2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships

2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Date	3–9 October
Edition	43rd
Category	ATP World Tour 500
Draw	32S/16D
Surface	Hard / outdoor
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Champions
Singles
Nick Kyrgios
Doubles
Marcel Granollers / Marcin Matkowski

The 2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 43rd edition of the Japan Open, and part of the 500 Series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 3–9, 2016.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q2	Q1
Singles[1]	500	300	180	90	45	0	20	10	0
Doubles[1]					0	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q2	Q1
Singles	$310,330	$145,750	$72,370	$36,185	$18,335	$9,650	$1,610	$885
Doubles	$91,470	$43,220	$20,860	$10,850	$5,680	—	—	—

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
JPN	Kei Nishikori	5	1
FRA	Gaël Monfils	8	2
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	9	3
CRO	Marin Čilić	11	4
BEL	David Goffin	14	5
AUS	Nick Kyrgios	15	6
CRO	Ivo Karlović	20	7
ESP	Feliciano López	27	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 26, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Taro Daniel
• Yoshihito Nishioka
• Yūichi Sugita

The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Juan Mónaco
• Janko Tipsarević

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• James Duckworth
• Ryan Harrison
• Go Soeda
• Radek Štěpánek

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Donald Young

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Nicolás Almagro →replaced by Donald Young
• Borna Ćorić →replaced by Jiří Veselý
• Stan Wawrinka →replaced by Stéphane Robert

During the tournament

• Radek Štěpánek

Retirements

• Feliciano López
• Kei Nishikori

Doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
GBR	Jamie Murray	BRA	Bruno Soares	9	1
RSA	Raven Klaasen	USA	Rajeev Ram	30	2
GBR	Dominic Inglot	NED	Jean-Julien Rojer	45	3
FIN	Henri Kontinen	AUS	John Peers	51	4

• Rankings are as of September 26, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Taro Daniel / Yasutaka Uchiyama
• Akira Santillan / Yosuke Watanuki

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Nicholas Monroe / Artem Sitak

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Radek Štěpánek

Retirements

• Feliciano López

Finals

Singles

Main article: 2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

• Nick Kyrgios defeated David Goffin, 4−6, 6−3, 7−5

Doubles

Main article: 2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Doubles

• Marcel Granollers / Marcin Matkowski defeated Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)

References

1. "Rankings explained". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

External links

• Official website