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Revision as of 21:18, 25 December 2015
The 2016 Australian Open will be a tennis tournament that takes place at Melbourne Park between 18–31 January 2016.[1] It will be the 104th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament will consist of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the respective defending champions in the men's and women's singles.
As in previous years, this years tournament's title sponsor will be Kia.
Tournament
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The 2016 Australian Open will be the 104th edition of the tournament and will be held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The tournament will be run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is 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 singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which is part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and also singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.
The tournament will be played on hard courts and took place over a series of 16 courts, including the three main showcourts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.[2]
Broadcast
In Australia, all matches will be broadcast live by the Seven Network. The majority of matches will be shown on the network's primary channel Channel Seven, however during news programming nationwide and most night matches in Perth, coverage will shift to 7Two.
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 points
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Women's Singles | 1300 | 780 | 430 | 240 | 130 | 70 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's Doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Wheelchair points
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Junior points
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Prize money
The Australian Open total prize money for 2014 was increased by three million Australian dollars to tournament record A$33,000,000.[3][4]
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Round of 1281 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | A$2,650,000 | A$1,325,000 | A$540,000 | A$270,000 | A$135,000 | A$75,000 | A$50,000 | A$30,000 | A$14,400 | A$7,200 | A$3,600 |
| Doubles * | A$520,000 | A$260,000 | A$130,000 | A$65,000 | A$36,000 | A$21,000 | A$13,500 | — | — | — | — |
| Mixed Doubles * | A$135,500 | A$67,750 | A$33,900 | A$15,500 | A$7,800 | A$3,800 | — | — | — | — | — |
1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 128 prize money.
*per team
Singles players
2016 Australian Open – Men's Singles
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals out | |||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| 4th Round out | |||
| 3rd Round out | |||
| 2nd Round out | |||
| 1st Round out | |||
| Champion | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals out | |||
| Quarterfinals out | |||
| 4th Round out | |||
| 3rd Round out | |||
| 2nd Round out | |||
| 1st Round out | |||
Champions
Seniors
Men's Singles
vs
Women's Singles
- vs
Men's Doubles
- / vs. /
Women's Doubles
- / vs. /
Mixed Doubles
- / vs. /
Juniors
Boys' Singles
- vs
Girls' Singles
- vs
Boys' Doubles
- / vs. /
Girls' Doubles
- / vs. /
Legends
Legends' Men Doubles
- / vs. /
Legends Women's Doubles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair events
Wheelchair Men's Singles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Women's Singles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Quad Singles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Men's Doubles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Women's Doubles
- / vs. /
Wheelchair Quad Doubles
- / vs. /
Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seeding are arranged according to ATP and WTA rankings on 11 January 2016, while ranking and points before are as of 18 January 2016.
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points defending | Points won | Points After | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Novak Djokovic
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First round vs. TBD | ||||
| 2 | 2 |  Andy Murray
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First round vs. TBD | ||||
| 3 | 3 |  Roger Federer
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First round vs. TBD | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Stan Wawrinka
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First round vs. TBD | ||||
| 5 | 5 |  Rafael Nadal
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First round vs. TBD |
Withdrawn players
| Seed | Rank | Player | Points Before | Points won | Points After | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Serena Williams
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Simona Halep
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Garbiñe Muguruza
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Maria Sharapova
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Agnieszka Radwańska
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Petra Kvitová
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Venus Williams
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Lucie Šafářová
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Angelique Kerber
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Karolína Plíšková
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Timea Bacsinszky
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Carla Suárez Navarro
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Belinda Bencic
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Roberta Vinci
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Ana Ivanovic
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Caroline Wozniacki
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Madison Keys
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Elina Svitolina
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Sara Errani
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Jelena Janković
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Victoria Azarenka
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Ekaterina Makarova
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Andrea Petkovic
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Samantha Stosur
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
 Kristina Mladenovic
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Sloane Stephens
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Irina-Camelia Begu
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Sabine Lisicki
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First round vs. TBD | ||||||
| Lesia Tsurenko
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First round vs. TBD |
Main draw wildcard entries
Men's Singles |
Women's Singles
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Men's Doubles
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Women's Doubles
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Mixed Doubles
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Main draw qualifier entries
Men's Singles |
Women's Singles
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Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
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References
- ^ "Australian Open Tickets". Ticketliquidator.com. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ^ "First Glimpse of new-look Margaret Court Arena". Tennis.com.au. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Australian Open prize money increased to almost £20m in £1.7m jump". Telepgraph.co.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Prize Money". AustralianOpen.com. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
- ^ https://www.usta.com/Pro-Tennis/Pro-Circuit/2016_australian_open_wild_card_challenge_standings/
- ^ http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2015/11/floridas-crawford-earns-australian-open-wild-card-from-usta/56829/
- ^ http://www.tennis.com.au/news/2015/11/20/patterson-awarded-australian-open-wildcard
- ^ "the_kokk1". www.instagram.com. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.