The 2016 Dunlop World Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 9th edition of the tournament and part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2016 ITF Women's Circuit, offering $50,000+H each in prize money for both men and women's events. It took place in Toyota, Japan, on 14–20 November 2016.
Men's singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedYoshihito Nishioka 100 1Yūichi Sugita 107 2Go Soeda 119 3Chung Hyeon 126 4James Duckworth 130 5Lee Duck-hee 151 6Tatsuma Ito 177 7Hiroki Moriya 182 8 1 Rankings as of 7 November 2016.
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Makoto Ochi Yusuke Takahashi Yosuke Watanuki Yusuke Watanuki
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Kento Takeuchi Lim Yong-kyu Michał Przysiężny Yaraslav Shyla
Women's singles main draw entrants
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedKurumi Nara 78 1Aryna Sabalenka 159 2Ksenia Lykina 172 3Nigina Abduraimova 178 4Jana Fett 196 5Jamie Loeb 203 6Mayo Hibi 209 7Shuko Aoyama 218 8 1 Rankings as of 7 November 2016.
Other entrants The following player received a wildcard into the singles main draw: Haruka Kaji Momoko Kobori Michika Ozeki Ramu Ueda
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Miharu Imanishi Kim Na-ri Tori Kinard Chihiro Muramatsu
Champions
Men's singles
James Duckworth def. Tatsuma Ito, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Women's singles
Aryna Sabalenka def. Lizette Cabrera, 6–2, 6–4
Men's doubles
Matt Reid / John-Patrick Smith def. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan / Christopher Rungkat, 6–3, 6–4
Women's doubles
Ksenia Lykina / Akiko Omae def. Rika Fujiwara / Ayaka Okuno, 6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–5]
External links 2016 Dunlop World Challenge at ITFtennis.com Official website