The 2016 Chengdu Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the inaugural edition of the Chengdu Open and part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2016 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Sichuan International Tennis Center in Chengdu, China, from September 26 to October 2, 2016. Unseeded Karen Khachanov won the singles title.

• Karen Khachanov defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–3), 6–3

• Raven Klaasen / Rajeev Ram defeated Pablo Carreño Busta / Mariusz Fyrstenberg, 7–6^(7–2), 7–5

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
AUT	Dominic Thiem	10	1
AUS	Nick Kyrgios	15	2
BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	21	3
ESP	Feliciano López	26	4
ESP	Albert Ramos Viñolas	32	5
SRB	Viktor Troicki	33	6
POR	João Sousa	34	7
ITA	Paolo Lorenzi	35	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Casper Ruud
• Dominic Thiem
• Wu Di

The following player received entry using a protected ranking:

• Juan Mónaco

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Michael Berrer
• Denis Kudla
• Hiroki Moriya
• Radek Štěpánek

Before the tournament

• Nicolás Almagro →replaced by Lu Yen-hsun
• Jérémy Chardy →replaced by Diego Schwartzman
• Borna Ćorić →replaced by Jordan Thompson
• Guido Pella →replaced by John Millman
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga →replaced by Konstantin Kravchuk

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
RSA	Raven Klaasen	USA	Rajeev Ram	31	1
COL	Juan Sebastián Cabal	COL	Robert Farah	54	2
GBR	Dominic Inglot	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	88	3
ESP	Pablo Carreño Busta	POL	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	105	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of September 19, 2016

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• He Yecong / Sun Fajing
• Wu Di / Bai Yan

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Albert Ramos Viñolas / Casper Ruud

Before the tournament

• Radek Štěpánek (illness)

• Official website Archived 2016-10-08 at the Wayback Machine