The 2016 Sparkassen Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It is the 23rd edition of the tournament which is part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It will take place in Braunschweig, Germany between 4 and 10 July 2016.
| 2016 Sparkassen Open | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 – 10 July |
| Edition | 23rd |
| Surface | Clay |
| Location | Braunschweig, Germany |
| Champions | |
| Singles | |
 Thomaz Bellucci | |
| Doubles | |
 James Cerretani /  Philipp Oswald | |
Singles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRA
|
Thomaz Bellucci | 62 | 1 |
 ESP
|
Íñigo Cervantes | 75 | 2 |
 GER
|
Florian Mayer | 80 | 3 |
| GER
|
Jan-Lennard Struff | 86 | 4 |
 ARG
|
Leonardo Mayer | 90 | 5 |
 POR
|
Gastão Elias | 92 | 6 |
| ARG
|
Facundo Bagnis | 96 | 7 |
 RUS
|
Karen Khachanov | 100 | 8 |
- 1 Rankings are as of June 27, 2016.
Other entrants edit
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry as alternates:
Kenny de Schepper
Michal Konečný- Marek Michalička
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Juan Ignacio Galarza
Gianluca Mager
Ante Pavić
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Doubles main-draw entrants edit
Seeds edit
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARG
|
Guillermo Durán | ARG
|
Andrés Molteni | 125 | 1 |
 BLR
|
Aliaksandr Bury |  SVK
|
Igor Zelenay | 137 | 2 |
| USA
|
James Cerretani | AUT
|
Philipp Oswald | 179 | 3 |
 POL
|
Mateusz Kowalczyk |  CRO
|
Antonio Šančić | 191 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 27, 2016.
Other entrants edit
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Andreas Beck / Andreas Mies
- Kenny de Schepper / Axel Michon
- Juan Ignacio Galarza / Leonardo Mayer
The following pairs received entries courtesy of protected rankings into the doubles main draw:
Champions edit
Singles edit
Thomaz Bellucci def. 
Íñigo Cervantes, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Doubles edit
James Cerretani / 
Philipp Oswald def. 
Mateusz Kowalczyk / Antonio Šančić, 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–2]