2016 Andy Murray tennis season

Andy Murray's 2016 tennis season began at the Australian Open. The 2016 season was Murray's greatest season, as he finished the season as the year-end world No. 1 player and clinched the year-end prize money title. Andy and Jamie Murray, also became the first brothers to finish as year-end No. 1 ranked players in singles and doubles team, respectively. He won an ATP-best and career-high nine Tour titles from 13 finals (from 17 tournaments), including his second Wimbledon crown and second successive Olympic gold medal in singles, thus becoming the first person, man or woman, to defend the Olympic singles title. In the 2016 season, Murray became the first male player to win singles titles at a Grand Slam, the Olympics, a Masters 1000 event, and the ATP Finals in the same calendar year (Serena Williams, in 2012, is the only other person to accomplish this feat).

2016 Andy Murray tennis season

Murray after winning the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Andy Murray
Country	United Kingdom
Calendar prize money	$16,327,821
Singles
Season record	78–9 (89.7%)
Calendar titles	9
Year-end ranking	No. 1
Ranking change from previous year	1
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	F
French Open	F
Wimbledon	W
US Open	QF
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	W
Olympic Games
Doubles
Season record	4–3 (57.1%)
Calendar titles	0
Year-end ranking	No. 353
Ranking change from previous year	204
Other Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R
Mixed Doubles
Season record	1–1 (50.0%)
Calendar titles	0
Other Mixed Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF
Davis Cup
Davis Cup	SF
Last updated on: 26 December 2016.

On 7 November, Murray became the first British man and 26th male player to attain the world No. 1-ranking in singles since records began in 1973, displacing long-time rival and friend, Novak Djokovic. At 29 years, 5 months and 23 days, Murray is the oldest first-time singles No. 1 in the last 40 years. He reached the No. 1 ranking despite the fact that, in contrast to previous years, no ranking points were awarded for the Olympics. Djokovic had a 3–2 edge in matches between the two in 2016, including winning their two matches in Grand Slam finals (Australian and French Opens). Murray had a 1–1 record against Rafael Nadal in the year.

The following are also career firsts for a single season for Murray: (1) won ≥$16,000,000 in prize money, (2) amassed 78 match wins, (3) reached 13 Tour finals, (4) won nine Tour titles, (5) won three Masters 1000 titles, (6) reached five Masters 1000 finals, (7) reached three Grand Slam finals, (8) won 24 consecutive matches, (9) won five consecutive tournament titles, (10) reached seven consecutive tournament finals, (11) won 16 matches against top-10 opponents.

Murray ended the season by winning his last 24 consecutive matches, reaching the finals in 12 of his last 13 tournaments, and winning titles in his last five tournaments. In winning the 2016 ATP WTF, as the No. 1-ranked player at the time, Murray would defeat the No. 2 (Djokovic), No. 3 (Wawrinka), No. 4 (Raonic), No. 5 (Nishikori), and No. 7 (Cilic) in 5 consecutive matches.

Year summary

Australian Open and early hard court season

Prior to the Australian Open, Murray paired with Heather Watson to compete in the Hopman Cup. They were knocked out in the round robin stage after winning 2 out of 3 ties.

Australian Open

Murray came through the opening two rounds of the Australian Open in straight sets against Alexander Zverev and Sam Groth for a combined loss of only 11 games.[1][2] He followed this up with a four set win over João Sousa in the third round and a straight set win over Bernard Tomic in the fourth round to reach the quarterfinals.[3][4]

In the quarterfinals Murray defeated David Ferrer in four sets. The match lasted over three hours, however Ferrer did not manage to hit a single ace.[5]

Murray next played Milos Raonic in the semifinals. In another long affair, lasting over four hours, Murray came through in five sets to reach his fifth Australian Open Final.[6]

In the final Murray played Novak Djokovic. It was their fourth meeting in an Australian Open final, with Djokovic having won the other three. Murray was not able to overcome the Serb and after losing the first five games ended up going down in three sets.[7]

Davis Cup First Round

After taking February off to spend time with his new daughter, Sophia,[8] Murray returned to action against Japan in the first round of the Davis Cup. He won his first singles rubber against Taro Daniel in straight sets before joining his brother Jamie to win the doubles against Yoshihito Nishioka and Yasutaka Uchiyama, also in straight sets.[9] In his second singles rubber he defeated Kei Nishikori in five sets, having been two sets up at one point, thus securing the tie for Great Britain.[10]

BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells

Murray began the first Masters series tournament of the year by beating Marcel Granollers in straight sets,[11] but then lost to Federico Delbonis in the next round in three sets, despite holding a 4–1 lead in the third set.[12]

Miami Masters

Murray exited at the third round for the second tournament in a row, beating Denis Istomin in straight sets[13] but losing to Grigor Dimitrov in the following match.[14] Several commentators suggested that Murray was looking "exhausted", and that his form had appeared to drop since becoming a father for the first time.[15]

Monte-Carlo Masters

In his first tournament on clay of the year, Murray beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert in his first match in three sets[16] and recovered from a set and double-break down to beat Benoît Paire,[17] reaching his first quarter-final since the Australian Open. There he beat Raonic for the second time in the year, losing just two games in the match,[18] but lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the semi-final.[19]

Murray also competed in the doubles with partner Dominic Inglot, reaching the quarter finals before losing to Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.[18]

Madrid Open

Murray arrived in Madrid as the defending champion, and defeated Radek Štěpánek, Gilles Simon and Tomáš Berdych on the way to a second semi-final of the year against Nadal, this time winning in straight sets.[20] In the final he lost to Novak Djokovic in three sets, a result that saw Murray fall to number three in the world rankings for the first time in 2016.[21]

Italian Open

Prior to the tournament, it was announced that Murray's coach, Amélie Mauresmo, would no longer be working with him.[22][23] In the tournament itself, Murray recorded victories over Mikhail Kukushkin, Jérémy Chardy, David Goffin[24] and Lucas Pouille, all in straight sets, to reach his first final in the Rome Masters.[25] Once again he faced Djokovic, but this time won, again in straight sets, to win his first title of 2016 and 12th Masters title overall, as a result returning to the #2 ranking.[26][27]

Roland Garros

In his first round match, Murray was drawn against Radek Štěpánek and lost the first two sets, winning the third set before the match was suspended due to bad light. He recovered to win the match the following day in five sets.[28] In the second round Murray again had to come from behind to win in five sets, this time against wild card Frenchman Mathias Bourgue.[29] In the third and fourth rounds Murray won in straight sets against Ivo Karlović and John Isner respectively,[30][31] before defeating Richard Gasquet in four sets to reach his fourth French Open semi-final.[32] There he defeated defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka to reach his first final at the French Open and tenth overall, also becoming the tenth man in the Open Era to have reached all four Slam finals at least once.[33][34] In the final he again played Novak Djokovic, their third tournament final in a row, winning the first set before eventually losing in four sets.[35][36]

Grass Court Season

As the grass court season began, Murray announced that he would again be working with former coach Ivan Lendl, after they had split in 2014.[37]

Queen's Club Championships

Murray defeated Nicolas Mahut in the first round, and then played his first tour-level matches against fellow Britons since losing to Tim Henman quickly made in 2006, defeating Aljaž Bedene and then Kyle Edmund in the quarter-finals in three sets.[38][39] Murray reached the final after defeating Marin Čilić in the semi-finals,[40] and won the title after coming from a set and a break down to defeat Milos Raonic for the third time in 2016.[41] With this win Murray became the first person ever to win five titles at Queen's club.[42]

Wimbledon Championships

After straight-sets victories over Liam Broady, Lu Yen-hsun, John Millman and Nick Kyrgios, Murray reached his ninth consecutive quarter-final at Wimbledon.[43][44][45][46] He then defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in five sets, having been two sets up, to reach the semi-final for the seventh time,[47] where he won in straight sets against Tomáš Berdych, reaching his third Slam final of 2016 and eleventh overall, more than any other British male player.[48][49] For the first time in a Slam final, Murray's opponent was neither Djokovic nor Federer but Milos Raonic, who had beaten Federer in the semi finals, while Djokovic had lost earlier to Sam Querrey.[50] Murray won the match in straight sets, winning his third Grand Slam title and second at Wimbledon.[51][52]

Olympics and US Open

Murray chose not to play in the quarter final of the Davis Cup World Group against Serbia, which the Great Britain team nevertheless won,[53] and did not defend his title at the Canadian Open.[54]

Rio Olympic Games

Murray recorded victories over Viktor Troicki, Juan Mónaco, Fabio Fognini, Steve Johnson and Kei Nishikori to reach his sixth consecutive final in all tournaments played. In the final he defeated Juan Martín del Potro in four sets to secure his second Gold Medal in Olympics singles tennis, becoming the first male to win two singles Gold Medals and to successfully defend an Olympic singles title.[55]

Cincinnati Masters

At the Cincinnati Masters Murray continued his good form by beating Juan Mónaco, Kevin Anderson, and Bernard Tomic. He next faced Milos Raonic and won in straight sets to make it to the final for a third time, however lost to Marin Cilic. His loss to Cilic in the final was the first time since 2012 (l. Federer 2012 Wimbledon final) that someone other than Djokovic defeated him in a Tour final. Despite the loss, Murray recorded his best winning streak of his career, extending to 22 straight matches following his semifinal victory over Raonic.[56]

US Open

Murray entered the US Open as second seed, with the chance to reach all four Slam finals in a year. Victories over Lukas Rosol, Marcel Granollers, Paolo Lorenzi (in four sets) and Grigor Dimitrov saw him reach the quarter-finals, where he faced Kei Nishikori. Despite winning the first set easily, and then leading two sets to one, Nishikori eventually prevailed in five sets.[57]

Davis Cup Semi Finals

With Team GB victorious in the World Group quarter finals in the absence of Murray, he returned for the semi final against Argentina. In the first rubber, Murray and del Potro contested a five-set match, with del Potro eventually emerging as the winner. Murray teamed up with his brother Jamie to win the doubles, keeping Team GB in the tie, and then beat Guido Pella in three sets to take the tie to 2–2. Dan Evans would lose the deciding rubber,[58] and Great Britain were unable to defend their Davis Cup title.

China Open

Defending champion Novak Djokovic had withdrawn from the China Open, leaving Murray as the top seed. He went on to win the title for the first time, defeating Andreas Seppi, Andrey Kusnetsov, Kyle Edmund and David Ferrer on his way to the final, where he beat Grigor Dimitrov.[59] Murray won each match in straight sets.

Shanghai Masters

Murray continued his strong form in Shanghai, winning the tournament for the third time in his career and without dropping a set. After defeating Steve Johnson, Lucas Pouille, David Goffin and Gilles Simon, he faced Roberto Bautista Agut, who had reached his first Masters final after beating the defending champion Djokovic in the semi-final.[60] After coming through a tight first set, Murray won the second set for the loss of a single game. These back-to-back tournament victories, combined with Djokovic's own dip in form, meant that Murray was within a thousand points of Djokovic in the ATP race rankings.[61]

Vienna Open

Murray brought his current win streak to 15 consecutive match wins by winning the Erste Bank Open for his 7th Tour title of the 2016 season. In his last 11 tournaments, Murray has reached the finals 10 times, including a career-best seven consecutive finals which ended with his quarter-final showing at the US Open. His tournament started slowly with 3-set wins over Martin Klizan and Gilles Simon in the first two rounds. However, a decisive win over John Isner in the quarter-finals and a walkover due to Ferrer's withdrawal with a leg injury saw Murray reach the final.[62] There he defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, for his third title in succession.[63] The result saw Murray win seven titles in a single season for the first time in his career, and move to sole possession of 15th place on the all-time list of singles titles in the Open Era, breaking a tie with former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg.[64] The win also took Murray over $10,000,000 prize money in a single season for the first time in his career.

Paris Masters

With Djokovic's loss in the quarter-finals, Murray could become World No. 1 for the first time if he reached the final. In his first match Murray edged a tight three-set match against Fernando Verdasco, facing two break points in his last service game before winning eight straight points to take the match. Murray then beat Lucas Pouille for the third time in 2016 in straight sets for the loss of only three games, and reached the semi-final after beating Tomas Berdych in straight sets, despite facing five set points in a row in the first-set tie break. A walkover into the final, courtesy of Milos Raonic withdrawing, confirmed Murray as the new world No. 1. This was Murray's fifth consecutive Masters 1000 final (he skipped Canada); prior to this, his personal best was 2 consecutive Masters 1000 finals. He then won the Paris Masters for the first time in his career, beating John Isner 6–3 6–7(4) 6–4 for his 19th consecutive match win. His Paris crown means that Murray has now won 7 of the 9 different Masters 1000 events and is only missing Indian Wells and Monte Carlo.

World Tour Finals

Murray was drawn in the same group as Marin Cilic, Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka. He won all three of his group matches, including straight-sets wins over Cilic and Wawrinka, either side of a three-set match against Nishikori that set the record for longest match since the Tour Finals were hosted in London, at 3 hours 20 minutes.[65] In the semi-final Murray defeated Milos Raonic for the sixth time in 2016, coming from a set down and breaking the record for longest match for the second time in a week at 3 hours 38 minutes.[66]

In the final, Murray faced four-time defending champion Novak Djokovic. Murray won in straight sets. This saw Murray claim his first ATP World Tour Finals title, his ninth title of 2016, and ensured that he would hold the year-end No. 1 ranking for the first time.[67] In his very first tournament as the world No. 1, arguably the most impressive facet of the event was defeating the world No. 7 Cilic, No. 5 Nishikori, No. 3 Wawrinka, No. 4 Raonic, and No. 2 Djokovic in five successive matches. The last time a player defeated 5 of the top-7 players was when Roger Federer defeated No. 7 Ferrer, No. 5 Murray, No. 4 Soderling, No. 3 Djokovic, and No. 1 Nadal in the 2010 event. It also meant that Murray would finish the season with his 24th consecutive match win.[68]

All matches

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 18 – 31 January 2016
	1 / 718	1R	Alexander Zverev	83	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
	2 / 719	2R	Sam Groth	67	Win	6–0, 6–4, 6–1
	3 / 720	3R	João Sousa (32)	33	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
	4 / 721	4R	Bernard Tomic (16)	17	Win	6–4, 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
	5 / 722	QF	David Ferrer (8)	8	Win	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2, 6–3
	6 / 723	SF	Milos Raonic (13)	14	Win	4–6, 7–5, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–2
	7 / 724	F	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss (1)	1–6, 5–7, 6–7^(3–7)
Davis Cup World Group First Round Birmingham, United Kingdom Davis Cup Hard, indoor 4 – 6 March 2016
	8 / 725	1R R1	Taro Daniel	87	Win	6–1, 6–3, 6–1
	9 / 726	1R R4	Kei Nishikori	6	Win	7–5, 7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 4–6, 6–3
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 7 – 20 March 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	10 / 727	2R	Marcel Granollers	92	Win	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
	11 / 728	3R	Federico Delbonis	53	Loss	4–6, 6–4, 6–7^(3–7)
Miami Open Miami, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 23 March – 3 April 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	12 / 729	2R	Denis Istomin	76	Win	6–3, 7–5
	13 / 730	3R	Grigor Dimitrov (26)	28	Loss	7–6^(7–1), 4–6, 3–6
Monte-Carlo Masters Monte-Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 11 – 17 April 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	14 / 731	2R	Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Q)	95	Win	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
	15 / 732	3R	Benoît Paire (16)	22	Win	2–6, 7–5, 7–5
	16 / 733	QF	Milos Raonic (10)	12	Win	6–2, 6–0
	17 / 734	SF	Rafael Nadal (5)	5	Loss	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 1 – 8 May 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	18 / 735	2R	Radek Štěpánek (Q)	148	Win	7–6^(7–3), 3–6, 6–1
	19 / 736	3R	Gilles Simon (16)	18	Win	6–4, 6–2
	20 / 737	QF	Tomáš Berdych (8)	8	Win	6–3, 6–2
	21 / 738	SF	Rafael Nadal (5)	5	Win	7–5, 6–4
	22 / 739	F	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss (2)	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Italian Open Rome, Italy ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 9 – 15 May 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	23 / 740	2R	Mikhail Kukushkin (Q)	87	Win	6–3, 6–3
	24 / 741	3R	Jérémy Chardy	32	Win	6–4, 6–0
	25 / 742	QF	David Goffin (12)	13	Win	6–1, 7–5
	26 / 743	SF	Lucas Pouille (LL)	52	Win	6–2, 6–1
	27 / 744	W	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Win (1)	6–3, 6–3
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam tournament Clay, outdoor 22 May – 5 June 2016
	28 / 745	1R	Radek Štěpánek (Q)	128	Win	3–6, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 7–5
	29 / 746	2R	Mathias Bourgue (WC)	164	Win	6–2, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
	30 / 747	3R	Ivo Karlović (27)	28	Win	6–1, 6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
	31 / 748	4R	John Isner (15)	17	Win	7–6^(11–9), 6–4, 6–3
	32 / 749	QF	Richard Gasquet (9)	12	Win	5–7, 7–6^(7–3), 6–0, 6–2
	33 / 750	SF	Stan Wawrinka (3)	4	Win	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
	34 / 751	F	Novak Djokovic (1)	1	Loss (3)	6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Queen's Club Championships London, United Kingdom ATP Tour 500 Grass, outdoor 13 – 19 June 2016
