2016 Vivo Tennis Cup Explained

Date:	18–24 January
Edition:	1st
Surface:	Clay
Location:	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Champs:	Facundo Bagnis
Champd:	Gastão Elias / André Ghem

The 2016 Vivo Tennis Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between 18 and 24 January 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Argentina	Horacio Zeballos	124	1
Spain	Roberto Carballés Baena	125	2
Brazil	Rogério Dutra Silva	126	3
Argentina	Facundo Bagnis	130	4
	Gastão Elias	135	5
Argentina	Facundo Argüello	138	6
Austria	Gerald Melzer	144	7
Slovakia	Andrej Martin	146	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of January 11, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Wilson Leite
• Thiago Monteiro
• Pedro Sakamoto
• Carlos Eduardo Severino

The following player received entry to the main draw as an alternate:

• Axel Michon

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Andrea Collarini
  • • Gonzalo Escobar Peter Torebko Clement Geens

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Fabrício Neis

Champions

Singles

See main article: 2016 Vivo Tennis Cup – Singles.

• Facundo Bagnis def. Guilherme Clezar 6–4, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles

See main article: 2016 Vivo Tennis Cup – Doubles.

• Gastão Elias / André Ghem def. Jonathan Eysseric / Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 6–4, 7–6^(7–2)