# 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's singles

John Millman was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Ernesto Escobedo won the title after defeating Frances Tiafoe 6–2, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ in the final.

## Seeds

* Adrian Mannarino (second round)
* Malek Jaziri (second round)
* Daniel Evans (first round)
* Jordan Thompson (second round)
* Bjorn Fratangelo (first round)
* Quentin Halys (first round)
* Frances Tiafoe (final)
* Stefan Kozlov (second round)

## 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 | Final |
| 7 | Frances Tiafoe | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Brian Baker | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| WC | Brian Baker | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Frances Tiafoe | 2 | 7$^8$ | 6$^3$ |
| | | | | | | Ernesto Escobedo | 6 | 6$^6$ | 7$^7$ |
| | Ernesto Escobedo | 6 | 6$^1$ | 6 | | Ernesto Escobedo | 6 | 6$^6$ | 7$^7$ |
| | Andrew Whittington | 1 | 7$^7$ | 1 | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | A Mannarino | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Moriya | 1 | 4 | | 1 | A Mannarino | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M McDonald | 6$^5$ | 2 | | | M Krueger | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Krueger | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | M Krueger | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| | B Klein | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| WC | E Quigley | 3 | 4 | | | B Klein | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Paul | 3 | 1 | | 7 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | F Tiafoe | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | D Evans | 5 | 6 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | WC | B Baker | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| WC | B Baker | 7 | 4 | 7$^8$ | WC | B Baker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | W Bushamuka | 2 | 2 | | | L Broady | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Broady | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | B Baker | 6 | 6$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Alt | JI Londero | 2 | 7$^7$ | 4 | | | | | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 4 | 7$^9$ | 4 | | | | | |
| Q | A Kuznetsov | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | Q | A Kuznetsov | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Golubev | 2 | 2 | | 8 | S Kozlov | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | S Kozlov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | Q Halys | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Meister | 6 | 6 | | | N Meister | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Glasspool | 6 | 3 | | Q | L Glasspool | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Ward | 3 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | Q | L Glasspool | 7$^9$ | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| | G Clezar | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | E Escobedo | 6$^7$ | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| | E Escobedo | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | E Escobedo | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Shane | 4 | 4 | | 4 | J Thompson | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | E Escobedo | 6 | 6$^1$ | 6 |
| 5 | B Fratangelo | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Whittington | 1 | 7$^7$ | 1 |
| | A Whittington | 6 | 6 | | | A Whittington | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ramanathan | 4 | 6 | 6 | | R Ramanathan | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Saville | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | A Whittington | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | J Witten | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | D Nguyen | 5 | 7 | 1 | | | | |
| | D Nguyen | 6 | 6 | | | D Nguyen | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bangoura | 3 | 6$^6$ | | 2 | M Jaziri | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | M Jaziri | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |