2016 Australian Open – Women's singles

April 2026 2016 Australian Open 2016 Australian Open GER Angelique Kerber USA Serena Williams 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 128 (12 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wild Cards) 32 Angelique Kerber defeated defending champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 Australian Open. It was her first major title. Kerber saved a match point en route to the title, in the first round against Misaki Doi; she was the first woman to win a singles major after saving a match point in the first round.http://www.vavel.com/en-us/tennis-usa/593255-australian-open-angelique-kerber-advances-despite-scare.html Kerber saves match point 30 January 2016 She was also the first German to win a major since Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-30/australian-open3a-serena-williams-beats-angelique-kerber-to-wi/7127362?section=sport Australian Open: Angelique Kerber stuns Serena Williams to win women's final ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 30 January 2016 30 January 2016https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/30/serena-williams-angelque-kerber-australian-open-final-tennis Angelique Kerber stuns Serena Williams to clinch Australian Open title 30 January 2016 Guardian 1 February 2016 Williams' loss also ended her eight-match winning streak in major finals. The top three seeds (S. Williams, Simona Halep and Garbiñe Muguruza) were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking. Williams retained the top spot after Halep and Muguruza were eliminated in the first and third rounds, respectively. The twelve seeds that lost in the opening round were the most to do so at any major since the 32-seed draw was adopted at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5285581/title/insider-notebook-upsets-and-azarenka INSIDER NOTEBOOK: UPSETS AND AZARENKA Women's Tennis Association Courtney Nguyen 19 January 2016 19 January 2016 Zhang Shuai became the first qualifier to reach the quarterfinals since Angélica Gavaldón in 1990.http://au.eurosport.com/tennis/australian-open-women/2016/zhang-shuai-overcomes-injured-madison-keys-who-ends-match-in-tears_sto5086192/story.shtml Qualifier Zhang Shuai overcomes injured Madison Keys, who ends match in tears au.eurosport.com EuroSport 26 January 2016 26 January 2016 Zhang also won her first main draw major match in her 15th main draw appearance. This was the first major appearance for future two-time champion and world No. 1 Naomi Osaka, who lost to Victoria Azarenka in the third round. This was the final Australian Open appearance of 2008 finalist and former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic, who lost to Madison Keys in the third round. It was also the last professional event for former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova until the 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix: Sharapova failed a drug test at this tournament, testing positive for the banned substance meldonium, and was suspended from professional tennis for 15 months as a result. She lost here in the quarterfinals to Williams, in a rematch of the previous year's final. Seeds 1 1 USA Serena Williams (final) 2 8 ROU Simona Halep (first round) 3 6 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (third round) 4 3 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals) 5 2 RUS Maria Sharapova (quarterfinals) 6 4 CZE Petra Kvitová (second round) 7 5 GER Angelique Kerber (champion) 8 7 USA Venus Williams (first round) 9 7 CZE Karolína Plíšková (third round) 10 4 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (quarterfinals) 11 5 SUI Timea Bacsinszky (second round) 12 2 SUI Belinda Bencic (fourth round) 13 3 ITA Roberta Vinci (third round) 14 6 BLR Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals) 15 8 USA Madison Keys (fourth round) 16 1 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (first round) 17 1 ITA Sara Errani (first round) 18 6 UKR Elina Svitolina (second round) 19 5 SRB Jelena Janković (second round) 20 8 SRB Ana Ivanovic (third round) 21 7 RUS Ekaterina Makarova (fourth round) 22 4 GER Andrea Petkovic (first round) 23 2 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round) 24 3 USA Sloane Stephens (first round) 25 3 AUS Samantha Stosur (first round) 26 2 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (first round) 27 1 SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (first round) 28 4 FRA Kristina Mladenovic (third round) 29 5 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu (first round) 30 7 GER Sabine Lisicki (second round) 31 8 UKR Lesia Tsurenko (first round) 32 6 FRA Caroline Garcia (first round) Qualifying 2016 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying Wildcards 2016 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 5 RUS Maria Sharapova 4 1 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 6 6 10 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 1 3 7 GER Angelique Kerber 6 7 14 BLR Victoria Azarenka 3 5 GBR Johanna Konta 6 6 Q CHN Zhang Shuai 4 1 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 0 4 7 GER Angelique Kerber 7 6 GBR Johanna Konta 5 2 1 USA Serena Williams 4 6 4 7 GER Angelique Kerber 6 3 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA S Williams 6 7 ITA C Giorgi 4 5 TPE S-w Hsieh 3 7 6 LAT J Ostapenko 6 5 1 POL U Radwańska 6 4 3 CRO A Konjuh 0 6 6 RUS D Kasatkina 6 6 27 SVK AK Schmiedlová 3 3 17 ITA S Errani 6 5 1 RUS M Gasparyan 1 7 6 JPN K Nara 77 6 WC FRA O Dodin 62 2 COL M Duque 2 1r WC CHN X Han 6 2 KAZ Y Putintseva 1 77 6 16 DEN C Wozniacki 6 63 4 1 USA S Williams 6 6 TPE S-w Hsieh 1 2 CRO A Konjuh 4 3 RUS D Kasatkina 6 6 RUS M Gasparyan 6 6 JPN K Nara 4 4 WC CHN X Han 3 1 KAZ Y Putintseva 6 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 RUS D Kasatkina 1 1 RUS M Gasparyan 6 6 KAZ Y Putintseva 3 4 1 USA S Williams 6 6 RUS M Gasparyan 2 1 Kerber wins over Serena Williams 6-4 3-6 6-4 in Aus Open 2016 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 12 SUI B Bencic 6 6 USA A Riske 4 3 GBR H Watson 77 5 5 HUN T Babos 64 7 7 AUS A Tomljanović 62 3 UKR K Bondarenko 77 6 SVK D Hantuchová 0 2 23 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6 26 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 3 4 USA L Davis 1 6 6 SVK M Rybáriková 3 6 7 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 3 5 BLR A Sasnovich 6 77 RUS E Rodina 3 62 JPN N Hibino 1 3 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 12 SUI B Bencic 6 6 HUN T Babos 3 3 UKR K Bondarenko 6 7 23 RUS S Kuznetsova 1 5 USA L Davis 79 0 SVK M Rybáriková 67 0r BLR A Sasnovich 2 1 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 12 SUI B Bencic 4 6 6 UKR K Bondarenko 6 2 4 USA L Davis 1 77 0 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 65 6 12 SUI B Bencic 5 5 5 RUS M Sharapova 7 7 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 USA C McHale 2 3 CAN E Bouchard 6 6 SRB A Krunić 3 4 POL M Linette 3 0 PUR M Puig 6 6 Q CZE Kr Plíšková 6 78 25 AUS S Stosur 4 66 24 USA S Stephens 3 3 Q CHN Q Wang 6 6 ESP L Domínguez Lino 63 6 1 GER A-L Friedsam 77 2 6 USA A Tatishvili 4 6 6 USA I Falconi 6 3 8 Q AUT T Paszek 4 2 13 ITA R Vinci 6 6 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 CAN E Bouchard 4 2 PUR M Puig 4 78 9 Q CZE Kr Plíšková 6 66 7 Q CHN Q Wang 3 4 GER A-L Friedsam 6 6 USA I Falconi 2 3 13 ITA R Vinci 6 6 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 PUR M Puig 4 0 GER A-L Friedsam 0 6 6 13 ITA R Vinci 6 4 4 4 POL A Radwańska 66 6 7 GER A-L Friedsam 78 1 5 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 ESP C Suárez Navarro 7 6 Q SUI V Golubic 5 4 Q GRE M Sakkari 6 1 6 Q CHN Y Wang 4 6 3 ROU M Niculescu 6 6 BRA T Pereira 2 1 RUS E Kulichkova 7 6 22 GER A Petkovic 5 4 28 FRA K Mladenovic 6 6 SVK D Cibulková 3 4 Q USA N Gibbs 6 2 6 CZE K Koukalová 2 6 1 AUS D Gavrilova 77 6 CZE L Hradecká 63 4 Q THA L Kumkhum 3 1 6 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 10 ESP C Suárez Navarro 65 6 6 Q GRE M Sakkari 77 2 2 ROU M Niculescu 4 6 4 RUS E Kulichkova 6 2 6 28 FRA K Mladenovic 6 77 Q USA N Gibbs 1 64 AUS D Gavrilova 6 6 6 CZE P Kvitová 4 4 10 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 2 RUS E Kulichkova 4 0r 28 FRA K Mladenovic 4 6 9 AUS D Gavrilova 6 4 11 10 ESP C Suárez Navarro 0 6 6 AUS D Gavrilova 6 3 2 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 GER A Kerber 64 78 6 JPN M Doi 77 66 3 WC AUS S Sanders 4 2 ROU A Dulgheru 6 6 USA M Brengle 6 6 USA C Vandeweghe 3 4 SWE J Larsson 6 6 29 ROU I-C Begu 3 2 19 SRB J Janković 6 6 SLO P Hercog 3 3 GER L Siegemund 6 7 NED K Bertens 4 5 WC AUS P Hon 0 3 GER A Beck 6 6 CZE K Siniaková 3 5 11 SUI T Bacsinszky 6 7 7 GER A Kerber 6 6 ROU A Dulgheru 2 4 USA M Brengle 7 4 6 SWE J Larsson 5 6 1 19 SRB J Janković 6 65 4 GER L Siegemund 3 77 6 GER A Beck 6 6 11 SUI T Bacsinszky 2 3 7 GER A Kerber 6 6 USA M Brengle 1 3 GER L Siegemund 0 4 GER A Beck 6 6 7 GER A Kerber 6 6 GER A Beck 4 0 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 BEL A Van Uytvanck 0 0 WC USA S Crawford 2 4 MNE D Kovinić 6 6 Q JPN N Osaka 6 6 CRO D Vekić 3 2 PR USA V Duval 2 3 18 UKR E Svitolina 6 6 32 FRA C Garcia 2 4 CZE B Strýcová 6 6 GER M Barthel 6 5 4 PR USA V King 3 7 6 BEL K Flipkens 5 6 7 CRO M Lučić-Baroni 7 2 5 EST A Kontaveit 0 4 3 ESP G Muguruza 6 6 14 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 MNE D Kovinić 1 2 Q JPN N Osaka 6 6 18 UKR E Svitolina 4 4 CZE B Strýcová 77 6 PR USA V King 65 4 BEL K Flipkens 4 2 3 ESP G Muguruza 6 6 14 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 Q JPN N Osaka 1 1 CZE B Strýcová 6 6 3 ESP G Muguruza 3 2 14 BLR V Azarenka 6 6 CZE B Strýcová 2 4 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 USA V Williams 4 2 GBR J Konta 6 6 GER C Witthöft 1 2 CHN S Zheng 6 6 USA B Mattek-Sands 4 77 3 CZE D Allertová 6 65 6 PR CZE P Cetkovská 4 4 30 GER S Lisicki 6 6 21 RUS E Makarova 6 6 WC AUS M Inglis 3 0 GER T Maria 6 6 BLR O Govortsova 4 3 ROU A Mitu 3 4 GER J Görges 6 6 WC AUS K Birrell 4 4 9 CZE Ka Plíšková 6 6 GBR J Konta 6 6 CHN S Zheng 2 3 CZE D Allertová 6 2 6 30 GER S Lisicki 3 6 4 21 RUS E Makarova 6 6 GER T Maria 4 2 GER J Görges 65 1 9 CZE Ka Plíšková 77 6 GBR J Konta 6 6 CZE D Allertová 2 2 21 RUS E Makarova 6 6 9 CZE Ka Plíšková 3 2 GBR J Konta 4 6 8 21 RUS E Makarova 6 4 6 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 15 USA M Keys 77 6 KAZ Z Diyas 65 1 BUL T Pironkova 4 4 KAZ Y Shvedova 6 6 Q LAT A Sevastova 6 4 AUS J Wolfe 0 2r WC AUS T Patterson 2 3 20 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 31 UKR L Tsurenko 77 2 3 USA V Lepchenko 65 6 6 ESP L Arruabarrena 64 6 6 Q UKR M Zanevska 77 3 3 SRB B Jovanovski 1 0 FRA A Cornet 6 6 Q CHN S Zhang 6 6 2 ROU S Halep 4 3 15 USA M Keys 64 6 6 KAZ Y Shvedova 77 3 3 Q LAT A Sevastova 3 3 20 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 USA V Lepchenko 79 6 ESP L Arruabarrena 67 4 FRA A Cornet 3 3 Q CHN S Zhang 6 6 15 USA M Keys 4 6 6 20 SRB A Ivanovic 6 4 4 USA V Lepchenko 1 3 Q CHN S Zhang 6 6 15 USA M Keys 6 3 3 Q CHN S Zhang 3 6 6 Championship match statistics Category GER Kerber USA S. Williams 1st serve %44/80 (55%) 51/96 (53%) 1st serve points won32 of 44 = 73% 35 of 51 = 69% 2nd serve points won17 of 36 = 47%19 of 45 = 42% Total service points won49 of 80 = 61.25% 54 of 96 = 56.25% Aces 5 7 Double faults 3 6 Winners 16 36 Unforced errors13 40 Net points won 4 of 5 = 80% 22 of 39 = 56% Break points converted 5 of 9 = 56% 4 of 8 = 50% Return points won 42 of 96 = 44% 31 of 80 = 39% Total points won 91 85Source References General Women drawsheet on ausopen.com Specific External links 2016 Australian Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2015 US Open – Women's singles Grand Slam women's singles 2016 French Open – Women's singles Women's Singles 2016 Category:2016 in Australian women's sport Category:2016 WTA Tour