# 2016 Gimcheon Open ATP Challenger – Singles

Alexander Sarkissian was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Max Purcell won the title after Andrew Whittington retired while trailing 3–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 5–1 in the final.

## Seeds

* Zhang Ze (second round)
* Wu Di (second round)
* Lee Duck-hee (first round)
* Luke Saville (first round)
* Chen Ti (second round)
* Andrew Whittington (final, retired)
* Li Zhe (semifinals)
* Nicolás Barrientos (first 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 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 6 | Andrew Whittington | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| 7 | Li Zhe | 1 | 6$^3$ | | | | | |
| 7 | Li Zhe | 1 | 6$^3$ | 6 | Andrew Whittington | 6 | 6$^6$ | 1$^r$ |
| | | | | Q | Max Purcell | 3 | 7$^8$ | 5 |
| Q | Max Purcell | 6 | 6 | Q | Max Purcell | 3 | 7$^8$ | 5 |
| | Kwon Soon-woo | 3 | 4 | | | | | |

### Top 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 |
| 1 | Z Zhang | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | Kim Young-seok | 6 | 6$^5$ | 4 | 1 | Z Zhang | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Niki | 6 | 6 | | | T Niki | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | H-w Nam | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | T Niki | 6 | 6$^3$ | 5 | | | | |
| | T Ismailov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | A Whittington | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | |
| | A Escoffier | 4 | 3 | | | T Ismailov | 6$^4$ | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | U-s Park | 3 | 0 | | 6 | A Whittington | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | A Whittington | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | A Whittington | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 3 | D-h Lee | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Z Li | 1 | 6$^3$ |
| | E Leshem | 6 | 6 | | | E Leshem | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Makoto Ochi | 6 | 6 | | | M Ochi | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Yuya Kibi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | E Leshem | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Shuichi Sekiguchi | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | 7 | Z Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| Alt | Sidharth Rawat | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | | S Sekiguchi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J-m Seol | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | Z Li | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Z Li | 6 | 3 | 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 |
| 8 | N Barrientos | 6 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T-h Yang | 3 | 6 | 6 | | T-h Yang | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | D Yoo | 6$^1$ | 6 | 6 | Q | D Yoo | 7 | 4 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Wang | 7$^7$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | T-h Yang | 6$^8$ | 2 | | | | | |
| | K Takeuchi | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | | | | Q | M Purcell | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | | |
| Q | C Wang | 6$^4$ | 0$^r$ | | | K Takeuchi | 1 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Purcell | 6 | 6 | | Q | M Purcell | 6 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | L Saville | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | M Purcell | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | T Chen | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | S-w Kwon | 3 | 4 |
| | L-c Huang | 6$^5$ | 4 | | 5 | T Chen | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Kwon | 6 | 3 | 6 | | S-w Kwon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Julien Dubail | 4 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | S-w Kwon | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Kim Cheong-eui | 5 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | C-e Kim | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| WC | Shin San-hui | 7 | 2 | 0$^r$ | | C-e Kim | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| | K Uchida | 1 | 2 | | 2 | D Wu | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | D Wu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |