2016 US Open – Women's singles

Women's singles
Women's singles
2016 US Open
Final
Champion	Angelique Kerber
Runner-up	Karolína Plíšková
Score	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
Events

Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 US Open. It was her second major singles title.^[1] Kerber became the first player since Martina Hingis in 1997 to win both hard court majors in the same calendar year, having also won the Australian Open. She also attained the world No. 1 ranking for the first time after Serena Williams failed to reach the final. In addition to Kerber and Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza and Agnieszka Radwańska were in contention for the top ranking.^[2]^[3] The final was a rematch of the Cincinnati final three weeks prior, won by Plíšková.

Flavia Pennetta was the reigning champion, but retired from the sport at the end of 2015.

Plíšková became the first Czech woman to reach the final since Helena Suková in 1993, and only the fourth player to beat both of the Williams sisters in the same major (defeating Venus Williams in the fourth round and Serena Williams in the semifinals).^[4]

Serena Williams was attempting to set new Open Era records by winning a 23rd major singles title and a seventh US Open singles title, but she lost in the semifinals to Plíšková.^[5]

This marked the last professional appearance for former world No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, who lost to Denisa Allertová in the first round. She announced her retirement prior to the 2017 season due to ongoing injuries.^[6]

Ana Konjuh became the first Croatian woman to reach the US Open singles quarterfinal.^[7]

This was Venus Williams' 72nd main draw major appearance, surpassing the all-time record previously held by Amy Frazier.

Seeds edit

01.

Serena Williams (semifinals)

02. Angelique Kerber (champion)

03.

Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)

04.

Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round)

05.

Simona Halep (quarterfinals)

06.

Venus Williams (fourth round)

07.

Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)

08.

Madison Keys (fourth round)

09.

Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round)

10.

Karolína Plíšková (final)

11.

Carla Suárez Navarro (fourth round)

12.

Dominika Cibulková (third round)

13.

Johanna Konta (fourth round)

14.

Petra Kvitová (fourth round)

15.

Timea Bacsinszky (second round)

16.

Samantha Stosur (second round)

17.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)

18.

Barbora Strýcová (first round)

19.

Elena Vesnina (third round)

20.

Kiki Bertens (first round)

21.

Irina-Camelia Begu (first round)

22.

Elina Svitolina (third round)

23.

Daria Kasatkina (first round)

24.

Belinda Bencic (third round)

25.

Caroline Garcia (third round)

26.

Laura Siegemund (third round)

27.

Sara Errani (first round)

28.

CoCo Vandeweghe (first round)

29.

Ana Ivanovic (first round)

30.

Misaki Doi (first round)

31.

Tímea Babos (third round)

32.

Monica Puig (first round)

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

Qualifying edit

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Final

1	Serena Williams	6	4	6

5	Simona Halep	2	6	3
					1	Serena Williams	2	6⁵

					10	Karolína Plíšková	6	7⁷
	Ana Konjuh	2	2

10	Karolína Plíšková	6	6
									10	Karolína Plíšková	3	6	4

									2	Angelique Kerber	6	4	6
	Caroline Wozniacki	6	6

	Anastasija Sevastova	0	2
						Caroline Wozniacki	4	3

					2	Angelique Kerber	6	6
7	Roberta Vinci	5	0

2	Angelique Kerber	7	6

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round					Second round				Third round				Fourth round

1	S Williams	6	6
	E Makarova	3	3		1	S Williams	6	6
Q	A Lottner	6²	3		WC	V King	3	3
WC	V King	7⁷	6						1	S Williams	6	6
	K Knapp	4	2							J Larsson	2	1
	J Larsson	6	6			J Larsson	6	6
	D Allertová	7⁷	6			D Allertová	3	1
29	A Ivanovic	6⁴	1										1	S Williams	6	6
23	D Kasatkina	4	6	2										Y Shvedova	2	3
	Q Wang	6	2	6		Q Wang	0	1
	L Arruabarrena	2	3			Y Shvedova	6	6
	Y Shvedova	6	6							Y Shvedova	6	7
	S Zhang	6	6							S Zhang	2	5
WC	E Perez	1	1			S Zhang	6	6
	C Giorgi	5	7⁷	1	16	S Stosur	3	3
16	S Stosur	7	6⁴	6

Section 2 edit

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

11	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
	T Pereira	0	0		11	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
	M Duque Mariño	4	1			J Janković	1	4
	J Janković	6	6						11	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
	A Beck	7⁸	6						19	E Vesnina	4	3
Q	N Podoroska	6⁶	3			A Beck	2	1
	A Kontaveit	6⁴	6	3	19	E Vesnina	6	6
19	E Vesnina	7⁷	4	6										11	C Suárez Navarro	2	5
31	T Babos	5	6	7										5	S Halep	6	7
Q	B Haas	7	3	5	31	T Babos	6	6
	H Watson	2	5		Q	R Hogenkamp	2	4
Q	R Hogenkamp	6	7						31	T Babos	1	6	4
	L Šafářová	6	6						5	S Halep	6	2	6
	D Gavrilova	4	4			L Šafářová	3	4
	K Flipkens	0	2		5	S Halep	6	6
5	S Halep	6	6

Section 3 edit

First round					Second round					Third round					Fourth round

4	A Radwańska	6	6
Q	J Pegula	1	1		4	A Radwańska	7¹¹	6
	N Broady	6⁴	6	6		N Broady	6⁹	3
Q	L Robson	7⁷	3	4						4	A Radwańska	6	6
	K Siniaková	6	3	6						25	C Garcia	2	3
	E Bouchard	3	6	2		K Siniaková	6	4	4
	P Parmentier	6	3	4	25	C Garcia	4	6	6
25	C Garcia	4	6	6											4	A Radwańska	4	4
20	K Bertens	3	6	4												A Konjuh	6	6
	A Konjuh	6	2	6		A Konjuh	6	6
	K Nara	6	7			K Nara	3	3
	S Vögele	0	5								A Konjuh	6	3	6
PR	S Peng	6	6⁹	3							V Lepchenko	3	6	2
	V Lepchenko	4	7¹¹	6		V Lepchenko	6	4	6
PR	V Diatchenko	1	1		15	T Bacsinszky	4	6	4
15	T Bacsinszky	6	6

Section 4 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

10	Ka Plíšková	6	6
WC	S Kenin	4	3		10	Ka Plíšková	6	7
Q	M González	7	6		Q	M González	1	5
	D Kovinić	5	2							10	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	N Hibino	4	5							17	A Pavlyuchenkova	2	4
	K Mladenovic	6	7			K Mladenovic	2	6	6⁵
	L Chirico	1	4		17	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	4	7⁷
17	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6											10	Ka Plíšková	4	6	7⁷
26	L Siegemund	3	6	6										6	V Williams	6	4	6³
	PM Țig	6	3	2	26	L Siegemund	6	7
	N Gibbs	6	6			N Gibbs	3	5
Q	A Krunić	1	0							26	L Siegemund	1	2
	J Görges	6	6							6	V Williams	6	6
	Y Wickmayer	3	2			J Görges	2	3
	K Kozlova	2	7	4	6	V Williams	6	6
6	V Williams	6	5	6

Bottom half edit

Section 5 edit

First round					Second round				Third round					Fourth round

8	M Keys	4	7⁷	6
	A Riske	6	6⁵	2	8	M Keys	6	6
	M Brengle	2	2^r		WC	K Day	1	1
WC	K Day	6	4						8	M Keys	7	4	7⁷
	M Sakkari	4	6	3						N Osaka	5	6	6³
Q	Y Duan	6	4	6	Q	Y Duan	4	6³
	N Osaka	6⁴	6	6		N Osaka	6	7⁷
28	C Vandeweghe	7⁷	3	4										8	M Keys	3	4
18	B Strýcová	3	7⁷	1											C Wozniacki	6	6
	M Niculescu	6	6³	6		M Niculescu	6	6
	S Cîrstea	6	5	2	Q	A Bogdan	0	1
Q	A Bogdan	0	7	6						M Niculescu	3	1
Q	T Townsend	6	3	4						C Wozniacki	6	6
	C Wozniacki	4	6	6		C Wozniacki	6	6
	F Schiavone	1	2		9	S Kuznetsova	4	4
9	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Section 6 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

13	J Konta	6	6
WC	B Mattek-Sands	3	3		13	J Konta	6	5	6
	T Pironkova	6	6			T Pironkova	2	7	2
WC	V Razzano	1	2							13	J Konta	6	6
	A Petkovic	7⁷	6							24	B Bencic	2	1
Q	K Kučová	6³	3			A Petkovic	3	2
	S Crawford	7⁸	3	4	24	B Bencic	6	6
24	B Bencic	6⁶	6	6										13	J Konta	4	5
32	M Puig	4	2												A Sevastova	6	7
	S Zheng	6	6			S Zheng	7	6⁵	5
	S-w Hsieh	0	5			K Bondarenko	5	7⁷	7
	K Bondarenko	6	7								K Bondarenko	4	1
	A Sevastova	6	6								A Sevastova	6	6
	AK Schmiedlová	3	3			A Sevastova	7	6
Q	E Mertens	6	0	3	3	G Muguruza	5	4
3	G Muguruza	2	6	6

Section 7 edit

First round				Second round					Third round					Fourth round

7	R Vinci	6	6
	A-L Friedsam	2	4	7	R Vinci	6	6
	C McHale	6	6		C McHale	1	3
	M Barthel	2	2						7	R Vinci	6	5	6
	Y Putintseva	6	6							C Witthöft	0	7	3
	S Lisicki	1	2		Y Putintseva	1	7⁷	1
	C Witthöft	6	6		C Witthöft	6	6¹	6
30	M Doi	4	1											7	R Vinci	7⁷	6
21	I-C Begu	0	4												L Tsurenko	6⁵	2
	L Tsurenko	6	6		L Tsurenko	7	6
Q	Y Wang	6	7⁷	Q	Y Wang	5	3
LL	A Van Uytvanck	3	6⁴							L Tsurenko	3	6	6
WC	D Collins	1	2						12	D Cibulková	6	3	4
	E Rodina	6	6		E Rodina	7⁷	2	2
	M Linette	2	3	12	D Cibulková	6⁵	6	6
12	D Cibulková	6	6

Section 8 edit

First round					Second round					Third round				Fourth round

14	P Kvitová	7	6
	J Ostapenko	5	3		14	P Kvitová	7⁷	6
	I Falconi	2	1			Ç Büyükakçay	6²	3
	Ç Büyükakçay	6	6							14	P Kvitová	6	6
	A Sasnovich	2	6	5						22	E Svitolina	3	4
WC	L Davis	6	4	7	WC	L Davis	1	6	3
Q	M Minella	7⁷	0	2	22	E Svitolina	6	4	6
22	E Svitolina	6⁵	6	6										14	P Kvitová	3	5
27	S Errani	4	6³											2	A Kerber	6	7
	S Rogers	6	7⁷			S Rogers	6	2	2
Q	C Bellis	6	6		Q	C Bellis	2	6	6
	V Golubic	2	3							Q	C Bellis	1	1
	A Cornet	4	1							2	A Kerber	6	6
	M Lučić-Baroni	6	6			M Lučić-Baroni	2	6⁷
	P Hercog	0	0^r		2	A Kerber	6	7⁹
2	A Kerber	6	1

Championship match statistics edit

Category	Kerber	Plíšková
1st serve %	62/98 (63%)	53/89 (60%)
1st serve points won	43 of 62 = 69%	40 of 53 = 75%
2nd serve points won	19 of 36 = 53%	14 of 36 = 39%
Total service points won	62 of 98 = 63.27%	54 of 89 = 60.67%
Aces	1	5
Double faults	2	4
Winners	21	40
Unforced errors	17	47
Net points won	2 of 5 = 40%	26 of 33 = 79%
Break points converted	4 of 5 = 80%	2 of 7 = 29%
Return points won	35 of 89 = 39%	36 of 98 = 37%
Total points won	97	90
Source

Seeded players edit

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings on August 22, 2016. Rank and points before are as of August 29, 2016.

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

Withdrawn players edit

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^[8]
25	Sloane Stephens	1,612	10	1,602	Right foot injury^[9]

Other entry information edit

Wild cards edit

Protected ranking edit

Vitalia Diatchenko (91)
Peng Shuai (27)

Qualifiers edit

Lucky loser edit

Alison Van Uytvanck

Withdrawals edit

Before the tournament

† Victoria Azarenka (6) → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig (102)
† Maria Sharapova (97) → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich (103)
& Margarita Gasparyan (60) → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina (104)
& Galina Voskoboeva (64 PR) → replaced by Stefanie Vögele (105)^[d]
& Sloane Stephens (23) → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck (LL)

† – Not included on entry list
& – Withdrew from entry list

Retirements

Notes edit

^ Winner of the women's singles tournament in the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
^ Winner of the USTA Girls' under-18 national tournament
^ Winner of the Women's USTA Wild Card Challenge held in Stockton, California, Sacramento, California and Lexington, Kentucky
^ Last direct acceptance

References edit

^ "Angelique Kerber Solidifies Her No. 1 Status by Winning the U.S. Open". The New York Times. September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
^ "Can Kerber Overtake Serena At US Open?". WTA. August 22, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
^ "Angelique Kerber defeats Karolina Pliskova for US Open title – as it happened". Guardian. September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
^ "Serena Williams ousted in semifinals by Karolina Pliskova". ABC News. September 8, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
^ "US Open 2016: Serena Williams suffers shock loss to Karolina Pliskova". BBC Sport. September 9, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
^ "Ana Ivanovic announces retirement from tennis at age of 29". The Guardian. Reuters. December 28, 2016. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
^ Eichenholz, Andrew (September 5, 2016). "Konjuh advances to her first major quarterfinal". usopen.org. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
^ "Victoria Azarenka announces pregnancy". Women's Tennis Association. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
^ "The Latest: Stephens withdraws from US Open with foot injury". foxsports.com. August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.

External links edit

Preceded by 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles	Grand Slam women's singles	Succeeded by 2017 Australian Open – Women's singles

[NCAA2-10] Winner of the women's singles tournament in the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships

[USTAu18-11] Winner of the USTA Girls' under-18 national tournament

[USTAWC2-12] Winner of the Women's USTA Wild Card Challenge held in Stockton, California, Sacramento, California and Lexington, Kentucky

[13] Last direct acceptance

[1] "Angelique Kerber Solidifies Her No. 1 Status by Winning the U.S. Open". The New York Times. September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.

[2] "Can Kerber Overtake Serena At US Open?". WTA. August 22, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2017.

[3] "Angelique Kerber defeats Karolina Pliskova for US Open title – as it happened". Guardian. September 10, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2016.

[4] "Serena Williams ousted in semifinals by Karolina Pliskova". ABC News. September 8, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.

[5] "US Open 2016: Serena Williams suffers shock loss to Karolina Pliskova". BBC Sport. September 9, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.

[6] "Ana Ivanovic announces retirement from tennis at age of 29". The Guardian. Reuters. December 28, 2016. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 13, 2017.

[7] Eichenholz, Andrew (September 5, 2016). "Konjuh advances to her first major quarterfinal". usopen.org. Retrieved January 24, 2023.

[Withdraw1-8] "Victoria Azarenka announces pregnancy". Women's Tennis Association. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.

[9] "The Latest: Stephens withdraws from US Open with foot injury". foxsports.com. August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.

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