title: 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel
text: # 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel
  
  The 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 72nd edition of the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, and part of the World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Tennis stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel, Austria, from July 18 through July 24.
  
  ## Singles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | AUT | Dominic Thiem | 9 | 1 |
  | GER | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 22 | 2 |
  | ESP | Marcel Granollers | 45 | 3 |
  | ITA | Paolo Lorenzi | 48 | 4 |
  | CZE | Lukáš Rosol | 78 | 5 |
  | SRB | Dušan Lajović | 81 | 6 |
  | ESP | Íñigo Cervantes | 82 | 7 |
  | GER | Jan-Lennard Struff | 86 | 8 |
  
  * $^1$ Rankings are as of July 11, 2016
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  
  * Jürgen Melzer
  * Dennis Novak
  * Akira Santillan
  
  The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  
  * Kenny de Schepper
  * Daniel Gimeno-Traver
  * Máximo González
  * Filippo Volandri
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Diego Schwartzman →replaced by Michael Berrer
  
  ## Doubles main draw entrants
  
  ### Seeds
  
  | Country | Player | Country | Player | $Rank^1$ | Seed |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | NED | Wesley Koolhof | NED | Matwé Middelkoop | 104 | 1 |
  | ARG | Guillermo Durán | ARG | Máximo González | 106 | 2 |
  | ISR | Jonathan Erlich | MEX | Santiago González | 116 | 3 |
  | BLR | Aliaksandr Bury | SVK | Igor Zelenay | 150 | 4 |
  
  * Rankings are as of July 11, 2016
  
  ### Other entrants
  
  The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  
  * Gerald Melzer / Jürgen Melzer
  * Lucas Miedler / Akira Santillan
  
  The following pair received entry as alternates:
  
  * Taro Daniel / Daniel Gimeno-Traver
  
  ### Withdrawals
  
  **Before the tournament**
  
  * Gerald Melzer
  
  ## Finals
  
  ### Singles
  
  * Paolo Lorenzi defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili, 6–3, 6–4
  
  ### Doubles
  
  * Wesley Koolhof / Matwé Middelkoop defeated Dennis Novak / Dominic Thiem, 2–6, 6–3, [11–9]
  