# 2016 MercedesCup – Singles

Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year.
Dominic Thiem won the title, defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–4, 6–4.

## Seeds

The top four seeds receive a bye into the second round.
* Roger Federer (semifinals)
* Marin Čilić (second round)
* Dominic Thiem (champion)
* Gilles Simon (quarterfinals)
* Feliciano López (first round)
* Viktor Troicki (first round)
* Philipp Kohlschreiber (final)
* Lucas Pouille (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 | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Roger Federer | 6 | 6$^7$ | 4 | | | | | |
| 3 | Dominic Thiem | 3 | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 3 | Dominic Thiem | 3 | 7$^9$ | 6 | 3 | Dominic Thiem | 6$^2$ | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | 7 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 |
| WC | Juan Martín del Potro | 3 | 4 | | 7 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 7$^7$ | 4 | 4 |
| 7 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 6 | 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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Fritz | 3 | 7$^8$ | 6 | | T Fritz | 4 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Martin | 6 | 6$^6$ | 1 | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | |
| | M Jaziri | 7$^9$ | 2 | 4 | | | | | | Q | F Mayer | 6$^2$ | 6$^1$ | | | | | | |
| WC | M Berrer | 6$^7$ | 6 | 6 | WC | M Berrer | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | F Mayer | 6 | 7$^7$ | | Q | F Mayer | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | V Troicki | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Federer | 6 | 6$^7$ | 4 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | D Thiem | 3 | 7$^9$ | 6 |
| | | | | | 3 | D Thiem | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S Groth | 7 | 6 | | | S Groth | 6$^3$ | 6$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Marchenko | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | 3 | D Thiem | 3 | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| WC | J Choinski | 3 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | S Stakhovsky | 6 | 0 | | Q | S Stakhovsky | 3 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Youzhny | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | M Youzhny | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | F López | 6$^3$ | 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 |
| 8 | L Pouille | 7$^7$ | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | J Millman | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | J Millman | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | JM del Potro | 6 | 6 | | WC | JM del Potro | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Dimitrov | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | WC | JM del Potro | 6$^3$ | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | J-L Struff | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 4 | G Simon | 7$^7$ | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| | M Baghdatis | 6 | 1 | 4 | | J-L Struff | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | G Simon | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | WC | JM del Potro | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 6 |
| | P-H Herbert | 4 | 1 | | 7 | P Kohlschreiber | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Lajović | 0 | 2 | | | D Kudla | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Kudla | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | P Kohlschreiber | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | D Istomin | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | Q | R Štěpánek | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| Q | R Štěpánek | 7 | 3 | 6 | Q | R Štěpánek | 7$^7$ | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | M Čilić | 6$^4$ | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

## Qualifying
### Seeds

* Sergiy Stakhovsky (qualified)
* Nikoloz Basilashvili (first round)
* Yūichi Sugita (qualifying competition)
* Radek Štěpánek (qualified)
* Mirza Bašić (first round)
* Daniel Brands (first round)
* James Ward (qualifying competition)
* Axel Michon (first round)

### Qualifiers

* Sergiy Stakhovsky
* Florian Mayer
* Fabrice Martin
* Radek Štěpánek

### Qualifying draw
#### First qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 1 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| | Jan Mertl | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| | Jan Mertl | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | | WC | Frank Moser | 4 | 4 |
| WC | Frank Moser | 6 | 6$^5$ | 6 | WC | Frank Moser | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Axel Michon | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | | | |

#### Second qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 2 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 7 | 6$^3$ | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| WC | Matthias Bachinger | 5 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| WC | Matthias Bachinger | 5 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | WC | Matthias Bachinger | 6$^5$ | 3 |
| | | | | | | Florian Mayer | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | Florian Mayer | 6 | 6 | | | Florian Mayer | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| 6 | Daniel Brands | 2 | 4 | | | | | |

#### Third qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 3 | Yūichi Sugita | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| | Giovanni Lapentti | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| | Giovanni Lapentti | 3 | 1 | 3 | Yūichi Sugita | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6$^5$ |
| | | | | Alt | Fabrice Martin | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| Alt | Fabrice Martin | 7 | 7$^{11}$ | Alt | Fabrice Martin | 4 | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| 5 | Mirza Bašić | 5 | 6$^9$ | | | | | |

#### Fourth qualifier

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition | Qualifying competition |
| 4 | Radek Štěpánek | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Nikola Mektić | 4 | 3 | | | | |
| | Nikola Mektić | 4 | 3 | 4 | Radek Štěpánek | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | James Ward | 2 | 1 |
| | Jan Hernych | 6$^6$ | 5 | 7 | James Ward | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | James Ward | 7$^8$ | 7 | | | | |