Women's singles
2016 Australian Open
ChampionGermany Angelique Kerber
Runner-upUnited States Serena Williams
Score6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Draw128 (12 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds32

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. It was her first major title. Kerber saved a match point en route to the title, in the first round against Misaki Doi; she became the first woman to win a singles major after saving a match point in the first round.[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 major singles titles. Williams' loss also ended her eight-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 were the most to do so at any major since the 32-seed draw was adopted at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships.[4]

Zhang Shuai became the first qualifier to reach the quarterfinals since Angélica Gavaldón in 1990.[5] Zhang also won her first main draw major match in her 15th main draw appearance.

This was the first major appearance for future two-time champion and world No. 1 Naomi Osaka, who lost to Victoria Azarenka in the third round. It was also the last professional event for former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova 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 here in the quarterfinals to Williams, in a rematch of the previous year's final.

Seeds

01.   United States Serena Williams (final)
02.   Romania Simona Halep (first round)
03.   Spain Garbiñe Muguruza (third round)
04.   Poland Agnieszka Radwańska (semifinals)
05.   Russia Maria Sharapova (quarterfinals)
06.   Czech Republic Petra Kvitová (second round)
07.   Germany Angelique Kerber (champion)
08.   United States Venus Williams (first round)
09.   Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková (third round)
10.   Spain Carla Suárez Navarro (quarterfinals)
11.   Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky (second round)
12.   Switzerland Belinda Bencic (fourth round)
13.   Italy Roberta Vinci (third round)
14.   Belarus Victoria Azarenka (quarterfinals)
15.   United States Madison Keys (fourth round)
16.   Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (first round)
17.   Italy Sara Errani (first round)
18.   Ukraine Elina Svitolina (second round)
19.   Serbia Jelena Janković (second round)
20.   Serbia Ana Ivanovic (third round)
21.   Russia Ekaterina Makarova (fourth round)
22.   Germany Andrea Petkovic (first round)
23.   Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round)
24.   United States Sloane Stephens (first round)
25.   Australia Samantha Stosur (first round)
26.   Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (first round)
27.   Slovakia Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (first round)
28.   France Kristina Mladenovic (third round)
29.   Romania Irina-Camelia Begu (first round)
30.   Germany Sabine Lisicki (second round)
31.   Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko (first round)
32.   France Caroline Garcia (first round)

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

Qualifying

Wildcards

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 United States Serena Williams 6 6
5 Russia Maria Sharapova 4 1
1 United States Serena Williams 6 6
4 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 0 4
4 Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 6 6
10 Spain Carla Suárez Navarro 1 3
1 United States Serena Williams 4 6 4
7 Germany Angelique Kerber 6 3 6
7 Germany Angelique Kerber 6 7
14 Belarus Victoria Azarenka 3 5
7 Germany Angelique Kerber 7 6
United Kingdom Johanna Konta 5 2
United Kingdom Johanna Konta 6 6
Q China Zhang Shuai 4 1

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
1 United States S Williams 6 7
Italy C Giorgi 4 5 1 United States S Williams 6 6
Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh 3 7 6 Chinese Taipei S-w Hsieh 1 2
Latvia J Ostapenko 6 5 1 1 United States S Williams 6 6
Poland U Radwańska 6 4 3 Russia D Kasatkina 1 1
Croatia A Konjuh 0 6 6 Croatia A Konjuh 4 3
Russia D Kasatkina 6 6 Russia D Kasatkina 6 6
27 Slovakia AK Schmiedlová 3 3 1 United States S Williams 6 6
17 Italy S Errani 6 5 1 Russia M Gasparyan 2 1
Russia M Gasparyan 1 7 6 Russia M Gasparyan 6 6
Japan K Nara 77 6 Japan K Nara 4 4
WC France O Dodin 62 2 Russia M Gasparyan 6 6
Colombia M Duque 2 1r Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 3 4
WC China X Han 6 2 WC China X Han 3 1
Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 1 77 6 Kazakhstan Y Putintseva 6 6
16 Denmark C Wozniacki 6 63 4

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
12 Switzerland B Bencic 6 6
United States A Riske 4 3 12 Switzerland B Bencic 6 6
United Kingdom H Watson 77 5 5 Hungary T Babos 3 3
Hungary T Babos 64 7 7 12 Switzerland B Bencic 4 6 6
Australia A Tomljanović 62 3 Ukraine K Bondarenko 6 2 4
Ukraine K Bondarenko 77 6 Ukraine K Bondarenko 6 7
Slovakia D Hantuchová 0 2 23 Russia S Kuznetsova 1 5
23 Russia S Kuznetsova 6 6 12 Switzerland B Bencic 5 5
26 Russia A Pavlyuchenkova 6 3 4 5 Russia M Sharapova 7 7
United States L Davis 1 6 6 United States L Davis 79 0
Slovakia M Rybáriková 3 6 7 Slovakia M Rybáriková 67 0r
Belgium Y Wickmayer 6 3 5 United States L Davis 1 77 0
Belarus A Sasnovich 6 77 5 Russia M Sharapova 6 65 6
Russia E Rodina 3 62 Belarus A Sasnovich 2 1
Japan N Hibino 1 3 5 Russia M Sharapova 6 6
5 Russia M Sharapova 6 6

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
4 Poland A Radwańska 6 6
United States C McHale 2 3 4 Poland A Radwańska 6 6
Canada E Bouchard 6 6 Canada E Bouchard 4 2
Serbia A Krunić 3 4 4 Poland A Radwańska 6 6
Poland M Linette 3 0 Puerto Rico M Puig 4 0
Puerto Rico M Puig 6 6 Puerto Rico M Puig 4 78 9
Q Czech Republic Kr Plíšková 6 78 Q Czech Republic Kr Plíšková 6 66 7
25 Australia S Stosur 4 66 4 Poland A Radwańska 66 6 7
24 United States S Stephens 3 3 Germany A-L Friedsam 78 1 5
Q China Q Wang 6 6 Q China Q Wang 3 4
Spain L Domínguez Lino 63 6 1 Germany A-L Friedsam 6 6
Germany A-L Friedsam 77 2 6 Germany A-L Friedsam 0 6 6
United States A Tatishvili 4 6 6 13 Italy R Vinci 6 4 4
United States I Falconi 6 3 8 United States I Falconi 2 3
Q Austria T Paszek 4 2 13 Italy R Vinci 6 6
13 Italy R Vinci 6 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
10 Spain C Suárez Navarro 7 6
Q Switzerland V Golubic 5 4 10 Spain C Suárez Navarro 65 6 6
Q Greece M Sakkari 6 1 6 Q Greece M Sakkari 77 2 2
Q China Y Wang 4 6 3 10 Spain C Suárez Navarro 6 2
Romania M Niculescu 6 6 Russia E Kulichkova 4 0r
Brazil T Pereira 2 1 Romania M Niculescu 4 6 4
Russia E Kulichkova 7 6 Russia E Kulichkova 6 2 6
22 Germany A Petkovic 5 4 10 Spain C Suárez Navarro 0 6 6
28 France K Mladenovic 6 6 Australia D Gavrilova 6 3 2
Slovakia D Cibulková 3 4 28 France K Mladenovic 6 77
Q United States N Gibbs 6 2 6 Q United States N Gibbs 1 64
Czech Republic K Koukalová 2 6 1 28 France K Mladenovic 4 6 9
Australia D Gavrilova 77 6 Australia D Gavrilova 6 4 11
Czech Republic L Hradecká 63 4 Australia D Gavrilova 6 6
Q Thailand L Kumkhum 3 1 6 Czech Republic P Kvitová 4 4
6 Czech Republic P Kvitová 6 6

Bottom half

Section 5

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
7 Germany A Kerber 64 78 6
Japan M Doi 77 66 3 7 Germany A Kerber 6 6
WC Australia S Sanders 4 2 Romania A Dulgheru 2 4
Romania A Dulgheru 6 6 7 Germany A Kerber 6 6
United States M Brengle 6 6 United States M Brengle 1 3
United States C Vandeweghe 3 4 United States M Brengle 7 4 6
Sweden J Larsson 6 6 Sweden J Larsson 5 6 1
29 Romania I-C Begu 3 2 7 Germany A Kerber 6 6
19 Serbia J Janković 6 6 Germany A Beck 4 0
Slovenia P Hercog 3 3 19 Serbia J Janković 6 65 4
Germany L Siegemund 6 7 Germany L Siegemund 3 77 6
Netherlands K Bertens 4 5 Germany L Siegemund 0 4
WC Australia P Hon 0 3 Germany A Beck 6 6
Germany A Beck 6 6 Germany A Beck 6 6
Czech Republic K Siniaková 3 5 11 Switzerland T Bacsinszky 2 3
11 Switzerland T Bacsinszky 6 7

Section 6

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
14 Belarus V Azarenka 6 6
Belgium A Van Uytvanck 0 0 14 Belarus V Azarenka 6 6
WC United States S Crawford 2 4 Montenegro D Kovinić 1 2
Montenegro D Kovinić 6 6 14 Belarus V Azarenka 6 6
Q Japan N Osaka 6 6 Q Japan N Osaka 1 1
Croatia D Vekić 3 2 Q Japan N Osaka 6 6
PR United States V Duval 2 3 18 Ukraine E Svitolina 4 4
18 Ukraine E Svitolina 6 6 14 Belarus V Azarenka 6 6
32 France C Garcia 2 4 Czech Republic B Strýcová 2 4
Czech Republic B Strýcová 6 6 Czech Republic B Strýcová 77 6
Germany M Barthel 6 5 4 PR United States V King 65 4
PR United States V King 3 7 6 Czech Republic B Strýcová 6 6
Belgium K Flipkens 5 6 7 3 Spain G Muguruza 3 2
Croatia M Lučić-Baroni 7 2 5 Belgium K Flipkens 4 2
Estonia A Kontaveit 0 4 3 Spain G Muguruza 6 6
3 Spain G Muguruza 6 6

Section 7

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
8 United States V Williams 4 2
United Kingdom J Konta 6 6 United Kingdom J Konta 6 6
Germany C Witthöft 1 2 China S Zheng 2 3
China S Zheng 6 6 United Kingdom J Konta 6 6
United States B Mattek-Sands 4 77 3 Czech Republic D Allertová 2 2
Czech Republic D Allertová 6 65 6 Czech Republic D Allertová 6 2 6
PR Czech Republic P Cetkovská 4 4 30 Germany S Lisicki 3 6 4
30 Germany S Lisicki 6 6 United Kingdom J Konta 4 6 8
21 Russia E Makarova 6 6 21 Russia E Makarova 6 4 6
WC Australia M Inglis 3 0 21 Russia E Makarova 6 6
Germany T Maria 6 6 Germany T Maria 4 2
Belarus O Govortsova 4 3 21 Russia E Makarova 6 6
Romania A Mitu 3 4 9 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 3 2
Germany J Görges 6 6 Germany J Görges 65 1
WC Australia K Birrell 4 4 9 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 77 6
9 Czech Republic Ka Plíšková 6 6

Section 8

First round Second round Third round Fourth round
15 United States M Keys 77 6
Kazakhstan Z Diyas 65 1 15 United States M Keys 64 6 6
Bulgaria T Pironkova 4 4 Kazakhstan Y Shvedova 77 3 3
Kazakhstan Y Shvedova 6 6 15 United States M Keys 4 6 6
Q Latvia A Sevastova 6 4 20 Serbia A Ivanovic 6 4 4
Australia J Wolfe 0 2r Q Latvia A Sevastova 3 3
WC Australia T Patterson 2 3 20 Serbia A Ivanovic 6 6
20 Serbia A Ivanovic 6 6 15 United States M Keys 6 3 3
31 Ukraine L Tsurenko 77 2 3 Q China S Zhang 3 6 6
United States V Lepchenko 65 6 6 United States V Lepchenko 79 6
Spain L Arruabarrena 64 6 6 Spain L Arruabarrena 67 4
Q Ukraine M Zanevska 77 3 3 United States V Lepchenko 1 3
Serbia B Jovanovski 1 0 Q China S Zhang 6 6
France A Cornet 6 6 France A Cornet 3 3
Q China S Zhang 6 6 Q China S Zhang 6 6
2 Romania S Halep 4 3


Championship match statistics

CategoryGermany KerberUnited States S. Williams
1st serve %44/80 (55%)51/96 (53%)
1st serve points won32 of 44 = 73%35 of 51 = 69%
2nd serve points won17 of 36 = 47%19 of 45 = 42%
Total service points won49 of 80 = 61.25%54 of 96 = 56.25%
Aces57
Double faults36
Winners1636
Unforced errors1340
Net points won4 of 5 = 80%22 of 39 = 56%
Break points converted5 of 9 = 56%4 of 8 = 50%
Return points won42 of 96 = 44%31 of 80 = 39%
Total points won9185
Source

References

General
Specific
  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. "Qualifier Zhang Shuai overcomes injured Madison Keys, who ends match in tears". EuroSport. au.eurosport.com. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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