# 2016 Gwangju Open – Singles

This was the first edition of the tournament.
Ričardas Berankis won the title, defeating Grega Žemlja 6–3, 6–2 in the final.

## Seeds

* Ričardas Berankis (champion)
* Tatsuma Ito (semifinals)
* Go Soeda (first round)
* Wu Di (semifinals)
* Alexander Sarkissian (first round)
* Grega Žemlja (final)
* Bai Yan (first round)
* Li Zhe (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 |
| 1 | Ričardas Berankis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 4 | Wu Di | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| 4 | Wu Di | 4 | 1 | 1 | Ričardas Berankis | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 6 | Grega Žemlja | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Grega Žemlja | 6 | 6 | 6 | Grega Žemlja | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Tatsuma Ito | 4 | 3 | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | R Berankis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | G Jones | 3 | 1 | | 1 | R Berankis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | S-w Kwon | 6 | 6 | | WC | S-w Kwon | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Nielsen | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | 1 | R Berankis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | Y-s Chung | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | WC | H Chung | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Y-k Lim | 6 | 6 | | WC | Y-k Lim | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | H Chung | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | WC | H Chung | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Y Bai | 6 | 6$^1$ | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | R Berankis | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | D Wu | 6$^5$ | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | D Wu | 4 | 1 |
| | S-c Hong | 7$^7$ | 4 | 2 | 4 | D Wu | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | L Broady | 6 | 6 | | Q | L Broady | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Kim Cheong-eui | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | 4 | D Wu | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | V Šafránek | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | D-h Lee | 1 | 3 | | | | |
| | D Nguyen | 7 | 6 | | | D Nguyen | 4 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | D-h Lee | 0 | 6 | 7 | | D-h Lee | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Z Li | 6 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 6 | G Žemlja | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | W Trongcharoenchaikul | 3 | 2 | | 6 | G Žemlja | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | J Jung | 2 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | J Jung | 6 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | M Viola | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | 6 | G Žemlja | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Barry | 6 | 3 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | M Reid | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| | M Reid | 3 | 6 | 7$^8$ | | M Reid | 6 | 3 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| | M Przysiężny | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | M Przysiężny | 4 | 6 | 6$^1$ | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | G Soeda | 6 | 2 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | 6 | G Žemlja | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | A Sarkissian | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | T Ito | 4 | 3 |
| | M Matosevic | 4 | 6 | 6 | | M Matosevic | 1 | 7$^7$ | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | Jeremy Jahn | 5 | 6 | 6 | | J Jahn | 6 | 6$^2$ | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Ghedin | 7 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | J Jahn | | | | | | |
| | Kim Young-seok | 5 | 6 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | T Ito | w/o | | | | | |
| Q | Gavin van Peperzeel | 7 | 3 | 6 | Q | G van Peperzeel | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| LL | D Yoo | 2 | 4 | | 2 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |