# 2016 Kobe Challenger – Singles

John Millman was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
Chung Hyeon won the title after defeating James Duckworth 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ in the final.

## Seeds

* Yūichi Sugita (first round)
* Yoshihito Nishioka (quarterfinals)
* Taro Daniel (first round)
* Go Soeda (semifinals)
* Chung Hyeon (champion)
* Lee Duck-hee (semifinals)
* James Duckworth (final)
* Tatsuma Ito (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 |
| 6 | Lee Duck-hee | 6$^2$ | 4 | | | | | |
| 7 | James Duckworth | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
| 7 | James Duckworth | 7$^7$ | 6 | | 7 | James Duckworth | 4 | 6$^2$ |
| | | | | | 5 | Chung Hyeon | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 4 | Go Soeda | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 | 5 | Chung Hyeon | 6 | 7$^7$ |
| 5 | Chung Hyeon | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | |

### 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 | Y Sugita | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Uchiyama | 6 | 6 | | | Y Uchiyama | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | A Michon | 6 | 6 | | | A Michon | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K-y Lee | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | Y Uchiyama | 1 | 0$^r$ | | | | |
| | T Chen | 4 | 4 | | | | | | 6 | D-h Lee | 6 | 2 | | | | |
| WC | Y Watanuki | 6 | 6 | | WC | Y Watanuki | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Kim Cheong-eui | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | D-h Lee | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | D-h Lee | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 6 | D-h Lee | 6$^2$ | 4 |
| 3 | T Daniel | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | 7 | J Duckworth | 7$^7$ | 6 |
| | H Moriya | 6 | 6 | | | H Moriya | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Gunneswaran | 3 | 6$^0$ | | | L Lokoli | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | L Lokoli | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | L Lokoli | 5 | 6$^2$ | | | | |
| | A Pavić | 5 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | J Duckworth | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | J-P Smith | 7 | 6 | | | J-P Smith | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | Shintaro Imai | 0 | 7$^7$ | 4 | 7 | J Duckworth | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | J Duckworth | 6 | 6$^4$ | 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 | T Ito | 6$^3$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Saville | 7$^7$ | 4 | 6 | | L Saville | 4 | 6$^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Weintraub | 7 | 6 | | | A Weintraub | 6 | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | K Uesugi | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | A Weintraub | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| WC | Makoto Ochi | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | 4 | G Soeda | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | |
| WC | Ken Onishi | 6 | 6 | | WC | K Onishi | 0 | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Shuichi Sekiguchi | 1 | 0 | | 4 | G Soeda | 6 | 7$^9$ | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | G Soeda | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | G Soeda | 3 | 7$^7$ | 3 |
| 5 | H Chung | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | H Chung | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 |
| | S-c Hong | 1 | 3 | | 5 | H Chung | 1 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | E Leshem | 2 | 4 | | | D Masur | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Masur | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 5 | H Chung | 7 | 6 | | | | | | |
| | Yuya Kibi | 6 | 6$^4$ | 6 | | | | | | 2 | Y Nishioka | 5 | 4 | | | | | | |
| WC | Y Takahashi | 2 | 7$^7$ | 3 | | Y Kibi | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | S-w Kwon | 4 | 2 | | 2 | Y Nishioka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Y Nishioka | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |