2016 in tennis

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2016. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

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Grand Slam events

Category	Championship	Champion	Finalist	Score in the final
Men's singles	Australian Open	Novak Djokovic	Andy Murray	6–1, 7–5, 7–6^(7–3)^[1]
	French Open	Novak Djokovic	Andy Murray	3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4^[2]
	Wimbledon	Andy Murray	Milos Raonic	6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2)^[3]
	US Open	Stan Wawrinka	Novak Djokovic	6–7^(1–7), 6–4, 7–5, 6–3^[4]

Category	Championship	Champion	Finalist	Score in the final
Women's singles	Australian Open	Angelique Kerber	Serena Williams	6–4, 3–6, 6–4^[1]
	French Open	Garbiñe Muguruza	Serena Williams	7–5, 6–4^[5]
	Wimbledon	Serena Williams	Angelique Kerber	7–5, 6–3^[6]
	US Open	Angelique Kerber	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 4–6, 6–4^[7]

Category	Championship	Champions	Finalists	Score in the final
Men's Doubles	Australian Open	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	Daniel Nestor Radek Štěpánek	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
	French Open	Feliciano López Marc López	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
	Wimbledon	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–4, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3
	US Open	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	Pablo Carreño Busta Guillermo García-López	6–2, 6–3

Category	Championship	Champions	Finalists	Score in the final
Women's Doubles	Australian Open	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
	French Open	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
	Wimbledon	Serena Williams Venus Williams	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvedova	6–3, 6–4
	US Open	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Category	Championship	Champions	Finalists	Score in the final
Mixed Doubles	Australian Open	Elena Vesnina Bruno Soares	Coco Vandeweghe Horia Tecău	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
	French Open	Martina Hingis Leander Paes	Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
	Wimbledon	Henri Kontinen Heather Watson	Robert Farah Anna-Lena Grönefeld	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
	US Open	Laura Siegemund Mate Pavić	Coco Vandeweghe Rajeev Ram	6–4, 6–4

Davis Cup


First round 4–6 March			Quarterfinals 15–17 July			Semifinals 16–18 September			Final 25–27 November

Birmingham, Great Britain (indoor hard)

1	Great Britain	3
			Belgrade, Serbia (clay)
	Japan	1
			1	Great Britain	3
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
			7	Serbia	2
7	Serbia	3
						Great Britain
	Kazakhstan	2
						1	Great Britain	2
Pesaro, Italy (indoor clay)
						6	Argentina	3
4	Switzerland	0
			Pesaro, Italy (clay)
	Italy	5
				Italy	1
Gdańsk, Poland (indoor hard)
			6	Argentina	3
6	Argentina	3

	Poland	2
									6	Argentina	3
Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France (clay)
										Croatia	2
	Canada	0
			Třinec, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
5	France	4
			5	France	3
Hannover, Germany (indoor hard)
			3	Czech Republic	1
	Germany	2
						Croatia
3	Czech Republic	3
						5	France	2
Kooyong, Australia (grass)
							Croatia	3
	United States	3
			Portland, United States (hard)
8	Australia	1
			United States		2
Liège, Belgium (indoor clay)
			Croatia		3
	Croatia	3

2	Belgium	2

Fed Cup


Quarterfinals 5–6 February			Semifinals 16–17 April			Final 12–13 November

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

1	Czech Republic	3
			Lucerne, Switzerland
	Romania	2
			1	Czech Republic	3
Leipzig, Germany
				Switzerland	2
	Switzerland	3
						TBA, France
3	Germany	2
						1	Czech Republic	3
Marseille, France
							France	2
4	Italy	1
			Trélazé, France
	France	4
			France		3
Moscow, Russia
			Netherlands		2
	Netherlands	3

2	Russia	1

IOC

2016 Summer Olympics

August 6–14: Summer Olympics

Event	Category	Gold medalist	Silver medalist	Bronze medalist	Score in the final
2016 Summer Olympics	Men's Singles	Andy Murray	Juan Martín del Potro	Kei Nishikori	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
	Women's Singles	Monica Puig	Angelique Kerber	Petra Kvitová	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
	Men's Doubles	Marc López Rafael Nadal	Florin Mergea Horia Tecău	Steve Johnson Jack Sock	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	Women's Doubles	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina	Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis	Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–4
	Mixed Doubles	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jack Sock	Venus Williams Rajeev Ram	Lucie Hradecká Radek Štěpánek	6–7^(3–7), 6–1, [10–7]

International Tennis Hall of Fame

Class of 2016:
- Justine Henin, player
- Marat Safin, player

References

^ ^a ^b Mitchell, Kevin (31 January 2016). "Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win the 2016 Australian Open final". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ Mitchell, Kevin (5 June 2016). "Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to claim first French Open title". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ Newbery, Piers (10 July 2016). "Andy Murray wins Wimbledon by beating Milos Raonic". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^ "US Open 2016: Stan Wawrinka stuns Novak Djokovic to win final". BBC Sport. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ Steinberg, Jacob (4 June 2016). "Garbiñe Muguruza beats Serena Williams to win French Open title – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
^ Newbery, Piers (9 July 2016). "Wimbledon 2016: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber to win 22nd Grand Slam". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^ "2016 US Open Singles WTA Results". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

External links

[Australian-1] Mitchell, Kevin (31 January 2016). "Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to win the 2016 Australian Open final". the Guardian. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[2] Mitchell, Kevin (5 June 2016). "Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to claim first French Open title". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[3] Newbery, Piers (10 July 2016). "Andy Murray wins Wimbledon by beating Milos Raonic". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

[4] "US Open 2016: Stan Wawrinka stuns Novak Djokovic to win final". BBC Sport. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[5] Steinberg, Jacob (4 June 2016). "Garbiñe Muguruza beats Serena Williams to win French Open title – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

[6] Newbery, Piers (9 July 2016). "Wimbledon 2016: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber to win 22nd Grand Slam". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

[7] "2016 US Open Singles WTA Results". www.foxsports.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.

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Grand Slam	Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
Men	ATP World Tour ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP World Tour Finals ATP Challenger Tour ITF Men's Circuit
Women	WTA Tour WTA Premier WTA Finals WTA Elite Trophy WTA 125K series ITF Women's Circuit
Team events	Davis Cup World Group Fed Cup World Group Hopman Cup World TeamTennis International Premier Tennis League
Other events	Summer Olympics Summer Paralympics (wheelchair) South Asian Games

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