2016 Mutua Madrid Open

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2016 Mutua Madrid Open
Date30 April – 8 May
Edition15th (ATP)
8th (WTA)
Draw56S / 24D
64S / 28D
Prize money€9,542,720
Surface Clay
Location Madrid, Spain
Venue Park Manzanares
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Flag of Romania.svg Simona Halep
Men's doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jean-Julien Rojer / Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău
Women's doubles
Flag of France.svg Caroline Garcia / Flag of France.svg Kristina Mladenovic
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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.

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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

EventW F SF QF Round of 16Round of 32Round of 64 Q Q2 Q1
Men's singles100060036018090451025160
Men's doubles0
Women's singles650390215120651030202
Women's doubles10

Prize money

EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Q2Q1
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
Women's doubles€282,720€138,400€69,433€35,630€18,025€9,280

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Novak Djokovic 11
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Andy Murray 22
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Roger Federer 33
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Stan Wawrinka 44
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Rafael Nadal 55
Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kei Nishikori 66
Flag of France.svg  FRA Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 77
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Tomáš Berdych 88
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP David Ferrer 99
Flag of France.svg  FRA Richard Gasquet 1010
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Milos Raonic 1111
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  BEL David Goffin 1312
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaël Monfils 1413
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Dominic Thiem 1514
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Roberto Bautista Agut 1715
Flag of France.svg  FRA Gilles Simon 1816

Other entrants

The following players received wildcard s 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

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of France.svg  FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert Flag of France.svg  FRA Nicolas Mahut 71
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  GBR Jamie Murray Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bruno Soares 102
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Jean-Julien Rojer Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Horia Tecău 113
Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivan Dodig Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Marcelo Melo 124
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bob Bryan Flag of the United States.svg USA Mike Bryan 155
Flag of India.svg  IND Rohan Bopanna Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Florin Mergea 246
Flag of Austria.svg  AUT Alexander Peya Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Zimonjić 387
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Vasek Pospisil Flag of the United States.svg USA Jack Sock 428

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

CountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Poland.svg  POL Agnieszka Radwańska 21
Flag of Germany.svg  GER Angelique Kerber 32
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 43
Flag of Belarus.svg  BLR Victoria Azarenka 54
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Petra Kvitová 65
Flag of Romania.svg  ROU Simona Halep 76
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Roberta Vinci 87
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 118
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova 139
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Timea Bacsinszky 1510
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 1611
Flag of Ukraine.svg  UKR Elina Svitolina 1712
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Karolína Plíšková 1813
Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Ana Ivanovic 1914
Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Sara Errani 2015
Flag of the United States.svg USA Sloane Stephens 2116

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

CountryPlayerCountryPlayerRank1Seed
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Martina Hingis Flag of India.svg  IND Sania Mirza 21
Flag of the United States.svg USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Šafářová 82
Flag of Hungary.svg  HUN Tímea Babos Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  KAZ Yaroslava Shvedova 153
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Hao-ching Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  TPE Chan Yung-jan 154
Flag of France.svg  FRA Caroline Garcia Flag of France.svg  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 225
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Andrea Hlaváčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Lucie Hradecká 226
Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Garbiñe Muguruza Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 337
Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Ekaterina Makarova Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Elena Vesnina 398

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

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

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