	35 / 752	1R	Nicolas Mahut	51	Win	7–6^(10–8), 7–6^(7–1)
	36 / 753	2R	Aljaž Bedene	58	Win	6–3, 6–4
	37 / 754	QF	Kyle Edmund (WC)	85	Win	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
	38 / 755	SF	Marin Čilić (5)	13	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
	39 / 756	W	Milos Raonic (3)	9	Win (2)	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam tournament Grass, outdoor 27 June – 10 July 2016
	40 / 757	1R	Liam Broady (WC)	235	Win	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
	41 / 758	2R	Lu Yen-hsun (PR)	76	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
	42 / 759	3R	John Millman	67	Win	6–3, 7–5, 6–2
	43 / 760	4R	Nick Kyrgios (15)	18	Win	7–5, 6–1, 6–4
	44 / 761	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12)	12	Win	7–6^(12–10), 6–1, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1
	45 / 762	SF	Tomáš Berdych (10)	9	Win	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
	46 / 763	W	Milos Raonic (6)	7	Win (3)	6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2)
Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 6 – 14 August 2016
	47 / 764	1R	Viktor Troicki	35	Win	6–3, 6–2
	48 / 765	2R	Juan Mónaco	107	Win	6–3, 6–1
	49 / 766	3R	Fabio Fognini	40	Win	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
	50 / 767	QF	Steve Johnson (12)	22	Win	6–0, 4–6, 7–6^(7–2)
	51 / 768	SF	Kei Nishikori (4)	7	Win	6–1, 6–4
	52 / 769	G	Juan Martín del Potro (PR)	141	Win (4)	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 13 – 21 August 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	53 / 770	2R	Juan Mónaco (PR)	104	Win	6–3, 6–2
	54 / 771	3R	Kevin Anderson	24	Win	6–3, 6–2
	55 / 772	QF	Bernard Tomic	21	Win	6–4, 6–4
	56 / 773	SF	Milos Raonic (4)	6	Win	6–3, 6–3
	57 / 774	F	Marin Čilić (12)	14	Loss (4)	4–6, 5–7
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam tournament Hard, outdoor 29 August – 11 September 2016
	58 / 775	1R	Lukáš Rosol	81	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
	59 / 776	2R	Marcel Granollers	45	Win	6–4, 6–1, 6–4
	60 / 777	3R	Paolo Lorenzi	40	Win	7–6^(7–4), 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
	61 / 778	4R	Grigor Dimitrov (22)	24	Win	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
	62 / 779	QF	Kei Nishikori (6)	7	Loss	6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 1–6, 5–7
Davis Cup World Group Semi-final Glasgow, United Kingdom Davis Cup Hard, indoor 16 – 18 September 2016
	63 / 780	SF R1	Juan Martín del Potro	64	Loss	4–6, 7–5, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 4–6
	64 / 781	SF R4	Guido Pella	49	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
China Open Beijing, China ATP Tour 500 Hard, outdoor 3 – 9 October 2016
	65 / 782	1R	Andreas Seppi	94	Win	6–2, 7–5
	66 / 783	2R	Andrey Kuznetsov	45	Win	6–2, 6–1
	67 / 784	QF	Kyle Edmund (Q)	54	Win	7–6^(11–9), 6–2
	68 / 785	SF	David Ferrer (5)	13	Win	6–2, 6–3
	69 / 786	W	Grigor Dimitrov	20	Win (5)	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Shanghai Masters Shanghai, China ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 9 – 16 October 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	70 / 787	2R	Steve Johnson	24	Win	6–3, 6–2
	71 / 788	3R	Lucas Pouille (13)	16	Win	6–1, 6–3
	72 / 789	QF	David Goffin (11)	12	Win	6–2, 6–2
	73 / 790	SF	Gilles Simon	32	Win	6–4, 6–3
	74 / 791	W	Roberto Bautista Agut (15)	19	Win (6)	7–6^(7–1), 6–1
Vienna Open Vienna, Austria ATP Tour 500 Hard, indoor 24 – 30 October 2016
	75 / 792	1R	Martin Kližan	35	Win	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–0
	76 / 793	2R	Gilles Simon	24	Win	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
	77 / 794	QF	John Isner	27	Win	6–1, 6–3
	–	SF	David Ferrer (5)	19	Walkover	N/A
	78 / 795	W	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6)	15	Win (7)	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Paris Masters Paris, France ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, indoor 31 October – 6 November 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	79 / 796	2R	Fernando Verdasco	46	Win	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 7–5
	80 / 797	3R	Lucas Pouille (13)	17	Win	6–3, 6–0
	81 / 798	QF	Tomáš Berdych (7)	11	Win	7–6^(11–9), 7–5
	–	SF	Milos Raonic (4)	5	Walkover	N/A
	82 / 799	W	John Isner	27	Win (8)	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
ATP World Tour Finals London, United Kingdom ATP Finals Hard, indoor 13 – 20 November 2016
	83 / 800	RR	Marin Čilić (7)	7	Win	6–3, 6–2
	84 / 801	RR	Kei Nishikori (5)	5	Win	6–7^(9–11), 6–4, 6–4
	85 / 802	RR	Stan Wawrinka (3)	3	Win	6–4, 6–2
	86 / 803	SF	Milos Raonic (4)	4	Win	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(11–9)
	87 / 804	W	Novak Djokovic (2)	2	Win (9)	6–3, 6–4

