2016 US Open – Women's singles

July 2023 July 2023 2016 US Open grandslam GER Angelique Kerber CZE Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 128 (16 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wild Cards) 32 2016 US Open (tennis) Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 US Open. It was her second major title.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/sports/tennis/angelique-kerber-karolina-pliskova-us-open.html Angelique Kerber Solidifies Her No. 1 Status by Winning the U.S. Open 10 September 2016 The New York Times 10 September 2016 Kerber was the first player since Martina Hingis in 1997 to win both hardcourt majors in the same calendar year, having also won the Australian Open. She attained the world No. 1 singles ranking for the first time after Serena Williams failed to reach the final. In addition to Kerber and Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza and Agnieszka Radwańska were in contention for the top position.http://www.wtatennis.com/news/can-kerber-overtake-serena-us-open Can Kerber Overtake Serena At US Open? WTA August 22, 2016 September 8, 2017https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/sep/10/angelique-kerber-v-karolina-pliskova-us-open-womens-final-live Angelique Kerber defeats Karolina Pliskova for US Open title – as it happened 10 September 2016 Guardian 13 September 2016 The final was a rematch of the Cincinnati final three weeks prior, won by Plíšková. Flavia Pennetta was the reigning champion, but retired from the sport at the end of 2015. Plíšková was the first Czech woman to reach the final since Helena Suková in 1993, and only the fourth player to beat both Williams sisters in the same major (defeating Venus Williams in the fourth round and Serena Williams in the semifinals).https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/serena-williams-ousted-semifinals-karolina-pliskova/story?id=41963398 Serena Williams ousted in semifinals by Karolina Pliskova 8 September 2016 ABC News 8 September 2016 This was Venus Williams' 72nd main draw major appearance, surpassing the all-time record previously held by Amy Frazier. This marked the last professional appearance of former world No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, who lost to Denisa Allertová in the first round. She announced her retirement at the end of the season due to ongoing injuries.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/dec/28/ana-ivanovic-announces-retirement-from-tennis Ana Ivanovic announces retirement from tennis at age of 29 Reuters 2016-12-28 The Guardian 2017-07-13 en-GB 0261-3077 It also marked the first main-draw US Open appearance of future two-time champion and world No. 1 Naomi Osaka; she lost in the third round to Madison Keys. Seeds 30em 1 1 USA Serena Williams (semifinals) 2 8 GER Angelique Kerber (champion) 3 6 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (second round) 4 3 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round) 5 2 ROU Simona Halep (quarterfinals) 6 4 USA Venus Williams (fourth round) 7 7 ITA Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals) 8 5 USA Madison Keys (fourth round) 9 5 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round) 10 4 CZE Karolína Plíšková (final) 11 2 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (fourth round) 