title: 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's singles
text: # 2016 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships – Men's singles
  
  John Millman was the defending champion but chose not to defend his title.
  
  Ernesto Escobedo won the title after defeating Frances Tiafoe 6–2, $6–7^{(6–8)},$ $7–6^{(7–3)}$ in the final.
  
  ## Seeds
  
  * Adrian Mannarino (second round)
  * Malek Jaziri (second round)
  * Daniel Evans (first round)
  * Jordan Thompson (second round)
  * Bjorn Fratangelo (first round)
  * Quentin Halys (first round)
  * Frances Tiafoe (final)
  * Stefan Kozlov (second round)
  
  ## Draw
  
  ### Key
  
  * Q = Qualifier
  * WC = Wild card
  * LL = Lucky loser
  * Alt = Alternate
  * SE = Special exempt
  * PR = Protected ranking
  * ITF = ITF entry
  * JE = Junior exempt
  * w/o = Walkover
  * r = Retired
  * d = Defaulted
  * SR = Special ranking
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Frances Tiafoe | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
  | WC | Brian Baker | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
  | WC | Brian Baker | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Frances Tiafoe | 2 | $7^8$ | $6^3$ |
  | | | | | | | Ernesto Escobedo | 6 | $6^6$ | $7^7$ |
  | | Ernesto Escobedo | 6 | $6^1$ | 6 | | Ernesto Escobedo | 6 | $6^6$ | $7^7$ |
  | | Andrew Whittington | 1 | $7^7$ | 1 | | | | | |
  
  ### Top half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A Mannarino | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | H Moriya | 1 | 4 | | 1 | A Mannarino | 2 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | M McDonald | $6^5$ | 2 | | | M Krueger | 6 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | M Krueger | $7^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | M Krueger | 3 | 4 | | | | | | |
  | | B Klein | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 7 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
  | WC | E Quigley | 3 | 4 | | | B Klein | 4 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | T Paul | 3 | 1 | | 7 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 7 | F Tiafoe | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | F Tiafoe | 3 | 6 | 6 |
  | 3 | D Evans | 5 | 6 | $6^6$ | | | | | | | | | | | WC | B Baker | 6 | 2 | 2 |
  | WC | B Baker | 7 | 4 | $7^8$ | WC | B Baker | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | W Bushamuka | 2 | 2 | | | L Broady | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Broady | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | WC | B Baker | 6 | $6^7$ | 6 | | | | | |
  | Alt | JI Londero | 2 | $7^7$ | 4 | | | | | | Q | A Kuznetsov | 4 | $7^9$ | 4 | | | | | |
  | Q | A Kuznetsov | 6 | $6^4$ | 6 | Q | A Kuznetsov | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | A Golubev | 2 | 2 | | 8 | S Kozlov | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 8 | S Kozlov | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  
  ### Bottom half
  
  | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 6 | Q Halys | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | N Meister | 6 | 6 | | | N Meister | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | Q | L Glasspool | 6 | 3 | | Q | L Glasspool | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | | J Ward | 3 | $1^r$ | | | | | | | Q | L Glasspool | $7^9$ | 5 | 3 | | | | |
  | | G Clezar | 3 | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | E Escobedo | $6^7$ | 7 | 6 | | | | |
  | | E Escobedo | 6 | $7^7$ | | | E Escobedo | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | WC | R Shane | 4 | 4 | | 4 | J Thompson | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
  | 4 | J Thompson | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | E Escobedo | 6 | $6^1$ | 6 |
  | 5 | B Fratangelo | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | A Whittington | 1 | $7^7$ | 1 |
  | | A Whittington | 6 | 6 | | | A Whittington | $7^7$ | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | R Ramanathan | 4 | 6 | 6 | | R Ramanathan | $6^4$ | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | L Saville | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | A Whittington | 7 | 5 | 6 | | | | |
  | Q | J Witten | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | D Nguyen | 5 | 7 | 1 | | | | |
  | | D Nguyen | 6 | 6 | | | D Nguyen | 6 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
  | | S Bangoura | 3 | $6^6$ | | 2 | M Jaziri | 4 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
  | 2 | M Jaziri | 6 | $7^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  