2016 Mutua Madrid Open
Tennis tournament
| 2016 Mutua Madrid Open | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 30 April – 8 May | |||
| Edition | 15th (ATP) 8th (WTA) | |||
| Draw | 56S / 24D 64S / 28D | |||
| Prize money | €9,542,720 | |||
| Surface | Clay | |||
| Location | Madrid, Spain | |||
| Venue | Park Manzanares | |||
| Champions | ||||
| Men's singles | ||||
 Novak Djokovic | ||||
| Women's singles | ||||
 Simona Halep | ||||
| Men's doubles | ||||
 Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău | ||||
| Women's doubles | ||||
 Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic | ||||
| ||||
The 2016 Mutua Madrid Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 30 April to 8 May 2016. It was the 15th edition of the event on the ATP World Tour and 8th on the WTA Tour. It was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2016 WTA Tour.
On 1 May, tournament organizers staged a successful Guinness World Record. 1,474 people—including spectators, players, and tournament officials—bounced tennis balls on racquets simultaneously for ten seconds. This broke the previous record of 767 people set at the 2015 China Open.[1]
Ion Țiriac the former Romanian ATP player and now billionaire businessman is the current owner of the tournament.[2]
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | 1000 | 600 | 360 | 180 | 90 | 45 | 10 | 25 | 16 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's doubles | 0 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Women's singles | 650 | 390 | 215 | 120 | 65 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 2 | |
| Women's doubles | 10 | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Men's singles | €912,900 | €447,630 | €225,300 | €114,560 | €59,490 | €31,365 | €16,935 | €3,900 | €1,990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's singles | €912,900 | €447,630 | €225,300 | €114,560 | €59,490 | €28,220 | €13,250 | €3,644 | €1,770 |
| Men's doubles | €282,720 | €138,400 | €69,430 | €35,630 | €18,420 | €9,720 | — | — | — |
| Women's doubles | €282,720 | €138,400 | €69,433 | €35,630 | €18,025 | €9,280 | — | — | — |
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRB | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 1 |
 GBR | Andy Murray | 2 | 2 |
 SUI | |||
| SUI | Stan Wawrinka | 4 | 4 |
 ESP | Rafael Nadal | 5 | 5 |
 JPN | Kei Nishikori | 6 | 6 |
| FRA | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 7 | 7 |
 CZE | Tomáš Berdych | 8 | 8 |
| ESP | David Ferrer | 9 | 9 |
| FRA | Richard Gasquet | 10 | 10 |
 CAN | Milos Raonic | 11 | 11 |
 BEL | David Goffin | 13 | 12 |
| FRA | Gaël Monfils | 14 | 13 |
 AUT | Dominic Thiem | 15 | 14 |
| ESP | Roberto Bautista Agut | 17 | 15 |
| FRA | Gilles Simon | 18 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Roberto Carballés Baena
Santiago Giraldo
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Denis Istomin
Denis Kudla- Lucas Pouille
Radek Štěpánek
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Marin Čilić → replaced by 
Vasek Pospisil
Tommy Haas → replaced by Borna Ćorić- John Isner → replaced by
Teymuraz Gabashvili 
Martin Kližan → replaced by Albert Ramos Viñolas
Andreas Seppi → replaced by Andrey Kuznetsov
Roger Federer (late withdrawal) → replaced by Marcel Granollers
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | FRA | Nicolas Mahut | 7 | 1 |
| GBR | Jamie Murray |  BRA | Bruno Soares | 10 | 2 |
| NED | Jean-Julien Rojer | ROU | Horia Tecău | 11 | 3 |
 CRO | Ivan Dodig | BRA | Marcelo Melo | 12 | 4 |
 USA | Bob Bryan | USA | Mike Bryan | 15 | 5 |
 IND | Rohan Bopanna | ROU | Florin Mergea | 24 | 6 |
| AUT | Alexander Peya | SRB | Nenad Zimonjić | 38 | 7 |
| CAN | Vasek Pospisil | USA | Jack Sock | 42 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|
 POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 2 | 1 |
 GER | Angelique Kerber | 3 | 2 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 4 | 3 |
 BLR | Victoria Azarenka | 5 | 4 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 6 | 5 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 7 | 6 |
 ITA | Roberta Vinci | 8 | 7 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 11 | 8 |
 RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 13 | 9 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 15 | 10 |
| CZE | Lucie Šafářová | 16 | 11 |
 UKR | Elina Svitolina | 17 | 12 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 18 | 13 |
| SRB | Ana Ivanovic | 19 | 14 |
| ITA | Sara Errani | 20 | 15 |
| USA | Sloane Stephens | 21 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
- Karin Knapp
Laura Robson
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Louisa Chirico
- Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Monica Puig- Alison Riske
- Laura Siegemund
- Kateřina Siniaková
Patricia Maria Țig- Elena Vesnina
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Belinda Bencic (lower back injury) → replaced by Heather Watson
- Flavia Pennetta (retirement from tennis) → replaced by
Danka Kovinić - Maria Sharapova (provisional suspension) → replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Serena Williams (flu) → replaced by Laura Robson
- Venus Williams (hamstring injury) → replaced by Christina McHale
Caroline Wozniacki (right ankle injury) → replaced by Dominika Cibulková
- During the tournament
Victoria Azarenka (back injury)- Camila Giorgi (mid-back injury)
- Lucie Šafářová (gastrointestinal illness)
Retirements
- Paula Badosa Gibert (cramping)
- Johanna Konta (upper respiratory illness)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUI | Martina Hingis | IND | Sania Mirza | 2 | 1 |
| USA | CZE | ||||
 HUN | Tímea Babos |  KAZ | Yaroslava Shvedova | 15 | 3 |
 TPE | Chan Hao-ching | TPE | Chan Yung-jan | 15 | 4 |
| FRA | Caroline Garcia | FRA | Kristina Mladenovic | 22 | 5 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | CZE | Lucie Hradecká | 22 | 6 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 33 | 7 |
| RUS | Ekaterina Makarova | RUS | Elena Vesnina | 39 | 8 |
- Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Paula Badosa Gibert / María José Martínez Sánchez
- Svetlana Kuznetsova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Květa Peschke / Barbora Strýcová
- Sílvia Soler Espinosa / Sara Sorribes Tormo
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
- Lucie Šafářová (gastrointestinal illness)
- During the tournament
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (left adductor injury)
- Carla Suárez Navarro (upper respiratory illness)
Retirements
- Laura Siegemund (dizziness)
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic def. Andy Murray, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Women's singles
- Simona Halep def. Dominika Cibulková, 6–2, 6–4
Men's doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău def. 
Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Women's doubles
- Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic def. Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza, 6–4, 6–4
References
- ^ "World Record Broken in Madrid". ATP World Tour. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Madrid Masters goes bling". tennisworldusa. 8 April 2011.
External links
- Official website
