# 2016 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Singles

Peter Gojowczyk was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Hiroki Moriya won the title after defeating Chung Hyeon 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Lu Yen-hsun (second round)
* Jordan Thompson (quarterfinals)
* Tatsuma Ito (second round)
* Chung Hyeon (final)
* Luca Vanni (second round)
* Jason Jung (semifinals)
* Alexander Kudryavtsev (second round)
* Zhang Ze (quarterfinals)

## 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 | Final |
| | Marinko Matosevic | 1 | 6$^5$ | | | | | |
| | Hiroki Moriya | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | Hiroki Moriya | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Hiroki Moriya | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 4 | Chung Hyeon | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Chung Hyeon | 6 | 6 | 4 | Chung Hyeon | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Jason Jung | 3 | 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 |
| 1 | Y-h Lu | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Chen | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Y-h Lu | 5 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Barrientos | 4 | 4 | | | M Matosevic | 7 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Matosevic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | M Matosevic | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | |
| | D-h Lee | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | 8 | Ze Zhang | 6$^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | |
| Q | Xia Zihao | 1 | 7 | 6 | Q | Z Xia | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Wu | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Ze Zhang | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ze Zhang | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Matosevic | 1 | 6$^5$ |
| 3 | T Ito | 6 | 1 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | H Moriya | 6 | 7$^6$ |
| Q | Shuichi Sekiguchi | 3 | 6 | 6$^6$ | 3 | T Ito | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Moriya | 6 | 6 | | | H Moriya | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | M Pecotić | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | H Moriya | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| | J Zopp | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | A Sarkissian | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| | A Sarkissian | 6 | 6 | | | A Sarkissian | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | F Sun | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | A Kudryavtsev | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | A Kudryavtsev | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 5 | L Vanni | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Molchanov | 0 | 1$^r$ | | 5 | L Vanni | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | B Kavčič | 6 | 6 | | | B Kavčič | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Weintraub | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | B Kavčič | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | A Karatsev | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | 4 | H Chung | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Yuya Kibi | 3 | 6$^4$ | | | A Karatsev | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Betov | 0 | 2 | | 4 | H Chung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | H Chung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | H Chung | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | J Jung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | J Jung | 3 | 4 |
| WC | Y He | 2 | 3 | | 6 | J Jung | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Uchiyama | 6 | 7 | | | Y Uchiyama | 3 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | Z Li | 4 | 5 | | | | | | 6 | J Jung | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Zh Zhang | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | | 2 | J Thompson | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | |
| | B Mott | 5 | 6 | 1 | WC | Zh Zhang | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | R Te | 4 | 3 | | 2 | J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |