| 2016 International Premier Tennis League | |
| League: | International Premier Tennis League |
| Sport: | Team tennis |
| Duration: | 2–11 December 2016 |
| No Of Teams: | 4 |
| League Champs: | Singapore Slammers |
| Second Place: | Indian Aces |
| Seasonslistnames: | IPTL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 International Premier Tennis League season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 International Premier Tennis League season |
The 2016 International Premier Tennis League season (2016 IPTL season, officially the 2016 Coca-Cola International Premier Tennis League) was the third and final season of the professional team tennis league contested by four teams in Asia.
Four teams competed in the 2016 IPTL season.[1]
Although the IPTL had announced that the top stars Roger Federer and Serena Williams would take part in this year, both players withdrew due to financial causes shortly after the league had started.[2]
The Philippine Mavericks did not compete in this season, reportedly due to IPTL's failure to fulfill its obligations to the franchise in the 2015 season.[3] [4]
| width=120 | Category ! | width=200 |  Indian Aces ! | width=200 |  Japan Warriors ! | width=200 |  Singapore Slammers ! | width=200 | UAE Royals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | |||||||||
| Player A |  Tomáš Berdych | ||||||||
| Player B | Pablo Cuevas | ||||||||
| Doubles |  Daniel Nestor | ||||||||
| Legends A | Goran Ivanišević | ||||||||
| Legends B |  Thomas Johansson | ||||||||
| Player C | Prajnesh Gunneswaran | ||||||||
| Women | |||||||||
| Player A |  Ana Ivanovic | ||||||||
| Player B | Martina Hingis |
The 2016 IPTL will be played in three cities.[5]
| Round | width=130 | Location ! | width=110 | Date ! | width=160 | Team 1 | width=60 | Score | width=160 | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saitama Saitama Super Arena | 2 December | UAE Royals | 29–19 | Singapore Slammers | |||||
| Japan Warriors | 17–30 | Indian Aces | ||||||||
| 2 | 3 December | Singapore Slammers | 25–26 | Indian Aces | ||||||
| Japan Warriors | 23–20 | UAE Royals | ||||||||
| 3 | 4 December | UAE Royals | 30-20 | Indian Aces | ||||||
| Japan Warriors | 23-27 | Singapore Slammers | ||||||||
| 4 | Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium | 6 December | Indian Aces | 26-19 | UAE Royals | |||||
| Singapore Slammers | 29-16 | Japan Warriors | ||||||||
| 5 | 7 December | Indian Aces | 20-27 | Japan Warriors | ||||||
| Singapore Slammers | 30-18 | UAE Royals | ||||||||
| 6 | 8 December | UAE Royals | 20-23 | Japan Warriors | ||||||
| Singapore Slammers | 22-23 | Indian Aces | ||||||||
| 7 | Hyderabad Gachibowli Indoor Stadium | 9 December | UAE Royals | 20-25 | Japan Warriors | |||||
| Indian Aces | 24-19 | Singapore Slammers | ||||||||
| 8 | 10 December | Singapore Slammers | 30-20 | Japan Warriors | ||||||
| Indian Aces | 20-24 | UAE Royals | ||||||||
| Final | 11 December | Singapore Slammers | 30-14 | Indian Aces |
| width=210px rowspan="3" | Team! | Round | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | ||
| Dec 2 | Dec 3 | Dec 4 | Dec 6 | Dec 7 | Dec 8 | Dec 9 | Dec 10 | Dec 11 | ||
| Indian Aces (IND) | JPN | SIN | UAE | UAE | JPN | SIN | SIN | UAE | SIN | |
| 30–17 | 26–25 | 20–30 | 26–19 | 20–27 | 23–22 | 24–19 | 20–24 | 14–30 | ||
| Japan Warriors (JPN) | IND | UAE | SIN | SIN | IND | UAE | UAE | SIN | 3rd | |
| 17–30 | 23–20 | 23–27 | 16–29 | 27–20 | 23–20 | 25–20 | 20–30 | |||
| Singapore Slammers (SIN) | UAE | IND | JPN | JPN | UAE | IND | IND | JPN | IND | |
| 19–29 | 25–26 | 27–23 | 29–16 | 30–18 | 22–23 | 19–24 | 30–20 | 30–14 | ||
| UAE Royals (UAE) | SIN | JPN | IND | IND | SIN | JPN | JPN | IND | 4th | |
| 29–19 | 20–23 | 30–20 | 19–26 | 18–30 | 20–23 | 20–25 | 24–20 | |||
| Color Key: Win Loss Home Away Neutral | ||||||||||
Standings are determined by number of points. 3 points for match win, 1 point for loss with at least 20 games wins.
Top two teams qualify for final.
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian Aces | 8 | 5 | 3 | 189 | 183 | 18 | |
| 2 | Singapore Slammers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 201 | 179 | 14 | |
| 3 | Japan Warriors | 8 | 4 | 4 | 174 | 196 | 14 | |
| 4 | UAE Royals | 8 | 3 | 5 | 180 | 186 | 12 |
| width=100 | Date ! | width=300 | Fixture ! | width=100 | Score ! | width=150 | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 December | Singapore Slammers vs. Indian Aces | 30–14 | Hyderabad, India |
| All Matches | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=150 | Set | width=300 | Singapore Slammers | width=300 | Indian Aces | width=120 | Score | width=120 | Score after set |
| Legends' Singles | Carlos Moyá | Mark Philippoussis | 6–4 | 6–4 | |||||
| Women's Singles | Kiki Bertens | Kirsten Flipkens (Sania Mirza sub.) | 6–3 | 12–7 | |||||
| Mixed Doubles | Kiki Bertens / Marcelo Melo | Sania Mirza / Rohan Bopanna (Ivan Dodig sub.) | 6–1 | 18–8 | |||||
| Men's Doubles | Nick Kyrgios / Marcelo Melo | Feliciano López / Ivan Dodig | 6–2 | 24–10 | |||||
| Men's Singles | Marcos Baghdatis | Feliciano López | 6–4 | 30–14 | |||||