2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles

This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships – Singles" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Singles
2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Final
Champion	Nick Kyrgios
Runner-up	David Goffin
Score	4−6, 6−3, 7−5
Details
Draw	32 (4Q / 3WC)
Seeds	8
Events
Singles Doubles
← 2015 · Japan Open · 2017 →

Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began.

Nick Kyrgios won the title, defeating David Goffin in the final, 4−6, 6−3, 7−5. This was his first ATP 500 level title.

Seeds

Draw

Key

Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	5	David Goffin	7	6
	4	Marin Čilić	5	4
								5	David Goffin	6	3	5
								6	Nick Kyrgios	4	6	7
	6	Nick Kyrgios	6	6
	2	Gaël Monfils	4	4

Top half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	1	K Nishikori	4	6	6
	LL	D Young	6	2	2			1	K Nishikori	4r
		M Kližan	6	3	3				J Sousa	3
		J Sousa	4	6	6											J Sousa	6	5	2
		J Veselý	3	6	6										5	D Goffin	1	7	6
		K Anderson	6	0	4				J Veselý	3	5
	WC	Y Nishioka	5	2				5	D Goffin	6	7
	5	D Goffin	7	6																		5	D Goffin	7	6
	4	M Čilić	6	4	6																	4	M Čilić	5	4
		B Paire	0	6	3			4	M Čilić	4	7	7
	Q	G Soeda	77	3	3				F Verdasco	6	5	5
		F Verdasco	62	6	6										4	M Čilić	7	6
	PR	J Mónaco	77	77											PR	J Mónaco	5	1
		T Fritz	62	65				PR	J Mónaco	77	6
	Q	J Duckworth	65	77	4			Q	J Duckworth	63	3
	8	F López	77	64	2r

Bottom half

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	6	N Kyrgios	7	6
	Q	R Harrison	5	2				6	N Kyrgios	w/o
		S Robert	2	1				Q	R Štěpánek
	Q	R Štěpánek	6	6											6	N Kyrgios	6	6
		M Granollers	1	6	3											G Müller	4	2
		M Baghdatis	6	3	6				M Baghdatis	3	4
		G Müller	79	6					G Müller	6	6
	3	T Berdych	67	1																		6	N Kyrgios	6	6
	7	I Karlović	78	66	77																	2	G Monfils	4	4
		F Delbonis	66	78	65			7	I Karlović	711	77
	PR	J Tipsarević	6	6				PR	J Tipsarević	69	65
	WC	T Daniel	2	4											7	I Karlović	66	66
		G Simon	7	4	6										2	G Monfils	78	78
		P Kohlschreiber	5	6	0				G Simon	1	4
	WC	Y Sugita	3	1				2	G Monfils	6	6
	2	G Monfils	6	6

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky losers

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	1	Mikhail Youzhny	2	2
	PR	Matthew Ebden	6	6
								PR	Matthew Ebden	2	2
									James Duckworth	6	6
		James Duckworth	77	6
	5	Jared Donaldson	65	4

Second qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	2	Daniel Evans	3	6	4
	WC	Akira Santillan	6	4	6
								WC	Akira Santillan	2	6	4
								6	Radek Štěpánek	6	3	6
	WC	Yosuke Watanuki	4	4
	6	Radek Štěpánek	6	6

Third qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	3	Gastão Elias	2	4
		Go Soeda	6	6
									Go Soeda	6	1
								7	Vasek Pospisil	0	1r
		Duck-hee Lee	77	62	3
	7	Vasek Pospisil	61	77	6

Fourth qualifier

	First round							Qualifying competition
	4	Donald Young	6	7
		Tatsuma Ito	3	5
								4	Donald Young	7	1	4
								8	Ryan Harrison	5	6	6
	WC	Yasutaka Uchiyama	3	6	3
	8	Ryan Harrison	6	3	6

External links

• Main draw
• Qualifying draw