2016 US Open (tennis)

2016 US Open
2016 US Open
Date	29 August – 11 September
Edition	136th
Category	Grand Slam (ITF)
Draw	128S/64D/32X
Prize money	$46,300,000
Surface	Hard
Location	New York City, New York, United States
Venue	USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
2015 Champions
Men's singles
	Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
	Flavia Pennetta
Men's doubles
	Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Nicolas Mahut
Women's doubles
	Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza
Mixed doubles
	Martina Hingis / Leander Paes
Wheelchair men's singles
	Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair women's singles
	Jordanne Whiley
Wheelchair quad singles
	Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair men's doubles
	Stéphane Houdet / Gordon Reid
Wheelchair women's doubles
	Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot
Wheelchair quad doubles
	Nick Taylor / David Wagner
Boys' singles
	Taylor Harry Fritz
Girls' singles
	Dalma Gálfi
Boys' doubles
	Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov
Girls' doubles
	Viktória Kužmová / Aleksandra Pospelova
Men's champions invitational
	Pat Cash / Mark Philippoussis
Women's champions invitational
	Final not played

The 2016 US Open is a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It will be the 136th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It will take place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Novak Djokovic is the defending champion in the men's singles event. Flavia Pennetta is the defending champion in the women's singles event, but she will not defend her title because she retired at the end of the 2015 season.

Tournament

Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the Finals of US Open took place

The 2016 US Open is the 136th edition of the tournament and it is held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.

The tournament is an event 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 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.

In addition, the annual men's and women's Champions Invitational doubles events are held, with eight male and eight female former Grand Slam champions taking part. Exhibition matches also take place.

The tournament is played on hard courts and takes place over a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand. It will be the first US Open played on courts with operational roofs, on centre court and on the newly built Grandstand stadium. The Ashe roof is expected to be used only for rain, unlike the Australian Open, which also closes its roof in cases of extreme heat.^[1] It will also be the last tournament before the demolition of the Louis Armstrong Stadium.

For the second year running, the US Open is scheduled across 14 days, rather than the 15-day schedule of 2013 and 2014, which has impact on all senior events. Women's singles semifinals have been scheduled for September 8 evening session, while men's singles semifinal matches will be played on Friday September 9. The men's doubles final will be played before the women's singles final on Saturday September 10, and the men's singles final will follow the women's doubles final on Sunday September 11.

Broadcast

In the United States, the 2016 US Open is the second under a new, 11-year, $825 million contract with ESPN, in which the broadcaster holds exclusive rights to the entire tournament and the US Open Series. This means that the tournament is not available on broadcast television. This also makes ESPN the exclusive U.S. broadcaster for three of the four tennis majors.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Live action from a total of twelve courts will be available this year, a increase from eleven in 2015.

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

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		1200	720	360	180	90	0	—	—	—	—	—
Women's Singles		1300	780	430	240	130	70	10	40	30	20	2
Women's Doubles		1300	780	430	240	130	10	—	—	—	—	—

Wheelchair

Event	W	F	SF/3rd	QF/4th
Singles	800	500	375	100
Doubles	800	500	100	—
Quad Singles	800	500	375	100
Quad Doubles	800	100	—	—

Junior

Girls' Singles	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Q	Q3
Boys' Singles	375	270	180	120	75	30	25	20
Boys' Doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—
Girls' Doubles	270	180	120	75	45	—	—	—

Prize money

The total prize-money compensation for the 2016 US Open will be $46.3 million, a 10% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.5 will go to both the men’s and women's singles champions. This would make the US Open the most lucrative and highest paying tennis grand slam in the world, leapfrogging Wimbledon in total prize money fund. Prize money for the US Open Qualifying Tournament is also up 10 percent, to $1.9 million.^[5]^[6]

The top three men’s and top three women’s finishers in the 2016 US Open Series also earn bonus prize money at the US Open, with the champions of the Series Bonus Challenge having the opportunity to win $1 million in addition to their tournament prize money.^[7]

