# 2016 Open Sud de France

The 2016 Open Sud de France was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 29th edition of the Open Sud de France, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Arena Montpellier in Montpellier, France, from 1 February to 7 February 2016. First-seeded Richard Gasquet won the singles title.

## Highlights

Croatia's Ivan Dodig, Spain's Tommy Robredo, Poland's Jerzy Janowicz and Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov all withdraw.
These players have been replaced by Ruben Bemelmans, Michael Berrer, Lukáš Lacko and Jan-Lennard Struff respectively.
Gaël Monfils, outgoing 1/2 finalist and two-time winner of the tournament, lost in the 1st round to his compatriot Édouard Roger-Vasselin 4-6, 65-7. Gilles Simon, seeded no. 3, was similarly disillusioned: exempted from the 1st round, he was eliminated by qualifier Dustin Brown 4-6, 4-6.
In singles, Richard Gasquet retained his title, defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-5, 6-4. This is the 13th title of his career, the 3rd in Montpellier.
In doubles, Mate Pavić and Michael Venus win 7-5, 7-64 over Alexander and Mischa Zverev. This is their third title and second of the season.

## Finals
### Singles

* Richard Gasquet defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 7–5, 6–4

### Doubles

* Mate Pavić / Michael Venus defeated Alexander Zverev / Mischa Zverev 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$

## Points and prize money
### Point distribution

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| Doubles | 250 | 150 | 90 | 45 | 0 | — | — | — | — |

### Prize money

| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | €82,450 | €43,430 | €23,525 | €13,400 | €7,900 | €4,680 | €2,105 | €1,055 |
| Doubles | €25,070 | €13,170 | €7,140 | €4,080 | €2,390 | — | — | — |
| Doubles prize money per team |||||||||

## Singles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 9 | 1 |
| CRO | Marin Čilić | 13 | 2 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 15 | 3 |
| FRA | Benoît Paire | 18 | 4 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 24 | 5 |
| POR | João Sousa | 33 | 6 |
| CRO | Borna Ćorić | 40 | 7 |
| CYP | Marcos Baghdatis | 46 | 8 |
* Rankings were as of January 18, 2015.

### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Marcos Baghdatis
* Julien Benneteau
* Quentin Halys
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Dustin Brown
* Kenny de Schepper
* Édouard Roger-Vasselin
* Elias Ymer

### Withdrawals
#### Before the tournament

* Ivan Dodig →replaced by Luca Vanni
* Jerzy Janowicz →replaced by Jan-Lennard Struff
* Andrey Kuznetsov →replaced by Nikoloz Basilashvili
* Tommy Robredo →replaced by Ruben Bemelmans

## Doubles main draw entrants
### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| POL | Łukasz Kubot | POL | Marcin Matkowski | 44 | 1 |
| CRO | Mate Pavić | NZL | Michael Venus | 89 | 2 |
| AUT | Oliver Marach | FRA | Fabrice Martin | 99 | 3 |
| ISR | Jonathan Erlich | GBR | Colin Fleming | 106 | 4 |
* Rankings were as of January 18, 2016.

### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Paul-Henri Mathieu / Vincent Millot
* Alexander Zverev / Mischa Zverev

### Withdrawals
#### During the tournament

* Jonathan Erlich (lower body pain)