2016 Cary Challenger

{{TennisEventInfo|2016|Cary Challenger|

| date=10–18 September

| edition=2nd

| draw=32S / 16D

| surface=Hard

| prize_money=$50,000

| location=Cary, United States

| champs= {{flagicon|IRL}} James McGee

| champd= {{flagicon|CAN}} Philip Bester / {{flagicon|CAN}} Peter Polansky

}}

The 2016 Cary Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 2nd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cary, North Carolina, United States between 10 and 18 September 2016.

Singles main-draw entrants

=Seeds=

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank1

! Seed

{{flagu|USA}}

|Dennis Novikov

|121

|1

{{flagu|USA}}

|Frances Tiafoe

|125

|2

{{flagu|USA}}

|Austin Krajicek

|137

|3

{{flagu|USA}}

|Stefan Kozlov

|154

|4

{{flag|CAN}}

|Peter Polansky

|159

|5

{{flag|BAR}}

|Darian King

|166

|6

{{flag|ESA}}

|Marcelo Arévalo

|176

|7

{{flagu|USA}}

|Ernesto Escobedo

|201

|8

  • 1 Rankings are as of August 29, 2016.

=Other entrants=

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

  • {{flagicon|USA}} Nick Stachowiak
  • {{flagicon|CAN}} Brayden Schnur
  • {{flagicon|AUS}} Nicholas Horton
  • {{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Shane

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Champions

=Singles=

{{main|2016 Cary Challenger – Singles}}

=Doubles=

{{main|2016 Cary Challenger – Doubles}}