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128	Q3	Q2	Q1
Singles	$3,500,000	$1,750,000	$875,000	$450,000	$235,000	$140,000	$77,188	$43,313	$16,350	$10,900	$5,606
Doubles ^[a]	$625,000	$310,000	$150,000	$75,000	$40,000	$24,500	$15,141	—	—	—	—
Mixed Doubles ^[a]	$150,000	$70,000	$30,000	$15,000	$10,000	$5,000	—	—	—	—	—

On top of listed above, $600,000 will contribute Champions Invitational events prize money, while $1,478,000 is estimated as players' per diem. A total of men's and women's singles prize money ($36,324,000) will account for more than 78% of total player compensation, while doubles ($5,463,000) and mixed doubles ($500,000) – for 12% and 1%, respectively.

Day-by-day summaries

Singles seeds

Seeds are based on the ATP and WTA rankings as of 22 August 2016. Rank and points before are as of 29 August 2016.

Men's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Novak Djokovic	14,840	2,000	10	12,850	First round vs.
2	2	Andy Murray	9,305	180	10	9,135	First round vs.
3	3	Stan Wawrinka	4,980	720	10	4,270	First round vs.
4	5	Rafael Nadal	4,850	90	10	4,770	First round vs.
5	6	Milos Raonic	4,805	90	10	4,725	First round vs.
6	7	Kei Nishikori	4,165	10	10	4,165	First round vs.
7	9	Marin Čilić	3,515	720	10	2,805	First round vs.
8	10	Dominic Thiem	3,205	90	10	3,125	First round vs.
9	11	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2,875	360	10	2,525	First round vs.
10	12	Gaël Monfils	2,835	10	10	2,835	First round vs.
11	13	David Ferrer	2,660	90	10	2,580	First round vs.
12	14	David Goffin	2,565	90	10	2,485	First round vs.
13	15	Richard Gasquet		360	10		First round vs.
14		Nick Kyrgios	2,060	10	10	2,060	First round vs.
15		Roberto Bautista Agut		180	10		First round vs.
16	18	Feliciano López	1,840	360	10	1,490	First round vs.
17	19	Bernard Tomic	1,780	90	10	1,700	First round vs.
18	20	Pablo Cuevas	1,745	45	10	1,710	First round vs.
19	22	Steve Johnson	1,635	10	10	1,635	First round vs.
20	21	John Isner	1,645	180	10	1,475	First round vs.
21	23	Ivo Karlović	1,570	45	10	1,535	First round vs.
22	24	Grigor Dimitrov	1,555	45	10	1,520	First round vs.
23	35	Kevin Anderson	1,275	360	10	925	First round vs.
24		Lucas Pouille	1,481	10	10	1,481	First round vs.
25		Philipp Kohlschreiber	1,475	90	10	1,395	First round vs.
26		Jack Sock	1,450	45	10	1,415	First round vs.
27		Alexander Zverev	1,415	35	10	1,390	First round vs.
28		Martin Kližan	1,405	45	10	1,370	First round vs.
29		Sam Querrey	1,400	10	10	1,400	First round vs.
30		Gilles Simon	1,385	10	10	1,385	First round vs.
31		Albert Ramos-Viñolas	1,330	10+45	10+20	1,305	First round vs.
32		Benoît Paire	1,305	180	10	1,135	First round vs.

Withdrawn players

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Withdrawal reason
4	Roger Federer	4,945	1,200	0	3,745	Knee injury^[8]
8	Tomáš Berdych	3,570	180	0	3,390	Appendicitis^[9]

Women's Singles

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Serena Williams	7,050	780	10	6,280	First round vs.
2	2	Angelique Kerber	6,860	130	10	6,740	First round vs.
3	3	Garbiñe Muguruza	5,830	70	10	5,770	First round vs.
4	4	Agnieszka Radwańska		130	10		First round vs.
5	5	Simona Halep	5,151	780	10	4,381	First round vs.
6	6	Venus Williams	4,005	430	10	3,585	First round vs.
7		Roberta Vinci		1,300	10		First round vs.
8	9	Madison Keys	3,286	240	10	3,056	First round vs.
9	10	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3,190	10	10	3,190	First round vs.
10	11	Karolína Plíšková	3,135	10	10	3,135	First round vs.
11	12	Carla Suárez Navarro	3,100	10	10	3,100	First round vs.
12	13	Dominika Cibulková	3,100	130	10	2,980	First round vs.
13	14	Johanna Konta	2,905	280	10	2,635	First round vs.
14		Petra Kvitová		430	10		First round vs.
15		Timea Bacsinszky	2,713	10	10	2,703	First round vs.
16		Samantha Stosur	2,370	240	10	2,140	First round vs.
17		Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,195	70	10	2,135	First round vs.
18		Barbora Strýcová	2,050	130	10	1,930	First round vs.
19		Elena Vesnina		70	10		First round vs.
20		Kiki Bertens	1,945	110	10	1,845	First round vs.
21		Irina-Camelia Begu	1,835	10	10	1,835	First round vs.
22		Elina Svitolina		130	10		First round vs.
23		Daria Kasatkina	1,773	130	10	1,653	First round vs.
24		Sloane Stephens	1,612	10	10	1,612	First round vs.
25		Belinda Bencic	1,602	130	10	1,482	First round vs.
26	33	Caroline Garcia	1,555	10	10	1,555	First round vs.
27		Laura Siegemund	1,600	40+140	10+13	1,443	First round vs.
28		Sara Errani	1,590	130	10	1,470	First round vs.
29	30	Coco Vandeweghe	1,561	70	10	1,501	First round vs.
30	31	Ana Ivanovic	1,560	10	10	1,560	First round vs.
31	32	Misaki Doi	1,555	70	10	1,495	First round vs.
32	34	Tímea Babos	1,510	10	10	1,510	First round vs.

Withdrawn players

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points won	Points after	Withdrawal reason
	Victoria Azarenka	3,551	430	0	3,121	Pregnancy^[10]

Doubles seeds

Men's Doubles

Team		Rank¹	Seed
Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Nicolas Mahut	3	1
Ivan Dodig	Marcelo Melo	10	2
Bob Bryan	Mike Bryan	11	3
Jamie Murray	Bruno Soares	12	4
Jean-Julien Rojer	Horia Tecău	20	5
Daniel Nestor	Vasek Pospisil	26	6
Raven Klaasen	Rajeev Ram	30	7
Rohan Bopanna	Florin Mergea	32	8
Feliciano López	Marc López	40	9
Treat Huey	Max Mirnyi	40	10
Henri Kontinen	John Peers	43	11
Julien Benneteau	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	48	12
Łukasz Kubot	Alexander Peya	49	13
Juan Sebastián Cabal	Robert Farah	56	14
Pablo Cuevas	Marcel Granollers	69	15
Oliver Marach	Fabrice Martin	70	16

¹ Rankings are as of 22 August 2016

Women's Doubles

Team		Rank¹	Seed
Caroline Garcia	Kristina Mladenovic	7	1
Chan Hao-ching	Chan Yung-jan	14	2
Tímea Babos	Yaroslava Shvedova	16	3
Andrea Hlaváčková	Lucie Hradecká	19	4
Ekaterina Makarova	Elena Vesnina	20	5
Martina Hingis	Coco Vandeweghe	21	6
Sania Mirza	Barbora Strýcová	22	7
Julia Görges	Karolína Plíšková	25	8
Raquel Atawo	Abigail Spears	34	9
Vania King	Monica Niculescu	43	10
Xu Yifan	Zheng Saisai	46	11
Andreja Klepač	Katarina Srebotnik	58	12
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Lucie Šafářová	58	13
Anabel Medina Garrigues	Arantxa Parra Santonja	68	14
Darija Jurak	Anastasia Rodionova	68	15
Kiki Bertens	Johanna Larsson	80	16

¹ Rankings are as of 22 August 2016

Mixed Doubles

Team		Rank¹	Seed
			1
			2
			3
			4
			5
			6
			7
			8

¹ Rankings are as of 22 August 2016