2016 Australian Open

Australian Open draws 2016 Australian Open – Men's singles Men's singles draw 2016 Australian Open – Women's singles Women's singles draw April 2022 2016 Australian Open 18–31 January 2016 200px 104th Grand Slam 128S / 64D / 32X A$44,000,000 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Melbourne Park Hard (Plexicushion) 720,363 SRB Novak Djokovic GER Angelique Kerber GBR Jamie Murray / BRA Bruno Soares SUI Martina Hingis / IND Sania Mirza RUS Elena Vesnina / BRA Bruno Soares AUS Oliver Anderson BLR Vera Lapko AUS Alex de Minaur / AUS Blake Ellis RUS Anna Kalinskaya / SVK Tereza Mihalíková GBR Gordon Reid NED Jiske Griffioen AUS Dylan Alcott FRA Stéphane Houdet / FRA Nicolas Peifer JPN Yui Kamiji / NED Marjolein Buis RSA Lucas Sithole / USA David Wagner SWE Jonas Björkman / SWE Thomas Johansson USA Lindsay Davenport / USA Martina Navratilova Australian Open The 2016 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 18 and 31 January 2016.http://www.ticketliquidator.com/tix/australian-open-tickets.aspx Australian Open Tickets Ticketliquidator.com 13 November 2013 It was the 104th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments. Novak Djokovic successfully defended the men's singles title and thus won a record-equaling sixth Australian Open title. Serena Williams was the defending champion in the women's singles but failed to defend her title, losing to Angelique Kerber in the final; by winning, Kerber became the first German player of any gender to win a Grand Slam title since Steffi Graf won her last such title 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 2016 As in previous years, this year's tournament's title sponsor was Kia. This edition set a new attendance record for the tournament of 720,363.What We Learned from the Australian Open http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2016/02/what-we-learned-from-the-australian-open/57489/ Tennis.com 1 February 2016 3 Tournament thumb|left|Rod Laver Arena, where the finals of the Australian Open take place The 2016 Australian Open was the 104th edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on hard courts and take place over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2013/12/08/first-glimpse-of-new-look-margaret-court-arena First Glimpse of new-look Margaret Court Arena Tennis.com.au 6 January 2014 1 December 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171201131405/https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2013/12/08/first-glimpse-of-new-look-margaret-court-arena dead Broadcast In Australia, selected key matches were broadcast live by the Seven Network. The majority of matches were shown on the network's primary channel Channel Seven, however during news programming nationwide and most night matches in Perth, coverage shifted to either 7Two or 7mate. Additionally, every match was also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app.TV Tonight David Knox http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/12/seven-tennis-2016-summer-guide.html Seven Tennis 2016: summer guide 17 December 2015 9 January 2016 Internationally, ESPN held the rights for America and Central America, broadcasting matches on ESPN2 and ESPN3 in the United States as well as regionally on ESPN International. ESPN also sub-licenses matches to Tennis Channel.http://event.ausopen.com/event-guide/broadcasting Broadcasting Australian Open 9 January 2016 https://archive.today/20160117170300/http://event.ausopen.com/event-guide/broadcasting 2016-01-17 deadhttp://www.multichannel.com/news/internet-video/espn-aces-10-year-renewal-australian-open/298556 ESPN Aces 10-Year Renewal With Australian Open Multichannel News 10 September 2013 9 January 2016 Mike Reynolds Other broadcasters included beIN Sports in the Middle East, SuperSport in Africa, Eurosport through Europe (plus NOS Netherlands and SRG SSR in Switzerland), CCTV, iQiyi and SMG in China, Fiji One in Fiji, Sony ESPN in India, both Wowow and NHK in Japan, Sky in New Zealand and Fox Sports Asia in selected markets in the Asia Pacific region. In Canada, TSN broadcast matches across multiple channels.http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/tsn-secures-10-year-australian-open-extension/1000820923/ TSN Secures 10-Year Australian Open Extension August 6, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221225438/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/tsn-secures-10-year-australian-open-extension/1000820923/ February 21, 2014 dead Events Spectator safety Spectator safety became a major issue during the tournament, with up to four separate cases reported: On Day 2, play was suspended during the fourth set of Bernard Tomic's first round match against Denis Istomin for 20 minutes after an elderly spectator collapsed due to heat stress; she was subsequently treated with an EpiPen and taken away from Hisense Arena.http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-open-2016-bernard-tomic-rattled-after-spectators-medical-emergency-20160119-gm9ihd.html Australian Open 2016: Bernard Tomic rattled after spectator's medical emergency Sydney Morning Herald 20 January 2016 16 March 2016 On Day 4, Ana Ivanovic's second round match against Anastasija Sevastova was interrupted in the first set when another elderly spectator fell down a set of stairs, delaying play by 25 minutes.http://www.smh.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-open-2016-woman-collapses-in-the-stands-at-ivanovicsevastova-match-20160121-gmap4w.html Australian Open 2016: Ana Ivanovic left shaken after woman falls mid-match Sydney Morning Herald Larissa Nicholson 21 January 2016 16 March 2016 On Day 6, in the most serious case, Ivanovic was again involved in a match that had to be suspended, after her coach Nigel Sears suffered a heart attack during the second set of her match against Madison Keys. Sears, who is the father-in-law of Andy Murray, had to be stretchered out of the stands and play on Rod Laver Arena was suspended for an hour. Having led by a set and a break at the time, Ivanovic proceeded to lose the match in three sets. Sears was later taken to hospital where he eventually made a full recovery.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-23/ana-ivanovic-coach-nigel-sears-falls-stairs-australian-open/7109912 Australian Open: Ana Ivanovic's coach Nigel Sears collapses in stand, play resumes after suspension ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 24 January 2016 16 March 2016 On Day 7, Sam Groth's mother fell down a set of stairs on Hisense Arena during the second set of her son and Lleyton Hewitt's doubles match against Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil, causing play to be suspended by 20 minutes. She was later able to walk out of the court unassisted.https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/tennis/australian-open-2016-sam-groths-mother-falls-down-stairs-fourth-spectator-emergency/news-story/23657ed9f1cf74b98845563223d6f320 Australian Open 2016: Sam Groth's mother falls down stairs, fourth spectator emergency The Australian 24 January 2016 subscription 16 March 2016 Maria Sharapova doping controversy On 7 March 2016, five weeks after the conclusion of the tournament, world number seven Maria Sharapova announced at a press conference in Los Angeles that she had failed a drug test following her quarter-final defeat by Serena Williams on 26 January. Sharapova confessed to taking the substance meldonium, which was placed on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances on 1 January; she was later suspended for two years (later reduced to fifteen months on appeal), backdated to 26 January, and was subsequently docked the $A375,000 she earned for reaching the quarter-finals.http://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/10196392/maria-sharapova-reveals-failed-drug-test-at-australian-open Maria Sharapova reveals failed drug test at Australian Open Sky Sports Jefferson Lake 8 March 2016 8 March 2016http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2016/06/sharapova-receives-two-year-ban-backdated-january-2016/58910/ SHARAPOVA RECEIVES TWO-YEAR BAN, BACKDATED TO JANUARY 2016 tennis.com Ed McGrogan 8 June 2016 13 January 2018http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-05/maria-sharapova-doping-ban-cas/7900714 Maria Sharapova has doping ban reduced to 15 months by Court of Arbitration for Sport ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 5 October 2016 13 January 2018 Point and prize money distribution Point distribution Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event. Senior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 Women's singles130078043024013070104030202Women's doubles10 30% Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100Quad singles800500100Quad doubles800100 3% Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles37527018012075302520Girls' singlesBoys' doubles2701801207545Girls' doubles Prize money The Australian Open total prize money for 2016 was increased by four million Australian dollars to tournament record A$44,000,000. EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 1281Q3Q2Q1SinglesA$3,400,000A$1,700,000A$750,000A$375,000A$193,000A$108,000A$67,000A$38,500A$20,000A$12,000A$6,000Doubles *A$635,000A$315,000A$157,500A$78,500A$43,000A$25,500A$16,500Mixed doubles *A$157,000A$78,500A$39,250A$18,000A$9,000A$4,500 1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money. *per team Singles players 2016 Australian Open – Men's singles Champion Runner-up SRB Novak Djokovic [1] GBR Andy Murray [2] Semifinals out SUI Roger Federer [3] CAN Milos Raonic [13] Quarterfinals out JPN Kei Nishikori [7] CZE Tomáš Berdych [6] FRA Gaël Monfils [23] ESP David Ferrer [8] 4th round out FRA Gilles Simon [14] FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [9] BEL David Goffin [15] ESP Roberto Bautista Agut [24] RUS Andrey Kuznetsov SUI Stan Wawrinka [4] USA John Isner [10] AUS Bernard Tomic [16] 3rd round out ITA Andreas Seppi [28] ARG Federico Delbonis FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Q) ESP Guillermo García López [26] BUL Grigor Dimitrov [27] AUT Dominic Thiem [19] CRO Marin Čilić [12] AUS Nick Kyrgios [29] ISR Dudi Sela FRA Stéphane Robert (Q) SRB Viktor Troicki [21] CZE Lukáš Rosol USA Steve Johnson [31] ESP Feliciano López [18] AUS John Millman POR João Sousa [32] 2nd round out FRA Quentin Halys (WC) USA Denis Kudla ARG Renzo Olivo (Q) RUS Evgeny Donskoy AUS Omar Jasika (WC) USA Noah Rubin (WC) GER Daniel Brands (Q) USA Austin Krajicek UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov ARG Marco Trungelliti (Q) ESP Nicolás Almagro BIH Damir Džumhur ESP Albert Ramos SRB Dušan Lajović URU Pablo Cuevas BIH Mirza Bašić (Q) ESP Fernando Verdasco FRA Jérémy Chardy [30] FRA Nicolas Mahut USA Rajeev Ram ESP Tommy Robredo USA Tim Smyczek (Q) USA Jack Sock [25] CZE Radek Štěpánek (Q) AUS Lleyton Hewitt (WC) BRA Thomaz Bellucci ARG Guido Pella ESP Marcel Granollers ITA Simone Bolelli LUX Gilles Müller COL Santiago Giraldo AUS Sam Groth 1st round out KOR Chung Hyeon CRO Ivan Dodig SRB Filip Krajinović RUS Teymuraz Gabashvili CRO Ivo Karlović [22] CZE Jiří Veselý ESP Íñigo Cervantes CAN Vasek Pospisil CYP Marcos Baghdatis UKR Illya Marchenko ESP Pablo Andújar FRA Benoît Paire [17] FRA Paul-Henri Mathieu DOM Víctor Estrella Burgos CHN Wu Di (Q) GER Philipp Kohlschreiber GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili LTU Ričardas Berankis SVK Jozef Kovalík (Q) ITA Paolo Lorenzi ARG Leonardo Mayer FRA Julien Benneteau (PR) GBR Kyle Edmund UKR Sergiy Stakhovsky NED Thiemo de Bakker CRO Borna Ćorić USA Sam Querrey SVK Martin Kližan ESP Pablo Carreño JPN Yoshihito Nishioka (WC) NED Robin Haase IND Yuki Bhambri ESP Rafael Nadal [5] GER Benjamin Becker USA Ryan Harrison (Q) LAT Ernests Gulbis JPN Yūichi Sugita (Q) ITA Marco Cecchinato USA Bjorn Fratangelo (LL) RSA Kevin Anderson [11] FRA Lucas Pouille TUN Malek Jaziri ESP Daniel Gimeno Traver ESP Daniel Muñoz de la Nava USA Taylor Fritz (Q) JPN Taro Daniel JPN Tatsuma Ito (Q) RUS Dmitry Tursunov (PR) GER Peter Gojowczyk (Q) AUS James Duckworth (WC) AUS Jordan Thompson (WC) GBR Aljaž Bedene GBR Daniel Evans (Q) BEL Steve Darcis AUS Matthew Ebden (WC) POL Jerzy Janowicz UZB Denis Istomin USA Brian Baker (PR) ARG Diego Schwartzman ITA Fabio Fognini [20] KAZ Mikhail Kukushkin USA Donald Young FRA Adrian Mannarino GER Alexander Zverev 2016 Australian Open – Women's singles Champion Runner-up GER Angelique Kerber [7] USA Serena Williams [1] Semifinals out POL Agnieszka Radwańska [4] GBR Johanna Konta Quarterfinals out RUS Maria Sharapova [5] ESP Carla Suárez Navarro [10] BLR Victoria Azarenka [14] CHN Zhang Shuai (Q) 4th round out RUS Margarita Gasparyan SUI Belinda Bencic [12] GER Anna-Lena Friedsam AUS Daria Gavrilova GER Annika Beck CZE Barbora Strýcová RUS Ekaterina Makarova [21] USA Madison Keys [15] 3rd round out RUS Daria Kasatkina KAZ Yulia Putintseva UKR Kateryna Bondarenko USA Lauren Davis PUR Monica Puig ITA Roberta Vinci [13] RUS Elizaveta Kulichkova FRA Kristina Mladenovic [28] USA Madison Brengle GER Laura Siegemund JPN Naomi Osaka (Q) ESP Garbiñe Muguruza [3] CZE Denisa Allertová CZE Karolína Plíšková [9] SRB Ana Ivanovic [20] USA Varvara Lepchenko 2nd round out TPE Hsieh Su-wei CRO Ana Konjuh JPN Kurumi Nara CHN Han Xinyun (WC) HUN Tímea Babos RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova [23] SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich CAN Eugenie Bouchard CZE Kristýna Plíšková (Q) CHN Wang Qiang (Q) USA Irina Falconi GRE Maria Sakkari (Q) ROU Monica Niculescu USA Nicole Gibbs (Q) CZE Petra Kvitová [6] ROU Alexandra Dulgheru SWE Johanna Larsson SRB Jelena Janković [19] SUI Timea Bacsinszky [11] MNE Danka Kovinić UKR Elina Svitolina [18] USA Vania King (PR) BEL Kirsten Flipkens CHN Zheng Saisai GER Sabine Lisicki [30] GER Tatjana Maria GER Julia Görges KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova LAT Anastasija Sevastova (Q) ESP Lara Arruabarrena FRA Alizé Cornet 1st round out ITA Camila Giorgi LAT Jeļena Ostapenko POL Urszula Radwańska SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová [27] ITA Sara Errani [17] FRA Océane Dodin (WC) COL Mariana Duque DEN Caroline Wozniacki [16] USA Alison Riske GBR Heather Watson AUS Ajla Tomljanović SVK Daniela Hantuchová RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [26] BEL Yanina Wickmayer RUS Evgeniya Rodina JPN Nao Hibino USA Christina McHale SRB Aleksandra Krunić POL Magda Linette AUS Samantha Stosur [25] USA Sloane Stephens [24] ESP Lourdes Domínguez Lino USA Anna Tatishvili AUT Tamira Paszek (Q) SUI Viktorija Golubic (Q) CHN Wang Yafan (Q) BRA Teliana Pereira GER Andrea Petkovic [22] SVK Dominika Cibulková CZE Klára Koukalová CZE Lucie Hradecká THA Luksika Kumkhum (Q) JPN Misaki Doi AUS Storm Sanders (WC) USA CoCo Vandeweghe ROU Irina-Camelia Begu [29] SLO Polona Hercog NED Kiki Bertens AUS Priscilla Hon (WC) CZE Kateřina Siniaková BEL Alison Van Uytvanck USA Samantha Crawford (WC) CRO Donna Vekić USA Victoria Duval (PR) FRA Caroline Garcia [32] GER Mona Barthel CRO Mirjana Lučić-Baroni EST Anett Kontaveit USA Venus Williams [8] GER Carina Witthöft USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands CZE Petra Cetkovská (PR) AUS Maddison Inglis (WC) BLR Olga Govortsova ROU Andreea Mitu AUS Kimberly Birrell (WC) KAZ Zarina Diyas BUL Tsvetana Pironkova AUS Jarmila Wolfe AUS Tammi Patterson (WC) UKR Lesia Tsurenko [31] UKR Maryna Zanevska (Q) SRB Bojana Jovanovski ROU Simona Halep [2] Day-by-day summaries 2016 Australian Open – Day-by-day summaries Champions Seniors Men's singles 2016 Australian Open – Men's singles SRB Novak Djokovic defeated GBR Andy Murray, 6–1, 7–5, 7–6(7–3) Djokovic and Murray had faced one another 30 times prior to the final, with Djokovic victorious on 21 occasions. Murray had lost four Australian Open finals, three times to Djokovic, while the Serb had won the title five times. After an even first game, Djokovic broke Murray twice to lead 5–0, before Murray held. Djokovic took the winning game to secure the first set 6–1 in 30 minutes. The second set went with serve until Djokovic broke Murray to lead 4–3. The Scot broke back immediately and held his serve, but Djokovic broke in the eleventh game, then went on to hold serve, taking the second set 7–5. Djokovic broke the Murray serve in the first game of the third set, but Murray broke back to restore parity in the set at 3–3. The subsequent games went with serve and sent the set to a tie-break. Djokovic led 3–0 and 6–1 before finally securing the championship victory by three sets to love, with a 7–3 tie-break victory. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jan/31/novak-djokovic-v-andy-murray-australian-open-final-live The Guardian Andy Murray beaten by Novak Djokovic in Australian Open final – as it happened Jacob Steinberg 31 January 2016 1 February 2016 Women's singles 2016 Australian Open – Women's singles GER Angelique Kerber defeated USA Serena Williams, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 Going into the final, Kerber and Williams had faced each other six times with Williams holding a 5–1 advantage. Kerber broke Williams in the third game of the first set with Williams breaking back to make it 3–3. Kerber immediately broke back and held serve to win the first set 6–4. Williams took advantage of the third of three break points in the fourth game of the second set, the remainder of the set going with serve, leveling the match at one set all. Kerber broke Williams in the second game of the final set, but Williams immediately broke back and held her own serve to level the deciding set at 2–2. Another break for Kerber saw her leading 5–2 but Williams broke back once again, taking the set to 5–4 to Kerber. A cross-court exchange described as "breathtaking" saw Williams hit the ball long, securing the title for Kerber. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2016/jan/30/serena-williams-v-angelique-kerber-australian-open-final-live Angelique Kerber stuns Serena Williams to claim Australian Open title – as it happened The Guardian 30 January 2016 1 February 2016 Katy Murrells Men's doubles 2016 Australian Open – Men's doubles GBR Jamie Murray / BRA Bruno Soares defeated CAN Daniel Nestor / CZE Radek Štěpánek, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5 Women's doubles 2016 Australian Open – Women's doubles SUI Martina Hingis / IND Sania Mirza defeated CZE Andrea Hlaváčková / CZE Lucie Hradecká, 7–6(7–1), 6–3 Mixed doubles 2016 Australian Open – Mixed doubles RUS Elena Vesnina / BRA Bruno Soares defeated USA CoCo Vandeweghe / ROU Horia Tecău, 6–4, 4–6, [10–5] Juniors Boys' singles 2016 Australian Open – Boys' singles AUS Oliver Anderson defeated UZB Jurabek Karimov, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 Girls' singles 2016 Australian Open – Girls' singles BLR Vera Lapko defeated SVK Tereza Mihalíková, 6–3, 6–4 Boys' doubles 2016 Australian Open – Boys' doubles AUS Alex de Minaur / AUS Blake Ellis defeated SVK Lukáš Klein / CZE Patrik Rikl, 3–6, 7–5, [12–10] Girls' doubles 2016 Australian Open – Girls' doubles RUS Anna Kalinskaya / SVK Tereza Mihalíková defeated UKR Dayana Yastremska / UKR Anastasia Zarytska, 6–1, 6–1 Legends Men's Legends doubles 2016 Australian Open – Men's legends doubles SWE Jonas Björkman / SWE Thomas Johansson defeated SWE Thomas Enqvist / SWE Magnus Norman, 4–3(5–4), 1–4, 4–3(5–3) Wheelchair events Wheelchair men's singles 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles GBR Gordon Reid defeated BEL Joachim Gérard, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 Wheelchair women's singles 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's singles NED Jiske Griffioen defeated NED Aniek van Koot, 6–3, 7–5 Wheelchair quad singles 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad singles AUS Dylan Alcott defeated USA David Wagner, 6–2, 6–2 Wheelchair men's doubles 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's doubles FRA Stéphane Houdet / FRA Nicolas Peifer defeated GBR Gordon Reid / JPN Shingo Kunieda, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 Wheelchair women's doubles 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair women's doubles NED Marjolein Buis / JPN Yui Kamiji defeated NED Jiske Griffioen / NED Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–2 Wheelchair quad doubles 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair quad doubles RSA Lucas Sithole / USA David Wagner defeated AUS Dylan Alcott / GBR Andrew Lapthorne, 6–1, 6–3 Singles seeds The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeding are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 11 January 2016, while ranking and points before are as of 18 January 2016. Men's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1SRB Novak Djokovic 16,790 2,000 2,000 16,790Champion, defeated GBR Andy Murray [2] 2 2GBR Andy Murray 8,945 1,200 1,200 8,945Runner-up, lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1] 3 3SUI Roger Federer 8,165 90 720 8,795Semifinals lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1] 4 4SUI Stan Wawrinka 6,865 720 180 6,325Fourth round lost to CAN Milos Raonic [13] 5 5ESP Rafael Nadal 5,230 360 10 4,880First round lost to ESP Fernando Verdasco 6 6CZE Tomáš Berdych 4,560 720 360 4,200Quarterfinals lost to SUI Roger Federer [3] 7 7JPN Kei Nishikori 4,235 360 360 4,235Quarterfinals lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1] 8 8ESP David Ferrer 4,145 180 360 4,325Quarterfinals lost to GBR Andy Murray [2] 9 10FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,725 0 180 2,905Fourth round lost to JPN Kei Nishikori [7] 10 11USA John Isner 2,495 90 180 2,585Fourth round lost to ESP David Ferrer [8] 11 12RSA Kevin Anderson 2,475 180 10 2,305First round retired vs. USA Rajeev Ram 12 13CRO Marin Čilić 2,405 0 90 2,495Third round lost to ESP Roberto Bautista Agut [24] 13 14CAN Milos Raonic 2,270 360 720 2,630Semifinals lost to GBR Andy Murray [2] 14 15FRA Gilles Simon 2,145 90 180 2,235Fourth round lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1] 15 16BEL David Goffin 1,835 45 180 1,970Fourth round lost to SUI Roger Federer [3] 16 17AUS Bernard Tomic 1,720 180 180 1,720Fourth round lost to GBR Andy Murray [2] 17 18FRA Benoît Paire 1,703 27 10 1,686First round lost to USA Noah Rubin [WC] 18 19ESP Feliciano López 1,690 180 90 1,600Third round lost to USA John Isner [10] 19 20AUT Dominic Thiem 1,645 10 90 1,725Third round lost to BEL David Goffin [15] 20 23ITA Fabio Fognini 1,515 10 10 1,515First round lost to LUX Gilles Müller 21 26SRB Viktor Troicki 1,475 90 90 1,475Third round lost to CAN Milos Raonic [13] 22 24CRO Ivo Karlović 1,485 45 10 1,450First round retired vs. ARG Federico Delbonis 23 25FRA Gaël Monfils 1,485 45 360 1,800Quarterfinals lost to CAN Milos Raonic [13] 24 21ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 1,640 45 180 1,775Fourth round lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [6] 25 22USA Jack Sock 1,525 0 45 1,570Second round lost to CZE Lukáš Rosol 26 27ESP Guillermo García López 1,430 180 90 1,340Third round lost to JPN Kei Nishikori [7] 27 28BUL Grigor Dimitrov 1,420 180 90 1,330Third round lost to SUI Roger Federer [3] 28 29ITA Andreas Seppi 1,290 180 90 1,200Third round lost to SRB Novak Djokovic [1] 29 30AUS Nick Kyrgios 1,260 360 90 990Third round lost to CZE Tomáš Berdych [6] 30 31FRA Jérémy Chardy 1,255 45 45 1,255Second round lost to RUS Andrey Kuznetsov 31 32USA Steve Johnson 1,240 90 90 1,240Third round lost to ESP David Ferrer [8] 32 33POR João Sousa 1,191 90 90 1,191Third round lost to GBR Andy Murray [2] The following player would have been seeded, but he withdrew from the event. RankPlayerPoints BeforePoints defendingPoints AfterWithdrawal reason 9FRA Richard Gasquet 2,850 90 2,760Back injuryhttp://www.eurosport.fr/tennis/australian-open/2016/open-d-australie-richard-gasquet-contraint-de-declarer-forfait_sto5041875/story.shtml Australian Open: Richard Gasquet forced to withdraw Eurosport 29 December 2015 Women's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints BeforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints AfterStatus 1 1USA Serena Williams 9,945 2,000 1,300 9,245Runner-up, lost to GER Angelique Kerber [7] 2 2ROU Simona Halep 5,965 430 10 5,545First round lost to CHN Zhang Shuai [Q] 3 3ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 5,101 240 130 4,991Third round lost to CZE Barbora Strýcová 4 4POL Agnieszka Radwańska 4,670 240 780 5,210Semifinals lost to USA Serena Williams [1] 5 5RUS Maria Sharapova 4,542 1,300 430 3,672Quarterfinals lost to USA Serena Williams [1] 6 7CZE Petra Kvitová 3,642 130 70 3,582Second round lost to AUS Daria Gavrilova 7 6GER Angelique Kerber 3,710 10 2,000 5,700Champion, defeated USA Serena Williams [1] 8 10USA Venus Williams 3,511 430 10 3,091First round lost to GBR Johanna Konta 9 12CZE Karolína Plíšková 3,090 130 130 3,090Third round lost to RUS Ekaterina Makarova [21] 10 11ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 3,175 10 430 3,595Quarterfinals lost to POL Agnieszka Radwańska [4] 11 14SUI Timea Bacsinszky 2,954 130 70 2,894Second round lost to GER Annika Beck 12 13SUI Belinda Bencic 3,030 10 240 3,260Fourth round lost vs. RUS Maria Sharapova [5] 13 15ITA Roberta Vinci 2,825 70 130 2,885Third round lost to GER Anna-Lena Friedsam 14 16BLR Victoria Azarenka 2,745 240 430 2,935Quarterfinals lost to GER Angelique Kerber [7] 15 17USA Madison Keys 2,600 780 240 2,060Fourth round lost to CHN Zhang Shuai [Q] 16 18DEN Caroline Wozniacki 2,571 70 10 2,511First round lost to KAZ Yulia Putintseva 17 19ITA Sara Errani 2,525 130 10 2,405First round lost to RUS Margarita Gasparyan 18 21UKR Elina Svitolina 2,465 130 70 2,405Second round lost to JPN Naomi Osaka [Q] 19 22SRB Jelena Janković 2,445 10 70 2,505Second round lost to GER Laura Siegemund 20 23SRB Ana Ivanovic 2,341 10 130 2,461Third round lost to USA Madison Keys [15] 21 24RUS Ekaterina Makarova 2,300 780 240 1,760Fourth round lost to GBR Johanna Konta 22 25GER Andrea Petkovic 2,230 10 10 2,230First round lost to RUS Elizaveta Kulichkova 23 20RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 2,475 10 70 2,535Second round lost to UKR Kateryna Bondarenko 24 26USA Sloane Stephens 1,965 10 10 1,965First round lost to CHN Wang Qiang [Q] 25 27AUS Samantha Stosur 1,935 70 10 1,875First round lost to CZE Kristýna Plíšková [Q] 26 28RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1,880 10 10 1,880First round lost to USA Lauren Davis 27 29SVK Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 1,875 70 10 1,815First round lost to RUS Daria Kasatkina 28 30FRA Kristina Mladenovic 1,725 70 130 1,785Third round lost to AUS Daria Gavrilova 29 31ROU Irina-Camelia Begu 1,630 240 10 1,400First round lost to SWE Johanna Larsson 30 32GER Sabine Lisicki 1,622 10 70 1,682Second round lost to CZE Denisa Allertová 31 35UKR Lesia Tsurenko 1,398 10 10 1,398First round lost to USA Varvara Lepchenko 32 34FRA Caroline Garcia 1,420 130 10 1,300First round lost to CZE Barbora Strýcová The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event. RankPlayerPoints BeforePoints defendingPoints AfterWithdrawal reason 8ITA Flavia Pennetta 3,621 10 3,611Retirement from tennisMarch 2020 9CZE Lucie Šafářová 3,590 10 3,580Bacterial infectionhttps://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/14527052/lucie-safarova-withdraws-australian-open-bacterial-infection Lucie Safarova out of Australian Open due to bacterial infection ESPN 13 January 2016 Doubles seeds Men's doubles Team Rank1 SeedNED Jean-Julien RojerROU Horia Tecău51CRO Ivan DodigBRA Marcelo Melo72USA Bob BryanUSA Mike Bryan93IND Rohan BopannaROU Florin Mergea204ITA Simone BolelliITA Fabio Fognini235FRA Pierre-Hugues HerbertFRA Nicolas Mahut266GBR Jamie MurrayBRA Bruno Soares297FIN Henri KontinenAUS John Peers388CAN Vasek PospisilUSA Jack Sock409POL Łukasz KubotPOL Marcin Matkowski4510GBR Dominic InglotSWE Robert Lindstedt4911COL Juan Sebastián CabalCOL Robert Farah5212RSA Raven KlaasenUSA Rajeev Ram5613PHI Treat HueyBLR Max Mirnyi6214ESP Feliciano LópezESP Marc López6415URU Pablo CuevasESP Marcel Granollers7316 1 Rankings were as of 11 January 2016. Women's doubles Team Rank1 SeedSUI Martina HingisIND Sania Mirza31TPE Chan Hao-chingTPE Chan Yung-jan192FRA Caroline GarciaFRA Kristina Mladenovic243HUN Tímea BabosSLO Katarina Srebotnik264RUS Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaRUS Elena Vesnina355USA Raquel AtawoUSA Abigail Spears366CZE Andrea HlaváčkováCZE Lucie Hradecká377ESP Lara ArruabarrenaSLO Andreja Klepač568ROU Irina-Camelia BeguROU Monica Niculescu609ESP Anabel Medina GarriguesESP Arantxa Parra Santonja6510KAZ Yaroslava ShvedovaAUS Samantha Stosur6611GER Anna-Lena GrönefeldUSA CoCo Vandeweghe7312GER Julia GörgesCZE Karolína Plíšková7513NED Kiki BertensSWE Johanna Larsson7514CHN Xu YifanCHN Zheng Saisai8015CAN Gabriela DabrowskiPOL Alicja Rosolska8816 1 Rankings were as of 11 January 2016. Mixed doubles Team Rank1 SeedIND Sania Mirza CRO Ivan Dodig71USA Bethanie Mattek-SandsUSA Bob Bryan72TPE Chan Yung-janIND Rohan Bopanna163SLO Katarina SrebotnikGBR Jamie Murray234RUS Elena Vesnina BRA Bruno Soares305CZE Lucie HradeckáPOL Marcin Matkowski336USA Raquel AtawoRSA Raven Klaasen397TPE Chan Hao-chingBLR Max Mirnyi418 1 Rankings were as of 18 January 2016. Main draw wildcard entries 2016 Australian Open – Main draw wildcard entries Men's singles AUS James Duckworth AUS Matthew Ebden FRA Quentin Halys AUS Lleyton Hewitt AUS Omar Jasika JPN Yoshihito Nishioka USA Noah Rubin AUS Jordan Thompson Women's singles AUS Kimberly Birrell USA Samantha Crawford FRA Océane Dodin CHN Han Xinyun AUS Priscilla Hon AUS Maddison Inglis AUS Tammi Patterson AUS Storm Sanders Men's doubles AUS Alex Bolt / AUS Andrew Whittington AUS James Duckworth / AUS John Millman AUS Sam Groth / AUS Lleyton Hewitt TPE Hsieh Cheng-peng / TPE Yang Tsung-hua AUS Omar Jasika / AUS Nick Kyrgios USA Austin Krajicek / USA Donald Young AUS Luke Saville / AUS John-Patrick Smith Women's doubles JPN Shuko Aoyama / JPN Makoto Ninomiya AUS Alison Bai / AUS Naiktha Bains AUS Kimberly Birrell / AUS Priscilla Hon SVK Daniela Hantuchová / AUS Jarmila Wolfe (withdrew) AUS Jessica Moore / AUS Storm Sanders AUS Tammi Patterson / AUS Olivia Rogowska AUS Ellen Perez / AUS Belinda Woolcock Mixed doubles AUS Kimberly Birrell / AUS John Millman AUS Daria Gavrilova / AUS Luke Saville AUS Maddison Inglis / AUS Benjamin Mitchell AUS Jessica Moore / AUS Marc Polmans AUS Anastasia Rodionova / AUS Chris Guccione AUS Arina Rodionova / AUS Matt Reid AUS Ajla Tomljanović / AUS Nick Kyrgios CHN Zheng Saisai / KOR Chung Hyeon Main draw qualifier entries The qualifying competition took place in Melbourne Park on 13 – 16 January 2016. Men's singles 2016 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying GBR Daniel Evans SVK Jozef Kovalík USA Tim Smyczek CHN Wu Di CZE Radek Štěpánek BIH Mirza Bašić USA Ryan Harrison GER Peter Gojowczyk USA Taylor Fritz GER Daniel Brands FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert JPN Yūichi Sugita JPN Tatsuma Ito FRA Stéphane Robert ARG Marco Trungelliti ARG Renzo Olivo Lucky loser USA Bjorn Fratangelo Women's singles 2016 Australian Open – Women's singles qualifying CHN Wang Qiang USA Nicole Gibbs CHN Wang Yafan JPN Naomi Osaka LAT Anastasija Sevastova CHN Zhang Shuai CZE Kristýna Plíšková SUI Viktorija Golubic THA Luksika Kumkhum UKR Maryna Zanevska GRE Maria Sakkari AUT Tamira Paszek Protected ranking The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking: Men's singles FRA Julien Benneteau (39) USA Brian Baker (56) RUS Dmitry Tursunov (89) Women's singles CZE Petra Cetkovská (54) USA Vania King (73) Withdrawals The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries and personal reasons. Before the tournament Men's singles ‡ ARG Juan Mónaco (53) → replaced by ISR Dudi Sela (100) ‡ AUS Thanasi Kokkinakis (80) → replaced by SRB Filip Krajinović (101) ‡ FRA Richard Gasquet (9) → replaced by GRB Kyle Edmund (102) ‡ SRB Janko Tipsarević (39 PR) → replaced by TUN Malek Jaziri (103) ‡ GER Tommy Haas (25 PR) → replaced by GEO Nikoloz Basilashvili (104) ‡ AUT Andreas Haider-Maurer (63) → replaced by USA Austin Krajicek (105) § TPE Lu Yen-hsun (77) → replaced by USA Bjorn Fratangelo (LL) Women's singles † ITA Flavia Pennetta (8) → replaced by CRO Donna Vekić (104) ‡ KAZ Galina Voskoboeva (64 PR) → replaced by NED Kiki Bertens (105) ‡ CZE Lucie Šafářová (9) → replaced by AUS Jarmila Wolfe (106) ‡ RUS Alisa Kleybanova (90 PR) → replaced by RUS Elizaveta Kulichkova (107) ‡ ITA Karin Knapp (51) → replaced by BLR Aliaksandra Sasnovich (108) † – not included on entry list ‡ – withdrew from entry list § – withdrew from main draw Retirements Men's singles RSA Kevin Anderson CRO Ivo Karlović SRB Filip Krajinović USA Sam Querrey RUS Dmitry Tursunov Women's singles COL Mariana Duque Mariño RUS Elizaveta Kulichkova SVK Magdaléna Rybáriková AUS Jarmila Wolfe References 3 External links Tennis Australia Australian Open official website 2015 US Open Grand Slams 2016 French Open Category:2016 in Australian tennis Category:2016 ATP World Tour Category:2016 WTA Tour Category:January 2016 sports events in Australia Category:2016 in sport in Melbourne Category:2016 in Victoria (state)