Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2016

ATP World Tour
Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships 2016

date	October 3, 2016 - October 9, 2016
Edition	44
navigation	2015 ◄ 2016 ► 2017
venue	Tokyo Japan Japan
Tournament number	329
category	World Tour 500
Tournament type	Free place tournament
Game surface	Hard court
draw	32E / 16Q / 16D / 4QD
Prize money	US $ 1,368,605
Financial. Obligation	US $ 1,506,835
Website	Official website

Last year's winner (individual)	Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
Last year's winner (double)	South Africa Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo Brazil

Winner (singles)	Australia Nick Kyrgios
Winner (doubles)	Spain Marcel Granollers Marcin Matkowski Poland

Tournament director	Nao Kawatei
Tournament supervisor	Tom Barnes Gerry Armstrong
Last direct assumption	United States Taylor Fritz (54)

As of October 9, 2016

The 2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament that took place in Tokyo from October 3-9, 2016 . It was part of the ATP World Tour 2016 and was played outdoors on hard courts. The same week the China Open was played in Beijing , which, like the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, belonged to the ATP World Tour 500 category .

The defending champions were Stan Wawrinka in singles and in doubles the duo Raven Klaasen and Marcelo Melo .

The field of participants in the individual competition consisted of 32 players, that of the doubles competition consisted of 16 pairs.

qualification

The qualification took place on October 1st and 2nd, 2016. Four qualifying places in the individual competition and one place in the doubles competition were played, which entitle them to participate in the main draw of the tournament.

The following players had passed the qualification and played in the main field of the tournament:

Qualifiers		Lucky Loser
singles	Double	singles
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek	United States Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak New Zealand	United States Donald Young
United States Ryan Harrison	United States Nicholas Monroe Artem Sitak New Zealand
Australia James Duckworth
Japan Go Soeda

Prize money and world ranking points

The following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. Players who entered the main field from qualification received the specified qualification points in addition to those for reaching the respective round. Otherwise the amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The amounts for the double competition apply per pairing.

singles
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 310,330
final	300	$ 145,750
Semifinals	180	$ 72,370
Quarter finals	90	$ 36,185
Round of 16	45	$ 18,185
First round	0	$ 9,650

Qualification individual
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	20th
Qualifying round	10	$ 1,610
First round	0	$ 885

Double
round	Points	Prize money
victory	500	$ 91,470
final	300	$ 43,220
Semifinals	180	$ 20,860
Quarter finals	90	$ 10,850
First round	0	$ 5,680

Qualification doubles
round	Points	Prize money
Qualifier	45
Qualifying round	25th	$ 0
First round	0	$ 0

singles

Seeding list

No.	player	Round reached
01.	Japan Kei Nishikori	Round of 16
02.	France Gaël Monfils	Semifinals
03.	Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych	1 round
04th	Croatia Marin Čilić	Semifinals

No.	player	Round reached
05.	Belgium David Goffin	final
06th	Australia Nick Kyrgios	victory
07th	Croatia Ivo Karlović	Quarter finals
08th.	Spain Feliciano López	1 round

Explanation of symbols

Q = qualifier
WC = wildcard
LL = Lucky Loser
ITF = qualified via ITF ranking

ALT = replacement (alternate)
PR = Protected Ranking
SE = Special Exempt

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walkover

Results

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Japan K. Nishikori

4th

6th

LL

D. Young

6th

2

1

K. Nishikori

4th

r

M. Kližan

6th

3

Portugal J. Sousa

3

Portugal J. Sousa

4th

6th

J. Sousa

6th

5

2

Czech Republic J. Veselý

3

6th

5

Belgium D. Goffin

1

7th

6th

K. Anderson

6th

0

4th

J. Veselý

3

5

WC

Y. Nishioka

5

2

5

Belgium D. Goffin

6th

7th

5

Belgium D. Goffin

7th

6th

5

Belgium D. Goffin

7th

6th

4th

Croatia M. Čilić

6th

4th

6th

4th

M. Čilić

5

4th

B. Paire

0

6th

3

4th

Croatia M. Čilić

4th

7th

Q

G. Soeda

7th

3

F. Verdasco

6th

5

Spain F. Verdasco

6 ²

6th

4th

Croatia M. Čilić

7th

6th

PR

Argentina J. Mónaco

7th

PR

J. Mónaco

5

1

T. Fritz

6 ²

6 ⁵

PR

Argentina J. Mónaco

7th

6th

Q

Australia J. Duckworth

6 ⁵

7th

4th

Q

J. Duckworth

6 ³

3

8th

F. López

7th

6 ⁴

2r

5

D. Goffin

6th

3

5

6th

Australia N. Kyrgios

7th

6th

6th

Australia N. Kyrgios

4th

6th

7th

Q

R. Harrison

5

2

6th

Australia N. Kyrgios

w.

O.

S. Robert

2

1

Q

R. Štěpánek

Q

Czech Republic R. Štěpánek

6th

6th

Australia N. Kyrgios

6th

M. Granollers

1

6th

3

G. Muller

4th

2

Cyprus Republic M. Baghdatis

6th

3

6th

M. Baghdatis

3

4th

Luxembourg G. Muller

7th

6th

Luxembourg G. Muller

6th

3

T. Berdych

6 ⁷

1

6th

Australia N. Kyrgios

6th

7th

Croatia I. Karlović

7th

6 ⁶

7th

2

G. Monfils

4th

F. Delbonis

6 ⁶

7th

6 ⁵

7th

Croatia I. Karlović

7th

PR

Serbia J. Tipsarevic

6th

PR

J. Tipsarevic

6 ⁹

6 ⁵

WC

T. Daniel

2

4th

7th

I. Karlović

6 ⁶

France G. Simon

7th

4th

6th

2

France G. Monfils

7th

P. Kohlschreiber

5

6th

0

G. Simon

1

4th

WC

Y. Sugita

3

1

2

France G. Monfils

6th

2

France G. Monfils

6th

Double

Seeding list

No.	pairing	Round reached
01.	United Kingdom Jamie Murray Bruno Soares Brazil	Quarter finals
02.	South Africa Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram United States	final
03.	United Kingdom Dominic Inglot Jean-Julien Rojer Netherlands	Quarter finals
04th	Finland Henri Kontinen John Peers Australia	1 round