Main article: 2016 Australian Open
Women's singles Champion Angelique Kerber Runner-up Serena Williams Final score 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 Draw 128 (12 / 8 ) Seeds 32
2016 tennis event results
Angelique Kerber defeated the 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. She 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 also became the first German to win a major since Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open .[2] [3] Williams was attempting to equal Graf's Open Era record of 22 career major singles titles. Williams' loss in the final ended her 8-match winning streak in major finals.
The top three seeds (Williams, Simona Halep and Garbiñe Muguruza ) were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking . 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 since the 32-seed draw was adopted at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships .[4]
Johanna Konta became the first British woman to reach the semifinals of a major since Jo Durie in 1983.[5] Zhang Shuai became the first qualifier to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals since Angélica Gavaldón in 1990 .[6]
This was the first major appearance for future two-time champion Naomi Osaka . She lost to former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the third round.
This was the final professional event in which 2008 champion and former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova competed 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 professional tennis for 15 months as a result. She lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams.
Seeds [ ]
0 1 . Serena Williams (final)
0 2 . Simona Halep (first round)
0 3 . Garbiñe Muguruza (third round)
0 4 . Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals)
0 5 . Maria Sharapova (quarterfinals)
0 6 . Petra Kvitová (second round)
0 7 . Angelique Kerber (champion)
0 8 . Venus Williams (first round)
0 9 . 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 [ ]
Wildcards [ ]
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Q = Qualifier
WC = Wild card
LL = Lucky loser
Alt = Alternate
SE = Special exempt
PR = Protected ranking
ITF = ITF entry
JE = Junior exempt
w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted
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
Top half [ ]
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
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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 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
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 [ ]
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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Championship match statistics [ ]
Category
Kerber
S. Williams
1st serve %
44/80 (55%)
51/96 (53%)
1st serve points won
32 of 44 = 73%
35 of 51 = 69%
2nd serve points won
17 of 36 = 47%
19 of 45 = 42%
Total service points won
49 of 80 = 61.25%
54 of 96 = 56.25%
Aces
5
7
Double faults
3
6
Winners
16
36
Unforced errors
13
40
Net points won
4 of 5 = 80%
22 of 39 = 56%
Break points converted
5 of 9 = 56%
4 of 8 = 50%
Return points won
42 of 96 = 44%
31 of 80 = 39%
Total points won
91
85
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