2016 Roger Federer tennis season

2016 Roger Federer tennis season
Full name	Roger Federer
Country	Switzerland
Singles
Season record	8–2
Current ranking	No. 3
Ranking change from previous year
	Other tournaments
Doubles
Season record	0–0
Current ranking	Unranked
Mixed doubles
Season record	0–0
	Last updated on: 8 January 2016.

The 2016 Roger Federer tennis season officially commenced on 3 January 2016 with the start of the 2016 Brisbane International.

Year summary

Australian Open and early hard court season

Brisbane International

Federer opened his season at the Brisbane International for the third consecutive year after winning the title in 2015. He received a bye as the top seed in the first round. Though suffering with the flu, in the second round he beat Tobias Kamke in straight sets.^[1] He next defeated Grigor Dimitrov in three sets.^[2] In the semifinals, he beat Dominic Thiem in straight sets to advance to his third consecutive final at the tournament. He faced Milos Raonic in a repeat of last year's final and lost in straight sets. Due to contracting the flu, Federer's performance was hindered throughout the tournament.^[3]

Australian Open

Federer entered the Australian Open as the third seed. He defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili and Alexandr Dolgopolov, both in straight sets to advance to the third round where he beat Grigor Dimitrov in four sets. The win gave Federer his 300th match win at a Grand Slam, becoming the first man in the Open Era to reach the milestone. It also put him second overall behind Martina Navratilova who won 306 matches.^[4] He reached the quarterfinals with an easy straights set win over David Goffin in the fourth round. He then defeated Tomáš Berdych in straight sets to advance to his twelfth Australian Open semifinal where he faced Novak Djokovic in their first match of the year and their 45th meeting overall. Federer lost the match 1-6 2-6 6-3 3-6. Novak Djokovic went ahead in their rivalry for the first time.

All matches

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (seed or key)	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia ATP Tour 250 Hard, outdoor 4 – 11 January 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	1 / 1298	2R	Tobias Kamke (Q)	277	Win	6–2, 6–1
	2 / 1299	QF	Grigor Dimitrov	28	Win	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
	3 / 1300	SF	Dominic Thiem (8)	20	Win	6–1, 6–4
	4 / 1301	F	Milos Raonic (4)	14	Loss	4–6, 4–6

Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 18 January – 31 January 2016
	5 / 1302	1R	Nikoloz Basilashvili	118	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–2
	6 / 1303	2R	Alexandr Dolgopolov	35	Win	6–3, 7–5, 6–1
	7 / 1304	3R	Grigor Dimitrov (27)	28	Win	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
	8 / 1305	4R	David Goffin (15)	16	Win	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
	9 / 1306	QF	Tomas Berdych (6)	6	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–2, 6–4
	10 / 1307	SF	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss	1-6, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6

Schedule

Per Roger Federer, this is his current 2016 schedule (subject to change).^[5]

Singles schedule

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Outcome
4 January 2016– 10 January 2016	Brisbane International	Brisbane (AUS)	ATP World Tour 250	Hard	W	250	150	Final (lost to Milos Raonic, 4–6, 4–6)
18 January 2016– 31 January 2016	Australian Open	Melbourne (AUS)	Grand Slam	Hard	3R	90	720	Semifinal (lost to Novak Djokovic, 1-6, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6)
8 February 2016– 14 February 2016	Rotterdam Open	Rotterdam (NED)	ATP World Tour 500	Hard (i)	A	N/A
22 February 2016– 28 February 2016	Dubai Tennis Championships	Dubai (UAE)	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	W	500
7 March 2016– 20 March 2016	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	F	600
22 May 2016– 5 June 2016	French Open	Paris (FRA)	Grand Slam	Clay	QF	360
6 June 2016– 12 June 2016	Stuttgart Open	Stuttgart (GER)	ATP World Tour 250	Grass	A	N/A
13 June 2016– 19 June 2016	Halle Open	Halle (GER)	ATP World Tour 500	Grass	W	500
27 June 2016– 10 July 2016	The Championships, Wimbledon	Wimbledon (GBR)	Grand Slam	Grass	F	1200
25 July 2016– 31 July 2016	Canadian Open	Toronto (CAN)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	A	N/A
8 August 2016– 14 August 2016	Games of the XXXI Olympiad	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)	Olympic Games	Hard	F	N/A
15 August 2016– 21 August 2016	Cincinnati Masters	Cincinnati (USA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	W	1000
29 August 2016– 11 September 2016	US Open	New York (USA)	Grand Slam	Hard	F	1200
10 October 2016– 16 October 2016	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai (CHN)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	2R	10
24 October 2016– 30 October 2016	Swiss Indoors	Basel (SUI)	ATP World Tour 500	Hard (i)	W	500
31 October 2016– 6 November 2016	Paris Masters	Paris (FRA)	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard (i)	3R	90
14 November 2016– 20 November 2016	ATP World Tour Finals	London (GBR)	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	F	1000
Total year-end points						8265		0 difference

Doubles schedule

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Prev. points	New points	Outcome
8 August 2016– 14 August 2016	Games of the XXXI Olympiad	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)	Olympic Games	Hard	2R	N/A
Total year-end points						0		0 difference

Mixed Doubles schedule

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface	Prev. result	Outcome
8 August 2016– 14 August 2016	Games of the XXXI Olympiad	Rio de Janeiro (BRA)	Olympic Games	Hard	A

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Roger Federer has a 8–1 match win-loss record in the 2016 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 1–0. Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins:

Finals

Singles: 1 (1 runners-up)

Category
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	48.	January 10, 2016	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Milos Raonic	4–6, 4–6

References

^ "Roger Federer soldiers on with flu, thrashes opponent". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "ESPN: Federer advances to semifinals". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "Federer to "rest up" following flu affected performance in Brisbane". Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ "300: Federer Reaches Slam Milestone". Retrieved 22 January 2016.
^ "Roger Federer 2016 schedule". Retrieved 8 January 2016.

External links

Roger Federer at the Association of Tennis Professionals

[flu-1] "Roger Federer soldiers on with flu, thrashes opponent". Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[2] "ESPN: Federer advances to semifinals". Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[3] "Federer to "rest up" following flu affected performance in Brisbane". Retrieved 11 January 2016.

[4] "300: Federer Reaches Slam Milestone". Retrieved 22 January 2016.

[schedule1-5] "Roger Federer 2016 schedule". Retrieved 8 January 2016.

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