2016 US Open (tennis)

The 2016 US Open was the 136th edition of tennis' US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.

Further information on draws: 2016 US Open – Men's Singles and 2016 US Open – Women's Singles
2016 US Open
DateAugust 29 – September 11
Edition136th
CategoryGrand Slam (ITF)
Draw128S/64D/32X
Prize money$46,300,000
SurfaceHard
LocationNew York City, New York, United States
VenueUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
Champions
Men's Singles
Stan Wawrinka
Women's Singles
Angelique Kerber
Men's Doubles
Bruno Soares / Jamie Murray
Women's Doubles
Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová
Mixed Doubles
Laura Siegemund / Mate Pavić
Boys' Singles
Félix Auger-Aliassime
Girls' Singles
Kayla Day
Boys' Doubles
Juan Carlos Aguilar / Felipe Meligeni Alves
Girls' Doubles
Jada Hart / Ena Shibahara
Men's Champions Invitational
Pat Cash / Mark Philippoussis
Women's Champions Invitational
Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández

In the men's singles competition, Stan Wawrinka defeated defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final.

Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková in the women's singles to become the first German player to win the tournament since Steffi Graf in 1996. 2015 women's singles champion Flavia Pennetta did not defend her title as she had retired at the end of the 2015 season.

This tournament turned out to be the last one in the career of former No.1 player in the world and 2008 French Open women's singles champion Ana Ivanovic, who announced her retirement from professional tennis at the end of the year.

Tournament
Arthur Ashe Stadium before the retractable roof was installed and where the finals of the US Open took place

The 2016 US Open was the 136th edition of the tournament and it was 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 was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was 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 also singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments.

In addition, the annual men's and women's Champions Invitational doubles events were held, with eight male and eight female former Grand Slam champions taking part. For the third year running, the American Collegiate Invitational competitions were organized, where top sixteen American collegiate players compete in men's and women's singles events. Exhibition matches also took place.

Due to the 2016 Summer Paralympics, no usual singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO tour under the Grand Slam category were played.

The tournament was played on hard courts and took place on a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three main showcourts – Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, and the new Grandstand. It was the first US Open played on courts with operational roofs: on centre court and on the newly built Grandstand stadium. The Ashe roof was expected to be used only for rain, unlike the Australian Open, which also closes its roof in cases of extreme heat.[1] It was also the last tournament before the demolition of Louis Armstrong Stadium and the old Grandstand. Arthur Ashe Stadium and the new Grandstand would be the existing main stadiums for the 2017 edition.

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

Broadcast

In the United States, the 2016 US Open was 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 was 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 was available this year (Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, Grandstand, Court 4, Court 5, Court 6, Court 9, Court 11, Court 12, Court 13, Court 17 and Court P6/Old Grandstand), an 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 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles 1300 780 430 240 130 70 10 40 30 20 2
Women's Doubles 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money

The total prize-money compensation for the 2016 US Open is $46.3 million, a 10% increase on the same total last year. Of that total, a record $3.5 million goes to both the men's and women's singles champions. This made 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]

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 [lower-alpha 1] $625,000 $310,000 $150,000 $75,000 $40,000 $24,500 $15,141 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mixed Doubles [lower-alpha 1] $150,000 $70,000 $30,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

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.

Bonus prize money

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]

2016 Emirates Airline US Open Series Finish 2016 US Open Finish Awardees
W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Round of 64 Round of 128
1st Place $1,000,000 $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $70,000 $40,000 $25,000 $15,000 Kei Nishikori$250,000
Agnieszka Radwańska$70,000
2nd Place $500,000 $250,000 $125,000 $62,500 $35,000 $20,000 $12,500 $7,500 Grigor Dimitrov$35,000
Johanna Konta$35,000
3rd Place $250,000 $125,000 $62,500 $31,250 $17,500 $10,000 $6,250 $3,750 Milos Raonic$6,250
Simona Halep$31,250

