Women's singles Champion Serena Williams Runner-up Madison Keys Final score 7–6(7–5) , 6–3 Draw 56 (8 Q / 3 WC ) Seeds 16
2016 tennis event results
Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but could not defend the title because of her provisional suspension after failing a drug test at the Australian Open .[1]
Serena Williams won the title in Rome for the fourth time, defeating Madison Keys in the final, 7–6(7–5) , 6–3. This was Williams's second title in Rome that she won without dropping a set.
Seeds [ ]
The top eight seeds received a bye into the second round.
0 1 . Serena Williams (champion)
0 2 . Angelique Kerber (second round)
0 3 . Garbiñe Muguruza (semifinals)
0 4 . Victoria Azarenka (second round)
0 5 . Petra Kvitová (second round)
0 6 . Simona Halep (second round)
0 7 . Roberta Vinci (second round)
0 8 . Carla Suárez Navarro (third round)
0 9 . Svetlana Kuznetsova (quarterfinals)
10 . Lucie Šafářová (second round)
11 . Timea Bacsinszky (quarterfinals)
12 . Venus Williams (second round)
13 . Ana Ivanovic (second round)
14 . Sara Errani (first round)
15 . Elina Svitolina (first round)
16 . Karolína Plíšková (first round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
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 [ ]
Top half [ ]
Section 1 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
1
S Williams
6
6
A-L Friedsam
6
7
A-L Friedsam
4
3
AK Schmiedlová
4
5
1
S Williams
79
6
WC
C Giovine
1
6
2
Q
C McHale
67
1
Q
C McHale
6
2
6
Q
C McHale
63
6
6
A Pavlyuchenkova
4
4
13
A Ivanovic
77
4
1
13
A Ivanovic
6
6
1
S Williams
6
6
9
S Kuznetsova
7
6
9
S Kuznetsova
2
0
C Garcia
5
4
9
S Kuznetsova
6
6
Q
A Riske
6
65
1
S Stosur
4
4
S Stosur
4
77
6
9
S Kuznetsova
6
2
6
S Lisicki
1
63
D Gavrilova
2
6
3
D Gavrilova
6
77
D Gavrilova
6
4
6
6
S Halep
3
6
3
Section 2 [ ]
Bottom half [ ]
Section 3 [ ]
Section 4 [ ]
First round
Second round
Third round
Quarterfinals
5
P Kvitová
3
4
M Keys
6
6
M Keys
6
6
A Petkovic
4
1
M Keys
77
6
Q
K Bertens
1
4
T Babos
62
3
T Babos
6
6
T Babos
65
7
6
C Vandeweghe
4
3
12
V Williams
77
5
4
12
V Williams
6
6
M Keys
6
4
6
14
S Errani
4
6
0
B Strýcová
4
6
3
Q
H Watson
6
3
6
Q
H Watson
4
2
B Strýcová
6
6
B Strýcová
6
6
WC
K Knapp
2
2
B Strýcová
6
6
J Janković
4
6
3
E Bouchard
1
0
E Bouchard
6
2
6
E Bouchard
6
5
7
2
A Kerber
1
7
5
Qualifying [ ]
Seeds [ ]
Yulia Putintseva (first round)
Elena Vesnina (qualifying competition)
Heather Watson (qualified)
Julia Görges (qualified)
Christina McHale (qualified)
Monica Puig (qualified)
Johanna Larsson (qualified)
Varvara Lepchenko (qualifying competition)
Irina Falconi (first round)
Madison Brengle (first round)
Zheng Saisai (first round)
Nicole Gibbs (first round)
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni (first round)
Hsieh Su-wei (qualifying competition)
Lara Arruabarrena (qualifying competition)
Ana Konjuh (qualifying competition)
Qualifiers [ ]
Draw [ ]
First qualifier [ ]
Second qualifier [ ]
Third qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
3
Heather Watson
6
2
6
WC
Nastassja Burnett
3
6
3
3
Heather Watson
7
4
6
16
Ana Konjuh
5
6
3
Yaroslava Shvedova
1
77
3
16
Ana Konjuh
6
63
6
Fourth qualifier [ ]
Fifth qualifier [ ]
Sixth qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
6
Monica Puig
6
6
WC
Martina Colmegna
3
0
6
Monica Puig
6
6
15
Lara Arruabarrena
4
3
WC
Martina Di Giuseppe
2
4
15
Lara Arruabarrena
6
6
Seventh qualifier [ ]
First round
Qualifying competition
7
Johanna Larsson
7
6
Donna Vekić
5
2
7
Johanna Larsson
6
6
14
Hsieh Su-wei
3
4
WC
Alberta Brianti
6
1
4
14
Hsieh Su-wei
2
6
6
Eighth qualifier [ ]
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