2016 US Open – Women's singles

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 second major title.^[1] Kerber was the first player since Martina Hingis in 1997 to win both hardcourt majors in the same calendar year, having also won the Australian Open. She attained the world No. 1 singles 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 position.^[2][3] The final was a rematch of the Cincinnati final three weeks prior, won by Plíšková.

Women's singles
2016 US Open
Champion	Angelique Kerber
Runner-up	Karolína Plíšková
Score	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32

Main article: 2016 US Open (tennis)

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

Plíšková was the first Czech woman to reach the final since Helena Suková in 1993, and only the fourth player to beat both 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 was Venus Williams' 72nd main draw major appearance, surpassing the all-time record previously held by Amy Frazier.

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

Seeds

01.   Serena Williams (semifinals)

02.   Angelique Kerber (champion)

03.   Garbiñe Muguruza (second round)

04.   Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round)

05.   Simona Halep (quarterfinals)

06.   Venus Williams (fourth round)

07.   Roberta Vinci (quarterfinals)

08.   Madison Keys (fourth round)

09.   Svetlana Kuznetsova (second round)

10.   Karolína Plíšková (final)

11.   Carla Suárez Navarro (fourth round)

12.   Dominika Cibulková (third round)

13.   Johanna Konta (fourth round)

14.   Petra Kvitová (fourth round)

15.   Timea Bacsinszky (second round)

16.   Samantha Stosur (second round)

17.   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (third round)

18.   Barbora Strýcová (first round)

19.   Elena Vesnina (third round)

20.   Kiki Bertens (first round)

21.   Irina-Camelia Begu (first round)

22.   Elina Svitolina (third round)

23.   Daria Kasatkina (first round)

24.   Belinda Bencic (third round)

25.   Caroline Garcia (third round)

26.   Laura Siegemund (third round)

27.   Sara Errani (first round)

28.   CoCo Vandeweghe (first round)

29.   Ana Ivanovic (first round)

30.   Misaki Doi (first round)

31.   Tímea Babos (third round)

32.   Monica Puig (first round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Qualifying

Main article: 2016 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

Draw

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Serena Williams	6	4	6
	5	Simona Halep	2	6	3
								1	Serena Williams	2	65
								10	Karolína Plíšková	6	77
		Ana Konjuh	2	2
	10	Karolína Plíšková	6	6
															10	Karolína Plíšková	3	6	4
															2	Angelique Kerber	6	4	6
		Caroline Wozniacki	6	6
		Anastasija Sevastova	0	2
									Caroline Wozniacki	4	3
								2	Angelique Kerber	6	6
	7	Roberta Vinci	5	0
	2	Angelique Kerber	7	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	1	S Williams	6	6
		E Makarova	3	3				1	S Williams	6	6
	Q	A Lottner	62	3				WC	V King	3	3
	WC	V King	77	6											1	S Williams	6	6
		K Knapp	4	2												J Larsson	2	1
		J Larsson	6	6					J Larsson	6	6
		D Allertová	77	6					D Allertová	3	1
	29	A Ivanovic	64	1																		1	S Williams	6	6
	23	D Kasatkina	4	6	2																		Y Shvedova	2	3
		Q Wang	6	2	6				Q Wang	0	1
		L Arruabarrena	2	3					Y Shvedova	6	6
		Y Shvedova	6	6												Y Shvedova	6	7
		S Zhang	6	6												S Zhang	2	5
	WC	E Perez	1	1					S Zhang	6	6
		C Giorgi	5	77	1			16	S Stosur	3	3
	16	S Stosur	7	64	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	11	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
		T Pereira	0	0				11	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
		M Duque Mariño	4	1					J Janković	1	4
		J Janković	6	6											11	C Suárez Navarro	6	6
		A Beck	78	6											19	E Vesnina	4	3
	Q	N Podoroska	66	3					A Beck	2	1
		A Kontaveit	64	6	3			19	E Vesnina	6	6
	19	E Vesnina	77	4	6																	11	C Suárez Navarro	2	5
	31	T Babos	5	6	7																	5	S Halep	6	7
	Q	B Haas	7	3	5			31	T Babos	6	6
		H Watson	2	5				Q	R Hogenkamp	2	4
	Q	R Hogenkamp	6	7											31	T Babos	1	6	4
		L Šafářová	6	6											5	S Halep	6	2	6
		D Gavrilova	4	4					L Šafářová	3	4
		K Flipkens	0	2				5	S Halep	6	6
	5	S Halep	6	6

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	4	A Radwańska	6	6
	Q	J Pegula	1	1				4	A Radwańska	711	6
		N Broady	64	6	6				N Broady	69	3
	Q	L Robson	77	3	4										4	A Radwańska	6	6
		K Siniaková	6	3	6										25	C Garcia	2	3
		E Bouchard	3	6	2				K Siniaková	6	4	4
		P Parmentier	6	3	4			25	C Garcia	4	6	6
	25	C Garcia	4	6	6																	4	A Radwańska	4	4
	20	K Bertens	3	6	4																		A Konjuh	6	6
		A Konjuh	6	2	6				A Konjuh	6	6
		K Nara	6	7					K Nara	3	3
		S Vögele	0	5												A Konjuh	6	3	6
	PR	S Peng	6	69	3											V Lepchenko	3	6	2
		V Lepchenko	4	711	6				V Lepchenko	6	4	6
	PR	V Diatchenko	1	1				15	T Bacsinszky	4	6	4
	15	T Bacsinszky	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	10	Ka Plíšková	6	6
	WC	S Kenin	4	3				10	Ka Plíšková	6	7
	Q	M González	7	6				Q	M González	1	5
		D Kovinić	5	2											10	Ka Plíšková	6	6
		N Hibino	4	5											17	A Pavlyuchenkova	2	4
		K Mladenovic	6	7					K Mladenovic	2	6	65
		L Chirico	1	4				17	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	4	77
	17	A Pavlyuchenkova	6	6																		10	Ka Plíšková	4	6	77
	26	L Siegemund	3	6	6																	6	V Williams	6	4	63
		PM Țig	6	3	2			26	L Siegemund	6	7
		N Gibbs	6	6					N Gibbs	3	5
	Q	A Krunić	1	0											26	L Siegemund	1	2
		J Görges	6	6											6	V Williams	6	6
		Y Wickmayer	3	2					J Görges	2	3
		K Kozlova	2	7	4			6	V Williams	6	6
	6	V Williams	6	5	6