12 7 SVK Dominika Cibulková (third round) 13 6 GBR Johanna Konta (fourth round) 14 8 CZE Petra Kvitová (fourth round) 15 3 SUI Timea Bacsinszky (second round) 16 1 AUS Samantha Stosur (second round) 17 4 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round) 18 5 CZE Barbora Strýcová (first round) 19 2 RUS Elena Vesnina (third round) 20 3 NED Kiki Bertens (first round) 21 7 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu (first round) 22 8 UKR Elina Svitolina (third round) 23 1 RUS Daria Kasatkina (first round) 24 6 SUI Belinda Bencic (third round) 25 3 FRA Caroline Garcia (third round) 26 4 GER Laura Siegemund (third round) 27 8 ITA Sara Errani (first round) 28 5 USA CoCo Vandeweghe (first round) 29 1 SRB Ana Ivanovic (first round) 30 7 JPN Misaki Doi (first round) 31 2 HUN Tímea Babos (third round) 32 6 PUR Monica Puig (first round) Qualifying 2016 US Open – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 175 1 USA Serena Williams 6 4 6 5 ROU Simona Halep 2 6 3 CRO Ana Konjuh 2 2 10 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 6 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 6 6 LAT Anastasija Sevastova 0 2 7 ITA Roberta Vinci 5 0 2 GER Angelique Kerber 7 6 1 USA Serena Williams 2 65 10 CZE Karolína Plíšková 6 77 DEN Caroline Wozniacki 4 3 2 GER Angelique Kerber 6 6 10 CZE Karolína Plíšková 3 6 4 2 GER Angelique Kerber 6 4 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA S Williams 6 6 RUS E Makarova 3 3 Q GER A Lottner 62 3 WC USA V King 77 6 ITA K Knapp 4 2 SWE J Larsson 6 6 CZE D Allertová 77 6 29 SRB A Ivanovic 64 1 23 RUS D Kasatkina 4 6 2 CHN Q Wang 6 2 6 ESP L Arruabarrena 2 3 KAZ Y Shvedova 6 6 CHN S Zhang 6 6 WC AUS E Perez 1 1 ITA C Giorgi 5 77 1 16 AUS S Stosur 7 64 6 1 USA S Williams 6 6 WC USA V King 3 3 SWE J Larsson 6 6 CZE D Allertová 3 1 CHN Q Wang 0 1 KAZ Y Shvedova 6 6 CHN S Zhang 6 6 16 AUS S Stosur 3 3 1 USA S Williams 6 6 SWE J Larsson 2 1 KAZ Y Shvedova 6 7 CHN S Zhang 2 5 1 USA S Williams 6 6 KAZ Y Shvedova 2 3 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6 BRA T Pereira 0 0 COL M Duque Mariño 4 1 SRB J Janković 6 6 GER A Beck 78 6 Q ARG N Podoroska 66 3 EST A Kontaveit 64 6 3 19 RUS E Vesnina 77 4 6 31 HUN T Babos 5 6 7 Q AUT B Haas 7 3 5 GBR H Watson 2 5 Q NED R Hogenkamp 6 7 CZE L Šafářová 6 6 AUS D Gavrilova 4 4 BEL K Flipkens 0 2 5 ROU S Halep 6 6 11 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6 SRB J Janković 1 4 GER A Beck 2 1 19 RUS E Vesnina 6 6 31 HUN T Babos 6 6 Q NED R Hogenkamp 2 4 CZE L Šafářová 3 4 5 ROU S Halep 6 6 11 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6 19 RUS E Vesnina 4 3 31 HUN T Babos 1 6 4 5 ROU S Halep 6 2 6 11 ESP C Suárez Navarro 2 5 5 ROU S Halep 6 7 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 Q USA J Pegula 1 1 GBR N Broady 64 6 6 Q GBR L Robson 77 3 4 CZE K Siniaková 6 3 6 CAN E Bouchard 3 6 2 FRA P Parmentier 6 3 4 25 FRA C Garcia 4 6 6 20 NED K Bertens 3 6 4 CRO A Konjuh 6 2 6 JPN K Nara 6 7 SUI S Vögele 0 5 PR CHN S Peng 6 69 3 USA V Lepchenko 4 711 6 PR RUS V Diatchenko 1 1 15 SUI T Bacsinszky 6 6 4 POL A Radwańska 711 6 GBR N Broady 69 3 CZE K Siniaková 6 4 4 25 FRA C Garcia 4 6 6 CRO A Konjuh 6 6 JPN K Nara 3 3 USA V Lepchenko 6 4 6 15 SUI T Bacsinszky 4 6 4 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 25 FRA C Garcia 2 3 CRO A Konjuh 6 3 6 USA V Lepchenko 3 6 2 4 POL A Radwańska 4 4 CRO A Konjuh 6 6 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 10 CZE Ka Plíšková 6 6 WC USA S Kenin 4 3 Q PAR M González 7 6 MNE D Kovinić 5 2 JPN N Hibino 4 5 FRA K Mladenovic 6 7 USA L Chirico 1 4 17 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 6 26 GER L Siegemund 3 6 6 ROU PM Țig 6 3 2 USA N Gibbs 6 6 Q SRB A Krunić 1 0 GER J Görges 6 6 BEL Y Wickmayer 3 2 UKR K Kozlova 2 7 4 6 USA V Williams 6 5 6 10 CZE Ka Plíšková 6 7 Q PAR M González 1 5 FRA K Mladenovic 2 6 65 17 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 4 77 26 GER L Siegemund 6 7 USA N Gibbs 3 5 GER J Görges 2 3 6 USA V Williams 6 6 10 CZE Ka Plíšková 6 6 17 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 2 4 26 GER L Siegemund 1 2 6 USA V Williams 6 6 10 CZE Ka Plíšková 4 6 77 6 USA V Williams 6 4 63 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 USA M Keys 4 77 6 USA A Riske 6 65 2 USA M Brengle 2 2r WC USA K Day 6 4 GRE M Sakkari 4 6 3 Q CHN Y Duan 6 4 6 JPN N Osaka 64 6 6 28 USA C Vandeweghe 77 3 4 18 CZE B Strýcová 3 77 1 ROU M Niculescu 6 63 6 ROU S Cîrstea 6 5 2 Q ROU A Bogdan 0 7 6 Q USA T Townsend 6 3 4 DEN C Wozniacki 4 6 6 ITA F Schiavone 1 2 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 6 8 USA M Keys 6 6 WC USA K Day 1 1 Q CHN Y Duan 4 63 JPN N Osaka 6 77 ROU M Niculescu 6 6 Q ROU A Bogdan 0 1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 9 RUS S Kuznetsova 4 4 8 USA M Keys 7 4 77 JPN N Osaka 5 6 63 ROU M Niculescu 3 1 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 8 USA M Keys 3 4 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 13 GBR J Konta 6 6 WC USA B Mattek-Sands 3 3 BUL T Pironkova 6 6 WC FRA V Razzano 1 2 GER A Petkovic 77 6 Q SVK K Kučová 63 3 USA S Crawford 78 3 4 24 SUI B Bencic 66 6 6 32 PUR M Puig 4 2 CHN S Zheng 6 6 TPE S-w Hsieh 0 5 UKR K Bondarenko 6 7 LAT A Sevastova 6 6 SVK AK Schmiedlová 3 3 Q BEL E Mertens 6 0 3 3 ESP G Muguruza 2 6 6 13 GBR J Konta 6 5 6 BUL T Pironkova 2 7 2 GER A Petkovic 3 2 24 SUI B Bencic 6 6 CHN S Zheng 7 65 5 UKR K Bondarenko 5 77 7 LAT A Sevastova 7 6 3 ESP G Muguruza 5 4 13 GBR J Konta 6 6 24 SUI B Bencic 2 1 UKR K Bondarenko 4 1 LAT A Sevastova 6 6 13 GBR J Konta 4 5 LAT A Sevastova 6 7 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 7 ITA R Vinci 6 6 GER A-L Friedsam 2 4 USA C McHale 6 6 GER M Barthel 2 2 KAZ Y Putintseva 6 6 GER S Lisicki 1 2 GER C Witthöft 6 6 30 JPN M Doi 4 1 21 ROU I-C Begu 0 4 UKR L Tsurenko 6 6 Q CHN Y Wang 6 77 LL BEL A Van Uytvanck 3 64 WC USA D Collins 1 2 RUS E Rodina 6 6 POL M Linette 2 3 12 SVK D Cibulková 6 6 7 ITA R Vinci 6 6 USA C McHale 1 3 KAZ Y Putintseva 1 77 1 GER C Witthöft 6 61 6 UKR L Tsurenko 7 6 Q CHN Y Wang 5 3 RUS E Rodina 77 2 2 12 SVK D Cibulková 65 6 6 7 ITA R Vinci 6 5 6 GER C Witthöft 0 7 3 UKR L Tsurenko 3 6 6 12 SVK D Cibulková 6 3 4 7 ITA R Vinci 77 6 UKR L Tsurenko 65 2 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 CZE P Kvitová 7 6 LAT J Ostapenko 5 3 USA I Falconi 2 1 TUR Ç Büyükakçay 6 6 BLR A Sasnovich 2 6 5 WC USA L Davis 6 4 7 Q LUX M Minella 77 0 2 22 UKR E Svitolina 65 6 6 27 ITA S Errani 4 63 US S Rogers 6 77 Q USA C Bellis 6 6 SUI V Golubic 2 3 FRA A Cornet 4 1 CRO M Lučić-Baroni 6 6 SLO P Hercog 0 0r 2 GER A Kerber 6 1 14 CZE P Kvitová 77 6 TUR Ç Büyükakçay 62 3 WC USA L Davis 1 6 3 22 UKR E Svitolina 6 4 6 USA S Rogers 6 2 2 Q USA C Bellis 2 6 6 CRO M Lučić-Baroni 2 67 2 GER A Kerber 6 79 14 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 22 UKR E Svitolina 3 4 Q USA C Bellis 1 1 2 GER A Kerber 6 6 14 CZE P Kvitová 3 5 2 GER A Kerber 6 7 Championship match statistics Category GER Kerber CZE Plíšková 1st serve %62/98 (63%) 53/89 (60%) 1st serve points won 43 of 62 = 69% 40 of 53 = 75% 2nd serve points won19 of 36 = 53% 14 of 36 = 39% Total service points won62 of 98 = 63.27% 54 of 89 = 60.67% Aces 1 5 Double faults 2 4 Winners 21 40 Unforced errors17 47 Net points won 2 of 5 = 40% 26 of 33 = 79% Break points converted 4 of 5 = 80% 2 of 7 = 29% Return points won 35 of 89 = 39% 36 of 98 = 37% Total points won 97 90Source Seeded players The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings on August 22, 2016. Rank and points before are as of August 29, 2016. SeedRankPlayerPoints before Points defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 USA Serena Williams 7,050 780 780 7,050 Semifinals lost to CZE Karolína Plíšková [10] 2 2 GER Angelique Kerber 6,860 130 2,000 8,730 Champion, defeated CZE Karolína Plíšková [10] 3 3 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 5,830 70 70 5,830 Second round lost to LAT Anastasija Sevastova 4 4 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5,705 130 240 5,815 Fourth round lost to CRO Ana Konjuh 5 5 ROU Simona Halep 5,151 780 430 4,801 Quarterfinals lost to USA Serena Williams [1] 6 6 USA Venus Williams 4,005 430 240 3,815 Fourth round lost to CZE Karolína Plíšková [10] 7 8 ITA Roberta Vinci 3,465 1,300 430 2,595 Quarterfinals lost to GER Angelique Kerber [2] 8 9 USA Madison Keys 3,286 240 240 3,286 Fourth round lost to DEN Caroline Wozniacki 9 10 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 3,190 10 70 3,250 Second round lost to DEN Caroline Wozniacki 10 11 CZE Karolína Plíšková 3,135 10 1,300 4,425 Runner-up, lost to GER Angelique Kerber [2] 11 12 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 3,100 10 240 3,330 Fourth round lost to ROU Simona Halep [5] 12 13 SVK Dominika Cibulková 3,100 130 130 3,100 Third round lost to UKR Lesia Tsurenko 13 14 GBR Johanna Konta 2,905 280 240 2,865 Fourth round lost to LAT Anastasija Sevastova 14 16 CZE Petra Kvitová 2,580 430 240 2,390 Fourth round lost to GER Angelique Kerber [2] 15 15 SUI Timea Bacsinszky 2,713 10 70 2,773 Second round lost to USA Varvara Lepchenko 16 17 AUS Samantha Stosur 2,370 240 70 2,200 Second round lost to CHN Zhang Shuai 17 18 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,195 70 130 2,255 Third round lost to CZE Karolína Plíšková [10] 18 21 CZE Barbora Strýcová 2,050 130 10 1,930 First round lost to ROU Monica Niculescu 19 20 RUS Elena Vesnina 2,054 70 130 2,114 Third round lost to ESP Carla Suárez Navarro [11] 20 22 NED Kiki Bertens 1,945 110 10 1,845 First round lost to CRO Ana Konjuh 21 23 ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 1,835 10 10 1,835 First round lost to UKR Lesia Tsurenko 22 19 UKR Elina Svitolina 2,101 130 130 2,101 Third round lost to CZE Petra Kvitová [14] 23 24 RUS Daria Kasatkina 1,773 130 10 1,653 First round lost to CHN Wang Qiang 24 26 SUI Belinda Bencic 1,602 130 130 1,602 Third round lost to GBR Johanna Konta [13] 25 33 FRA Caroline Garcia 1,555 10 130 1,675 Third round lost to POL Agnieszka Radwańska [4] 26 27 GER Laura Siegemund 1,600 40+140 130+13 1,563 Third round lost to USA Venus Williams [6] 27 28 ITA Sara Errani 1,590 130 10 1,470 First round lost to USA Shelby Rogers 28 30 USA Coco Vandeweghe 1,561 70 10 1,501 First round lost to JPN Naomi Osaka 29 31 SRB Ana Ivanovic 1,560 10 10 1,560 First round lost to CZE Denisa Allertová 30 32 JPN Misaki Doi 1,555 70 10 1,495 First round lost to GER Carina Witthöft 31 34 HUN Tímea Babos 1,510 10 130 1,630 Third round lost to ROU Simona Halep [5] 32 35 PUR Monica Puig 1,500 10 10 1,500 First round lost to CHN Zheng Saisai Withdrawn players The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event. Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason 7BLR Victoria Azarenka 3,551 430 3,121 Pregnancyhttp://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/5731876/title/azarenka-announces-pregnancy Victoria Azarenka announces pregnancy Women's Tennis Association 15 July 2016 15 July 2016 25USA Sloane Stephens 1,612 10 1,602 Right foot injuryhttp://www.foxsports.com/tennis/story/the-latest-stephens-withdraws-from-us-open-with-foot-injury-082616 The Latest: Stephens withdraws from US Open with foot injury foxsports.com 26 August 2016 26 August 2016 Other entry information Wild cards 30em USA Danielle CollinsWinner of the women's singles tournament in the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships NCAA2 lower-alpha USA Kayla DayWinner of the USTA Girls' under-18 national tournament USTAu18 lower-alpha USA Lauren Davis USA Sofia KeninWinner of the Women's USTA Wild Card Challenge held in Stockton, California, Sacramento, California and Lexington, Kentucky USTAWC2 lower-alpha USA Vania King USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands AUS Ellen Perez FRA Virginie Razzano Protected ranking 30em CHN Peng Shuai (27) RUS Vitalia Diatchenko (91) Qualifiers 2016 US Open – Women's singles qualifying 30em USA Catherine Bellis ROU Ana Bogdan CHN Duan Yingying PAR Montserrat González AUT Barbara Haas NED Richèl Hogenkamp SRB Aleksandra Krunić SVK Kristína Kučová GER Antonia Lottner BEL Elise Mertens LUX Mandy Minella USA Jessica Pegula ARG Nadia Podoroska GBR Laura Robson USA Taylor Townsend CHN Wang Yafan Lucky loser BEL Alison Van Uytvanck Withdrawals Before the tournament 30em † BLR Victoria Azarenka (6) → replaced by ROU Patricia Maria Țig (102) † RUS Maria Sharapova (97) → replaced by BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich (103) ‡ RUS Margarita Gasparyan (60) → replaced by RUS Evgeniya Rodina (104) ‡ KAZ Galina Voskoboeva (64 PR) → replaced by SUI Stefanie Vögele (105)Last direct acceptance § USA Sloane Stephens (23) → replaced by BEL Alison Van Uytvanck (LL) † – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began § – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began Retirements 30em USA Madison Brengle SLO Polona Hercog Notes References External links Women's Singles main draw 2016 US Open – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation Grand Slam women's singles 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles 2017 Australian Open – Women's singles Women's Singles US Open - Women's Singles Category:US Open (tennis) by year – Women's singles Category:2016 in women's tennis Category:2016 in American women's sports