2016 Australian Open

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2016 Australian Open
Date18–31 January
Edition104th
CategoryGrand Slam
Draw128S / 64D / 32X
Prize money
A$44,000,000
Surface
Hard (Plexicushion)
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
VenueMelbourne Park
Attendance720,363
Champions
Men's Singles

Serbia Novak Djokovic
Women's Singles

Germany Angelique Kerber
Men's Doubles

United Kingdom Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno Soares
Women's Doubles

Switzerland Martina Hingis / India Sania Mirza
Mixed Doubles

Russia Elena Vesnina / Brazil Bruno Soares
Boys' Singles

Australia Oliver Anderson
Girls' Singles

Belarus Vera Lapko
Boys' Doubles

Australia Alex De Minaur / Australia Blake Ellis
Girls' Doubles

Russia Anna Kalinskaya / Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
Men's Legends Doubles

Sweden Jonas Björkman / Sweden Thomas Johansson
Women's Legends Doubles
United States Lindsay Davenport / United States Martina Navratilova
Wheelchair Men's Singles

United Kingdom Gordon Reid
Wheelchair Women's Singles

Netherlands Jiske Griffioen
Wheelchair Quad Singles

Australia Dylan Alcott
Wheelchair Men's Doubles

France Stéphane Houdet / France Nicolas Peifer
Wheelchair Women's Doubles

Japan Yui Kamiji / Netherlands Marjolein Buis
Wheelchair Quad Doubles

South Africa Lucas Sithole / United States David Wagner




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The 2016 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place at Melbourne Park between 18–31 January 2016.[1] It was the 104th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The tournament consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players competed in singles and doubles tournaments.


Novak Djokovic successfully defended the men's singles title and thus won a record-equaling sixth Australian Open title. Serena Williams was the defending champion in the women's singles but failed to defend her title, losing to Angelique Kerber in the final; by winning, Kerber became the first German player of any gender to win a Grand Slam title since Steffi Graf won her last such title at the 1999 French Open.[2]


As in previous years, this year's tournament's title sponsor was Kia. This edition set a new attendance record for the tournament of 720,363.[3]


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Contents





  • 1 Tournament


  • 2 Broadcast


  • 3 Events

    • 3.1 Spectator safety


    • 3.2 Maria Sharapova doping controversy



  • 4 Point and prize money distribution

    • 4.1 Point distribution

      • 4.1.1 Senior points


      • 4.1.2 Wheelchair points


      • 4.1.3 Junior points



    • 4.2 Prize money



  • 5 Singles players


  • 6 Day-by-day summaries


  • 7 Champions

    • 7.1 Seniors

      • 7.1.1 Men's Singles


      • 7.1.2 Women's Singles


      • 7.1.3 Men's Doubles


      • 7.1.4 Women's Doubles


      • 7.1.5 Mixed Doubles



    • 7.2 Juniors

      • 7.2.1 Boys' Singles


      • 7.2.2 Girls' Singles


      • 7.2.3 Boys' Doubles


      • 7.2.4 Girls' Doubles



    • 7.3 Legends

      • 7.3.1 Men's Legends Doubles



    • 7.4 Wheelchair events

      • 7.4.1 Wheelchair Men's Singles


      • 7.4.2 Wheelchair Women's Singles


      • 7.4.3 Wheelchair Quad Singles


      • 7.4.4 Wheelchair Men's Doubles


      • 7.4.5 Wheelchair Women's Doubles


      • 7.4.6 Wheelchair Quad Doubles




  • 8 Singles seeds

    • 8.1 Men's Singles

      • 8.1.1 Withdrawn players



    • 8.2 Women's Singles

      • 8.2.1 Withdrawn players




  • 9 Doubles seeds

    • 9.1 Men's Doubles


    • 9.2 Women's Doubles


    • 9.3 Mixed Doubles



  • 10 Main draw wildcard entries

    • 10.1 Men's Singles


    • 10.2 Women's Singles


    • 10.3 Men's Doubles


    • 10.4 Women's Doubles


    • 10.5 Mixed Doubles



  • 11 Main draw qualifier entries

    • 11.1 Men's Singles

      • 11.1.1 Lucky Loser



    • 11.2 Women's Singles



  • 12 Protected ranking


  • 13 Withdrawals


  • 14 Retirements


  • 15 References


  • 16 External links




Tournament




Rod Laver Arena where the Finals of the Australian Open take place


The 2016 Australian Open was the 104th edition of the tournament and was held at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.


