title: 2016 Fairfield Challenger
text: # 2016 Fairfield Challenger
  
  The 2016 Fairfield Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Fairfield, California, United States between 10 and 16 October 2016.
  
  ## Singles main-draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | USA | Frances Tiafoe | 117 | 1 |
  | COL | Santiago Giraldo | 127 | 2 |
  | USA | Tim Smyczek | 134 | 4 |
  | BAR | Darian King | 135 | 4 |
  | ITA | Alessandro Giannessi | 144 | 5 |
  | USA | Dennis Novikov | 147 | 6 |
  | SLO | Grega Žemlja | 162 | 7 |
  | GER | Maximilian Marterer | 167 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of October 3, 2016.
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Reilly Opelka
  * Tom Fawcett
  * Keegan Smith
  * Brian Baker
  
  The following players received entry using special exemptions:
  
  * Michael Mmoh
  * Mackenzie McDonald
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Brydan Klein
  * Hans Podlipnik
  * Dennis Nevolo
  * Cameron Norrie
  
  ## Champions
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Santiago Giraldo def. Quentin Halys, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2.
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Brian Baker / Mackenzie McDonald def. Sekou Bangoura / Eric Quigley, 6–3, 6–4.
  