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Angelique Kerber won the 2016 Australian Open, defeating Serena Williams 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the final. The Grand Slam was played on hard courts in Melbourne, Australia, from January 18 to January 31, 2016. The match log contains 127 recorded singles results for this edition.
The Australian Open opens the Grand Slam season in Melbourne and has been played at Melbourne Park since 1988.
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Location
Melbourne,
Results
Match Log
Draw
Australian Open 2016 match log
Winner Score Loser H2H Match Data Date Round
Angelique Kerber
#6
6-4 3-6 6-4
Serena Williams
#1 DEF · 6×
H2H Match data
Jan 31, 2016*
F
Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Serena Williams
#1 DEF · 6×
6-0 6-4
Agnieszka Radwanska
#4
H2H Match data
Jan 30, 2016*
SF
Angelique Kerber
#6
7-5 6-2
Johanna Konta
#47
H2H Match data
Jan 30, 2016*
SF
Johanna Konta
#47
6-4 6-1
Shuai Zhang
#133
H2H Match data
Jan 28, 2016*
QF
Angelique Kerber
#6
6-3 7-5
Victoria Azarenka
#16 2× CH
H2H Match data
Jan 28, 2016*
QF
Agnieszka Radwanska
#4
6-1 6-3
Carla Suárez Navarro
#11
H2H Match data
Jan 28, 2016*
QF
Serena Williams
#1 DEF · 6×
6-4 6-1
Maria Sharapova
#5 CH
H2H Match data
Jan 28, 2016*
QF
Serena Williams
#1 DEF · 6×
6-2 6-1
Margarita Gasparyan
#58
H2H Match data
Jan 26, 2016*
R16
Carla Suárez Navarro
#11
0-6 6-3 6-2
Daria Saville
#39
H2H Match data
Jan 26, 2016*
R16
Maria Sharapova
#5 CH
7-5 7-5
Belinda Bencic
#13
H2H Match data
Jan 26, 2016*
R16
Angelique Kerber
#6
6-4 6-0
Annika Beck
#55
H2H Match data
Jan 26, 2016*
R16
Victoria Azarenka
#16 2× CH
6-2 6-4
Barbora Strycova
#48
H2H Match data
Jan 26, 2016*
R16
Johanna Konta
#47
4-6 6-4 8-6
Ekaterina Makarova
#24
H2H Match data
Jan 26, 2016*
R16
Agnieszka Radwanska
#4
6-7 6-1 7-5
Anna-Lena Friedsam
#82
H2H Match data
Jan 26, 2016*
R16
Shuai Zhang
#133
3-6 6-3 6-3
Madison Keys
#17
H2H Match data
Jan 26, 2016*
R16
Barbora Strycova
#48
6-3 6-2
Garbiñe Muguruza
#3
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Madison Keys
#17
4-6 6-4 6-4
Ana Ivanovic
#23
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Anna-Lena Friedsam
#82
0-6 6-4 6-4
Roberta Vinci
#15
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Johanna Konta
#47
6-2 6-2
Denisa Satralova
#66
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Angelique Kerber
#6
6-1 6-3
Madison Brengle
#49
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Shuai Zhang
#133
6-1 6-3
Varvara Lepchenko
#51
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Carla Suárez Navarro
#11
6-4 2-0
Elizaveta Kulichkova
#109
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Maria Sharapova
#5 CH
6-1 6-7 6-0
Lauren Davis
#103
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Serena Williams
#1 DEF · 6×
6-1 6-1
Daria Kasatkina
#69
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Victoria Azarenka
#16 2× CH
6-1 6-1
Naomi Osaka
#127
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Annika Beck
#55
6-0 6-4
Laura Siegemund
#97
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Agnieszka Radwanska
#4
6-4 6-0
Monica Puig
#52
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Ekaterina Makarova
#24
6-3 6-2
Karolina Pliskova
#12
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Daria Saville
#39
6-4 4-6 11-9
Kristina Mladenovic
#30
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Belinda Bencic
#13
4-6 6-2 6-4
Kateryna Volodko
#92
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Margarita Gasparyan
#58
6-3 6-4
Yulia Putintseva
#76
H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016*
R32
Angelique Kerber
#6
6-2 6-4
Alexandra Dulgheru
#61
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Garbiñe Muguruza
#3
6-4 6-2
Kirsten Flipkens
#80
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Barbora Strycova
#48
7-6 6-4
Vania King
#349
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Varvara Lepchenko
#51
7-6 6-4
Lara Arruabarrena
#86
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Victoria Azarenka
#16 2× CH
6-1 6-2
Danka Kovinic
#54
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Elizaveta Kulichkova
#109
6-4 2-6 6-4
Monica Niculescu
#40
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Ekaterina Makarova
#24
6-4 6-2
Tatjana Maria
#73
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Laura Siegemund
#97
3-6 7-6 6-4
Jelena Jankovic
#22
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Roberta Vinci
#15
6-2 6-3
Irina Falconi Hartman
#74
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Madison Keys
#17
6-7 6-3 6-3
Yaroslava Shvedova
#70
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Daria Saville
#39
6-4 6-4
Petra Kvitova
#7
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Naomi Osaka
#127
6-4 6-4
Elina Svitolina
#21
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Lauren Davis
#103
6-1 (ret.)