The tournament was 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 consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was 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 was played on hard courts and take place over a series of 25 courts, including the three main show courts: Rod Laver Arena, Hisense Arena and Margaret Court Arena.[4]




Broadcast


In Australia, selected key matches were broadcast live by the Seven Network. The majority of matches were shown on the network's primary channel Channel Seven, however during news programming nationwide and most night matches in Perth, coverage shifted to either 7Two or 7mate. Additionally, every match was also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app.[5]


Internationally, ESPN held the rights for America and Central America, broadcasting matches on ESPN2 and ESPN3 in the United States as well as regionally on ESPN International. ESPN also sub-licenses matches to Tennis Channel.[6][7] Other broadcasters included beIN Sports in the Middle East, SuperSport in Africa, Eurosport through Europe (plus NOS Netherlands and SRG SSR in Switzerland), CCTV, iQiyi and SMG in China, Fiji One in Fiji, Sony ESPN in India, both WOWOW and NHK in Japan, Sky in New Zealand and Fox Sports Asia in selected markets in the Asia Pacific region.[6] In Canada, TSN broadcast matches across multiple channels.[8]


In the United Kingdom, the BBC dumped its coverage of the 2016 tournament just a month prior to its start, due to budget cuts, leaving Eurosport as the exclusive broadcaster.[9]



Events



Spectator safety


Spectator safety became a major issue during the tournament, with up to four separate cases reported:


  • On Day 2, play was suspended during the fourth set of Bernard Tomic's first round match against Denis Istomin for 20 minutes after an elderly spectator collapsed due to heat stress; she was subsequently treated with an EpiPen and taken away from Hisense Arena.[10]

  • On Day 4, Ana Ivanovic's second round match against Anastasija Sevastova was interrupted in the first set when another elderly spectator fell down a set of stairs, delaying play by 25 minutes.[11]

  • On Day 6, in the most serious case, Ivanovic was again involved in a match that had to be suspended, after her coach Nigel Sears suffered a heart attack during the second set of her match against Madison Keys. Sears, who is the father-in-law of Andy Murray, had to be stretchered out of the stands and play on Rod Laver Arena was suspended for an hour. Having led by a set and a break at the time, Ivanovic proceeded to lose the match in three sets. Sears was later taken to hospital where he eventually made a full recovery.[12]

  • On Day 7, Sam Groth's mother fell down a set of stairs on Hisense Arena during the second set of her son and Lleyton Hewitt's doubles match against Jack Sock and Vasek Pospisil, causing play to be suspended by 20 minutes. She was later able to walk out of the court unassisted.[13]


Maria Sharapova doping controversy


On 7 March 2016, five weeks after the conclusion of the tournament, world number seven Maria Sharapova announced at a press conference in Los Angeles that she had failed a drug test following her quarter-final defeat by Serena Williams on 26 January. Sharapova confessed to taking the substance meldonium, which was placed on the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances on 1 January; she was later suspended for two years (later reduced to fifteen months on appeal), backdated to 26 January, and was subsequently docked the $A375,000 she earned for reaching the quarter-finals.[14][15][16]



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
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 Australian Open total prize money for 2016 was increased by four million Australian dollars to tournament record A$44,000,000.



















































Event

W
F
SF
QF
Round of 16
Round of 32
Round of 64

Round of 1281
Q3
Q2
Q1

Singles
A$3,400,000
A$1,700,000
A$750,000
A$375,000
A$193,000
A$108,000
A$67,000
A$38,500
A$20,000
A$12,000
A$6,000

Doubles *
A$635,000
A$315,000
A$157,500
A$78,500
A$43,000
A$25,500
A$16,500
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Mixed Doubles *
A$157,000
A$78,500
A$39,250
A$18,000
A$9,000
A$4,500
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

1Qualifiers prize money was also the Round of 128 prize money.

*per team



Singles players


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Day-by-day summaries


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


Champions



Seniors



Men's Singles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Men's Singles


  • Serbia Novak Djokovic defeated United Kingdom Andy Murray, 6–1, 7–5, 7–6(7–3)

Djokovic and Murray had faced one another 30 times prior to the final, with Djokovic victorious on 21 occasions. Murray had lost four Australian Open finals, three times to Djokovic, while the Serb had won the title five times. After an even first game, Djokovic broke Murray twice to lead 5–0, before Murray held. Djokovic took the winning game to secure the first set 6–1 in 30 minutes. The second set went with serve until Djokovic broke Murray to lead 4–3. The Scot broke back immediately and held his serve, but Djokovic broke in the eleventh game, then went on to hold serve, taking the second set 7–5. Djokovic broke the Murray serve in the first game of the third set, but Murray broke back to restore parity in the set at 3–3. The subsequent games went with serve and sent the set to a tie-break. Djokovic led 3–0 and 6–1 before finally securing the championship victory by three sets to love, with a 7–3 tie-break victory.[17]



Women's Singles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Women's Singles


  • Germany Angelique Kerber defeated United States Serena Williams, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Going into the final, Kerber and Williams had faced each other six times with Williams holding a 5–1 advantage. Kerber broke Williams in the third game of the first set with Williams breaking back to make it 3–3. Kerber immediately broke back and held serve to win the first set 6–4. Williams took advantage of the third of three break points in the fourth game of the second set, the remainder of the set going with serve, leveling the match at one set all. Kerber broke Williams in the second game of the final set, but Williams immediately broke back and held her own serve to level the deciding set at 2–2. Another break for Kerber saw her leading 5–2 but Williams broke back once again, taking the set to 5–4 to Kerber. A cross-court exchange described as "breathtaking" saw Williams hit the ball long, securing the title for Kerber.[18]



Men's Doubles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Men's Doubles


  • United Kingdom Jamie Murray / Brazil Bruno Soares defeated Canada Daniel Nestor / Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek, 2–6, 6–4, 7–5


Women's Doubles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Women's Doubles


  • Switzerland Martina Hingis / India Sania Mirza defeated Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková / Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká, 7–6(7–1), 6–3


Mixed Doubles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Mixed Doubles


  • Russia Elena Vesnina / Brazil Bruno Soares defeated United States Coco Vandeweghe / Romania Horia Tecău, 6–4, 4–6, [10–5]


Juniors



Boys' Singles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Boys' Singles


  • Australia Oliver Anderson defeated Uzbekistan Jurabek Karimov, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1


Girls' Singles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Girls' Singles


  • Belarus Vera Lapko defeated Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková, 6–3, 6–4


Boys' Doubles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Boys' Doubles


  • Australia Alex De Minaur / Australia Blake Ellis defeated Slovakia Lukáš Klein / Czech Republic Patrik Rikl, 3–6, 7–5, [12–10]


Girls' Doubles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Girls' Doubles


  • Russia Anna Kalinskaya / Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková defeated Ukraine Dayana Yastremska / Ukraine Anastasia Zarytska, 6–1, 6–1


Legends



Men's Legends Doubles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Men's Legends Doubles


  • Sweden Jonas Björkman / Sweden Thomas Johansson defeated Sweden Thomas Enqvist / Sweden Magnus Norman, 4–3(5–4), 1–4, 4–3(5–3)


Wheelchair events



Wheelchair Men's Singles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles


  • United Kingdom Gordon Reid defeated Belgium Joachim Gérard, 7–6(9–7), 6–4


Wheelchair Women's Singles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles


  • Netherlands Jiske Griffioen defeated Netherlands Aniek van Koot, 6–3, 7–5


Wheelchair Quad Singles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles


  • Australia Dylan Alcott defeated United States David Wagner, 6–2, 6–2


Wheelchair Men's Doubles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles


  • France Stéphane Houdet / France Nicolas Peifer defeated United Kingdom Gordon Reid / Japan Shingo Kunieda, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5


Wheelchair Women's Doubles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles


  • Netherlands Marjolein Buis / Japan Yui Kamiji defeated Netherlands Jiske Griffioen / Netherlands Aniek van Koot, 6–2, 6–2


Wheelchair Quad Doubles


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles


  • South Africa Lucas Sithole / United States David Wagner defeated Australia Dylan Alcott / United Kingdom Andrew Lapthorne, 6–1, 6–3


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.



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Seed
Rank
Player
Points Before

Points defending

Points won
Points After
Status
1
1

Serbia Novak Djokovic
16,790
2,000
2,000

16,790

Champion, won against United Kingdom Andy Murray [2]
2
2

United Kingdom Andy Murray
8,945
1,200
1,200

8,945
Runner-up, lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic [1]
3
3

Switzerland Roger Federer
8,165
90
720

8,795
Semifinals lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic [1]
4
4

Switzerland Stan Wawrinka
6,865
720
180

6,325
Fourth round lost to Canada Milos Raonic [13]
5
5

Spain Rafael Nadal
5,230
360
10

4,880
First round lost to Spain Fernando Verdasco
6
6

Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych
4,560
720
360

4,200
Quarterfinals lost to Switzerland Roger Federer [3]
7
7

Japan Kei Nishikori
4,235
360
360

4,235
Quarterfinals lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic [1]
8
8

Spain David Ferrer
4,145
180
360

4,325
Quarterfinals lost to United Kingdom Andy Murray [2]
9
10

France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
2,725
0
180

2,905
Fourth round lost to Japan Kei Nishikori [7]
10
11

United States John Isner
2,495
90
180

2,585
Fourth round lost to Spain David Ferrer [8]
11
12

South Africa Kevin Anderson
2,475
180
10

2,305
First round retired vs. United States Rajeev Ram
12
13

Croatia Marin Čilić
2,405
0
90

2,495

Third round lost to Spain Roberto Bautista Agut [24]
13
14

Canada Milos Raonic
2,270
360
720

2,630
Semifinals lost to United Kingdom Andy Murray [2]
14
15

France Gilles Simon
2,145
90
180

2,235
Fourth round lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic [1]
15
16

Belgium David Goffin
1,835
45
180

1,970
Fourth round lost to Switzerland Roger Federer [3]
16
17

Australia Bernard Tomic
1,720
180
180

1,720
Fourth round lost to United Kingdom Andy Murray [2]
17
18

France Benoît Paire
1,703
27
10

1,686
First round lost to United States Noah Rubin [WC]
18
19

Spain Feliciano López
1,690
180
90

1,600
Third round lost to United States John Isner [10]
19
20

Austria Dominic Thiem
1,645
10
90

1,725
Third round lost to Belgium David Goffin [15]
20
23

Italy Fabio Fognini
1,515
10
10

1,515
First round lost to Luxembourg Gilles Müller
21
26

Serbia Viktor Troicki
1,475
90
90

1,475
Third round lost to Canada Milos Raonic [13]
22
24

Croatia Ivo Karlović
1,485
45
10

1,450
First round retired vs. Argentina Federico Delbonis
23
25

France Gaël Monfils
1,485
45
360

1,800
Quarterfinals lost to Canada Milos Raonic [13]
24
21

Spain Roberto Bautista Agut
1,640
45
180

1,775
Fourth round lost to Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [6]
25
22

United States Jack Sock
1,525
0
45

1,570
Second round lost to Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
26
27

Spain Guillermo García-López
1,430
180
90

1,340
Third round lost to Japan Kei Nishikori [7]
27
28

Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
1,420
180
90

1,330
Third round lost to Switzerland Roger Federer [3]
28
29

Italy Andreas Seppi
1,290
180
90

1,200
Third round lost to Serbia Novak Djokovic [1]
29
30

Australia Nick Kyrgios
1,260
360
90

990
Third round lost to Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych [6]
30
31

France Jérémy Chardy
1,255
45
45

1,255
Second round lost to Russia Andrey Kuznetsov
31
32

United States Steve Johnson
1,240
90
90

1,240
Third round lost to Spain David Ferrer [8]
32
33

Portugal João Sousa
1,191
90
90

1,191
Third round lost to United Kingdom Andy Murray [2]


Withdrawn players














Rank
Player
Points Before

Points defending
Points After
Withdrawal reason
9

France Richard Gasquet
2,850
90

2,760
Back injury[19]


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Seed
Rank
Player
Points Before

Points defending

Points won
Points After
Status
1
1

United States Serena Williams
9,945
2,000
1,300

9,245
Runner-up, lost to Germany Angelique Kerber [7]
2
2

Romania Simona Halep
5,965
430
10

5,545
First round lost to China Zhang Shuai [Q]
3
3

Spain Garbiñe Muguruza
5,101
240
130

4,991
Third round lost to Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
4
4

