2016 in tennis

This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2016. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup.

Years in tennis

2016 in sports

ITF

Grand Slam events
CategoryChampionshipChampionFinalistScore in the final
Men's singles Australian Open Novak Djokovic Andy Murray6–1, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)[1]
French Open Novak Djokovic Andy Murray3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4[2]
Wimbledon Andy Murray Milos Raonic6–4, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)[3]
US Open Stan Wawrinka Novak Djokovic6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–5, 6–3[4]
CategoryChampionshipChampionFinalistScore in the final
Women's singles Australian Open Angelique Kerber Serena Williams6–4, 3–6, 6–4[1]
French Open Garbiñe Muguruza Serena Williams7–5, 6–4[5]
Wimbledon Serena Williams Angelique Kerber7–5, 6–3[6]
US Open Angelique Kerber Karolína Plíšková6–3, 4–6, 6–4[7]
CategoryChampionshipChampionsFinalistsScore in the final
Men's Doubles Australian Open Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares		 Daniel Nestor
Radek Štěpánek		2–6, 6–4, 7–5
French Open Feliciano López
Marc López		 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3
Wimbledon Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		 Julien Benneteau
Édouard Roger-Vasselin		6–4, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
US Open Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares		 Pablo Carreño Busta
Guillermo García-López		6–2, 6–3
CategoryChampionshipChampionsFinalistsScore in the final
Women's Doubles Australian Open Martina Hingis
Sania Mirza		 Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká		7–6(7–1), 6–3
French Open Caroline Garcia
Kristina Mladenovic		 Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina		6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Wimbledon Serena Williams
Venus Williams		 Tímea Babos
Yaroslava Shvedova		6–3, 6–4
US Open Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Lucie Šafářová		 Caroline Garcia
Kristina Mladenovic		2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
CategoryChampionshipChampionsFinalistsScore in the final
Mixed Doubles Australian Open Elena Vesnina
Bruno Soares		 Coco Vandeweghe
Horia Tecău		6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
French Open Martina Hingis
Leander Paes		 Sania Mirza
Ivan Dodig		4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Wimbledon Henri Kontinen
Heather Watson		 Robert Farah
Anna-Lena Grönefeld		7–6(7–5), 6–4
US Open Laura Siegemund
Mate Pavić		 Coco Vandeweghe
Rajeev Ram		6–4, 6–4

Davis Cup
  First Round
4–6 March		 Quarterfinals
15–17 July		 Semifinals
16–18 September		 Final
25–27 November
                                     
Birmingham, Great Britain (indoor hard)
1   Great Britain 3  
Belgrade, Serbia (clay)
  Japan 1  
  1   Great Britain 3  
Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
  7   Serbia 2  
7   Serbia 3
Great Britain
  Kazakhstan 2  
  1   Great Britain 2  
Pesaro, Italy (indoor clay)
  6   Argentina 3  
4    Switzerland 0  
Pesaro, Italy (clay)
  Italy 5  
    Italy 1
Gdańsk, Poland (indoor hard)
  6   Argentina 3  
6   Argentina 3
  Poland 2  
  6   Argentina 3
Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France (clay)
    Croatia 2
  Canada 0  
Třinec, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
5   France 4  
  5   France 3
Hannover, Germany (indoor hard)
  3   Czech Republic 1  
  Germany 2
Croatia
3   Czech Republic 3  
  5   France 2
Kooyong, Australia (grass)
    Croatia 3  
  United States 3  
Portland, United States (hard)
8   Australia 1  
    United States 2
Liège, Belgium (indoor clay)
    Croatia 3  
  Croatia 3
2   Belgium 2  

Fed Cup
  Quarterfinals
5–6 February		 Semifinals
16–17 April		 Final
12–13 November
                           
  Cluj-Napoca, Romania
  1   Czech Republic 3  
    Romania 2     Lucerne, Switzerland
    1   Czech Republic 3  
  Leipzig, Germany      Switzerland 2  
     Switzerland 3
  3   Germany 2     TBA, France
    1   Czech Republic 3
  Marseille, France       France 2
  4   Italy 1  
    France 4     Trélazé, France
      France 3
  Moscow, Russia     Netherlands 2  
    Netherlands 3
  2   Russia 1  

IOC

2016 Summer Olympics
EventCategoryGold medalistSilver medalistBronze medalistScore in the final
2016 Summer Olympics Men's Singles Andy Murray Juan Martín del Potro Kei Nishikori7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Women's Singles Monica Puig Angelique Kerber Petra Kvitová6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Men's Doubles Marc López
Rafael Nadal		 Florin Mergea
Horia Tecău		 Steve Johnson
Jack Sock		6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Women's Doubles Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina		 Timea Bacsinszky
Martina Hingis		 Lucie Šafářová
Barbora Strýcová		6–4, 6–4
Mixed Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Jack Sock		 Venus Williams
Rajeev Ram		 Lucie Hradecká
Radek Štěpánek		6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–7]

See also

International Tennis Hall of Fame

References
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  2. Mitchell, Kevin (5 June 2016). "Novak Djokovic beats Andy Murray to claim first French Open title". the Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. Newbery, Piers (10 July 2016). "Andy Murray wins Wimbledon by beating Milos Raonic". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. "US Open 2016: Stan Wawrinka stuns Novak Djokovic to win final". BBC Sport. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  5. Steinberg, Jacob (4 June 2016). "Garbiñe Muguruza beats Serena Williams to win French Open title – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  6. Newbery, Piers (9 July 2016). "Wimbledon 2016: Serena Williams beats Angelique Kerber to win 22nd Grand Slam". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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