2016 KPN Bangkok Open explained

Date:	4–10 January
Edition:	8th
Surface:	Hard
Location:	Bangkok, Thailand
Champs:	Mikhail Youzhny
Champd:	Johan Brunström / Andreas Siljeström
Before Name:	Chang-Sat Bangkok Open
After Name:	Bangkok Challenger

The 2016 KPN Bangkok Open was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the eighth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bangkok, Thailand between 4 and 10 January 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Japan	Tatsuma Ito	119	1
Japan	Yūichi Sugita	126	2
Russian Federation	Mikhail Youzhny	127	3
Belgium	Kimmer Coppejans	130	4
Japan	Go Soeda	132	5
	Gastão Elias	133	6
Russian Federation	Konstantin Kravchuk	139	7
Brazil	André Ghem	149	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of December 28, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Nattan Benjasupawan
• Phassawit Burapharitta
• Jirat Navasirisomboon
• Kittipong Wachiramanowong

The following player received entry to the main draw as a protected ranking:

• Marco Chiudinelli

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• • Ilya Ivashka Jason Jung
  • Maximilian Neuchrist Dmitry Popko

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2016 KPN Bangkok Open – Singles.

• Mikhail Youzhny def. Go Soeda 6–3, 6–4

Doubles

See main article: 2016 KPN Bangkok Open – Doubles.

• Johan Brunström / Andreas Siljeström def. Gero Kretschmer / Alexander Satschko 6–3, 6–4