Poland Agnieszka Radwańska
4,670
240
780

5,210
Semifinals lost to United States Serena Williams [1]
5
5

Russia Maria Sharapova
4,542
1,300
430

3,672
Quarterfinals lost to United States Serena Williams [1]
6
7

Czech Republic Petra Kvitová
3,642
130
70

3,582
Second round lost to Australia Daria Gavrilova
7
6

Germany Angelique Kerber
3,710
10
2,000

5,700

Champion, won against United States Serena Williams [1]
8
10

United States Venus Williams
3,511
430
10

3,091
First round lost to United Kingdom Johanna Konta
9
12

Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
3,090
130
130

3,090

Third round lost to Russia Ekaterina Makarova [21]
10
11

Spain Carla Suárez Navarro
3,175
10
430

3,595

Quarterfinals lost to Poland Agnieszka Radwańska [4]
11
14

Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky
2,954
130
70

2,894
Second round lost to Germany Annika Beck
12
13

Switzerland Belinda Bencic
3,030
10
240

3,260
Fourth round lost vs. Russia Maria Sharapova [5]
13
15

Italy Roberta Vinci
2,825
70
130

2,885
Third round lost to Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
14
16

Belarus Victoria Azarenka
2,745
240
430

2,935
Quarterfinals lost to Germany Angelique Kerber [7]
15
17

United States Madison Keys
2,600
780
240

2,060
Fourth round lost to China Zhang Shuai [Q]
16
18

Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
2,571
70
10

2,511
First round lost to Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva
17
19

Italy Sara Errani
2,525
130
10

2,405
First round lost to Russia Margarita Gasparyan
18
21

Ukraine Elina Svitolina
2,465
130
70

2,405
Second round lost to Japan Naomi Osaka [Q]
19
22

Serbia Jelena Janković
2,445
10
70

2,505
Second round lost to Germany Laura Siegemund
20
23

Serbia Ana Ivanovic
2,341
10
130

2,461
Third round lost to United States Madison Keys [15]
21
24

Russia Ekaterina Makarova
2,300
780
240

1,760
Fourth round lost to United Kingdom Johanna Konta
22
25

Germany Andrea Petkovic
2,230
10
10

2,230
First round lost to Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova
23
20

Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
2,475
10
70

2,535

Second round lost to Ukraine Kateryna Bondarenko
24
26

United States Sloane Stephens
1,965
10
10

1,965
First round lost to China Wang Qiang [Q]
25
27

Australia Samantha Stosur
1,935
70
10

1,875
First round lost to Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková [Q]
26
28

Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
1,880
10
10

1,880
First round lost to United States Lauren Davis
27
29

Slovakia Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
1,875
70
10

1,815
First round lost to Russia Daria Kasatkina
28
30

France Kristina Mladenovic
1,725
70
130

1,785
Third round lost to Australia Daria Gavrilova
29
31

Romania Irina-Camelia Begu
1,630
240
10

1,400
First round lost to Sweden Johanna Larsson
30
32

Germany Sabine Lisicki
1,622
10
70

1,682
Second round lost to Czech Republic Denisa Allertová
31
35

Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko
1,398
10
10

1,398
First round lost to United States Varvara Lepchenko
32
34

France Caroline Garcia
1,420
130
10

1,300
First round lost to Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová


Withdrawn players




















Rank
Player
Points Before

Points defending
Points After
Withdrawal reason
8

Italy Flavia Pennetta
3,621
10

3,611

Retirement from tennis[20]
9

Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová
3,590
10

3,580
Bacterial infection[21]


Doubles seeds









Mixed Doubles





































Team
Rank1Seed

India Sania Mirza

Croatia Ivan Dodig
7
1

United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands

United States Bob Bryan
7
2

Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan

India Rohan Bopanna
16
3

Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik

United Kingdom Jamie Murray
23
4

Russia Elena Vesnina

Brazil Bruno Soares
30
5

Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká

Poland Marcin Matkowski
33
6

United States Raquel Atawo

South Africa Raven Klaasen
39
7

Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching

Belarus Max Mirnyi
41
8

  • 1 Rankings were as of 18 January 2016.


Main draw wildcard entries


Main article: 2016 Australian Open – Main Draw Wildcard Entries




















Main draw qualifier entries


The qualifying competition took place in Melbourne Park on 13 – 16 January 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 and personal reasons.


Before the tournament







Retirements









References




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External links




  • Australian Open official website



Preceded by
2015 US Open

Grand Slams
Succeeded by
2016 French Open









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