2016 Ethias Trophy Explained

Date:	3 October – 9 October
Edition:	12th
Surface:	Hard
Location:	Mons, Belgium
Champs:	Jan-Lennard Struff
Champd:	Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer
After Year:	no

The 2016 Ethias Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the twelfth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Mons, Belgium between 3 October and 9 October 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Ukraine	Illya Marchenko	49	1
	Dustin Brown	67	2
France	Paul-Henri Mathieu	68	3
France	Jérémy Chardy	75	4
Lithuania	Ričardas Berankis	78	5
	Jan-Lennard Struff	84	6
	Ivan Dodig	90	7
Moldova, Republic of	Radu Albot	100	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 26, 2016.^[1]

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Illya Marchenko
• Yannik Reuter
• Ruben Bemelmans
• Clément Geens

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

• Jürgen Melzer
• Jerzy Janowicz

The following players received entry using a special exempt into the singles main draw:

• Norbert Gombos
• Andrey Rublev

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Maxime Tabatruong
• Maxime Authom
• Yann Marti
• Sadio Doumbia

The following player entered as a lucky loser:

• Grégoire Barrère

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2016 Ethias Trophy – Singles.

• Jan-Lennard Struff def. Vincent Millot 6–2, 6–0.

Doubles

See main article: 2016 Ethias Trophy – Doubles.

• Julian Knowle / Jürgen Melzer def. Sander Arends / Wesley Koolhof, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4).

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rankings – Singles – ATP Tour – Tennis. ATP Tour.