The 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition, for men, and 19th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $50,000, for both genders, in prize money. It took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, on 25–31 July 2016.
Men's singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedAdrian Mannarino 55 1Malek Jaziri 63 2Daniel Evans 82 3Jordan Thompson 90 4Bjorn Fratangelo 108 5Quentin Halys 140 6Frances Tiafoe 156 7Stefan Kozlov 163 8 1 Rankings as of 18 July 2016.
Other entrants The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: Brian Baker Eric Quigley Ryan Shane William Bushamuka
The following player entered as an alternate: Juan Ignacio Londero
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Lloyd Glasspool Alex Kuznetsov Mackenzie McDonald Jesse Witten
Women's singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedAlison Van Uytvanck 116 1 2 3Taylor Townsend 148 4Hiroko Kuwata 154 5Zhu Lin 151 6Grace Min 158 7Miyu Kato 182 8An-Sophie Mestach 189 9 1 Rankings as of 18 July 2016.
Other entrants The following players received a wildcard into the singles main draw: Francesca Di Lorenzo Raveena Kingsley Jamie Loeb Melanie Oudin
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Alison Bai Cristiana Ferrando Greet Minnen Olivia Rogowska
The following players received entry as lucky losers: Katy Dunne Laura Robson Emily Webley-Smith
Champions
Men's singles
Ernesto Escobedo def. Frances Tiafoe, 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3)
Women's singles
Michaëlla Krajicek def. Arina Rodionova, 6–0, 2–6, 6–2
Men's doubles
Luke Saville / Jordan Thompson def. Nicolaas Scholtz / Tucker Vorster, 6–2, 7–5
Women's doubles
Hiroko Kuwata / Zhu Lin def. Sophie Chang / Alexandra Mueller, 6–0, 7–5
External links 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships at ITFtennis.com Official website