# 2016 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger – Singles

Facundo Argüello was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Frances Tiafoe.
Quentin Halys won the title, defeating Frances Tiafoe 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 6–4, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Donald Young (quarterfinals)
* Gerald Melzer (second round)
* Tim Smyczek (first round)
* Bjorn Fratangelo (first round)
* Nikoloz Basilashvili (second round)
* Facundo Argüello (first round)
* Jared Donaldson (first round)
* Dennis Novikov (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 |
| | Frances Tiafoe | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | Ryan Harrison | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | |
| | Ryan Harrison | 6$^4$ | 4 | Frances Tiafoe | 7$^8$ | 4 | 2 |
| | | | | Quentin Halys | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 |
| | Quentin Halys | 6 | 6 | Quentin Halys | 6$^6$ | 6 | 6 |
| Q | James McGee | 4 | 1 | | | | |

### 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 | D Young | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | E Escobedo | 3 | 4 | | 1 | D Young | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Medvedev | 6 | 7 | | | D Medvedev | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | B Lock | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | 1 | D Young | 6 | 4 | 3 | | | |
| | A Falla | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | F Tiafoe | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | M Krueger | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Krueger | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | F Tiafoe | 6 | 6 | | | F Tiafoe | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | F Argüello | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | F Tiafoe | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 3 | T Smyczek | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | R Harrison | 6$^4$ | 4 |
| WC | B Baker | 6 | 7 | | WC | B Baker | 5 | 7$^7$ | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | E Quigley | 4 | 7 | 3 | | N Rubin | 7 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | N Rubin | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | N Rubin | 6 | 0 | 3 | | | |
| | H Laaksonen | 3 | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | R Harrison | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | R Harrison | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | R Harrison | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Lapentti | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | G Lapentti | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | D Novikov | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 |
| 7 | J Donaldson | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | C Hemery | 6 | 6 | | | C Hemery | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Ward | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | J Ward | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Michon | 6$^5$ | 4 | | | | | | | | J Ward | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | S Bangoura | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | Q Halys | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | T Sandgren | 2 | 4 | | Q | S Bangoura | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Q Halys | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | Q Halys | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | B Fratangelo | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Q Halys | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | N Basilashvili | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | J McGee | 4 | 1 |
| Q | E Gómez | 4 | 5 | | 5 | N Basilashvili | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| SE | N Jarry | 7 | 5 | 3 | Q | J McGee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J McGee | 5 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | Q | J McGee | 6 | 2 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | J Hernández | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | | | Q | S Kozlov | 3 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | |
| Q | S Kozlov | 6$^4$ | 7$^7$ | 6 | Q | S Kozlov | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | N Kicker | 5 | 2 | | 2 | G Melzer | 2 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Melzer | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |