2016 Australian Open – Men's singles

April 2026 2016 Australian Open SRB Novak Djokovic GBR Andy Murray 6–1, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) 128 (16 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wild Cards) 32 2016 Australian Open Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in a rematch of the previous year's final, 6–1, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2016 Australian Open. It was his record-equaling sixth Australian Open men's singles title (tying Roy Emerson) and eleventh major title overall. This was the fourth Australian Open final between the pair.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/31/novak-djokovic-andy-murray-australian-open-final Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win the 2016 Australian Open final 31 January 2016 Guardian 1 February 2016https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/35453531 Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win sixth Australian Open title 31 January 2016 BBC Sport 1 February 2016 Murray was the second man in the Open Era to lose five finals at the same major (after Ivan Lendl at the US Open), and is the only one to have the distinction without having won the title. This marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 1, two-time major champion and 2005 finalist Lleyton Hewitt; he lost to David Ferrer in the second round.Lleyton Hewitt to retire from tennis after 2016 Australian Open, Pat Rafter stands down as Davis Cup captain ABC News 29 January 2015 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-29/hewitt-to-retire-after-2016-australian-open/6055726/ abc.net.au This marked the 65th consecutive major appearance for Federer, setting a new record after surpassing Wayne Ferreira’s previous record of 54 consecutive major appearances (Feliciano López later broke Federer’s record and set the current record at 79 consecutive major appearances from 2002 to 2022). Seeds 30em 1 1SRB Novak Djokovic (champion) 2 8GBR Andy Murray (final) 3 3SUI Roger Federer (semifinals) 4 6SUI Stan Wawrinka (fourth round) 5 5ESP Rafael Nadal (first round) 6 4CZE Tomáš Berdych (quarterfinals) 7 2JPN Kei Nishikori (quarterfinals) 8 7ESP David Ferrer (quarterfinals) 9 2FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (fourth round) 10 7USA John Isner (fourth round) 11 5RSA Kevin Anderson (first round, retired) 12 4CRO Marin Čilić (third round) 13 6CAN Milos Raonic (semifinals) 14 1FRA Gilles Simon (fourth round) 15 3BEL David Goffin (fourth round) 16 8AUS Bernard Tomic (fourth round) 17 2FRA Benoît Paire (first round) 18 7ESP Feliciano López (third round) 19 3AUT Dominic Thiem (third round) 20 8ITA Fabio Fognini (first round) 21 6SRB Viktor Troicki (third round) 22 1CRO Ivo Karlović (first round, retired) 23 5FRA Gaël Monfils (quarterfinals) 24 4ESP Roberto Bautista Agut (fourth round) 25 6USA Jack Sock (second round) 26 2ESP Guillermo García-López (third round) 27 3BUL Grigor Dimitrov (third round) 28 1ITA Andreas Seppi (third round) 29 4AUS Nick Kyrgios (third round) 30 5FRA Jérémy Chardy (second round) 31 7USA Steve Johnson (third round) 32 8POR João Sousa (third round) Qualifying 2016 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying Wildcards 2016 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 6 6 7 JPN Kei Nishikori 3 2 4 3 SUI Roger Federer 77 6 6 6 CZE Tomáš Berdych 64 2 4 23 FRA Gaël Monfils 3 6 3 4 13 CAN Milos Raonic 6 3 6 6 8 ESP David Ferrer 3 77 2 3 2 GBR Andy Murray 6 65 6 6 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 6 3 6 3 SUI Roger Federer 1 2 6 3 13 CAN Milos Raonic 6 5 77 4 2 2 GBR Andy Murray 4 7 64 6 6 1 SRB Novak Djokovic 6 7 77 2 GBR Andy Murray 1 5 63 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 SRB N Djokovic 6 6 6 KOR H Chung 3 2 4 WC FRA Q Halys 6 64 6 7 CRO I Dodig 4 77 4 5 SRB F Krajinović 2 1 0r USA D Kudla 6 6 0 RUS T Gabashvili 6 64 4 610 28 ITA A Seppi 3 77 6 712 22 CRO I Karlović 64 4 1r ARG F Delbonis 77 6 2 CZE J Veselý 68 6 6 4 4 Q ARG R Olivo 710 2 1 6 6 RUS E Donskoy 6 3 6 6 ESP Í Cervantes 4 6 1 4 CAN V Pospisil 77 3 2 4 14 FRA G Simon 64 6 6 6 1 SRB N Djokovic 6 6 77 WC FRA Q Halys 1 2 63 USA D Kudla 5 4 4 28 ITA A Seppi 7 6 6 ARG F Delbonis 77 3 63 7 6 Q ARG R Olivo 65 6 77 5 2 RUS E Donskoy 3 7 61 6 5 14 FRA G Simon 6 5 77 4 7 1 SRB N Djokovic 6 7 78 28 ITA A Seppi 1 5 66 ARG F Delbonis 3 2 1 14 FRA G Simon 6 6 6 1 SRB N Djokovic 6 61 6 4 6 14 FRA G Simon 3 77 4 6 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 4 6 6 CYP M Baghdatis 4 6 4 2 WC AUS O Jasika 6 3 6 6 UKR I Marchenko 4 6 0 4 ESP P Andújar 7 4 65 2 Q FRA P-H Herbert 5 6 77 6 WC USA N Rubin 77 78 77 17 FRA B Paire 64 66 65 26 ESP G García-López 6 6 6 FRA P-H Mathieu 4 4 4 DOM V Estrella Burgos 4 61 6 2 Q GER D Brands 6 77 4 6 USA A Krajicek 6 6 6 Q CHN D Wu 4 1 3 GER P Kohlschreiber 4 3 3 7 JPN K Nishikori 6 6 6 9 FRA J-W Tsonga 7 6 6 WC AUS O Jasika 5 1 4 Q FRA P-H Herbert 6 6 6 WC USA N Rubin 3 4 0 26 ESP G García-López 4 6 77 6 Q GER D Brands 6 1 60 3 USA A Krajicek 3 65 3 7 JPN K Nishikori 6 77 6 9 FRA J-W Tsonga 6 79 77 Q FRA P-H Herbert 4 67 64 26 ESP G García-López 5 6 3 4 7 JPN K Nishikori 7 2 6 6 9 FRA J-W Tsonga 4 2 4 7 JPN K Nishikori 6 6 6 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 SUI R Federer 6 6 6 GEO N Basilashvili 2 1 2 LTU R Berankis 1 6 4 2 UKR A Dolgopolov 6 3 6 6 Q SVK J Kovalík 4 61 5 Q ARG M Trungelliti 6 77 7 ITA P Lorenzi 3 68 3 27 BUL G Dimitrov 6 710 6 19 AUT D Thiem 6 78 4 77 ARG L Mayer 2 66 6 60 PR FRA J Benneteau 3 77 3 61 ESP N Almagro 6 65 6 77 GBR K Edmund 6 64 6 3 1 BIH D Džumhur 1 77 4 6 6 UKR S Stakhovsky 6 3 4 4 15 BEL D Goffin 3 6 6 6 3 SUI R Federer 6 7 6 UKR A Dolgopolov 3 5 1 Q ARG M Trungelliti 3 6 2 5 27 BUL G Dimitrov 6 4 6 7 19 AUT D Thiem 6 6 6 ESP N Almagro 3 1 3 BIH D Džumhur 4 6 4 2 15 BEL D Goffin 6 0 6 6 3 SUI R Federer 6 3 6 6 27 BUL G Dimitrov 4 6 1 4 19 AUT D Thiem 1 6 62 5 15 BEL D Goffin 6 3 77 7 3 SUI R Federer 6 6 6 15 BEL D Goffin 2 1 4 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 12 CRO M Čilić 64 7 6 6 NED T de Bakker 77 5 2 4 ESP A Ramos-Viñolas 6 6 6 CRO B Ćorić 2 2 3 SRB D Lajović 65 4 6 6 0 USA S Querrey 77 6 4 2 0r SVK M Kližan 2 3 6 6 2 24 ESP R Bautista Agut 6 6 4 2 6 29 AUS N Kyrgios 6 7 6 ESP P Carreño Busta 2 5 2 WC JPN Y Nishioka 65 1 4 URU P Cuevas 77 6 6 NED R Haase 63 4 4 Q BIH M Bašić 77 6 6 IND Y Bhambri 5 1 2 6 CZE T Berdych 7 6 6 12 CRO M Čilić 6 6 77 ESP A Ramos-Viñolas 4 3 64 SRB D Lajović 6 2 6 2 1 24 ESP R Bautista Agut 4 6 4 6 6 29 AUS N Kyrgios 6 7 77 URU P Cuevas 4 5 62 Q BIH M Bašić 4 0 3 6 CZE T Berdych 6 6 6 12 CRO M Čilić 4 65 5 24 ESP R Bautista Agut 6 77 7 29 AUS N Kyrgios 3 4 6 4 6 CZE T Berdych 6 6 1 6 24 ESP R Bautista Agut 6 4 3 6 3 6 CZE T Berdych 4 6 6 1 6 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 5 ESP R Nadal 66 6 6 64 2 ESP F Verdasco 78 4 3 77 6 GER B Becker 1 3 6 2 ISR D Sela 6 6 2 6 Q USA R Harrison 5 4 4 RUS A Kuznetsov 7 6 6 LAT E Gulbis 5 6 77 3 11 30 FRA J Chardy 7 2 65 6 13 23 FRA G Monfils 6 6 6 Q JPN Y Sugita 1 3 2 ITA M Cecchinato 6 2 2 2 FRA N Mahut 4 6 6 6 Q FRA S Robert 6 6 6 LL USA B Fratangelo 2 2 2 USA R Ram 77 64 6 3 11 RSA K Anderson 64 77 3 0r ESP F Verdasco 6 3 3 64 ISR D Sela 4 6 6 77 RUS A Kuznetsov 6 77 77 30 FRA J Chardy 4 65 65 23 FRA G Monfils 7 6 6 FRA N Mahut 5 4 1 Q FRA S Robert 6 66 4 7 7 USA R Ram 1 78 6 5 5 ISR D Sela 5 6 1 64 RUS A Kuznetsov 7 3 6 77 23 FRA G Monfils 7 6 6 Q FRA S Robert 5 3 2 RUS A Kuznetsov 5 6 3 64 23 FRA G Monfils 7 3 6 77 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 CAN M Raonic 6 6 6 FRA L Pouille 1 4 4 TUN M Jaziri 5 6 6 67 6 ESP T Robredo 7 3 4 79 8 ESP D Gimeno-Traver 1 6 3 2 Q USA T Smyczek 6 3 6 6 ESP D Muñoz de la Nava 6 6 1 64 3 21 SRB V Troicki 4 4 6 77 6 25 USA J Sock 6 3 0 6 6 Q USA T Fritz 4 6 6 3 4 JPN T Daniel 62 5 7 77 1 CZE L Rosol 77 7 5 65 6 Q JPN T Ito 4 3 77 2 Q CZE R Štěpánek 6 6 65 6 PR RUS D Tursunov 62 3 0r 4 SUI S Wawrinka 77 6 0 13 CAN M Raonic 78 77 7 ESP T Robredo 66 65 5 Q USA T Smyczek 4 65 64 21 SRB V Troicki 6 77 77 25 USA J Sock 66 65 3 CZE L Rosol 78 77 6 Q CZE R Štěpánek 2 3 4 4 SUI S Wawrinka 6 6 6 13 CAN M Raonic 6 6 6 21 SRB V Troicki 2 3 4 CZE L Rosol 2 3 63 4 SUI S Wawrinka 6 6 77 13 CAN M Raonic 6 6 5 4 6 4 SUI S Wawrinka 4 3 7 6 3 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 6 Q GER P Gojowczyk 4 4 2 WC AUS J Duckworth 65 2 4 WC AUS L Hewitt 77 6 6 BRA T Bellucci 6 6 6 WC AUS J Thompson 2 3 2 GBR A Bedene 3 4 63 31 USA S Johnson 6 6 77 18 ESP F López 6 6 6 Q GBR D Evans 1 0 4 BEL S Darcis 6 6 3 5 1 ARG G Pella 2 3 6 7 6 WC AUS M Ebden 2 6 1 4 ESP M Granollers 6 4 6 6 POL J Janowicz 3 67 3 10 USA J Isner 6 79 6 8 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 6 WC AUS L Hewitt 2 4 4 BRA T Bellucci 3 2 2 31 USA S Johnson 6 6 6 18 ESP F López 77 64 77 68 6 ARG G Pella 62 77 63 710 4 ESP M Granollers 3 66 62 10 USA J Isner 6 78 77 8 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 6 31 USA S Johnson 1 4 4 18 ESP F López 710 65 2 4 10 USA J Isner 68 77 6 6 8 ESP D Ferrer 6 6 7 10 USA J Isner 4 4 5 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 16 AUS B Tomic 64 6 6 6 UZB D Istomin 77 4 4 4 ITA S Bolelli 78 77 62 77 PR USA B Baker 66 63 77 65 AUS J Millman 3 5 77 5 ARG D Schwartzman 6 7 62 0r LUX G Müller 78 79 65 77 20 ITA F Fognini 66 67 77 61 32 POR J Sousa 6 6 6 KAZ M Kukushkin 3 4 3 COL S Giraldo 6 1 6 6 USA D Young 4 6 3 2 FRA A Mannarino 66 4 6 3 AUS S Groth 78 6 3 6 GER A Zverev 1 2 3 2 GBR A Murray 6 6 6 16 AUS B Tomic 6 6 65 7 ITA S Bolelli 4 2 77 5 AUS J Millman 4 6 6 4 7 LUX G Müller 6 4 2 6 5 32 POR J Sousa 6 7 3 6 COL S Giraldo 3 5 6 1 AUS S Groth 0 4 1 2 GBR A Murray 6 6 6 16 AUS B Tomic 6 77 6 AUS J Millman 4 64 2 32 POR J Sousa 2 6 2 2 2 GBR A Murray 6 3 6 6 16 AUS B Tomic 4 4 64 2 GBR A Murray 6 6 77 References General Men's Singles Main Draw on ausopen.com Specific External links 2016 Australian Open – Men's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2015 US Open – Men's singles Grand Slam men's singles 2016 French Open – Men's singles Men's Singles Men's Singles Category:Australian Open (tennis) by year – Men's singles