# 2016 Aegon Manchester Trophy – Singles

Sam Groth was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Denis Kudla.
Dustin Brown won the title after defeating Lu Yen-hsun 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

* Denis Kudla (semifinals)
* Rajeev Ram (first round)
* Daniel Evans (first round)
* Lu Yen-hsun (final)
* Benjamin Becker (first round)
* Sergiy Stakhovsky (quarterfinals)
* Sam Groth (quarterfinals)
* Bjorn Fratangelo (withdrew)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Denis Kudla | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Lu Yen-hsun | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Lu Yen-hsun | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Lu Yen-hsun | 6$^5$ | 1 |
| | | | | | | Dustin Brown | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | Peter Gojowczyk | 3 | 2 | | | Dustin Brown | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | Dustin Brown | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | D Kudla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Struvay | 3 | 3 | | 1 | D Kudla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Bossel | 4 | 4 | | | S Kozlov | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Kozlov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | D Kudla | 6 | 7$^{15}$ | | | | | |
| | D Novikov | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | 7 | S Groth | 2 | 6$^{13}$ | | | | | |
| Alt | A Menéndez Maceiras | 3 | 6 | 4 | | D Novikov | 6 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | L Broady | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | S Groth | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | S Groth | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | D Kudla | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | Y-h Lu | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| WC | L Glasspool | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Žemlja | 7$^7$ | 4 | 1 | Alt | J Duckworth | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Alt | J Duckworth | 6$^4$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | Y-h Lu | 7$^{10}$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| Q | E Corrie | 7$^7$ | 5 | 7 | | | | | | 6 | S Stakhovsky | 6$^8$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| WC | B Klein | 6$^2$ | 7 | 5 | Q | E Corrie | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Matosevic | 5 | 6$^6$ | | 6 | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | S Stakhovsky | 7 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| LL | Z Li | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Berrer | 6 | 6 | | | M Berrer | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Ward | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | WC | A Ward | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | A Falla | 7$^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | | WC | A Ward | 3 | 6$^{11}$ | | | |
| Q | M Reid | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | P Gojowczyk | 6 | 7$^{13}$ | | | |
| | K Kravchuk | 6$^4$ | 2 | | Q | M Reid | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | P Gojowczyk | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | P Gojowczyk | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | D Evans | 6$^2$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | P Gojowczyk | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | B Becker | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | D Brown | 6 | 6 |
| | J-P Smith | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | B Becker | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Ward | 7 | 6 | | | J Ward | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Saville | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | J Ward | 6$^7$ | 2 | | | |
| Alt | M Zverev | 6$^4$ | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | D Brown | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | |
| | I Sijsling | 7$^7$ | 5 | 4 | Alt | M Zverev | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | D Brown | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | D Brown | 6 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | R Ram | 6$^3$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |