2016 Italian Open – Women's singles

2016 Italian Open USA Serena Williams USA Madison Keys 7–6(7–5), 6–3 56 (8 Q Qualifiers / 3 WC Wild Cards) 16 2016 Italian Open (tennis) Serena Williams defeated Madison Keys in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 Italian Open. This was Williams's second title in Rome won without dropping a set, and her fourth Italian Open title overall. Maria Sharapova was the reigning champion, but could not defend her title because of her provisional suspension after failing a drug test at the Australian Open.The Guardian Maria Sharapova provisionally banned from tennis after revealing failed drugs test https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/07/maria-sharapova-failed-drugs-test-australian-open-2016-tennis 8 March 2016 Seeds The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round. 30em 1 1USA Serena Williams (champion) 2 4GER Angelique Kerber (second round) 3 3ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (semifinals) 4 2BLR Victoria Azarenka (second round) 5 4CZE Petra Kvitová (second round) 6 1ROU Simona Halep (second round) 7 2ITA Roberta Vinci (second round) 8 3ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (third round) 9 1RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals) 10 2CZE Lucie Šafářová (second round) 11 3SUI Timea Bacsinszky (quarterfinals) 12 4USA Venus Williams (second round) 13 1SRB Ana Ivanovic (second round) 14 4ITA Sara Errani (first round) 15 15UKR Elina Svitolina (first round) 16 2CZE Karolína Plíšková (first round) Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 9 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 0   ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 6 77 JPN Misaki Doi 2 63 11 SUI Timea Bacsinszky 5 2 3 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 7 6 USA Madison Keys 6 4 6 CZE Barbora Strýcová 4 6 3 1 USA Serena Williams 6 6 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 4 1 3 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 65 4 USA Madison Keys 77 6 1 USA Serena Williams 77 6 USA Madison Keys 65 3 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals GER A-L Friedsam 6 7 SVK AK Schmiedlová 4 5 WC ITA C Giovine 1 6 2 Q USA C McHale 6 2 6 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 4 4 13 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 7 6 FRA C Garcia 5 4 Q USA A Riske 6 65 1 AUS S Stosur 4 77 6 GER S Lisicki 1 63 AUS D Gavrilova 6 77 1 USA S Williams 6 6 GER A-L Friedsam 4 3 Q USA C McHale 63 6 6 13 SRB A Ivanovic 77 4 1 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6 AUS S Stosur 4 4 AUS D Gavrilova 6 4 6 6 ROU S Halep 3 6 3 1 USA S Williams 79 6 Q USA C McHale 67 1 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 2 6 AUS D Gavrilova 2 6 3 1 USA S Williams 6 6 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 2 0 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals RUS M Gasparyan 3 0 ROU I-C Begu 6 6 ROU M Niculescu 4 1 Q COL M Duque Mariño 6 6 RUS D Kasatkina 6 6 16 CZE Ka Plíšková 4 4 10 CZE L Šafářová 6 6 WC ITA F Schiavone 3 2 FRA A Cornet 62 1 JPN M Doi 77 6 Q SWE J Larsson 1 2 GBR J Konta 6 6 4 BLR V Azarenka 3 2 ROU I-C Begu 6 6 Q COL M Duque Mariño 2 2 RUS D Kasatkina 6 6 10 CZE L Šafářová 3 5 JPN M Doi 6 7 GBR J Konta 6 6 7 ITA R Vinci 0 4 ROU I-C Begu 6 6 RUS D Kasatkina 1 4 JPN M Doi 4 7 6 GBR J Konta 6 5 2 ROU I-C Begu 6 77 JPN M Doi 2 63 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals BRA T Pereira 6 78 GER A Beck 4 66 Q GER J Görges 6 65 3 UKR L Tsurenko 1 77 6 BEL Y Wickmayer 2 2 11 SUI T Bacsinszky 6 6 15 UKR E Svitolina 1 6 1 Q PUR M Puig 6 4 6 FRA K Mladenovic 3 1 LAT J Ostapenko 6 6 RUS E Makarova 6 6 MNE D Kovinić 2 2 8 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 7 BRA T Pereira 1 5 UKR L Tsurenko 2 4 11 SUI T Bacsinszky 6 6 Q PUR M Puig 1 1 LAT J Ostapenko 6 6 RUS E Makarova 1 0 3 ESP G Muguruza 6 6 8 ESP C Suárez Navarro 7 5 2 11 SUI T Bacsinszky 5 7 6 LAT J Ostapenko 1 4 3 ESP G Muguruza 6 6 11 SUI T Bacsinszky 5 2 3 ESP G Muguruza 7 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals USA M Keys 6 6 GER A Petkovic 4 1 Q NED K Bertens 1 4 HUN T Babos 6 6 USA C Vandeweghe 4 3 12 USA V Williams 6 6 14 ITA S Errani 4 6 0 Q GBR H Watson 6 3 6 CZE B Strýcová 6 6 WC ITA K Knapp 2 2 SRB J Janković 4 6 3 CAN E Bouchard 6 2 6 5 CZE P Kvitová 3 4 USA M Keys 6 6 HUN T Babos 65 7 6 12 USA V Williams 77 5 4 Q GBR H Watson 4 2 CZE B Strýcová 6 6 CAN E Bouchard 6 5 7 2 GER A Kerber 1 7 5 USA M Keys 77 6 HUN T Babos 62 3 CZE B Strýcová 6 6 CAN E Bouchard 1 0 USA M Keys 6 4 6 CZE B Strýcová 4 6 3 Qualifying Seeds 30em KAZ Yulia Putintseva (first round) RUS Elena Vesnina (qualifying competition) GBR Heather Watson (qualified) GER Julia Görges (qualified) USA Christina McHale (qualified) PUR Monica Puig (qualified) SWE Johanna Larsson (qualified) USA Varvara Lepchenko (qualifying competition) USA Irina Falconi (first round) USA Madison Brengle (first round) CHN Zheng Saisai (first round) USA Nicole Gibbs (first round) CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (first round) TPE Hsieh Su-wei (qualifying competition) ESP Lara Arruabarrena (qualifying competition) CRO Ana Konjuh (qualifying competition) Qualifiers 30em COL Mariana Duque Mariño USA Alison Riske GBR Heather Watson GER Julia Görges USA Christina McHale PUR Monica Puig SWE Johanna Larsson NED Kiki Bertens Draw First qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 1 KAZ Yulia Putintseva 63 77 1 COL Mariana Duque Mariño 77 64 6 BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6 78 9 USA Irina Falconi 4 66   COL Mariana Duque Mariño 6 4 77 BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich 0 6 65 Second qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 2 RUS Elena Vesnina 1 6 6 GER Tatjana Maria 6 4 0 USA Alison Riske 6 6 13 CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 2 1 2 RUS Elena Vesnina 4 4 USA Alison Riske 6 6 Third qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 3 GBR Heather Watson 6 2 6 WC ITA Nastassja Burnett 3 6 3 KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 1 77 3 16 CRO Ana Konjuh 6 63 6 3 GBR Heather Watson 7 4 6 16 CRO Ana Konjuh 5 6 3 Fourth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 4 GER Julia Görges 6 6 SLO Polona Hercog 4 3 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6 6 10 USA Madison Brengle 4 1 4 GER Julia Görges 7 6 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands 5 3 Fifth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 5 USA Christina McHale 6 6 PR GBR Laura Robson 4 2 GBR Naomi Broady 6 6 11 CHN Zheng Saisai 3 2 5 USA Christina McHale 6 3 6 GBR Naomi Broady 4 6 1 Sixth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 6 PUR Monica Puig 6 6 WC ITA Martina Colmegna 3 0 WC ITA Martina Di Giuseppe 2 4 15 ESP Lara Arruabarrena 6 6 6 PUR Monica Puig 6 6 15 ESP Lara Arruabarrena 4 3 Seventh qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 7 SWE Johanna Larsson 7 6 CRO Donna Vekić 5 2 WC ITA Alberta Brianti 6 1 4 14 TPE Hsieh Su-wei 2 6 6 7 SWE Johanna Larsson 6 6 14 TPE Hsieh Su-wei 3 4 Eighth qualifier First round Qualifying competition 175 8 USA Varvara Lepchenko 6 6 BUL Tsvetana Pironkova 3 0 NED Kiki Bertens 6 6 12 USA Nicole Gibbs 2 4 8 USA Varvara Lepchenko 2 3 NED Kiki Bertens 6 6 References External links Main draw Qualifying draw Category:2016 WTA Tour Women's Singles Category:2016 in Italian women's sport