# 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Stan Wawrinka defeated Marcos Baghdatis in the final, 6–4, 7–6$^{(15–13)}$ to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships.
Roger Federer was the two-time reigning champion, but withdrew due to a knee injury.
This marked the first tournament Novak Djokovic participated in where he failed to reach the final since the 2015 Qatar Open, snapping a streak of 17 finals, when he was forced to retire from his quarterfinal match against Feliciano López due to an eye injury.

## Seeds

* Novak Djokovic (quarterfinals, retired due to an eye injury)
* Stan Wawrinka (champion)
* Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals)
* Roberto Bautista Agut (quarterfinals)
* Viktor Troicki (first round)
* Feliciano López (semifinals)
* Martin Kližan (first round)
* Philipp Kohlschreiber (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 |
| 6 | Feliciano López | 6 | 6$^1$ | 1 | | | | |
| | Marcos Baghdatis | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Marcos Baghdatis | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Marcos Baghdatis | 4 | 6$^{13}$ |
| | | | | | 2 | Stan Wawrinka | 6 | 7$^{15}$ |
| | Nick Kyrgios | 4 | 0$^r$ | | 2 | Stan Wawrinka | 6 | 7$^{15}$ |
| 2 | Stan Wawrinka | 6 | 3 | | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Robredo | 1 | 2 | | 1 | N Djokovic | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Youzhny | 4 | 1 | | WC | M Jaziri | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | M Jaziri | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 1 | N Djokovic | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | |
| WC | Y Bhambri | 6 | 6$^2$ | 0 | | | | | 6 | F López | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | L Rosol | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | L Rosol | 3 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | G García-López | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | F López | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | F López | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 6 | F López | 6 | 6$^1$ | 1 |
| 4 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | M Baghdatis | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | S Bolelli | 2 | 4 | | 4 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | H Chung | 6 | 6 | | | H Chung | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Seppi | 3 | 4 | | | | | | 4 | R Bautista Agut | 5 | 0 | | | | | |
| | V Pospisil | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | M Baghdatis | 7 | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | L Pouille | 3 | 7 | 4 | | V Pospisil | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Baghdatis | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | M Baghdatis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | V Troicki | 6$^2$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 7 | M Kližan | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kyrgios | 3 | 6 | 6 | | N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Kukushkin | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | M Kukushkin | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Istomin | 5 | 6$^3$ | | | | | | | N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | T Fabbiano | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | T Berdych | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| | L Mayer | 3 | 4 | | Q | T Fabbiano | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Sousa | 1 | 4 | | 3 | T Berdych | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | T Berdych | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | N Kyrgios | 4 | 0$^r$ |
| 8 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | S Wawrinka | 6 | 3 |
| WC | M İlhan | 1 | 5 | | 8 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | B Ćorić | 6 | 6 | | | B Ćorić | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | |
| | J Veselý | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 8 | P Kohlschreiber | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| | T Gabashvili | 2 | 3 | | | | | | 2 | S Wawrinka | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| Q | F Škugor | 6 | 6 | | Q | F Škugor | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Stakhovsky | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | S Wawrinka | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | S Wawrinka | 5 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Mikhail Youzhny (qualified)
* Ivan Dodig (qualifying competition)
* Kyle Edmund (qualifying competition)
* Lucas Pouille (qualified)
* Ruben Bemelmans (qualifying competition)
* Nikoloz Basilashvili (qualifying competition)
* Thomas Fabbiano (qualified)
* James Ward (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Mikhail Youzhny
* Thomas Fabbiano
* Franko Škugor
* Lucas Pouille

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Mikhail Youzhny | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Sam Barry | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Sam Barry | 6$^1$ | 2 | 1 | Mikhail Youzhny | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 6 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 2 | 4 |
| | Yannick Mertens | 6$^2$ | 0 | 6 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Ivan Dodig | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Roberto Marcora | 5 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | Roberto Marcora | 5 | 2 | | 2 | Ivan Dodig | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | 7 | Thomas Fabbiano | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 |
| WC | Cem İlkel | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | Thomas Fabbiano | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Thomas Fabbiano | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Kyle Edmund | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Radek Štěpánek | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | Radek Štěpánek | 3 | 4 | 3 | Kyle Edmund | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | | Franko Škugor | 6 | 6 |
| | Franko Škugor | 6 | 6 | | Franko Škugor | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | James Ward | 3 | 4 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Lucas Pouille | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Roy de Valk | 1 | 0 | | | | | |
| WC | Roy de Valk | 1 | 0 | | 4 | Lucas Pouille | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 5 | Ruben Bemelmans | 2 | 3 |
| | Mischa Zverev | 4 | 7$^7$ | 3 | 5 | Ruben Bemelmans | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Ruben Bemelmans | 6 | 6$^2$ | 6 | | | | |