Rafael Nadal took a straight sets victory over Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the final, beating him 6-4, 7-5.
World No. 6 Kei Nishikori was the reigning champion at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, winning the title in 2015. It is an ATP500 event played on outdoor clay courts. He beat Spain’s Pablo Andujar in straight sets in the finals in 2015.
Semi-finals
Rafael Nadal bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 6-3
Kei Nishikori bt Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-2
Quarter-finals
Benoit Paire bt Malek Jaziri 3-6, 7-5, 6-1
Kei Nishikori bt Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-5, 6-0
Round 3
Rafael Nadal bt Albert Montanes 6-2, 6-2
Andrey Kuznetsov bt Radek Stepanek 6-2, 6-4
Benoit Paire bt Pablo Cuevas 6-2, 6-4
Alexandr Dolgopolov bt Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-5
Fabio Fognini bt Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-2
Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Feliciano Lopez 6-7, 7-5, 6-3
Malek Jaziri bt Alexander Zverev 7-6, 6-4
Kei Nishikori bt Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 7-5
Round 2
Benoit Paire bt Teymuraz Gabashvili 6-2, 7-5
Karen Khachanov bt Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-7, 6-3
Alexandr Dolgopolov bt Evgeny Doskov 4-6, 7-6, 6-4
Jeremy Chardy bt Victor Estrella Burgos 7-5, 6-2
Marcel Granollers bt Daniel Munoz de la Nava 6-4, 6-3
Mikhail Youzhny bt Rajeev Ram 6-2, 6-2
Rafael Nadal beat Marcel Granollers 6-3 6-2
Feliciano Lopez beat Ivan Dodig 7-6 6-4
Phillip Kohlschreiber beat Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2 6-1
Fabio Fognini beat Mikhail Youzhny 306 6-0 6-1
Radek Stepanek beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-7 6-1 6-4
Round 1
Alexander Zverev bt Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-3
Teymuraz Gabashvili bt Nicolas Almagro 1-6, 7-6, 6-2
Malek Jaziri bt Hyeon Chung 6-3, 6-4
Radek Stepanek bt Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 7-5
Albert Montanes bt Roberto Caraballes Baena 6-3, 6-3
Inigo Cervantes bt Franko Skugor 6-3, 6-4
Karen Khachanov bt Aljaz Bedene 3-6, 6-3, 7-6
Evgeny Donskoy bt Facundo Bagnis 7-5, 7-6
