2016 Mutua Madrid Open

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.

2016 Mutua Madrid Open
Date30 April – 8 May
Edition15th (ATP)
8th (WTA)
Draw56S / 24D
64S / 28D
Prize money€9,542,720
SurfaceClay
LocationMadrid, Spain
VenuePark 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

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 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's singles 650 390 215 120 65 10 30 20 2
Women's doubles 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A

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 N/A N/A N/A
Women's doubles €282,720 €138,400 €69,433 €35,630 €18,025 €9,280 N/A N/A N/A

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 SRB Novak Djokovic 1 1
 GBR Andy Murray 2 2
  SUI Roger Federer 3 3
  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:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

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:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  SUI Martina Hingis  IND Sania Mirza 2 1
 USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands  CZE Lucie Šafářová 8 2
 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:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

Champions

Men's singles
Main article: 2016 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's singles

Women's singles
Main article: 2016 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's singles

Men's doubles
Main article: 2016 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's doubles

Women's doubles
Main article: 2016 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles

References
  1. "World Record Broken in Madrid". ATP World Tour. 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. "Madrid Masters goes bling". tennisworldusa. 8 April 2011.
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