| 2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 3–9 October | |||
| Edition | 43rd | |||
| Category | ATP World Tour 500 | |||
| Draw | 32S/16D | |||
| Surface | Hard / outdoor | |||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Singles | ||||
 Nick Kyrgios | ||||
| Doubles | ||||
 Marcel Granollers / Marcin Matkowski | ||||
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The2016 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships was a men'stennis tournament played on outdoorhard courts. It was the 43rd edition of theJapan Open, and part of the500 Series of the2016 ATP World Tour. It was held at theAriake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, from October 3–9, 2016.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles[1] | 500 | 300 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles[1] | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $310,330 | $145,750 | $72,370 | $36,185 | $18,335 | $9,650 | $1,610 | $885 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doubles | $91,470 | $43,220 | $20,860 | $10,850 | $5,680 | — | — | — |
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 JPN | Kei Nishikori | 5 | 1 |
 FRA | Gaël Monfils | 8 | 2 |
 CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 9 | 3 |
 CRO | Marin Čilić | 11 | 4 |
 BEL | David Goffin | 14 | 5 |
| AUS | Nick Kyrgios | 15 | 6 |
| CRO | Ivo Karlović | 20 | 7 |
| ESP | Feliciano López | 27 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following player using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Nicolás Almagro →replaced by
Donald YoungBorna Ćorić →replaced byJiří Veselý
Stan Wawrinka →replaced byStéphane Robert| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 GBR | Jamie Murray |  BRA | Bruno Soares | 9 | 1 |
 RSA | Raven Klaasen | USA | Rajeev Ram | 30 | 2 |
| GBR | Dominic Inglot |  NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | 45 | 3 |
 FIN | Henri Kontinen | AUS | John Peers | 51 | 4 |
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
Nick Kyrgios defeatedDavid Goffin, 4−6, 6−3, 7−5Marcel Granollers /Marcin Matkowski defeatedRaven Klaasen /Rajeev Ram, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
