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    2016 Aircel Chennai Open

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    2016 Aircel Chennai Open
    Date4–10 January 2016
    Edition21st
    CategoryWorld Tour 250
    Draw28S / 16D
    Prize money$425,535
    SurfaceHard / outdoors
    LocationChennai, India
    VenueSDAT Tennis Stadium
    Champions
    Singles
    Switzerland Stan Wawrinka[1]
    Doubles
    Austria Oliver Marach / France Fabrice Martin[2]
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    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]

    Finals

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    Singles

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

    Doubles

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

    Points and prize money

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    Point distribution

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    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

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    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

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    Seeds

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    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

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    The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

    • Russia Karen Khachanov
    • India Ramkumar Ramanathan
    • Russia Andrey Rublev

    The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

    • India Somdev Devvarman
    • Italy Thomas Fabbiano
    • Slovakia Jozef Kovalík
    • Croatia Ante Pavić

    The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

    • Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev

    Withdrawals

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    Before the tournament
    • India Yuki Bhambri →replaced by Spain Daniel Gimeno Traver
    • Austria Andreas Haider-Maurer →replaced by United States Austin Krajicek
    • Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun →replaced by Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
    • Serbia Janko Tipsarević →replaced by Italy Luca Vanni
    • South Africa Kevin Anderson (late withdrawal) →replaced by Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev

    Doubles main-draw entrants

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    Seeds

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    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

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    The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

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

    The following pair received entry as alternates:

    • Japan Taro Daniel / Australia John Millman

    Withdrawals

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    Before the tournament
    • Spain Guillermo García López (right calf injury)
    During the tournament
    • Spain Marcel Granollers (illness)

    References

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    1. ^ "2016 Chennai – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
    2. ^ "2016 Chennai – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
    3. ^ "Wawrinka beats Coric for 4th Chennai Open title". AP. 10 January 2016.
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