Singles players
2016 US Open – Men's Singles
2016 US Open – Women's Singles

Day-by-day summaries
Main article: 2016 US Open – Day-by-day summaries

Before the tournament

Day 1

Day 3

Day 7
  • Lucas Pouille defeated 14-time Slam champion Rafael Nadal in five sets, marking the first time since 2004 that Nadal failed to reach the Grand Slam quarterfinal at least in a single season. Pouille advanced to his first US Open quarterfinal.[15]
  • Sevastova became the first Latvian woman to reach the US Open quarterfinal after she defeated Johanna Konta in the fourth round. She is the first Latvian female quarterfinalist since Larisa Neiland in 1994 Wimbledon Championships.[16]
  • French veterans Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gaël Monfils were advanced to the quarterfinals as well, joined compatriot Pouille at the top half of the men's singles draw, making them the first time three French quarterfinalists at the US Open.[17]

Day 8

Day 9
  • In the men's draw, Novak Djokovic is the only player from the Big Four advanced to the semifinal after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retired due to his left knee. This meant the first time since 2004 French Open neither Federer, Nadal and Andy Murray moved to the semifinal.[20]

Day 11

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 1,200 14,040 Runner-up, lost to Stan Wawrinka [3]
2 2 Andy Murray 9,305 180 360 9,485 Quarterfinals lost to Kei Nishikori [6]
3 3 Stan Wawrinka 4,980 720 2,000 6,260 Champion, defeated Novak Djokovic [1]
4 5 Rafael Nadal 4,850 90 180 4,940 Fourth round lost to Lucas Pouille [24]
5 6 Milos Raonic 4,805 90 45 4,760 Second round lost to Ryan Harrison [Q]
6 7 Kei Nishikori 4,165 10 720 4,875 Semifinals lost to Stan Wawrinka [3]
7 9 Marin Čilić 3,515 720 90 2,885 Third round lost to Jack Sock [26]
8 10 Dominic Thiem 3,205 90 180 3,295 Fourth round retired vs. Juan Martín del Potro [WC]
9 11 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2,875 360 360 2,875 Quarterfinals retired vs. Novak Djokovic [1]
10 12 Gaël Monfils 2,835 10 720 3,545 Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic [1]
11 13 David Ferrer 2,660 90 90 2,660 Third round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [WC]
12 14 David Goffin 2,565 90 10 2,485 First round lost to Jared Donaldson [Q]
13 15 Richard Gasquet 2,230 360 10 1,880 First round lost to Kyle Edmund
14 16 Nick Kyrgios 2,060 10 90 2,140 Third round retired vs. Illya Marchenko
15 17 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,040 180 90 1,950 Third round lost to Lucas Pouille [24]
16 18 Feliciano López 1,840 360 45 1,525 Second round lost to João Sousa
17 19 Bernard Tomic 1,780 90 10 1,700 First round lost to Damir Džumhur
18 20 Pablo Cuevas 1,745 45 45 1,745 Second round lost to Nicolás Almagro
19 22 Steve Johnson 1,635 10 45 1,670 Second round lost to Juan Martín del Potro [WC]
20 21 John Isner 1,645 180 90 1,555 Third round lost to Kyle Edmund
21 23 Ivo Karlović 1,570 45 180 1,705 Fourth round lost to Kei Nishikori [6]
22 24 Grigor Dimitrov 1,555 45 180 1,690 Fourth round lost to Andy Murray [2]
23 35 Kevin Anderson 1,275 360 90 1,005 Third round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [9]
24 25 Lucas Pouille 1,481 10 360 1,831 Quarterfinals lost to Gaël Monfils [10]
25 26 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,475 90 10 1,395 First round retired vs. Nicolas Mahut
26 27 Jack Sock 1,450 45 180 1,585 Fourth round lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [9]
27 28 Alexander Zverev 1,415 35 45 1,425 Second round lost to Daniel Evans
28 29 Martin Kližan 1,405 45 10 1,370 First round lost to Mikhail Youzhny
29 30 Sam Querrey 1,400 10 10 1,400 First round lost to Janko Tipsarević [PR]
30 31 Gilles Simon 1,385 10 45 1,420 Second round lost to Paolo Lorenzi
31 33 Albert Ramos-Viñolas 1,330 10+45 45+20 1,340 Second round lost to Andrey Kuznetsov
32 34 Benoît Paire 1,305 180 45 1,170 Second round lost to Marcos Baghdatis

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew from the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
4 Roger Federer 4,945 1,200 3,745 Knee injury[23]
8 Tomáš Berdych 3,570 180 3,390 Appendicitis[24]

Women's Singles
Seed Rank Player Points
before
Points
defending
 Points
won		 Points
after		 Status
1 1 Serena Williams 7,050 780 780 7,050 Semifinals lost to Karolína Plíšková [10]
2 2 Angelique Kerber 6,860 130 2,000 8,730 Champion, defeated Karolína Plíšková [10]
3 3 Garbiñe Muguruza 5,830 70 70 5,830 Second round lost to Anastasija Sevastova
4 4 Agnieszka Radwańska 5,705 130 240 5,815 Fourth round lost to Ana Konjuh
5 5 Simona Halep 5,151 780 430 4,801 Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
6 6 Venus Williams 4,005 430 240 3,815 Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková [10]
7 8 Roberta Vinci 3,465 1,300 430 2,595 Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber [2]
8 9 Madison Keys 3,286 240 240 3,286 Fourth round lost to Caroline Wozniacki
9 10 Svetlana Kuznetsova 3,190 10 70 3,250 Second round lost to Caroline Wozniacki
10 11 Karolína Plíšková 3,135 10 1,300 4,425 Runner-up, lost to Angelique Kerber [2]
11 12 Carla Suárez Navarro 3,100 10 240 3,330 Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [5]
12 13 Dominika Cibulková 3,100 130 130 3,100 Third round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
13 14 Johanna Konta 2,905 280 240 2,865 Fourth round lost to Anastasija Sevastova
14 16 Petra Kvitová 2,580 430 240 2,390 Fourth round lost to Angelique Kerber [2]
15 15 Timea Bacsinszky 2,713 10 70 2,773 Second round lost to Varvara Lepchenko
16 17 Samantha Stosur 2,370 240 70 2,200 Second round lost to Zhang Shuai
17 18 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2,195 70 130 2,255 Third round lost to Karolína Plíšková [10]
18 21 Barbora Strýcová 2,050 130 10 1,930 First round lost to Monica Niculescu
19 20 Elena Vesnina 2,054 70 130 2,114 Third round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro [11]
20 22 Kiki Bertens 1,945 110 10 1,845 First round lost to Ana Konjuh
21 23 Irina-Camelia Begu 1,835 10 10 1,835 First round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
22 19 Elina Svitolina 2,101 130 130 2,101 Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [14]
23 24 Daria Kasatkina 1,773 130 10 1,653 First round lost to Wang Qiang
24 26 Belinda Bencic 1,602 130 130 1,602 Third round lost to Johanna Konta [13]
25 33 Caroline Garcia 1,555 10 130 1,675 Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [4]
26 27 Laura Siegemund 1,600 40+140 130+13 1,563 Third round lost to Venus Williams [6]
27 28 Sara Errani 1,590 130 10 1,470 First round lost to Shelby Rogers
28 30 Coco Vandeweghe 1,561 70 10 1,501 First round lost to Naomi Osaka
29 31 Ana Ivanovic 1,560 10 10 1,560 First round lost to Denisa Allertová
30 32 Misaki Doi 1,555 70 10 1,495 First round lost to Carina Witthöft
31 34 Tímea Babos 1,510 10 130 1,630 Third round lost to Simona Halep [5]
32 35 Monica Puig 1,500 10 10 1,500 First round lost to Zheng Saisai

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.

Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason
7 Victoria Azarenka 3,551 430 3,121 Pregnancy[25]
25 Sloane Stephens 1,612 10 1,602 Right foot injury[26]

Doubles seeds

Mixed Doubles
Team Rank1 Seed
Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig 8 1
Yaroslava Shvedova Bruno Soares 13 2
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău 25 3
Raquel Atawo Jean-Julien Rojer 28 4
Chan Hao-ching Max Mirnyi 29 5
Andrea Hlaváčková Łukasz Kubot 33 6
Coco Vandeweghe Rajeev Ram 39 7
Lucie Hradecká Marcin Matkowski 44 8
  • 1 Rankings are as of 22 August 2016

Wild Card entries

The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.

Mixed Doubles

Qualifier entries

The qualifying competitions took place at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on 23 – 26 August 2016.

Protected ranking

The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:

Withdrawals

The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament but withdrew with injuries, suspensions and other reasons.

Retirements

Champions

Men's Singles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Men's Singles

The two players had met 23 times prior, with Djokovic winning on 19 occasions.[27] This was Wawrinka's first appearance in the final of the tournament. Defending champion Djokovic started well, taking Wawrinka's first service game. Djokovic lost an opportunity to serve out the first set, and the set went into a tie-break. There Wawrinka won the third point but lost another seven, and Djokovic took the first set. In the second set, Wawrinka broke first to lead 3–1. Djokovic broke back and held serve to draw at 4–4, but lost his subsequent serve to allow Wawrinka to take the second set 6–4. Djokovic soon trailed 3–0 at the beginning of the third set but levelled it at 5–5. Wawrinka again broke serve in the final game to take the third set 7–5. Wawrinka started the fourth set like the last two, breaking Djokovic's first service game to lead 3–0.[28] Djokovic received two medical timeouts midway through but was unable to prevent Wawrinka from winning the set 6–3 and his first US Open title.[29]

Women's Singles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Women's Singles

Kerber started the match as favorite to win, having assured the No. 1 women's ranking on 12 September. Plíšková reached her first grand slam final, having never previously made it past the third round, by beating home favorite Serena Williams in the semi-finals.[30] Kerber started strongly, breaking Plíšková's first service game and won the first set 6–3 with another break in serve. Plíšková fought back, breaking midway into the second set to take it into a deciding set. In the third set, Plíšková broke Kerber's second service game to lead, before Kerber levelled the set at 3–3. With the match at 5–4, Plíšková served to stay in the match but Kerber won it in a love game to secure her first US Open title.[31]

Men's Doubles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Women's Doubles

Mixed Doubles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Mixed Doubles

Boys' Singles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Boys' Singles

Girls' Singles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Girls' Singles

Boys' Doubles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Boys' Doubles

Girls' Doubles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Girls' Doubles

Men's Champions Doubles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Men's Champions Invitational

Women's Champions Doubles
Main article: 2016 US Open – Women's Champions Invitational

See also

Notes
  1. Prize money listed per team
  2. Winner of the Men's USTA Wild Card Challenge held in Binghamton, New York, Lexington, Kentucky and Aptos, California
  3. Winner of the men's singles tournament in the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
  4. Winner of the Kalamazoo Wild Card tournament
  5. Winner of the women's singles tournament in the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
  6. Winner of the USTA Girls' under-18 national tournament
  7. Winner of the Women's USTA Wild Card Challenge held in Stockton, California, Sacramento, California and Lexington, Kentucky
  8. Winner of the men's doubles tournament in the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
  9. Winner of the women's doubles tournament in the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships

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Preceded by
2016 Wimbledon Championships		 Grand Slams Succeeded by
2017 Australian Open
Preceded by
2015 US Open		 US Open Succeeded by
2017 US Open
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