Doubles

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Davis Cup World Group First Round Birmingham, United Kingdom Davis Cup Hard, indoor 4 – 6 March 2016 Partner: Jamie Murray
	1 / 127	1R R3	Nishioka / Uchiyama	426 / 317	Win	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States ATP Tour Masters 1000 Hard, outdoor 7 – 20 March 2016 Partner: Colin Fleming
	2 / 128	1R	Isner / Raonic	120 / –	Loss	5–7, 7–6^(7–5), [8–10]
Monte-Carlo Masters Monte-Carlo, Monaco ATP Tour Masters 1000 Clay, outdoor 11 – 17 April 2016 Partner: Dominic Inglot
	3 / 129	1R	Cuevas / Granollers	34 / 33	Win	6–3, 6–4
	4 / 130	2R	Roger-Vasselin / Zimonjić (7)	15 / 18	Win	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]
	5 / 131	QF	Herbert / Mahut (3)	8 / 5	Loss	4–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 6 – 14 August 2016 Partner: Jamie Murray
	6 / 132	1R	Bellucci / Sá (IP)	103 / 63	Loss	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(14–16)
Davis Cup World Group Semi-final Glasgow, United Kingdom Davis Cup Hard, indoor 16 – 18 September 2016 Partner: Jamie Murray
	7 / 133	SF R3	del Potro / Mayer	353 / 122	Win	6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Mixed Doubles

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 6 – 14 August 2016 Partner: Heather Watson
	1 / 12	1R	Suárez Navarro / Ferrer	12 / 12	Win	6–3, 6–3
	2 / 13	QF	Mirza / Bopanna	1 / 15	Loss	4–6, 4–6

Exhibitions

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Hopman Cup Perth, Western Australia, Australia Mixed exhibition Hard, indoor 3 – 9 January 2016 Partner: Heather Watson
	–	RR	Kenny de Schepper	148	Win	6–2, 6–2
	–	RR	Caroline Garcia / Kenny de Schepper	–	Win	6–2, 5–7, [10–6]
	–	RR	Nick Kyrgios	30	Loss	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
	–	RR	Daria Gavrilova / Nick Kyrgios	–	Loss	2–6, 7–6^(7–0), [9–11]
	–	RR	Alexander Zverev	83	Win	6–3, 6–4
	–	RR	Sabine Lisicki / Alexander Zverev	–	Win	6–3, 6–4
Tie Break Tens Vienna, Austria Singles exhibition Hard, indoor 23 October 2016
	–	RR	Goran Ivanišević	–	Win	[10–7]
	–	RR	Marcus Willis	498	Win	[10–3]
	–	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	16	Win	[10–7]
	–	F	Dominic Thiem	10	Loss	[5–10]

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Date	Tournament	City	Category	Surface	2015 result	2015 points	2016 points	Outcome
18.01–31.01	Australian Open	Melbourne	Grand Slam	Hard	F	1,200	1,200	Lost in the final against Novak Djokovic
04.03–06.03	Davis Cup: Great Britain vs Japan World Group First Round	Birmingham	Davis Cup	Hard (i)	W	80	—[nb 1]	Great Britain def.  Japan, 3–1 Great Britain advanced to WG QF
07.03–20.03	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	SF	360	45	Lost in third round against Federico Delbonis
23.03–03.04	Miami Masters	Miami	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	F	600	45	Lost in third round against Grigor Dimitrov
11.04–17.04	Monte-Carlo Masters	Monte-Carlo	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	DNS	0	360	Lost in the semifinals against Rafael Nadal
01.05–08.05	Madrid Open	Madrid	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	W	1,000	600	Lost in the final against Novak Djokovic
09.05–15.05	Italian Open	Rome	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Clay	3R	90	1,000	Won in the final against Novak Djokovic
22.05–05.06	French Open	Paris	Grand Slam	Clay	SF	720	1,200	Lost in the final against Novak Djokovic
13.06–19.06	Queen's Club Championships	London	ATP World Tour 500	Grass	W	500	500	Won in the final against Milos Raonic
27.06–10.07	Wimbledon Championships	London	Grand Slam	Grass	SF	720	2,000	Won in the final against Milos Raonic
08.08–14.08	Summer Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Olympics	Hard	—	—	—[nb 2]	Won in the final against Juan Martín del Potro
13.08–21.08	Cincinnati Masters	Cincinnati	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	SF	360	600	Lost in the final against Marin Čilić
29.08–11.09	US Open	New York	Grand Slam	Hard	4R	180	360	Lost in the quarterfinals against Kei Nishikori
16.09–18.09	Davis Cup: Great Britain vs Argentina World Group Semifinals	Glasgow	Davis Cup	Hard (i)	W	140	—[nb 1]	Argentina def.  Great Britain, 3–2 Great Britain eliminated in WG SF
03.10–09.10	China Open	Beijing	ATP World Tour 500	Hard	DNS	0	500	Won in the final against Grigor Dimitrov
09.10–16.10	Shanghai Masters	Shanghai	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard	SF	360	1,000	Won in the final against Roberto Bautista Agut
24.10–30.10	Vienna Open	Vienna	ATP World Tour 500	Hard (i)	DNS	0	500	Won in the final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
31.10–06.11	Paris Masters	Paris	ATP World Tour Masters 1000	Hard (i)	F	600	1,000	Won in the final against John Isner
13.11–20.11	ATP World Tour Finals	London	ATP World Tour Finals	Hard (i)	RR	200	1,500	Won in the final against Novak Djokovic
Race to London points						7110	12410	5300 difference
Total year-end points						7110	12410

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

(Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of the most recent match between the two players, Italic denotes top 50.)

• Milos Raonic 6–0[nb 3]
• Gilles Simon 3–0
• Lucas Pouille 3–0[nb 4]
• Tomáš Berdych 3–0[nb 5]
• John Isner 3–0
• Kei Nishikori 3–1
• Radek Štěpánek 2–0
• Juan Mónaco 2–0
• Bernard Tomic 2–0
• Marcel Granollers 2–0[nb 6]
• Kyle Edmund 2–0
• David Ferrer 2–0[nb 7]
• Steve Johnson 2–0
• David Goffin 2–0
• Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2–0
• Stan Wawrinka 2–0
• Grigor Dimitrov 2–1
• Marin Čilić 2–1[nb 8]
• Novak Djokovic 2–3
• Alexander Zverev 1–0
• Sam Groth 1–0
• João Sousa 1–0
• Taro Daniel 1–0
• Denis Istomin 1–0
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert 1–0
• Benoît Paire 1–0
• Mikhail Kukushkin 1–0
• Jérémy Chardy 1–0
• Mathias Bourgue 1–0
• Ivo Karlović 1–0
• Richard Gasquet 1–0
• Nicolas Mahut 1–0
• Aljaž Bedene 1–0
• Liam Broady 1–0
• Lu Yen-hsun 1–0
• John Millman 1–0
• Nick Kyrgios 1–0
• Viktor Troicki 1–0
• Fabio Fognini 1–0
• Kevin Anderson 1–0
• Lukáš Rosol 1–0
• Paolo Lorenzi 1–0
• Guido Pella 1–0
• Andreas Seppi 1–0
• Andrey Kuznetsov 1–0
• Roberto Bautista Agut 1–0
• Martin Kližan 1–0
• Fernando Verdasco 1–0
• Rafael Nadal 1–1
• Juan Martín del Potro 1–1
• Federico Delbonis 0–1

Singles: 13 (9–4)

Category Grand Slam (1–2) ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) Olympic Games (1–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–2) ATP World Tour 500 (3–0) ATP World Tour 250 (0–0)

Titles by surface Hard (6–2) Clay (1–2) Grass (2–0)

Titles by conditions Outdoors (6–4) Indoors (3–0)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	31 January 2016	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Novak Djokovic	1–6, 5–7, 6–7^(3–7)
Runner-up	8 May 2016	Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Clay	Novak Djokovic	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	15 May 2016	Italian Open, Rome, Italy	Clay	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	5 June 2016	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Winner	19 June 2016	Queen's Club Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Milos Raonic	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 6–3
Winner	10 July 2016	Wimbledon Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Milos Raonic	6–4, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–2)
Winner	14 August 2016	Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Hard	Juan Martín del Potro	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	21 August 2016	Cincinnati Masters, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Marin Čilić	4–6, 5–7
Winner	9 October 2016	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Grigor Dimitrov	6–4, 7–6^(7–2)
Winner	16 October 2016	Shanghai Masters, Shanghai, China	Hard	Roberto Bautista Agut	7–6^(7–1), 6–1
Winner	30 October 2016	Vienna Open, Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Winner	6 November 2016	Paris Masters, Paris, France	Hard (i)	John Isner	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
Winner	20 November 2016	ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Novak Djokovic	6–3, 6–4

Earnings

Singles
Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
Australian Open	A$1,700,000	$1,166,030
Indian Wells Masters	$36,170	$1,202,200
Miami Open	$36,170	$1,238,370
Monte-Carlo Masters	€177,015	$1,440,043
Madrid Open	€447,630	$1,952,311
Italian Open	€717,315	$2,770,265
French Open	€1,000,000	$3,892,265
Queen's Club Championships	€410,200	$4,353,699
Wimbledon Championships	£2,000,000	$7,084,099
Cincinnati Masters	$409,270	$7,493,369
US Open	$450,000	$7,943,369
China Open	$663,575	$8,606,944
Shanghai Masters	$1,043,375	$9,650,319
Vienna Open	€428,800	$10,116,810
Paris Masters	€746,550	$10,936,821
ATP World Tour Finals	$2,391,000	$13,327,821
Bonus Pool	$2,978,119	$16,327,821
		$16,327,821
Doubles
Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
Indian Wells Masters	$5,930	$5,930
Monte-Carlo Masters	€14,000	$21,880
		$21,880
Total
		$16,349,701

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

Bold denotes tournament win

See also

• 2016 ATP World Tour
• 2016 Roger Federer tennis season
• 2016 Rafael Nadal tennis season
• 2016 Novak Djokovic tennis season
• 2016 Stan Wawrinka tennis season

Notes

1. The Davis Cup in 2016 no longer carried ranking points.
2. The tournament at the Olympic Games carried no ranking points.
3. Raonic was ranked outside the top 10 but inside the top 50 for their first two meetings (2–0) and inside the top 10 for their following meetings (4–0).
4. Pouille was ranked outside the top 50 for their first meeting (1–0) and inside the top 50 but outside the top 10 for their following meetings (2–0).
5. Berdych was ranked inside the top 10 for their first two meetings (2–0) and inside the top 50 but outside the top 10 for their following meeting (1–0).
6. Granollers was ranked outside the top 50 for their first meeting (1–0) and inside the top 50 but outside the top 10 for their following meeting (1–0).
7. Ferrer was ranked inside the top 10 for their first meeting (1–0) and inside the top 50 but outside the top 10 for their following meeting (1–0).
8. Čilić was ranked outside the top 10 but inside the top 50 for their first two meetings (1–1) and inside the top 10 for their following meeting (1–0).

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External links

• 2016 Schedule at ATP World Tour