2016 Mutua Madrid Open Explained

Date:	30 April – 8 May
Edition:	15th (ATP) 8th (WTA)
Draw:	56S / 24D 64S / 28D
Surface:	Clay
Prize Money:	€9,542,720
Location:	Madrid, Spain
Venue:	Park Manzanares
Champms:	Novak Djokovic
Champws:	Simona Halep
Champmd:	Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău
Champwd:	Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic
Main Name:	Madrid Open (tennis)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.

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					Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	width=85		width=85		width=85
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

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style=background:#ededed	Men's singles	€912,900	€447,630	€225,300	€114,560	€59,490	€31,365	€16,935	€3,900	€1,990
style=background:#ededed	Women's singles	€912,900	€447,630	€225,300	€114,560	€59,490	€28,220	€13,250	€3,644	€1,770
style=background:#ededed	Men's doubles	€282,720	€138,400	€69,430	€35,630	€18,420	€9,720
style=background:#ededed	Women's doubles	€282,720	€138,400	€69,433	€35,630	€18,025	€9,280

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Serbia	Novak Djokovic	1	1
United Kingdom	Andy Murray	2	2
	Roger Federer	3	3
	Stan Wawrinka	4	4
Spain	Rafael Nadal	5	5
Japan	Kei Nishikori	6	6
France	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7	7
Czech Republic	Tomáš Berdych	8	8
Spain	David Ferrer	9	9
France	Richard Gasquet	10	10
Canada	Milos Raonic	11	11
Belgium	David Goffin	13	12
France	Gaël Monfils	14	13
Austria	Dominic Thiem	15	14
Spain	Roberto Bautista Agut	17	15
France	Gilles Simon	18	16

• Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Nicolás Almagro
• Pablo Carreño Busta
• Juan Mónaco
• Fernando Verdasco

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• Juan Martín del Potro

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:

• Marcel Granollers

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	Rank^1	Seed
France	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	France	Nicolas Mahut	7	1
United Kingdom	Jamie Murray	Brazil	Bruno Soares	10	2
	Jean-Julien Rojer	Romania	Horia Tecău	11	3
	Ivan Dodig	Brazil	Marcelo Melo	12	4
	Bob Bryan		Mike Bryan	15	5
India	Rohan Bopanna	Romania	Florin Mergea	24	6
Austria	Alexander Peya	Serbia	Nenad Zimonjić	38	7
Canada	Vasek Pospisil		Jack Sock	42	8

• Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Mahesh Bhupathi / Fabrice Martin
• Pablo Carreño Busta / Fernando Verdasco

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank^1	Seed
Poland	Agnieszka Radwańska	2	1
	Angelique Kerber	3	2
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	4	3
Belarus	Victoria Azarenka	5	4
Czech Republic	Petra Kvitová	6	5
Romania	Simona Halep	7	6
Italy	Roberta Vinci	8	7
Spain	Carla Suárez Navarro	11	8
Russian Federation	Svetlana Kuznetsova	13	9
	Timea Bacsinszky	15	10
Czech Republic	Lucie Šafářová	16	11
Ukraine	Elina Svitolina	17	12
Czech Republic	Karolína Plíšková	18	13
Serbia	Ana Ivanovic	19	14
Italy	Sara Errani	20	15
	Sloane Stephens	21	16

• Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Lara Arruabarrena
• Paula Badosa Gibert
• Sorana Cîrstea
• Lourdes Domínguez Lino
• Sara Sorribes Tormo

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:

• Heather Watson

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	Rank^1	Seed
	Martina Hingis	India	Sania Mirza	2	1
	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Czech Republic	Lucie Šafářová	8	2
Hungary	Tímea Babos	Kazakhstan	Yaroslava Shvedova	15	3
	Chan Hao-ching		Chan Yung-jan	15	4
France	Caroline Garcia	France	Kristina Mladenovic	22	5
Czech Republic	Andrea Hlaváčková	Czech Republic	Lucie Hradecká	22	6
Spain	Garbiñe Muguruza	Spain	Carla Suárez Navarro	33	7
Russian Federation	Ekaterina Makarova	Russian Federation	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:

• Raluca Olaru / Alicja Rosolska

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

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Record Broken in Madrid. 1 May 2016. ATP World Tour. 1 May 2016.
2. News: Madrid Masters goes bling. tennisworldusa. 8 April 2011.