2016 US Open – Women's singles explained

Champ:	Angelique Kerber
Runner:	Karolína Plíšková
Score:	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Draw:	128 (16 / 8)
Seeds:	32

See main article: article and 2016 US Open (tennis).

Angelique Kerber defeated Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 US Open. It was her first US Open title, and second major singles title overall.^[1] Kerber became the first player since Martina Hingis in 1997 to win both hard court majors in the same calendar year, having also won the Australian Open. She also attained the world No. 1 ranking for the first time after Serena Williams failed to reach the final. In addition to Kerber and Williams, Garbiñe Muguruza and Agnieszka Radwańska were in contention for the top ranking.^[2] ^[3] The final was a rematch of the Cincinnati final three weeks prior, won by Plíšková.

Flavia Pennetta was the reigning champion, but retired from the sport at the end of 2015.

Plíšková became the first Czech woman to reach the final since Helena Suková in 1993, and only the fourth player to beat both of the Williams sisters in the same major (defeating Venus Williams in the fourth round and Serena Williams in the semifinals).^[4]

Serena Williams was attempting to set new Open Era records by winning a 23rd major singles title and a seventh US Open singles title, but she lost in the semifinals to Plíšková.^[5]

This marked the last professional appearance for former world No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, who lost to Denisa Allertová in the first round. She announced her retirement prior to the 2017 season due to ongoing injuries.^[6]

Ana Konjuh became the first Croatian woman to reach the US Open singles quarterfinal.^[7]

This was Venus Williams' 72nd main draw major appearance, surpassing the all-time record previously held by Amy Frazier.

Qualifying

See main article: article and 2016 US Open – Women's singles qualifying.

Draw

Top half

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 8

Championship match statistics

Category	Kerber	Plíšková
1st serve %	62/98 (63%)	53/89 (60%)
1st serve points won	43 of 62 = 69%	40 of 53 = 75%
2nd serve points won	bgcolor=98FB98	19 of 36 = 53%	14 of 36 = 39%
Total service points won	62 of 98 = 63.27%	54 of 89 = 60.67%
Aces	1	5
Double faults	2	4
Winners	21	40
Unforced errors	17	47
Net points won	2 of 5 = 40%	26 of 33 = 79%
Break points converted	4 of 5 = 80%	2 of 7 = 29%
Return points won	35 of 89 = 39%	36 of 98 = 37%
Total points won	bgcolor=98FB989	97	90
Source

Seeded players

The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on WTA rankings on August 22, 2016. Rank and points before are as of August 29, 2016.

Seed	Rank	Player	Points before		Points won	Points after	Status
1	1		7,050	780	780	7,050	Semifinals lost to Karolína Plíšková [10]
2	2		6,860	130	2,000	8,730	Champion, defeated Karolína Plíšková [10]
3	3		5,830	70	70	5,830	Second round lost to Anastasija Sevastova
4	4		5,705	130	240	5,815	Fourth round lost to Ana Konjuh
5	5		5,151	780	430	4,801	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
6	6		4,005	430	240	3,815	Fourth round lost to Karolína Plíšková [10]
7	8	Roberta Vinci	3,465	1,300	430	2,595	Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber [2]
8	9		3,286	240	240	3,286	Fourth round lost to Caroline Wozniacki
9	10		3,190	10	70	3,250	Second round lost to Caroline Wozniacki
10	11	Karolína Plíšková	3,135	10	1,300	4,425	Runner-up, lost to Angelique Kerber [2]
11	12		3,100	10	240	3,330	Fourth round lost to Simona Halep [5]
12	13	Dominika Cibulková	3,100	130	130	3,100	Third round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
13	14	Johanna Konta	2,905	280	240	2,865	Fourth round lost to Anastasija Sevastova
14	16		2,580	430	240	2,390	Fourth round lost to Angelique Kerber [2]
15	15		2,713	10	70	2,773	Second round lost to Varvara Lepchenko
16	17		2,370	240	70	2,200	Second round lost to Zhang Shuai
17	18		2,195	70	130	2,255	Third round lost to Karolína Plíšková [10]
18	21		2,050	130	10	1,930	First round lost to Monica Niculescu
19	20		2,054	70	130	2,114	Third round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro [11]
20	22		1,945	110	10	1,845	First round lost to Ana Konjuh
21	23		1,835	10	10	1,835	First round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
22	19		2,101	130	130	2,101	Third round lost to Petra Kvitová [14]
23	24	Daria Kasatkina	1,773	130	10	1,653	First round lost to Wang Qiang
24	26		1,602	130	130	1,602	Third round lost to Johanna Konta [13]
25	33		1,555	10	130	1,675	Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [4]
26	27		1,600	40+140	130+13	1,563	Third round lost to Venus Williams [6]
27	28		1,590	130	10	1,470	First round lost to Shelby Rogers
28	30		1,561	70	10	1,501	First round lost to Naomi Osaka
29	31	Ana Ivanovic	1,560	10	10	1,560	First round lost to Denisa Allertová
30	32	Misaki Doi	1,555	70	10	1,495	First round lost to Carina Witthöft
31	34		1,510	10	130	1,630	Third round lost to Simona Halep [5]
32	35		1,500	10	10	1,500	First round lost to Zheng Saisai