WTA Australian Open 2016 Draw, Results & Schedule

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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.

Champion
Angelique Kerber
def. Serena Williams , 6-4 3-6 6-4
Dates
Jan 18 — Jan 31
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Category
Grand Slam
Surface
Hard
Prize money
$14,835,728
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DateRoundWinnerScoreLoserH2HMatch
F (1)
Jan 31, 2016* F Angelique Kerber #6 6-4 3-6 6-4 Serena Williams #1 H2H Match data
SF (2)
Jan 30, 2016* SF Serena Williams #1 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
QF (4)
Jan 28, 2016* QF 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 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 6-4 6-1 Maria Sharapova #5 H2H Match data
R16 (8)
Jan 26, 2016* R16 Serena Williams #1 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 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 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
R32 (16)
Jan 24, 2016* R32 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 (ret.) Elizaveta Kulichkova #109 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016* R32 Maria Sharapova #5 6-1 6-7 6-0 Lauren Davis #103 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016* R32 Serena Williams #1 6-1 6-1 Daria Kasatkina #69 H2H Match data
Jan 24, 2016* R32 Victoria Azarenka #16 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
R64 (32)
Jan 21, 2016* R64 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 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 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 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 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 6-2 6-1 Aliaksandra Sasnovich #105 H2H Match data
R128 (64)
Jan 20, 2016* R128 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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