2016 Australian Open – Women's Singles

Angelique Kerber defeated defending champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2016 Australian Open. Kerber became the first woman to win a singles major title after having saved a match point in the first round, which she did against Misaki Doi.[1] She is also the first German of either sex to win a major since Graf at the 1999 French Open.[2][3] Serena Williams was attempting for the second time to equal Steffi Graf's career record of 22 major singles titles.

Main article: 2016 Australian Open
Women's Singles
2016 Australian Open
Champion Angelique Kerber
Runner-up Serena Williams
Final score6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Draw128 (12 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds32

Serena Williams' loss to Angelique Kerber in the final ended Serena's 8 match winning streak in Grand Slam finals.

The top three seeds (Williams, Simona Halep and Garbiñe Muguruza) were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking at the beginning of the tournament. However, Halep and Muguruza were eliminated in the first and third rounds, respectively, with Williams retaining the top spot at the end of the tournament.

The twelve seeds that lost in the opening round was the most in the opening round of any women's major tournament since the 32-seed draw was adopted at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.[4]

Johanna Konta became the first British woman to reach the semi-final of a major since Jo Durie in 1983.[5] Zhang Shuai became the first qualifier to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals since Angélica Gavaldón in 1990.[6]

This was the first Grand Slam appearance for Japan's first ever Grand Slam winner, Naomi Osaka. She lost to former World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the third round. Three years later, Osaka would go on to claim the World Number 1 ranking after winning the 2019 title.

This was the final event in which 2008 champion and former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova competed in until the 2017 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Sharapova failed a drug test at this tournament, testing positive for the banned substance meldonium, and was suspended from competitive tennis for 15 months as a result. She lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams.

Seeds
01.   Serena Williams (Final)
02.   Simona Halep (First round)
03.   Garbiñe Muguruza (Third round)
04.   Agnieszka Radwańska (Semifinals)
05.   Maria Sharapova (Quarterfinals)
06.   Petra Kvitová (Second round)
07.   Angelique Kerber (Champion)
08.   Venus Williams (First round)
09.   Karolína Plíšková (Third round)
10.   Carla Suárez Navarro (Quarterfinals)
11.   Timea Bacsinszky (Second round)
12.   Belinda Bencic (Fourth round)
13.   Roberta Vinci (Third round)
14.   Victoria Azarenka (Quarterfinals)
15.   Madison Keys (Fourth round)
16.   Caroline Wozniacki (First round)
17.   Sara Errani (First round)
18.   Elina Svitolina (Second round)
19.   Jelena Janković (Second round)
20.   Ana Ivanovic (Third round)
21.   Ekaterina Makarova (Fourth round)
22.   Andrea Petkovic (First round)
23.   Svetlana Kuznetsova (Second round)
24.   Sloane Stephens (First round)
25.   Samantha Stosur (First round)
26.   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (First round)
27.   Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (First round)
28.   Kristina Mladenovic (Third round)
29.   Irina-Camelia Begu (First round)
30.   Sabine Lisicki (Second round)
31.   Lesia Tsurenko (First round)
32.   Caroline Garcia (First round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying
Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Women's Singles Qualifying

Wildcards
Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries

Draw

Key

Finals
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 Serena Williams 6 6
5 Maria Sharapova 4 1
1 Serena Williams 6 6
4 Agnieszka Radwańska 0 4
4 Agnieszka Radwańska 6 6
10 Carla Suárez Navarro 1 3
1 Serena Williams 4 6 4
7 Angelique Kerber 6 3 6
7 Angelique Kerber 6 7
14 Victoria Azarenka 3 5
7 Angelique Kerber 7 6
Johanna Konta 5 2
Johanna Konta 6 6
Q Zhang Shuai 4 1

Section 1
First Round Second Round Third round Fourth round
1 S Williams 6 7
C Giorgi 4 5 1 S Williams 6 6
S-w Hsieh 3 7 6 S-w Hsieh 1 2
J Ostapenko 6 5 1 1 S Williams 6 6
U Radwańska 6 4 3 D Kasatkina 1 1
A Konjuh 0 6 6 A Konjuh 4 3
D Kasatkina 6 6 D Kasatkina 6 6
27 AK Schmiedlová 3 3 1 S Williams 6 6
17 S Errani 6 5 1 M Gasparyan 2 1
M Gasparyan 1 7 6 M Gasparyan 6 6
K Nara 77 6 K Nara 4 4
WC O Dodin 62 2 M Gasparyan 6 6
M Duque 2 1r Y Putintseva 3 4
WC X Han 6 2 WC X Han 3 1
Y Putintseva 1 77 6 Y Putintseva 6 6
16 C Wozniacki 6 63 4

Section 2
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
12 B Bencic 6 6
A Riske 4 3 12 B Bencic 6 6
H Watson 77 5 5 T Babos 3 3
T Babos 64 7 7 12 B Bencic 4 6 6
A Tomljanović 62 3 K Bondarenko 6 2 4
K Bondarenko 77 6 K Bondarenko 6 7
D Hantuchová 0 2 23 S Kuznetsova 1 5
23 S Kuznetsova 6 6 12 B Bencic 5 5
26 A Pavlyuchenkova 6 3 4 5 M Sharapova 7 7
L Davis 1 6 6 L Davis 79 0
M Rybáriková 3 6 7 M Rybáriková 67 0r
Y Wickmayer 6 3 5 L Davis 1 77 0
A Sasnovich 6 77 5 M Sharapova 6 65 6
E Rodina 3 62 A Sasnovich 2 1
N Hibino 1 3 5 M Sharapova 6 6
5 M Sharapova 6 6

Section 3
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
4 A Radwańska 6 6
C McHale 2 3 4 A Radwańska 6 6
E Bouchard 6 6 E Bouchard 4 2
A Krunić 3 4 4 A Radwańska 6 6
M Linette 3 0 M Puig 4 0
M Puig 6 6 M Puig 4 78 9
Q Kr Plíšková 6 78 Q Kr Plíšková 6 66 7
25 S Stosur 4 66 4 A Radwańska 66 6 7
24 S Stephens 3 3 A-L Friedsam 78 1 5
Q Q Wang 6 6 Q Q Wang 3 4
L Domínguez Lino 63 6 1 A-L Friedsam 6 6
A-L Friedsam 77 2 6 A-L Friedsam 0 6 6
A Tatishvili 4 6 6 13 R Vinci 6 4 4
I Falconi 6 3 8 I Falconi 2 3
Q T Paszek 4 2 13 R Vinci 6 6
13 R Vinci 6 6

Section 4
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
10 C Suárez Navarro 7 6
Q V Golubic 5 4 10 C Suárez Navarro 65 6 6
Q M Sakkari 6 1 6 Q M Sakkari 77 2 2
Q Y Wang 4 6 3 10 C Suárez Navarro 6 2
M Niculescu 6 6 E Kulichkova 4 0r
T Pereira 2 1 M Niculescu 4 6 4
E Kulichkova 7 6 E Kulichkova 6 2 6
22 A Petkovic 5 4 10 C Suárez Navarro 0 6 6
28 K Mladenovic 6 6 D Gavrilova 6 3 2
D Cibulková 3 4 28 K Mladenovic 6 77
Q N Gibbs 6 2 6 Q N Gibbs 1 64
K Koukalová 2 6 1 28 K Mladenovic 4 6 9
D Gavrilova 77 6 D Gavrilova 6 4 11
L Hradecká 63 4 D Gavrilova 6 6
Q L Kumkhum 3 1 6 P Kvitová 4 4
6 P Kvitová 6 6

Section 5
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
7 A Kerber 64 78 6
M Doi 77 66 3 7 A Kerber 6 6
WC S Sanders 4 2 A Dulgheru 2 4
A Dulgheru 6 6 7 A Kerber 6 6
M Brengle 6 6 M Brengle 1 3
C Vandeweghe 3 4 M Brengle 7 4 6
J Larsson 6 6 J Larsson 5 6 1
29 I-C Begu 3 2 7 A Kerber 6 6
19 J Janković 6 6 A Beck 4 0
P Hercog 3 3 19 J Janković 6 65 4
L Siegemund 6 7 L Siegemund 3 77 6
K Bertens 4 5 L Siegemund 0 4
WC P Hon 0 3 A Beck 6 6
A Beck 6 6 A Beck 6 6
K Siniaková 3 5 11 T Bacsinszky 2 3
11 T Bacsinszky 6 7

Section 6
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
14 V Azarenka 6 6
A Van Uytvanck 0 0 14 V Azarenka 6 6
WC S Crawford 2 4 D Kovinić 1 2
D Kovinić 6 6 14 V Azarenka 6 6
Q N Osaka 6 6 Q N Osaka 1 1
D Vekić 3 2 Q N Osaka 6 6
PR V Duval 2 3 18 E Svitolina 4 4
18 E Svitolina 6 6 14 V Azarenka 6 6
32 C Garcia 2 4 B Strýcová 2 4
B Strýcová 6 6 B Strýcová 77 6
M Barthel 6 5 4 PR V King 65 4
PR V King 3 7 6 B Strýcová 6 6
K Flipkens 5 6 7 3 G Muguruza 3 2
M Lučić-Baroni 7 2 5 K Flipkens 4 2
A Kontaveit 0 4 3 G Muguruza 6 6
3 G Muguruza 6 6

Section 7
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
8 V Williams 4 2
J Konta 6 6 J Konta 6 6
C Witthöft 1 2 S Zheng 2 3
S Zheng 6 6 J Konta 6 6
B Mattek-Sands 4 77 3 D Allertová 2 2
D Allertová 6 65 6 D Allertová 6 2 6
PR P Cetkovská 4 4 30 S Lisicki 3 6 4
30 S Lisicki 6 6 J Konta 4 6 8
21 E Makarova 6 6 21 E Makarova 6 4 6
WC M Inglis 3 0 21 E Makarova 6 6
T Maria 6 6 T Maria 4 2
O Govortsova 4 3 21 E Makarova 6 6
A Mitu 3 4 9 Ka Plíšková 3 2
J Görges 6 6 J Görges 65 1
WC K Birrell 4 4 9 Ka Plíšková 77 6
9 Ka Plíšková 6 6

Section 8
First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round
15 M Keys 77 6
Z Diyas 65 1 15 M Keys 64 6 6
T Pironkova 4 4 Y Shvedova 77 3 3
Y Shvedova 6 6 15 M Keys 4 6 6
Q A Sevastova 6 4 20 A Ivanovic 6 4 4
J Wolfe 0 2r Q A Sevastova 3 3
WC T Patterson 2 3 20 A Ivanovic 6 6
20 A Ivanovic 6 6 15 M Keys 6 3 3
31 L Tsurenko 77 2 3 Q S Zhang 3 6 6
V Lepchenko 65 6 6 V Lepchenko 79 6
L Arruabarrena 64 6 6 L Arruabarrena 67 4
Q M Zanevska 77 3 3 V Lepchenko 1 3
B Jovanovski 1 0 Q S Zhang 6 6
A Cornet 6 6 A Cornet 3 3
Q S Zhang 6 6 Q S Zhang 6 6
2 S Halep 4 3
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References
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  1. "Kerber saves match point". Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  2. "Australian Open: Angelique Kerber stuns Serena Williams to win women's final". ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. "Angelique Kerber stuns Serena Williams to clinch Australian Open title". Guardian. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. Nguyen, Courtney (19 January 2016). "INSIDER NOTEBOOK: UPSETS AND AZARENKA". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. Dickson, Andrew (27 January 2016). "Johanna Konta reaches Australian Open semis for first time". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. "Qualifier Zhang Shuai overcomes injured Madison Keys, who ends match in tears". EuroSport. au.eurosport.com. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
Preceded by
2015 US Open – Women's Singles		 Grand Slam women's singles Succeeded by
2016 French Open – Women's Singles
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