2016 ATP Shenzhen Open

The 2016 ATP Shenzhen Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament, and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Shenzhen Longgang Tennis Centre in Shenzhen, China from September 26 to October 2.

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Li Zhe
 * 🇯🇵 Akira Santillan
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze

The following players received entry using a protected ranking:
 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Andújar
 * 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
 * 🇺🇸 Ryan Harrison
 * 🇮🇹 Luca Vanni
 * 🇦🇺 Andrew Whittington
 * 🇩🇪 Mischa Zverev

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
 * 🇮🇹 Thomas Fabbiano

Withdrawals

 * Before the tournament
 * 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov →replaced by 🇪🇸 Íñigo Cervantes
 * 🇬🇧 Daniel Evans →replaced by 🇨🇿 Lukáš Rosol
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Fritz →replaced by 🇯🇵 Yoshihito Nishioka
 * 🇩🇪 Alexander Zverev →replaced by 🇮🇹 Thomas Fabbiano

Retirements

 * 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević

Seeds

 * 1 Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
 * 🇨🇳 Gong Maoxin / 🇨🇳 Zhang Ze
 * 🇨🇳 Li Zhe / 🇨🇳 Zhang Zhizhen

Singles

 * 🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych def. 🇫🇷 Richard Gasquet, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7), 6–3

Doubles

 * 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini / 🇸🇪 Robert Lindstedt def. Mate Pavić / 🇳🇿 Michael Venus, 7–6(7–4), 6–3