# 2016 Open Sud de France > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2016_Open_Sud_de_France > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2016_Open_Sud_de_France.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Open_Sud_de_France > Source revision: 1297933280 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Tennis tournament 2016 Open Sud de France Date 1–7 February 2016 Edition 29th Category World Tour 250 Draw 28S / 16D Prize money €520,070 Surface Hard (indoor) Location Montpellier, France Champions Singles Richard Gasquet Doubles Mate Pavić / Michael Venus ← 2015 · Open Sud de France · 2017 → The **2016 Open Sud de France** was a men's [tennis](/source/Tennis) tournament played on [indoor hard courts](/source/Tennis_court#Indoor_courts). It was the 29th edition of the [Open Sud de France](/source/Open_Sud_de_France), and part of the [ATP World Tour 250 series](/source/ATP_World_Tour_250_series) of the [2016 ATP World Tour](/source/2016_ATP_World_Tour). It took place at the [Arena Montpellier](/source/Arena_Montpellier) in [Montpellier](/source/Montpellier), France, from 1 February to 7 February 2016. First-seeded [Richard Gasquet](/source/Richard_Gasquet) won the singles title. ## Highlights Croatia's Ivan Dodig, Spain's Tommy Robredo, Poland's Jerzy Janowicz, and Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov withdrew from the tournament. They were replaced by Ruben Bemelmans, Michael Berrer, Lukáš Lacko, and Jan-Lennard Struff, respectively. Gael Monfils, the outgoing semifinalist and two-time tournament winner, was defeated in the first round by his compatriot Édouard Roger-Vasselin with scores of 4-6, 6-7. Similarly, Gilles Simon, the third seed who was exempt from the first round, was eliminated by qualifier Dustin Brown with scores of 4-6, 4-6. Richard Gasquet successfully defended his title by defeating Paul-Henri Mathieu with scores of 7-5, 6-4. This victory marked his 13th career title and his third in Montpellier. Mate Pavić and Michael Venus claimed the doubles title with a 7-5, 7-6(4) victory over Alexander and Mischa Zverev. This was their third title together and their second of the season. ## Finals ### Singles Main article: [2016 Open Sud de France – Singles](/source/2016_Open_Sud_de_France_%E2%80%93_Singles) - [Richard Gasquet](/source/Richard_Gasquet) defeated [Paul-Henri Mathieu](/source/Paul-Henri_Mathieu) 7–5, 6–4 ### Doubles Main article: [2016 Open Sud de France – Doubles](/source/2016_Open_Sud_de_France_%E2%80%93_Doubles) - [Mate Pavić](/source/Mate_Pavi%C4%87) / [Michael Venus](/source/Michael_Venus_(tennis)) defeated [Alexander Zverev](/source/Alexander_Zverev_Jr.) / [Mischa Zverev](/source/Mischa_Zverev) 7–5, 7–6(7–4) ## Points and prize money ### Point distribution Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q2 Q1 Singles 250 150 90 45 20 0 12 6 0 Doubles 0 —N/a —N/a —N/a —N/a ### Prize money Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q2 Q1 Singles €82,450 €43,430 €23,525 €13,400 €7,900 €4,680 €2,105 €1,055 Doubles €25,070 €13,170 €7,140 €4,080 €2,390 —N/a —N/a —N/a Doubles prize money per team ## Singles main draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Rank1 Seed FRA Richard Gasquet 9 1 CRO Marin Čilić 13 2 FRA Gilles Simon 15 3 FRA Benoît Paire 18 4 FRA Gaël Monfils 24 5 POR João Sousa 33 6 CRO Borna Ćorić 40 7 CYP Marcos Baghdatis 46 8 - Rankings were as of January 18, 2015. ### Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: - [Marcos Baghdatis](/source/Marcos_Baghdatis) - [Julien Benneteau](/source/Julien_Benneteau) - [Quentin Halys](/source/Quentin_Halys) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Dustin Brown](/source/Dustin_Brown_(tennis)) - [Kenny de Schepper](/source/Kenny_de_Schepper) - [Édouard Roger-Vasselin](/source/%C3%89douard_Roger-Vasselin) - [Elias Ymer](/source/Elias_Ymer) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Ivan Dodig](/source/Ivan_Dodig) →replaced by [Luca Vanni](/source/Luca_Vanni) - [Jerzy Janowicz](/source/Jerzy_Janowicz) →replaced by [Jan-Lennard Struff](/source/Jan-Lennard_Struff) - [Andrey Kuznetsov](/source/Andrey_Kuznetsov_(tennis)) →replaced by [Nikoloz Basilashvili](/source/Nikoloz_Basilashvili) - [Tommy Robredo](/source/Tommy_Robredo) →replaced by [Ruben Bemelmans](/source/Ruben_Bemelmans) ## Doubles main draw entrants ### Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed POL Łukasz Kubot POL Marcin Matkowski 44 1 CRO Mate Pavić NZL Michael Venus 89 2 AUT Oliver Marach FRA Fabrice Martin 99 3 ISR Jonathan Erlich GBR Colin Fleming 106 4 - Rankings were as of January 18, 2016. ### Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: - [Paul-Henri Mathieu](/source/Paul-Henri_Mathieu) / [Vincent Millot](/source/Vincent_Millot) - [Alexander Zverev](/source/Alexander_Zverev_Jr.) / [Mischa Zverev](/source/Mischa_Zverev) ### Withdrawals **During the tournament** - [Jonathan Erlich](/source/Jonathan_Erlich) (lower body pain) ## References ## External links - [Official website](http://www.opensuddefrance.com) v t e Lyon/Montpellier tournaments 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 v t e 2016 ATP World Tour « 2015 2017 » Grand Slam events Australian Open (S, D, X) French Open (S, D, X) Wimbledon (S, D, X) US Open (S, D, X) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells (S, D) Miami (S, D) Monte Carlo (S, D) Madrid (S, D) Rome (S, D) Montreal (S, D) Cincinnati (S, D) Shanghai (S, D) Paris (S, D) ATP World Tour 500 series Rotterdam (S, D) Rio (S, D) Dubai (S, D) Acapulco (S, D) Barcelona (S, D) London (S, D) Halle (S, D) Hamburg (S, D) Washington D.C. 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