214 | 8 |

* $^1$ Rankings are as of August 29, 2016.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

* Muhammet Haylaz
* Altuğ Çelikbilek
* Anıl Yüksel
* Barkın Yalçinkale

The following players received entry into the singles main draw with a protected ranking:

* Denis Matsukevich

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

* Vitaly Kozyukov
* Cem İlkel
* José Francisco Vidal Azorín
* Daniel Elahi Galán

## Champions

### Singles

* Malek Jaziri def. Dudi Sela, 1–6, 6–1, 6–0.

### Doubles

* Sadio Doumbia / Calvin Hemery def. Marco Chiudinelli / Marius Copil, 6–4, 6–3.
