# 2016 Tashkent Challenger – Singles

Denis Istomin was the defending champion but lost in the final to Konstantin Kravchuk.
Kravchuk won the title defeating Istomin 7–5, 6–4 in the final.

## Seeds

* Jiří Veselý (second round, retired)
* Jérémy Chardy (quarterfinals)
* Ričardas Berankis (second round, retired)
* Evgeny Donskoy (first round)
* Konstantin Kravchuk (champion)
* Lukáš Lacko (semifinals)
* Denis Istomin (final)
* Mirza Bašić (semifinals)

## 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 |
| 8 | Mirza Bašić | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| 5 | Konstantin Kravchuk | 7 | 6 | | | | |
| 5 | Konstantin Kravchuk | 7 | 6 | 5 | Konstantin Kravchuk | 7 | 6 |
| | | | | 7 | Denis Istomin | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Denis Istomin | 6 | 6 | 7 | Denis Istomin | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Lukáš Lacko | 4 | 4 | | | | |

### 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 | J Veselý | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | V Vardhan | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | J Veselý | 7$^7$ | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | A Zaitcev | 6 | 3 | 4 | | A Bublik | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Bublik | 2 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | A Bublik | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| | B Kavčič | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | M Bašić | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | I Nedelko | 1 | 0$^r$ | | | B Kavčič | 5 | 0$^r$ | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | J Karimov | 4 | 3 | | 8 | M Bašić | 7 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | M Bašić | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | M Bašić | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | E Donskoy | 6 | 3 | 6$^5$ | | | | | | | | | | 5 | K Kravchuk | 7 | 6 |
| WC | S Fayziev | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | WC | S Fayziev | 0 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Nedovyesov | 6 | 6 | | | A Nedovyesov | 6 | 6$^5$ | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Kudryavtsev | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | WC | S Fayziev | 4 | 5 | | | | |
| | Y Mertens | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | K Kravchuk | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev | 4 | 2 | | | Y Mertens | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Elgin | 4 | 4 | | 5 | K Kravchuk | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | K Kravchuk | 6 | 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 |
| 7 | D Istomin | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | G Sakharov | 3 | 3 | | 7 | D Istomin | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Alexander Vasilenko | 6$^1$ | 6$^5$ | | | D Molchanov | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Molchanov | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | 7 | D Istomin | 6 | 7$^{15}$ | | | | | |
| Q | I Dodig | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | I Dodig | 4 | 6$^{13}$ | | | | | |
| | A Šetkić | 4 | 4 | | Q | I Dodig | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Michal Konečný | 2 | 4 | | 3 | R Berankis | 1$^r$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | R Berankis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | D Istomin | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | L Lacko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | L Lacko | 4 | 4 |
| WC | K Sultanov | 4 | 3 | | 6 | L Lacko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ivashka | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | I Ivashka | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Gerasimov | 6 | 6$^1$ | 1 | | | | | | 6 | L Lacko | 4 | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | |
| | F Gaio | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | J Chardy | 6 | 6$^4$ | 4 | | | | |
| | A Weintraub | 6 | 6 | | | A Weintraub | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Tyurnev | 4 | 2 | | 2 | J Chardy | w/o | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | J Chardy | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |