2016 Mutua Madrid Open
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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.
Ion Țiriac the former Romanian ATP player and now billionaire businessman is the current owner of the tournament.
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:
- Spain Roberto Carballés Baena
- Colombia Santiago Giraldo
- France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
- Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
- United States Denis Kudla
- France Lucas Pouille
- Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Croatia Marin Čilić → replaced by Canada Vasek Pospisil
- Germany Tommy Haas → replaced by Croatia Borna Ćorić
- United States John Isner → replaced by Russia Teymuraz Gabashvili
- Slovakia Martin Kližan → replaced by SpainAlbert Ramos Viñolas
- Italy Andreas Seppi → replaced by Russia Andrey Kuznetsov
- Switzerland Roger Federer (late withdrawal) → replaced by Spain 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:
- Spain Lara Arruabarrena
- Spain Paula Badosa Gibert
- Romania Sorana Cîrstea
- Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
- Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- United States Louisa Chirico
- Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
- Puerto Rico Monica Puig
- United States Alison Riske
- Germany Laura Siegemund
- Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
- Romania Patricia Maria Țig
- Russia Elena Vesnina
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Switzerland Belinda Bencic (lower back injury) → replaced by United Kingdom Heather Watson
- Italy Flavia Pennetta (retirement from tennis) → replaced by Montenegro Danka Kovinić
- Russia Maria Sharapova (provisional suspension) → replaced by Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam
- United States Serena Williams (flu) → replaced by United Kingdom Laura Robson
- United States Venus Williams (hamstring injury) → replaced by United States Christina McHale
- Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (right ankle injury) → replaced by Slovakia Dominika Cibulková
During the tournament
- Belarus Victoria Azarenka (back injury)
- Italy Camila Giorgi (mid-back injury)
- Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová (gastrointestinal illness)
Retirements
- Spain Paula Badosa Gibert (cramping)
- United Kingdom Johanna Konta (upper respiratory illness)
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Spain Paula Badosa Gibert / Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
- Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova / Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Czech Republic Květa Peschke / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
- Spain Sílvia Soler Espinosa / Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová (gastrointestinal illness)
During the tournament
- Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (left adductor injury)
- Spain Carla Suárez Navarro (upper respiratory illness)
Retirements
- Germany Laura Siegemund (dizziness)
Champions
Men's singles
- Serbia Novak Djokovic def. United Kingdom Andy Murray, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Women's singles
- Romania Simona Halep def. Slovakia Dominika Cibulková, 6–2, 6–4
Men's doubles
- Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer / Romania Horia Tecău def. India Rohan Bopanna / Romania Florin Mergea, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Women's doubles
- France Caroline Garcia / France Kristina Mladenovic def. Switzerland Martina Hingis / India Sania Mirza, 6–4, 6–4