Magdalena Rybarikova
#75
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Kateryna Volodko
#92
6-1 7-5
Svetlana Kuznetsova
#20
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Upset: winner had a 18 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Yulia Putintseva
#76
6-3 6-1
Xinyun Han
#162
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Kristina Mladenovic
#30
6-1 7-6
Nicole Gibbs
#106
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Belinda Bencic
#13
6-3 6-3
Timea Babos
#60
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Margarita Gasparyan
#58
6-4 6-4
Kurumi Nara
#94
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Denisa Satralova
#66
6-3 2-6 6-4
Sabine Lisicki
#32
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Agnieszka Radwanska
#4
6-4 6-2
Eugenie Bouchard
#37
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Annika Beck
#55
6-2 6-3
Timea Bacsinszky
#14
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Ana Ivanovic
#23
6-3 6-3
Anastasija Sevastova
#113
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Monica Puig
#52
4-6 7-6 9-7
Kristyna Pliskova
#114
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Madison Brengle
#49
7-5 4-6 6-1
Johanna Larsson
#50
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Anna-Lena Friedsam
#82
6-3 6-4
Qiang Wang
#102
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Serena Williams
#1 DEF · 6×
6-1 6-2
Su-Wei Hsieh
#90
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Carla Suárez Navarro
#11
6-7 6-2 6-2
Maria Sakkari
#170
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Daria Kasatkina
#69
6-4 6-3
Ana Konjuh
#87
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Karolina Pliskova
#12
7-6 6-1
Julia Goerges
#45
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Shuai Zhang
#133
6-3 6-3
Alizé Cornet
#33
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Johanna Konta
#47
6-2 6-3
Saisai Zheng
#83
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Maria Sharapova
#5 CH
6-2 6-1
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
#105
H2H Match data
Jan 21, 2016*
R64
Laura Siegemund
#97
6-4 7-5
Kiki Bertens
#95
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Johanna Larsson
#50
6-3 6-2
Irina-Camelia Begu
#31
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Johanna Konta
#47
6-4 6-2
Venus Williams
#10
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Upset: winner had a 16 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Kristina Mladenovic
#30
6-3 6-4
Dominika Cibulkova
#38
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Denisa Satralova
#66
6-4 6-7 6-3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
#63
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Annika Beck
#55
6-0 6-3
Priscilla Hon
#335
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Naomi Osaka
#127
6-3 6-2
Donna Vekic
#104
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Saisai Zheng
#83
6-1 6-2
Carina Witthoeft
#62
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Anna-Lena Friedsam
#82
7-6 2-6 6-1
Lourdes Domínguez Lino
#100
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Xinyun Han
#162
6-2 2-1
Mariana Duque-Mariño
#77
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Shuai Zhang
#133
6-4 6-3
Simona Halep
#2
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Upset: winner had a 9 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Danka Kovinic
#54
6-2 6-4
Samantha Crawford
#107
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Elizaveta Kulichkova
#109
7-5 6-4
Andrea Petkovic
#25
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Elina Svitolina
#21
6-2 6-3
Victoria Duval
#654
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Ana Ivanovic
#23
6-2 6-3
Tammi Patterson
#459
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Karolina Pliskova
#12
6-4 6-4
Kimberly Birrell
#296
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Lara Arruabarrena
#86
6-7 6-3 6-3
Maryna Zanevska
#146
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Nicole Gibbs
#106
6-2 2-6 6-1
Klara Koukalova
#99
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Ana Konjuh
#87
0-6 6-4 6-3
Urszula Radwanska
#108
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Daria Kasatkina
#69
6-3 6-3
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
#29
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Madison Keys
#17
7-6 6-1
Zarina Diyas
#57
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Kateryna Volodko
#92
7-6 6-3
Ajla Tomljanovic
#67
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Varvara Lepchenko
#51
6-7 6-2 6-3
Lesia Tsurenko
#35
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Monica Niculescu
#40
6-2 6-1
Teliana Pereira
#46
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Monica Puig
#52
6-3 6-0
Magda Linette
#93
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Yaroslava Shvedova
#70
6-4 6-4
Tsvetana Pironkova
#78
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Kristyna Pliskova
#114
6-4 7-6
Samantha Stosur
#27
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Alizé Cornet
#33
6-1 6-0
Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic
#84
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Jelena Jankovic
#22
6-3 6-3
Polona Hercog
#72
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Irina Falconi Hartman
#74
6-4 3-6 8-6
Anna Tatishvili
#101
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Barbora Strycova
#48
6-2 6-4
Caroline Garcia
#34
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Sabine Lisicki
#32
6-4 6-4
Petra Cetkovska
#132
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Angelique Kerber
#6
6-7 7-6 6-3
Misaki Doi
#64
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Timea Bacsinszky
#14
6-3 7-5
Katerina Siniakova
#98
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Serena Williams
#1 DEF · 6×
6-4 7-5
Camila Giorgi
#36
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Margarita Gasparyan
#58
1-6 7-5 6-1
Sara Errani
#19
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Lauren Davis
#103
1-6 6-3 6-4
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
#28
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Upset: winner had a 17 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Petra Kvitova
#7
6-3 6-1
Luksika Kumkhum
#158
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Timea Babos
#60
6-7 7-5 7-5
Heather Watson
#79
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Garbiñe Muguruza
#3
6-0 6-4
Anett Kontaveit
#85
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Carla Suárez Navarro
#11
7-5 6-4
Viktorija Golubic
#149
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Kirsten Flipkens
#80
5-7 6-2 7-5
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
#68
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Vania King
#349
3-6 7-5 6-4
Mona Barthel
#44
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Ekaterina Makarova
#24
6-3 6-0
Maddison Inglis
#779
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Svetlana Kuznetsova
#20
6-0 6-2
Daniela Hantuchova
#89
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Madison Brengle
#49
6-3 6-4
Coco Vandeweghe
#42
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Maria Sakkari
#170
6-4 1-6 6-3
Yafan Wang
#138
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Kurumi Nara
#94
7-6 6-2
Oceane Dodin
#147
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Agnieszka Radwanska
#4
6-2 6-3
Christina Mchale
#65
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Maria Sharapova
#5 CH
6-1 6-3
Nao Hibino
#56
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Su-Wei Hsieh
#90
3-6 7-5 6-1
Jelena Ostapenko
#81
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Roberta Vinci
#15
6-4 6-2
Tamira Paszek
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Victoria Azarenka
#16 2× CH
6-0 6-0
Alison Van Uytvanck
#43
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Eugenie Bouchard
#37
6-3 6-4
Aleksandra Krunic
#119
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Anastasija Sevastova
#113
6-0 4-2
Jarmila Wolfe
#122
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Julia Goerges
#45
6-3 6-4
Andreea Mitu
#96
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Daria Saville
#39
7-6 6-4
Lucie Hradecka
#53
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Belinda Bencic
#13
6-4 6-3
Alison Riske-Amritraj
#88
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Yulia Putintseva
#76
1-6 7-6 6-4
Caroline Wozniacki
#18
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Upset: winner had a 14 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
Alexandra Dulgheru
#61
6-4 6-2
Storm Hunter
#355
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Magdalena Rybarikova
#75
3-6 6-3 7-5
Yanina Wickmayer
#41
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
#105
6-3 7-6
Evgeniya Rodina
#91
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Tatjana Maria
#73
6-4 6-3
Olga Govortsova
#71
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Qiang Wang
#102
6-3 6-3
Sloane Stephens
#26
H2H Match data
Jan 20, 2016*
R128
Upset: winner had a 12 percent pre-match Elo win probability.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Australian Open held?
Australian Open is held in Melbourne, Australia.
Who won the most recent Australian Open?
The 2026 Australian Open was won by Elena Rybakina, who defeated Aryna Sabalenka 6-4 4-6 6-4.
Who has won the most Australian Open titles?
Serena Williams has won 7 Australian Open titles, the most by any player in the Open Era (since 1968).
When was the first Australian Open played?
The first edition of Australian Open was held in 1905. The first women's singles edition was held in 1922.
What surface is Australian Open played on?
Australian Open is played on hard courts.