# 2016 TAC Cup Nanjing Challenger – Singles

This was the first edition of the tournament.
Ričardas Berankis won the title, defeating Grega Žemlja 6–3, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Ričardas Berankis (champions)
* Yoshihito Nishioka (first round)
* Jordan Thompson (semifinals)
* Saketh Myneni (first round)
* Wu Di (first round)
* Alexander Sarkissian (first round, retired)
* Zhang Ze (second round)
* Grega Žemlja (final)

## 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Ričardas Berankis | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| 3 | Jordan Thompson | 6$^5$ | 5 | | | | |
| 3 | Jordan Thompson | 6$^5$ | 5 | 1 | Ričardas Berankis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 8 | Grega Žemlja | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Grega Žemlja | 6 | 6 | 8 | Grega Žemlja | 3 | 4 |
| | Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 4 | 4 | | | | |

### 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 |
| 1 | R Berankis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | C Wang | 4 | 3 | | 1 | R Berankis | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Bai | 3 | 6 | 6$^3$ | | D Petrović | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Petrović | 6 | 4 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 1 | R Berankis | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Barrientos | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | N Barrientos | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | Zeng Shihong | 5 | 4 | | | N Barrientos | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | R Ghedin | 6 | 3 | | Q | R Ghedin | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Sarkissian | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Berankis | 7$^7$ | 7 |
| 3 | J Thompson | 6$^3$ | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | J Thompson | 6$^5$ | 5 |
| | D-h Lee | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6$^6$ | 3 | J Thompson | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | V Šafránek | 6 | 6 | | Q | V Šafránek | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Masur | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | J Thompson | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | B Trinker | 4 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | J Jung | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| | J Jung | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | J Jung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Bourgue | 6 | 6 | | | M Bourgue | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | D Wu | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 8 | G Žemlja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Molchanov | 1 | 3 | | 8 | G Žemlja | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Li | 6 | 4 | | | Z Li | 1 | 7$^7$ | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L-c Huang | 2 | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | 8 | G Žemlja | 4 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| WC | Zheng Weiqiang | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | D Nguyen | 6 | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| WC | X Gao | 6 | 7$^7$ | | WC | X Gao | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Nguyen | 7$^8$ | 7$^7$ | | | D Nguyen | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | S Myneni | 6$^6$ | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | G Žemlja | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Z Zhang | 4 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Nedovyesov | 4 | 4 |
| | M Reid | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | Z Zhang | 6$^3$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Whittington | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | A Nedovyesov | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Nedovyesov | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | A Nedovyesov | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | |
| | L Broady | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | R Ramírez Hidalgo | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | |
| | A De Greef | 6 | 6 | | | A De Greef | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ramírez Hidalgo | 6 | 6 | | | R Ramírez Hidalgo | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Nishioka | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |