WTA Indian Wells 2016 Draw, Results & Schedule

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Victoria Azarenka won the 2016 Indian Wells, defeating Serena Williams 6-4 6-4 in the final. The WTA 1000 event was played on hard courts in Indian Wells, United States, from March 9 to March 20, 2016.

Champion
Victoria Azarenka
def. Serena Williams , 6-4 6-4
Dates
Mar 9 — Mar 20
Location
Indian Wells, United States
Category
WTA 1000
Surface
Hard
Prize money
$6,134,605
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Mar 20, 2016* F Victoria Azarenka #15 6-4 6-4 Serena Williams #1 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Mar 19, 2016* SF Victoria Azarenka #15 7-6(1) 1-6 6-2 Karolina Pliskova #19 H2H Match data
Mar 19, 2016* SF Serena Williams #1 6-4 7-6(1) Agnieszka Radwanska #3 H2H Match data
QF (4)
Mar 18, 2016* QF Serena Williams #1 6-4 6-3 Simona Halep #5 H2H Match data
Mar 18, 2016* QF Victoria Azarenka #15 6-0 6-0 Magdalena Rybarikova #97 H2H Match data
Mar 18, 2016* QF Karolina Pliskova #19 6-3 6-2 Daria Kasatkina #48 H2H Match data
Mar 18, 2016* QF Agnieszka Radwanska #3 6-2 7-6(3) Petra Kvitova #9 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Mar 16, 2016* R16 Karolina Pliskova #19 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 Johanna Konta #26 H2H Match data
Mar 16, 2016* R16 Daria Kasatkina #48 6-4 6-2 Timea Bacsinszky #21 H2H Match data
Mar 16, 2016* R16 Serena Williams #1 6-2 6-2 Kateryna Volodko #70 H2H Match data
Mar 16, 2016* R16 Magdalena Rybarikova #97 6-2 2-0 (ret.) Roberta Vinci #10 H2H Match data
Mar 16, 2016* R16 Petra Kvitova #9 4-6 6-3 6-4 Nicole Gibbs #95 H2H Match data
Mar 16, 2016* R16 Simona Halep #5 6-3 1-0 (ret.) Barbora Strycova #37 H2H Match data
Mar 16, 2016* R16 Agnieszka Radwanska #3 6-3 6-3 Jelena Jankovic #20 H2H Match data
Mar 16, 2016* R16 Victoria Azarenka #15 6-1 4-6 6-1 Samantha Stosur #28 H2H Match data
R32 (16)
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Serena Williams #1 7-6(2) 6-0 Yulia Putintseva #56 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Timea Bacsinszky #21 6-2 5-7 6-2 Eugenie Bouchard #42 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Magdalena Rybarikova #97 6-4 3-6 6-3 Belinda Bencic #8 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Daria Kasatkina #48 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) Monica Puig #67 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Simona Halep #5 6-2 6-4 Ekaterina Makarova #32 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Roberta Vinci #10 6-1 6-3 Elina Svitolina #14 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Kateryna Volodko #70 3-6 6-4 7-6(7) Lesia Tsurenko #36 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Samantha Stosur #28 6-4 2-6 6-4 Christina Mchale #62 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Johanna Konta #26 6-4 6-1 Denisa Satralova #64 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Jelena Jankovic #20 6-0 6-1 Coco Vandeweghe #38 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Barbora Strycova #37 3-6 6-1 6-2 Kurumi Nara #89 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Karolina Pliskova #19 6-2 6-0 Ana Ivanovic #18 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Nicole Gibbs #95 6-0 6-4 Yaroslava Shvedova #72 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Agnieszka Radwanska #3 6-2 6-1 Monica Niculescu #34 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Victoria Azarenka #15 6-4 6-3 Shuai Zhang #69 H2H Match data
Mar 14, 2016* R32 Petra Kvitova #9 6-3 4-6 7-5 Johanna Larsson #66 H2H Match data
R64 (32)
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Denisa Satralova #64 7-5 7-5 Angelique Kerber #2 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Christina Mchale #62 7-5 6-1 Garbiñe Muguruza #4 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Simona Halep #5 6-1 6-1 Vania King #202 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Barbora Strycova #37 5-7 6-4 7-5 Andrea Petkovic #23 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Lesia Tsurenko #36 6-4 6-3 Sara Errani #16 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Karolina Pliskova #19 6-2 6-4 Shelby Rogers #107 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Roberta Vinci #10 6-3 6-7(7) 7-6(5) Margarita Gasparyan #44 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Monica Niculescu #34 6-4 2-6 6-2 Heather Watson #53 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Kateryna Volodko #70 6-2 6-7(1) 6-4 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #27 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Nicole Gibbs #95 6-3 6-3 Madison Keys #24 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Timea Bacsinszky #21 6-2 6-1 Tsvetana Pironkova #105 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Eugenie Bouchard #42 7-5 7-5 Sloane Stephens #22 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Shuai Zhang #69 4-6 7-6(8) 7-5 Caroline Wozniacki #25 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Petra Kvitova #9 6-3 4-6 7-6(5) Danka Kovinic #51 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Victoria Azarenka #15 6-3 6-2 Zarina Diyas #87 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Yaroslava Shvedova #72 6-3 6-4 Lucie Safarova #13 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Jelena Jankovic #20 6-1 6-3 Carina Witthoeft #83 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Coco Vandeweghe #38 6-4 6-3 Svetlana Kuznetsova #17 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Samantha Stosur #28 2-6 6-4 7-6(6) Yanina Wickmayer #47 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Monica Puig #67 6-1 6-2 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova #30 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Belinda Bencic #8 6-3 3-6 6-3 Lauren Davis #99 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Ana Ivanovic #18 2-6 6-2 7-6(5) Camila Giorgi #45 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Magdalena Rybarikova #97 2-6 7-5 6-4 Daria Saville #33 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Ekaterina Makarova #32 6-4 6-4 Lucie Hradecka #77 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Kurumi Nara #89 6-4 6-3 Venus Williams #12 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Johanna Konta #26 6-4 6-0 Madison Brengle #58 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Daria Kasatkina #48 7-5 6-3 Anna-Lena Friedsam #61 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Agnieszka Radwanska #3 6-3 3-6 7-5 Dominika Cibulkova #57 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Yulia Putintseva #56 6-4 6-4 Kristina Mladenovic #29 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Serena Williams #1 6-2 6-1 Laura Siegemund #79 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Elina Svitolina #14 4-6 7-6(0) 6-1 Annika Beck #43 H2H Match data
Mar 12, 2016* R64 Johanna Larsson #66 5-7 6-4 6-2 Sabine Lisicki #31 H2H Match data
R128 (32)
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Heather Watson #53 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1 Galina Voskoboeva #941 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Yaroslava Shvedova #72 6-3 6-7(3) 7-5 Kristyna Pliskova #103 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Lesia Tsurenko #36 7-5 6-4 Timea Babos #49 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Margarita Gasparyan #44 6-1 6-3 Olga Govortsova #84 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Camila Giorgi #45 6-3 6-2 Julia Goerges #63 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Denisa Satralova #64 6-0 6-1 Petra Cetkovska #133 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Christina Mchale #62 6-4 6-4 Caroline Garcia #41 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Kurumi Nara #89 6-1 6-2 Teliana Pereira #50 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Yulia Putintseva #56 6-0 6-1 Shuai Peng #768 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Annika Beck #43 6-2 6-2 Bethanie Mattek-Sands #88 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Lauren Davis #99 6-2 6-4 Nao Hibino #60 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Carina Witthoeft #83 0-6 6-4 6-4 Irina Falconi Hartman #80 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Tsvetana Pironkova #105 6-2 7-5 Donna Vekic #94 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Coco Vandeweghe #38 6-4 6-4 Kiki Bertens #110 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Madison Brengle #58 6-1 7-5 Misaki Doi #55 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Kateryna Volodko #70 6-2 6-7(2) 6-2 Alison Van Uytvanck #46 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Barbora Strycova #37 6-1 6-3 Aliaksandra Sasnovich #102 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Dominika Cibulkova #57 6-2 6-0 Katerina Siniakova #113 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Johanna Larsson #66 6-4 7-6(3) Tatjana Maria #90 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Shuai Zhang #69 7-6(5) 0-0 (ret.) Pauline Parmentier #116 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Monica Puig #67 6-1 6-2 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #71 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Shelby Rogers #107 6-1 4-6 6-3 Mariana Duque-Mariño #74 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Magdalena Rybarikova #97 7-6(3) 6-2 Laura Robson #551 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Danka Kovinic #51 6-3 6-4 Samantha Crawford #111 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Lucie Hradecka #77 7-6(4) 6-2 Alison Riske-Amritraj #91 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Nicole Gibbs #95 6-1 6-0 Alexandra Dulgheru #93 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Vania King #202 6-2 6-3 Taylor Townsend #379 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Eugenie Bouchard #42 2-6 6-4 6-2 Risa Ozaki #125 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Yanina Wickmayer #47 0-6 6-4 6-4 Polona Hercog #82 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Daria Kasatkina #48 6-2 6-4 Daniela Hantuchova #181 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Zarina Diyas #87 6-1 6-4 Jamie Loeb #259 H2H Match data
Mar 11, 2016* R128 Laura Siegemund #79 3-6 6-4 6-4 Irina-Camelia Begu #35 H2H Match data
U7 (1)
Mar 17, 2016 U7 Jaime Rojas 1-6 6-2 10-6 Jon Rosser H2H Match data
Q4 Q (12)
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Nicole Gibbs #95 6-4 5-7 7-5 Anna-Lena Friedsam #61 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Aliaksandra Sasnovich #102 6-1 6-2 Kirsten Flipkens #59 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Kateryna Volodko #70 6-4 6-0 Lourdes Domínguez Lino #108 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Donna Vekic #94 6-3 2-6 6-2 Jana Cepelova #127 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Kiki Bertens #110 6-4 6-2 Aleksandra Wozniak #628 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Risa Ozaki #125 7-6(5) 6-4 Anett Kontaveit #73 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Taylor Townsend #379 6-2 5-7 6-2 Anastasija Sevastova #92 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Pauline Parmentier #116 6-2 7-6(2) Saisai Zheng #65 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Katerina Siniakova #113 6-0 6-2 Julia Boserup #179 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Laura Siegemund #79 6-2 6-3 Naomi Osaka #106 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Kristyna Pliskova #103 6-1 6-2 Xinyun Han #122 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q4 Q Kurumi Nara #89 6-4 6-1 Veronica Cepede Royg #147 H2H Match data
Q1 Q (24)
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Kirsten Flipkens #59 7-5 6-3 Louisa Chirico #123 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Aliaksandra Sasnovich #102 7-5 6-4 Sesil Karatantcheva #128 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Lourdes Domínguez Lino #108 7-6(3) 3-6 6-2 Maria Sanchez #212 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Anna-Lena Friedsam #61 4-6 6-0 6-4 Julia Glushko #126 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Nicole Gibbs #95 7-5 7-5 Viktorija Golubic #137 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Kateryna Volodko #70 6-0 6-4 Paula Kania-Chodun #154 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Taylor Townsend #379 6-2 7-6(1) Evgeniya Rodina #104 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Risa Ozaki #125 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4 Magda Linette #109 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Anastasija Sevastova #92 6-2 6-2 Jessica Pegula #151 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Jana Cepelova #127 2-6 7-5 6-1 Anna Tatishvili #117 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Donna Vekic #94 6-3 4-6 6-1 An-Sophie Mestach #149 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Anett Kontaveit #73 6-4 6-3 Maria Sakkari #132 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Veronica Cepede Royg #147 6-1 6-4 Klara Koukalova #115 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Katerina Siniakova #113 6-3 6-1 Raveena Kingsley H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Naomi Osaka #106 5-7 6-4 6-4 Tamira Paszek H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Laura Siegemund #79 6-2 6-2 Jarmila Wolfe #193 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Kurumi Nara #89 6-2 6-1 Patricia Maria Tig #130 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Julia Boserup #179 6-4 6-3 Elena Vesnina #86 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Saisai Zheng #65 7-5 6-2 Sofia Kenin #349 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Kiki Bertens #110 3-6 6-3 6-0 Yingying Duan #121 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Kristyna Pliskova #103 6-0 4-6 6-3 Sachia Vickery #159 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Aleksandra Wozniak #628 6-1 6-3 Ana Konjuh #75 H2H Match data
Mar 8, 2016 Q1 Q Pauline Parmentier #116 1-6 7-6(3) 6-1 Kateryna Baindl #131 H2H Match data
Mar 7, 2016 Q1 Q Xinyun Han #122 7-5 6-1 Su-Wei Hsieh #81 H2H Match data

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