# 2016 Ningbo Challenger – Singles

Lu Yen-hsun was the defending champion and successfully defended his title.
Lu won the title after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6–3, 6–1 in the final.

## Seeds

* John Millman (semifinals, retired)
* Lu Yen-hsun (champion)
* Jordan Thompson (withdrew)
* Sergiy Stakhovsky (first round)
* Go Soeda (quarterfinals)
* Chung Hyeon (semifinals)
* Stefan Kozlov (quarterfinals)
* Lee Duck-hee (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | John Millman | 2 | 3$^r$ | | | | | |
| | Hiroki Moriya | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| | Hiroki Moriya | 6 | 4 | | | Hiroki Moriya | 3 | 1 |
| | | | | | 2 | Lu Yen-hsun | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Chung Hyeon | 7$^7$ | 6$^7$ | 2 | 2 | Lu Yen-hsun | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Lu Yen-hsun | 6$^3$ | 7$^9$ | 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 |
| 1 | J Millman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Krueger | 1 | 2 | | 1 | J Millman | 7$^8$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Gojowczyk | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | P Gojowczyk | 6$^6$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Santillan | 2 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | 1 | J Millman | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | Shuichi Sekiguchi | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | 5 | G Soeda | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | F Sun | 3 | 5 | | Q | S Sekiguchi | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Arnaboldi | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | G Soeda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | G Soeda | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Millman | 2 | 3$^r$ |
| 4 | S Stakhovsky | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | H Moriya | 6 | 4 |
| | Y Uchiyama | 6 | 6 | | | Y Uchiyama | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | H Moriya | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | H Moriya | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Whittington | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | H Moriya | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | D Masur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 8 | D-h Lee | 2 | 2 | | | | |
| | T Chen | 4 | 4 | | | D Masur | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Y Hanfmann | 2 | 4 | | 8 | D-h Lee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D-h Lee | 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 | Semifinals |
| 6 | H Chung | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Z Zhang | 6$^5$ | 4 | | 6 | H Chung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Kwon | 7$^7$ | 6$^{10}$ | 4 | WC | Y Wu | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Wu | 6$^0$ | 7$^{12}$ | 6 | | | | | 6 | H Chung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| Q | S Doumbia | 6 | 7 | | | | | | LL | C-e Kim | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
| WC | C Wang | 2 | 5 | | Q | S Doumbia | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Matosevic | 3 | 6$^5$ | | LL | C-e Kim | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | Kim Cheong-eui | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | H Chung | 7$^7$ | 6$^7$ | 2 |
| 7 | S Kozlov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Y-h Lu | 6$^3$ | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| Q | J Wang | 2 | 4 | | 7 | S Kozlov | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Wu | 6 | 6 | | | D Wu | 6$^4$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | P Riba | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | S Kozlov | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtsev | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | 2 | Y-h Lu | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Yuya Kibi | 6$^0$ | 6 | 3 | | A Kudryavtsev | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Eysseric | 2 | 6$^3$ | | 2 | Y-h Lu | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y-h Lu | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |