2016 Australian Open
The 2016 Australian Open will be a tennis tournament that takes place at Melbourne Park between 18–31 January 2016.[1] It will be the 104th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament will consist of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the respective defending champions in the men's and women's singles.
As in previous years, this years tournament's title sponsor will be Kia.
Tournament
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The 2016 Australian Open will be the 104th edition of the tournament and will be held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The tournament will be run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is part of the 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consists of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There are singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is 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 will be played on hard courts and take place over a series of 16 courts, including the three main showcourts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.[2]
Broadcast
In Australia, selected key matches will be broadcast live by the Seven Network. The majority of matches will be shown on the network's primary channel Channel Seven, however during news programming nationwide and most night matches in Perth, coverage will shift to either 7Two or 7mate. Additionally, every match was also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app.[3]
Internationally, ESPN holds the rights for North and Central America, which sees matches broadcast on ESPN2 and ESPN3 in the United States as well as regionally on ESPN International. ESPN also sub-licenses matches to Tennis Channel.[4][5] Other broadcasters include beIN Sports in the Middle East, SuperSport in Africa, Eurosport throught Europe (plus NOS Netherlands and SRG SSR in Switzerland), CCTV, iQiyi and SMG in China, Fiji One in Fiji, Sony SIX in India, both WOWOW and NHK in Japan, Sky in New Zealand and Fox Sports Asia in selected markets in the Asia Pacific region.[4]
In the United Kingdom, the BBC dumped its coverage of the 2016 tournament just a month prior to its start, due to budget cuts, leaving Eurosport as the exclusive broadcaster.[6]
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
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 128 | Q | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's Singles | 2000 | 1200 | 720 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's Singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's Doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points
|
Junior points
|
Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2016 was increased by four million Australian dollars to tournament record A$44,000,000.
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 1281 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | A$3,800,000 | A$1,900,000 | A$800,000 | A$400,000 | A$200,000 | A$97,500 | A$60,000 | A$34,500 | A$20,000 | A$12,000 | A$6,000 |
| Doubles * | A$650,000 | A$325,000 | A$160,500 | A$80,000 | A$40,000 | A$23,000 | A$14,800 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed Doubles * | A$150,000 | A$75,500 | A$37,500 | A$18,750 | A$9,000 | A$4,500 | — | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team
Singles players
2016 Australian Open – Men's Singles
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals out | |||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| 4th Round out | |||
| 3rd Round out | |||
| 2nd Round out | |||
| 1st Round out | |||
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals out | |||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| 4th Round out | |||
| 3rd Round out | |||
| 2nd Round out | |||
| 1st Round out | |||
Champions
Seniors
Men's Singles
vs
Women's Singles
- vs
Men's Doubles
- / vs. /
Women's Doubles
- / vs. /
Mixed Doubles
- / vs. /
Juniors
Boys' Singles
- vs
Girls' Singles
- vs
Boys' Doubles
- / vs. /
Girls' Doubles
- / vs. /
Legends
Legends' Men Doubles
- / vs. /
Legends Women's Doubles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair Men's Singles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Women's Singles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Quad Singles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
- / vs. /
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.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Novak Djokovic
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First round vs.  Chung Hyeon
| ||||||
 Andy Murray
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First round vs.  Alexander Zverev
| ||||||
 Roger Federer
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First round vs.  Nikoloz Basilashvili
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| Stan Wawrinka
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First round vs.  Dmitry Tursunov [PR]
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 Rafael Nadal
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First round vs. Fernando Verdasco
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 Tomáš Berdych
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First round vs.  Yuki Bhambri
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 Kei Nishikori
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First round vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber
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| David Ferrer
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First round vs.  TBD [Q]
| ||||||
 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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First round vs.  Marcos Baghdatis
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 John Isner
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First round vs.  Jerzy Janowicz
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 Kevin Anderson
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First round vs. Rajeev Ram
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 Marin Čilić
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First round vs.  Thiemo de Bakker
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 Milos Raonic
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First round vs. Lucas Pouille
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| Gilles Simon
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First round vs. Vasek Pospisil
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 David Goffin
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First round vs.  Sergiy Stakhovsky
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 Bernard Tomic
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First round vs.  Denis Istomin
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| Benoît Paire
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First round vs. Noah Rubin [WC]
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| Feliciano López
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First round vs. TBD [Q]
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 Dominic Thiem
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First round vs.  Leonardo Mayer
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 Fabio Fognini
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First round vs.  Gilles Müller
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| Viktor Troicki
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First round vs. Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
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| Ivo Karlović
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First round vs. Federico Delbonis
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| Gaël Monfils
