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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Round of 128
Angelique Kerber #6 6-7 7-6 6-3
Misaki Doi #64
Alexandra Dulgheru #61 6-4 6-2
Storm Hunter #355
Madison Brengle #49 6-3 6-4
Coco Vandeweghe #42
Johanna Larsson #50 6-3 6-2
Irina-Camelia Begu #31
Annika Beck #55 6-0 6-3
Priscilla Hon #335
Timea Bacsinszky #14 6-3 7-5
Katerina Siniakova #98
Laura Siegemund #97 6-4 7-5
Kiki Bertens #95
Jelena Jankovic #22 6-3 6-3
Polona Hercog #72
Victoria Azarenka #16 6-0 6-0
Alison Van Uytvanck #43
Danka Kovinic #54 6-2 6-4
Samantha Crawford #107
Naomi Osaka #127 6-3 6-2
Donna Vekic #104
Elina Svitolina #21 6-2 6-3
Victoria Duval #654
Barbora Strycova #48 6-2 6-4
Caroline Garcia #34
Vania King #349 3-6 7-5 6-4
Mona Barthel #44
Garbiñe Muguruza #3 6-0 6-4
Anett Kontaveit #85
Kirsten Flipkens #80 5-7 6-2 7-5
Mirjana Lucic-Baroni #68
Johanna Konta #47 6-4 6-2
Venus Williams #10
Saisai Zheng #83 6-1 6-2
Carina Witthoeft #62
Denisa Satralova #66 6-4 6-7 6-3
Bethanie Mattek-Sands #63
Sabine Lisicki #32 6-4 6-4
Petra Cetkovska #132
Ekaterina Makarova #24 6-3 6-0
Maddison Inglis #779
Tatjana Maria #73 6-4 6-3
Olga Govortsova #71
Karolina Pliskova #12 6-4 6-4
Kimberly Birrell #296
Julia Goerges #45 6-3 6-4
Andreea Mitu #96
Shuai Zhang #133 6-4 6-3
Simona Halep #2
Alizé Cornet #33 6-1 6-0
Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic #84
Varvara Lepchenko #51 6-7 6-2 6-3
Lesia Tsurenko #35
Lara Arruabarrena #86 6-7 6-3 6-3
Maryna Zanevska #146
Madison Keys #17 7-6 6-1
Zarina Diyas #57
Yaroslava Shvedova #70 6-4 6-4
Tsvetana Pironkova #78
Ana Ivanovic #23 6-2 6-3
Tammi Patterson #459
Anastasija Sevastova #113 6-0 4-2
Jarmila Wolfe #122
Serena Williams #1 6-4 7-5
Camila Giorgi #36
Su-Wei Hsieh #90 3-6 7-5 6-1
Jelena Ostapenko #81
Daria Kasatkina #69 6-3 6-3
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova #29
Ana Konjuh #87 0-6 6-4 6-3
Urszula Radwanska #108
Margarita Gasparyan #58 1-6 7-5 6-1
Sara Errani #19
Kurumi Nara #94 7-6 6-2
Oceane Dodin #147
Yulia Putintseva #76 1-6 7-6 6-4
Caroline Wozniacki #18
Xinyun Han #162 6-2 2-1
Mariana Duque-Mariño #77
Maria Sharapova #5 6-1 6-3
Nao Hibino #56
Aliaksandra Sasnovich #105 6-3 7-6
Evgeniya Rodina #91
Lauren Davis #103 1-6 6-3 6-4
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #28
Magdalena Rybarikova #75 3-6 6-3 7-5
Yanina Wickmayer #41
Belinda Bencic #13 6-4 6-3
Alison Riske-Amritraj #88
Timea Babos #60 6-7 7-5 7-5
Heather Watson #79
Kateryna Volodko #92 7-6 6-3
Ajla Tomljanovic #67
Svetlana Kuznetsova #20 6-0 6-2
Daniela Hantuchova #89
Agnieszka Radwanska #4 6-2 6-3
Christina Mchale #65
Eugenie Bouchard #37 6-3 6-4
Aleksandra Krunic #119
Monica Puig #52 6-3 6-0
Magda Linette #93
Kristyna Pliskova #114 6-4 7-6
Samantha Stosur #27
Anna-Lena Friedsam #82 7-6 2-6 6-1
Lourdes Domínguez Lino #100
Qiang Wang #102 6-3 6-3
Sloane Stephens #26
Roberta Vinci #15 6-4 6-2
Tamira Paszek
Irina Falconi Hartman #74 6-4 3-6 8-6
Anna Tatishvili #101
Carla Suárez Navarro #11 7-5 6-4
Viktorija Golubic #149
Maria Sakkari #170 6-4 1-6 6-3
Yafan Wang #138
Elizaveta Kulichkova #109 7-5 6-4
Andrea Petkovic #25
Monica Niculescu #40 6-2 6-1
Teliana Pereira #46
Daria Saville #39 7-6 6-4
Lucie Hradecka #53
Petra Kvitova #7 6-3 6-1
Luksika Kumkhum #158
Kristina Mladenovic #30 6-3 6-4
Dominika Cibulkova #38
Nicole Gibbs #106 6-2 2-6 6-1
Klara Koukalova #99
Round of 64
Angelique Kerber #6 6-2 6-4
Alexandra Dulgheru #61
Madison Brengle #49 7-5 4-6 6-1
Johanna Larsson #50
Annika Beck #55 6-2 6-3
Timea Bacsinszky #14
Laura Siegemund #97 3-6 7-6 6-4
Jelena Jankovic #22
Victoria Azarenka #16 6-1 6-2
Danka Kovinic #54
Naomi Osaka #127 6-4 6-4
Elina Svitolina #21
Barbora Strycova #48 7-6 6-4
Vania King #349
Garbiñe Muguruza #3 6-4 6-2
Kirsten Flipkens #80
Johanna Konta #47 6-2 6-3
Saisai Zheng #83
Denisa Satralova #66 6-3 2-6 6-4
Sabine Lisicki #32
Ekaterina Makarova #24 6-4 6-2
Tatjana Maria #73
Karolina Pliskova #12 7-6 6-1
Julia Goerges #45
Shuai Zhang #133 6-3 6-3
Alizé Cornet #33
Varvara Lepchenko #51 7-6 6-4
Lara Arruabarrena #86
Madison Keys #17 6-7 6-3 6-3
Yaroslava Shvedova #70
Ana Ivanovic #23 6-3 6-3
Anastasija Sevastova #113
Serena Williams #1 6-1 6-2
Su-Wei Hsieh #90
Daria Kasatkina #69 6-4 6-3
Ana Konjuh #87
Margarita Gasparyan #58 6-4 6-4
Kurumi Nara #94
Yulia Putintseva #76 6-3 6-1
Xinyun Han #162
Maria Sharapova #5 6-2 6-1
Aliaksandra Sasnovich #105
Lauren Davis #103 6-1 (ret.)
Magdalena Rybarikova #75
Belinda Bencic #13 6-3 6-3
Timea Babos #60
Kateryna Volodko #92 6-1 7-5
Svetlana Kuznetsova #20
Agnieszka Radwanska #4 6-4 6-2
Eugenie Bouchard #37
Monica Puig #52 4-6 7-6 9-7
Kristyna Pliskova #114
Anna-Lena Friedsam #82 6-3 6-4
Qiang Wang #102
Roberta Vinci #15 6-2 6-3
Irina Falconi Hartman #74
Carla Suárez Navarro #11 6-7 6-2 6-2
Maria Sakkari #170
Elizaveta Kulichkova #109 6-4 2-6 6-4
Monica Niculescu #40
Daria Saville #39 6-4 6-4
Petra Kvitova #7
Kristina Mladenovic #30 6-1 7-6
Nicole Gibbs #106
Round of 32
Angelique Kerber #6 6-1 6-3
Madison Brengle #49
Annika Beck #55 6-0 6-4
Laura Siegemund #97
Victoria Azarenka #16 6-1 6-1
Naomi Osaka #127
Barbora Strycova #48 6-3 6-2
Garbiñe Muguruza #3
Johanna Konta #47 6-2 6-2
Denisa Satralova #66
Ekaterina Makarova #24 6-3 6-2
Karolina Pliskova #12
Shuai Zhang #133 6-1 6-3
Varvara Lepchenko #51
Madison Keys #17 4-6 6-4 6-4
Ana Ivanovic #23
Serena Williams #1 6-1 6-1
Daria Kasatkina #69
Margarita Gasparyan #58 6-3 6-4
Yulia Putintseva #76
Maria Sharapova #5 6-1 6-7 6-0
Lauren Davis #103
Belinda Bencic #13 4-6 6-2 6-4
Kateryna Volodko #92
Agnieszka Radwanska #4 6-4 6-0
Monica Puig #52
Anna-Lena Friedsam #82 0-6 6-4 6-4
Roberta Vinci #15
Carla Suárez Navarro #11 6-4 2-0 (ret.)
Elizaveta Kulichkova #109
Daria Saville #39 6-4 4-6 11-9
Kristina Mladenovic #30
Round of 16
Angelique Kerber #6 6-4 6-0
Annika Beck #55
Victoria Azarenka #16 6-2 6-4
Barbora Strycova #48
Johanna Konta #47 4-6 6-4 8-6
Ekaterina Makarova #24
Shuai Zhang #133 3-6 6-3 6-3
Madison Keys #17
Serena Williams #1 6-2 6-1
Margarita Gasparyan #58
Maria Sharapova #5 7-5 7-5
Belinda Bencic #13
Agnieszka Radwanska #4 6-7 6-1 7-5
Anna-Lena Friedsam #82
Carla Suárez Navarro #11 0-6 6-3 6-2
Daria Saville #39
Quarterfinals
Angelique Kerber #6 6-3 7-5
Victoria Azarenka #16
Johanna Konta #47 6-4 6-1
Shuai Zhang #133
Serena Williams #1 6-4 6-1
Maria Sharapova #5
Agnieszka Radwanska #4 6-1 6-3
Carla Suárez Navarro #11
Semifinals
Angelique Kerber #6 7-5 6-2
Johanna Konta #47
Serena Williams #1 6-0 6-4
Agnieszka Radwanska #4
Final
Angelique Kerber #6 6-4 3-6 6-4
Serena Williams #1

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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 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.