The 2016 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 115th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 22 May to 5 June and consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events.
Novak Djokovic won the men's singles in the 2016 edition. Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion in men's singles, but he lost to Andy Murray in the semifinals. Serena Williams was the defending champion in the women's singles, but she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in the final. Roger Federer withdrew before the tournament to avoid "unnecessary [fitness] risk", making this tournament the first Grand Slam he missed since the 1999 US Open. Furthermore, nine-time champion Rafael Nadal withdrew during the tournament due to injury, for the first time in his French Open career.
Novak Djokovic's victory at this tournament in his 20th Grand Slam final completed his career Grand Slam of all four major tournaments, the eighth man to do so in singles and the fifth since the start of the Open Era (after Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal). Djokovic also achieved a non-calendar year Grand Slam, becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once. The victory by Garbiñe Muguruza was her first Grand Slam win in her second Grand Slam final.
Tournament
The 2016 French Open was the 115th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.
The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.
There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 22 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.
Points and prize money
Points distribution The ranking points awarded for each event are shown below.
Senior points Event W FSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128QQ3Q2Q1Men's singles20001200720360180904510251680Men's doubles0 13007804302401307010403020210
Wheelchair points EventWFSF/3rdQF/4thSingles800500375100Doubles800500100Quad singles800500100800100
Junior points EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32QQ3Boys' singles37527018012075302520Girls' singles2701801207545Girls' doubles
Prize money The total prize money for the tournament was €32,017,500, an increase of 14% compared to the previous edition. The winners of both the men's and women's singles title received €2,000,000, an increase of €200,000 compared to 2015.
EventWFSFQFRound of 16Round of 32Round of 64Round of 128Q3Q2Q1Singles€2,000,000€1,000,000€500,000€294,000€173,000€102,000€60,000€30,000€14,000€7,000€3,500Doubles *€500,000€250,000€125,000€68,000€37,000€19,000€9,500Mixed doubles *€116,000€58,000€28,500€16,000€8,500€4,250Wheelchair singles€35,000€17,500€8,500€4,500€10,000€5,000€3,000 * per team
Singles players 2016 French Open – Men's singles Champion Runner-up Novak Djokovic Andy Murray Semifinals out Dominic Thiem Stan Wawrinka Quarterfinals out Tomáš Berdych David Goffin Albert Ramos Viñolas Richard Gasquet 4th round out Roberto Bautista Agut David Ferrer Marcel Granollers Ernests Gulbis Milos Raonic Viktor Troicki Kei Nishikori John Isner 3rd round out Aljaž Bedene Borna Ćorić Feliciano López Pablo Cuevas Rafael Nadal Alexander Zverev Nicolás Almagro Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Andrej Martin (LL) Jack Sock Gilles Simon Jérémy Chardy Fernando Verdasco Nick Kyrgios Teymuraz Gabashvili Ivo Karlović 2nd round out Steve Darcis (Q) Pablo Carreño Bernard Tomic Paul-Henri Mathieu Juan Mónaco Víctor Estrella Burgos Quentin Halys (WC) Malek Jaziri Facundo Bagnis Nicolas Mahut Stéphane Robert (WC) Guillermo García López Carlos Berlocq (Q) Jiří Veselý João Sousa Marcos Baghdatis Adrian Mannarino Lucas Pouille Dustin Brown (Q) Marco Trungelliti (Q) Guido Pella Dušan Lajović Adam Pavlásek (LL) Taro Daniel Andrey Kuznetsov Ivan Dodig Igor Sijsling (LL) Bjorn Fratangelo (WC) Kyle Edmund Benoît Paire Jordan Thompson (WC) Mathias Bourgue (WC) 1st round out Lu Yen-hsun Marsel İlhan (Q) Gerald Melzer (Q) Federico Delbonis Brian Baker (PR) Taylor Fritz Santiago Giraldo Dmitry Tursunov (PR) Evgeny Donskoy Denis Istomin Illya Marchenko Thomas Fabbiano (LL) Tobias Kamke (Q) Chung Hyeon Florian Mayer (PR) Vasek Pospisil Sam Groth Kenny de Schepper (Q) Ričardas Berankis Fabio Fognini Kevin Anderson Pierre-Hugues Herbert Thiemo de Bakker Íñigo Cervantes Grégoire Barrère (WC) Paolo Lorenzi Rajeev Ram (Q) Philipp Kohlschreiber Damir Džumhur Andreas Seppi Gilles Müller Jan-Lennard Struff (Q) Janko Tipsarević (PR) Mikhail Kukushkin Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Julien Benneteau (WC) Robin Haase Dudi Sela Horacio Zeballos Marin Čilić Rogério Dutra Silva Diego Schwartzman Denis Kudla Grigor Dimitrov Leonardo Mayer Roberto Carballés Baena (Q) Martin Kližan Lukáš Rosol Simone Bolelli Benjamin Becker Mikhail Youzhny Steve Johnson Marco Cecchinato Adrian Ungur (Q) Sam Querrey Thomaz Bellucci John Millman Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q) Donald Young Radu Albot (Q) Albert Montañés Laslo Djere (Q) Jordi Samper Montaña (Q) Radek Štěpánek (Q)
2016 French Open – Women's singles Champion Runner-up Garbiñe Muguruza Serena Williams Semifinals out Kiki Bertens Samantha Stosur Quarterfinals out Yulia Putintseva Timea Bacsinszky Shelby Rogers Tsvetana Pironkova 4th round out Elina Svitolina Carla Suárez Navarro Madison Keys Venus Williams Irina-Camelia Begu Svetlana Kuznetsova Simona Halep Agnieszka Radwańska 3rd round out Kristina Mladenovic Ana Ivanovic Dominika Cibulková Karin Knapp Daria Kasatkina Monica Puig Alizé Cornet Pauline Parmentier Annika Beck Petra Kvitová Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Yanina Wickmayer Naomi Osaka Lucie Šafářová Sloane Stephens Barbora Strýcová 2nd round out Teliana Pereira Tímea Babos Taylor Townsend (WC) Kurumi Nara Wang Qiang Ana Konjuh Andrea Petkovic Anastasija Sevastova Camila Giorgi Virginie Razzano (WC) Julia Görges Mariana Duque Mariño Louisa Chirico (Q) Tatjana Maria Irina Falconi Eugenie Bouchard Kateryna Bondarenko CoCo Vandeweghe Elena Vesnina Hsieh Su-wei Heather Watson Çağla Büyükakçay (Q) Ekaterina Makarova Myrtille Georges (WC) Zarina Diyas Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Zhang Shuai Viktorija Golubic (Q) Johanna Larsson Verónica Cepede Royg (Q) Polona Hercog Caroline Garcia 1st round out Magdaléna Rybáriková Kristýna Plíšková Samantha Crawford Francesca Schiavone Sorana Cîrstea (Q) Amandine Hesse (WC) Denisa Allertová Océane Dodin (WC) Kateřina Siniaková (Q) Tessah Andrianjafitrimo (WC) Arina Rodionova (WC) Zheng Saisai Laura Robson (PR) Aleksandra Wozniak (PR) Sachia Vickery (Q) Victoria Azarenka Angelique Kerber Alizé Lim (WC) İpek Soylu (Q) Anna-Lena Friedsam Johanna Konta Olga Govortsova Daria Gavrilova Donna Vekić Anett Kontaveit Lauren Davis Kirsten Flipkens Jelena Janković Monica Niculescu Mona Barthel Laura Siegemund Sílvia Soler Espinosa (LL) Roberta Vinci Maryna Zanevska (Q) Naomi Broady Bethanie Mattek-Sands Karolína Plíšková Madison Brengle Lara Arruabarrena Danka Kovinić Yaroslava Shvedova Nicole Gibbs Aliaksandra Sasnovich Sara Sorribes Tormo (Q) Varvara Lepchenko Alexandra Dulgheru Christina McHale Anna Karolína Schmiedlová Nao Hibino Carina Witthöft Daniela Hantuchová (Q) Jeļena Ostapenko Misaki Doi Galina Voskoboeva (PR) Alison Riske Vitalia Diatchenko (PR) Sara Errani Magda Linette Sabine Lisicki Margarita Gasparyan Lucie Hradecká (Q) Lourdes Domínguez Lino Lesia Tsurenko Bojana Jovanovski
Day-by-day summaries
Singles seeds The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 16 May 2016. Rank and points before are as of 23 May 2016. An * in pink signifies the player is out of the event.
Men's singles SeedRankPlayerPoints beforePoints defendingPoints wonPoints afterStatus 1 1 Novak Djokovic 16,150 1,200 2,000 16,950Champion, won against Andy Murray 2 2 Andy Murray 8,435 720 1,200 8,915Runner up, lost to Novak Djokovic 3 4 Stan Wawrinka 6,315 2,000 720 5,035Semifinals lost to Andy Murray 4 5 Rafael Nadal 5,675 360 90 5,405Third round withdrew due to a left wrist injuryStan Wawrinka unfortunate to see Rafael Nadal forced to retire hurt 5 6 Kei Nishikori 4,470 360 180 4,290Fourth round lost to Richard Gasquet 6 7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3,355 720 90 2,725Third round retired against Ernests Gulbis 7 8 Tomáš Berdych 2,850 180 360 3,030Quarterfinals lost to Novak Djokovic 8 9 Milos Raonic 2,785 0 180 2,965Fourth round lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas 9 12 Richard Gasquet 2,725 180 360 2,905Quarterfinals lost to Andy Murray 10 10 Marin Čilić 2,775 180 10 2,605First round lost to Marco Trungelliti [Q] 11 11 David Ferrer 2,740 360 180 2,560Fourth round lost to Tomáš Berdych 12 13 David Goffin 2,570 90 360 2,840Quarterfinals lost to Dominic Thiem 13 15 Dominic Thiem 2,430 45 720 3,105Semifinals lost to Novak Djokovic 14 16 Roberto Bautista Agut 2,015 45 180 2,150 Fourth round lost to Novak Djokovic 15 17 John Isner 1,965 45 180 2,100 Fourth round lost to Andy Murray 16 18 Gilles Simon 1,945 180 90 1,855Third round lost to Viktor Troicki 17 19 Nick Kyrgios 1,855 90 90 1,855Third round lost to Richard Gasquet 18 20 Kevin Anderson 1,840 90 10 1,760First round lost to Stéphane Robert [WC] 19 21 Benoît Paire 1,641 90 45 1,596Second round lost to Teymuraz Gabashvili 20 22 Bernard Tomic 1,625 45 45 1,625Second round lost to Borna Ćorić 21 23 Feliciano López 1,550 10 90 1,630Third round lost to David Ferrer 22 24 Viktor Troicki 1,535 45 180 1,670Fourth round lost to Stan Wawrinka 23 25 Jack Sock 1,505 180 90 1,415Third round lost to Albert Ramos Viñolas 24 26 Philipp Kohlschreiber 1,485 45 10 1,450First round lost to Nicolás Almagro 25 27 Pablo Cuevas 1,450 90 90 1,450Third round lost to Tomáš Berdych 26 29 João Sousa 1,275 45 45 1,275Second round lost to Ernests Gulbis 27 28 Ivo Karlović 1,280 10 90 1,360Third round lost to Andy Murray 28 30 Alexandr Dolgopolov 1,270 10 0 1,260Withdrew due to a strained muscle 29 31 Lucas Pouille 1,266 0 45 1,311Second round lost to Andrej Martin [LL] 30 32 Jérémy Chardy 1,265 180 90 1,175Third round lost to Stan Wawrinka 31 35 Federico Delbonis 1,165 10 10 1,165First round lost to Pablo Carreño Busta 32 33 Fabio Fognini 1,205 45 10 1,170First round lost to Marcel Granollers 33 34 Steve Johnson 1,190 90 10 1,110 First round lost to Fernando Verdasco
Withdrawn players Rank Player Points before Points defending Points after Withdrawal reason 3 Roger Federer 7,015 360 6,655 Back injury 14 Gaël Monfils 2,470 180 2,290 Viral infection
Women's singles