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First round vs. TBD [Q]
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| Roberto Bautista Agut
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First round vs.  Martin Kližan
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| Jack Sock
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First round vs. TBD [Q]
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| Guillermo García-López
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First round vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu
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 Grigor Dimitrov
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First round vs. Paolo Lorenzi
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| Andreas Seppi
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First round vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili
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| Nick Kyrgios
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First round vs. Pablo Carreño Busta
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| Jérémy Chardy
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First round vs.  Ernests Gulbis
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| Steve Johnson
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First round vs. Aljaž Bedene
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 João Sousa
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First round vs.  Mikhail Kukushkin
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Withdrawn players
| Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Withdrawal reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Gasquet
|
Back injury[7] |
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serena Williams
|
First round vs. Camila Giorgi
| ||||||
 Simona Halep
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First round vs. TBD [Q]
| ||||||
| Garbiñe Muguruza
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First round vs.  Anett Kontaveit
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| Agnieszka Radwańska
|
First round vs. Christina McHale
| ||||||
| Maria Sharapova
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First round vs. Nao Hibino
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| Petra Kvitová
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First round vs. TBD [Q]
| ||||||
| Angelique Kerber
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First round vs. Misaki Doi
| ||||||
| Venus Williams
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First round vs. Johanna Konta
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| Karolína Plíšková
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First round vs. Kimberly Birrell [WC]
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| Carla Suárez Navarro
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First round vs. TBD [Q]
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| Timea Bacsinszky
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First round vs. Kateřina Siniaková
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| Belinda Bencic
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First round vs. Alison Riske
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| Roberta Vinci
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First round vs. TBD [Q]
| ||||||
 Victoria Azarenka
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First round vs. Alison Van Uytvanck
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| Madison Keys
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First round vs. Zarina Diyas
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 Caroline Wozniacki
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First round vs. Yulia Putintseva
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| Sara Errani
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First round vs. Margarita Gasparyan
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| Elina Svitolina
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First round vs. Victoria Duval [PR]
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| Jelena Janković
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First round vs.  Polona Hercog
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| Ana Ivanovic
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First round vs. Tammi Patterson [WC]
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| Ekaterina Makarova
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First round vs. Maddison Inglis [WC]
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| Andrea Petkovic
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First round vs. Elizaveta Kulichkova
| ||||||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova
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First round vs. Daniela Hantuchová
| ||||||
| Sloane Stephens
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First round vs. TBD [Q]
| ||||||
| Samantha Stosur
|
First round vs. TBD [Q]
| ||||||
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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First round vs. Lauren Davis
| ||||||
| Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
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First round vs. Daria Kasatkina
| ||||||
| Kristina Mladenovic
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First round vs. Dominika Cibulková
| ||||||
| Irina-Camelia Begu
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First round vs.  Johanna Larsson
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| Sabine Lisicki
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First round vs. Petra Cetkovská [PR]
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| Lesia Tsurenko
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First round vs. Varvara Lepchenko
| ||||||
| Caroline Garcia
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First round vs. Barbora Strýcová
|
Withdrawn players
| Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Withdrawal reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flavia Pennetta
|
Retired from tennis[8] | |||||
| Lucie Šafářová
|
Bacterial infection[9] |
Doubles seeds
| Team | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | |||
- 1 Rankings are as of 11 January 2016.
Main draw wildcard entries
Men's Singles |
Women's Singles
|
Men's Doubles
|
Women's Doubles
|
Mixed Doubles
|
|
Main draw qualifier entries
The qualifying competition takes place in Melbourne Park on 13 – 16 January 2016.
Men's SinglesLucky Loser |
Women's Singles
|
Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
|
|
References
- ^ "Australian Open Tickets". Ticketliquidator.com. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ "First Glimpse of new-look Margaret Court Arena". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ Template:TV Tonight
- ^ a b "Broadcasting". Australian Open. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ Reynolds, Mike (10 September 2013). "ESPN Aces 10-Year Renewal With Australian Open". Multichannel News. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ Gill, Kieran (11 December 2015). "BBC to axe live coverage of Australian Open as part of £35m cut to sports budget... with Eurosport claiming exclusive rights". Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Australian Open: Richard Gasquet forced to withdraw". Eurosport. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Flavia Pennetta hints at Rio Olympic bid despite gearing up for impending retirement". Daily Mail. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ "Lucie Safarova out of Australian Open due to bacterial infection". ESPN. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
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