# 2016 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles

Stan Wawrinka was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Borna Ćorić in the final, 6–3, 7–5. He did not lose a single set in the entire tournament.

## Seeds

The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.
* Stan Wawrinka (champion)
* Kevin Anderson (withdrew due to left knee injury)
* Benoît Paire (semifinals)
* Roberto Bautista Agut (quarterfinals)
* Guillermo García López (quarterfinals)
* Gilles Müller (second round)
* Vasek Pospisil (first round)
* Borna Ćorić (final)

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Stan Wawrinka | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Benoît Paire | 3 | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Benoît Paire | 3 | 4 | | 1 | Stan Wawrinka | 6 | 7 |
| | | | | | 8 | Borna Ćorić | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Borna Ćorić | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6 | 8 | Borna Ćorić | 3 | 5 |
| | Aljaž Bedene | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 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 |
| | | | | | 1 | S Wawrinka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | A Rublev | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | A Rublev | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | S Devvarman | 3 | 6 | 3 | | | | | 1 | S Wawrinka | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | N Almagro | 6 | 5 | 6$^1$ | | | | | 5 | G García López | 4 | 4 | | | | |
| Q | A Pavić | 3 | 7 | 7$^7$ | Q | A Pavić | 6$^5$ | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | T Daniel | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | G García López | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | G García López | 4 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 1 | S Wawrinka | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | B Paire | 3 | 4 |
| | | | | | 3 | B Paire | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Giraldo | 3 | 4 | | | L Rosol | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Rosol | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 3 | B Paire | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| Q | T Fabbiano | 1 | 6 | 6 | | | | | Q | T Fabbiano | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| Q | J Kovalík | 6 | 3 | 2 | Q | T Fabbiano | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Khachanov | 7$^7$ | 6$^4$ | 2 | 6 | G Müller | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | G Müller | 6$^3$ | 7$^7$ | 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 | Semifinals |
| 8 | B Ćorić | 7$^7$ | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Granollers | 6$^5$ | 6 | 4 | 8 | B Ćorić | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ram | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 | | A Krajicek | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Krajicek | 6$^0$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | B Ćorić | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | |
| | J Millman | 6$^5$ | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | 4 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 4 | 6$^1$ | | | | | |
| | E Donskoy | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6$^6$ | | J Millman | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | R Bautista Agut | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | B Ćorić | 7$^7$ | 6$^5$ | 6 |
| 7 | V Pospisil | 5 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Bedene | 6$^5$ | 7$^7$ | 3 |
| | A Bedene | 7 | 7$^8$ | | | A Bedene | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Vanni | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | L Vanni | 7 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J-L Struff | 4 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | A Bedene | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | R Ramanathan | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | R Ramanathan | 7$^7$ | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| | D Gimeno Traver | 2 | 0 | | WC | R Ramanathan | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | LL | A Kudryavtsev | 6 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Elias Ymer (first round)
* James Ward (qualifying competition)
* Thomas Fabbiano (qualified)
* Alexander Kudryavtsev (qualifying competition, lucky loser)
* Saketh Myneni (qualifying competition)
* Somdev Devvarman (qualified)
* Hans Podlipnik Castillo (first round)
* Jozef Kovalík (qualified)

### Qualifiers

* Ante Pavić
* Somdev Devvarman
* Thomas Fabbiano
* Jozef Kovalík

### Lucky losers

* Alexander Kudryavtsev

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Elias Ymer | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| PR | Ante Pavić | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| PR | Ante Pavić | 7 | 6 | PR | Ante Pavić | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| | | | | WC | Sriram Balaji | 6$^2$ | 6$^0$ |
| WC | Sriram Balaji | 6 | 6 | WC | Sriram Balaji | 6$^2$ | 6$^0$ |
| 7 | Hans Podlipnik Castillo | 2 | 4 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | James Ward | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| WC | Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan | 4 | 3 | 2 | James Ward | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| | | | | 6 | Somdev Devvarman | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| | Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 2 | 3 | 6 | Somdev Devvarman | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Somdev Devvarman | 6 | 6 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Thomas Fabbiano | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| | Mikhail Elgin | 4 | 1$^r$ | | | | |
| | Mikhail Elgin | 4 | 1$^r$ | 3 | Thomas Fabbiano | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 5 | Saketh Myneni | 4 | 2 |
| | Sanam Singh | 2 | 4 | 5 | Saketh Myneni | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Saketh Myneni | 6 | 6 | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Frederik Nielsen | 4 | 6 | 0 | | | | | |
| | Frederik Nielsen | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Alexander Kudryavtsev | 6 | 6$^5$ | 1 |
| | | | | | 8 | Jozef Kovalík | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| WC | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 3 | 0 | | 8 | Jozef Kovalík | 3 | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 8 | Jozef Kovalík | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |