2016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's singles

Stan Wawrinka defeated Marcos Baghdatis in the final, 6–4, 7–6(15–13) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships.

Roger Federer was the two-time reigning champion, but withdrew due to a knee injury.

This marked the first tournament Novak Djokovic participated in where he failed to reach the final since the 2015 Qatar Open, snapping a streak of 17 finals, when he was forced to retire from his quarterfinal match against Feliciano López due to an eye injury.

Seeds
• #🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (quarterfinals, retired due to an eye injury)

• # Stan Wawrinka (champion)

• #🇨🇿 Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals)

• #🇪🇸 Roberto Bautista Agut (quarterfinals)

• #🇷🇸 Viktor Troicki (first round)

• #🇪🇸 Feliciano López (semifinals)

• #🇸🇰 Martin Kližan (first round)

• #🇩🇪 Philipp Kohlschreiber (quarterfinals)

Seeds
• # 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny (qualified)

• # Ivan Dodig (qualifying competition)

• # 🇬🇧 Kyle Edmund (qualifying competition)

• # 🇫🇷 Lucas Pouille (qualified)

• # 🇧🇪 Ruben Bemelmans (qualifying competition)

• # Nikoloz Basilashvili (qualifying competition)

• # 🇮🇹 Thomas Fabbiano (qualified)

• # 🇬🇧 James Ward (first round)

Qualifiers
• # 🇷🇺 Mikhail Youzhny

• # 🇮🇹 Thomas Fabbiano

• # Franko Škugor

• # 🇫🇷 Lucas Pouille