Bottom half

Section 5

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	8	M Keys	4	77	6
		A Riske	6	65	2			8	M Keys	6	6
		M Brengle	2	2r				WC	K Day	1	1
	WC	K Day	6	4											8	M Keys	7	4	77
		M Sakkari	4	6	3											N Osaka	5	6	63
	Q	Y Duan	6	4	6			Q	Y Duan	4	63
		N Osaka	64	6	6				N Osaka	6	77
	28	C Vandeweghe	77	3	4																	8	M Keys	3	4
	18	B Strýcová	3	77	1																		C Wozniacki	6	6
		M Niculescu	6	63	6				M Niculescu	6	6
		S Cîrstea	6	5	2			Q	A Bogdan	0	1
	Q	A Bogdan	0	7	6											M Niculescu	3	1
	Q	T Townsend	6	3	4											C Wozniacki	6	6
		C Wozniacki	4	6	6				C Wozniacki	6	6
		F Schiavone	1	2				9	S Kuznetsova	4	4
	9	S Kuznetsova	6	6

Section 6

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	13	J Konta	6	6
	WC	B Mattek-Sands	3	3				13	J Konta	6	5	6
		T Pironkova	6	6					T Pironkova	2	7	2
	WC	V Razzano	1	2											13	J Konta	6	6
		A Petkovic	77	6											24	B Bencic	2	1
	Q	K Kučová	63	3					A Petkovic	3	2
		S Crawford	78	3	4			24	B Bencic	6	6
	24	B Bencic	66	6	6																	13	J Konta	4	5
	32	M Puig	4	2																			A Sevastova	6	7
		S Zheng	6	6					S Zheng	7	65	5
		S-w Hsieh	0	5					K Bondarenko	5	77	7
		K Bondarenko	6	7												K Bondarenko	4	1
		A Sevastova	6	6												A Sevastova	6	6
		AK Schmiedlová	3	3					A Sevastova	7	6
	Q	E Mertens	6	0	3			3	G Muguruza	5	4
	3	G Muguruza	2	6	6

Section 7

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	7	R Vinci	6	6
		A-L Friedsam	2	4				7	R Vinci	6	6
		C McHale	6	6					C McHale	1	3
		M Barthel	2	2											7	R Vinci	6	5	6
		Y Putintseva	6	6												C Witthöft	0	7	3
		S Lisicki	1	2					Y Putintseva	1	77	1
		C Witthöft	6	6					C Witthöft	6	61	6
	30	M Doi	4	1																		7	R Vinci	77	6
	21	I-C Begu	0	4																			L Tsurenko	65	2
		L Tsurenko	6	6					L Tsurenko	7	6
	Q	Y Wang	6	77				Q	Y Wang	5	3
	LL	A Van Uytvanck	3	64												L Tsurenko	3	6	6
	WC	D Collins	1	2											12	D Cibulková	6	3	4
		E Rodina	6	6					E Rodina	77	2	2
		M Linette	2	3				12	D Cibulková	65	6	6
	12	D Cibulková	6	6

Section 8

	First round							Second round							Third round							Fourth round
	14	P Kvitová	7	6
		J Ostapenko	5	3				14	P Kvitová	77	6
		I Falconi	2	1					Ç Büyükakçay	62	3
		Ç Büyükakçay	6	6											14	P Kvitová	6	6
		A Sasnovich	2	6	5										22	E Svitolina	3	4
	WC	L Davis	6	4	7			WC	L Davis	1	6	3
	Q	M Minella	77	0	2			22	E Svitolina	6	4	6
	22	E Svitolina	65	6	6																	14	P Kvitová	3	5
	27	S Errani	4	63																		2	A Kerber	6	7
		S Rogers	6	77					S Rogers	6	2	2
	Q	C Bellis	6	6				Q	C Bellis	2	6	6
		V Golubic	2	3											Q	C Bellis	1	1
		A Cornet	4	1											2	A Kerber	6	6
		M Lučić-Baroni	6	6					M Lučić-Baroni	2	67
		P Hercog	0	0r				2	A Kerber	6	79
	2	A Kerber	6	1

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	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	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 defending	Points won	Points after	Status
1	1	Serena Williams	7,050	780	780	7,050	Semifinals lost to Karolína Plíšková [10]
2	2	Angelique Kerber	6,860	130	2,000	8,730	Champion, defeated Karolína Plíšková [10]
3	3	Garbiñe Muguruza	5,830	70	70	5,830	Second round lost to Anastasija Sevastova
4	4	Agnieszka Radwańska	5,705	130	240	5,815	Fourth round lost to Ana Konjuh
5	5	Simona Halep	5,151	780	430	4,801	Quarterfinals lost to Serena Williams [1]
6	6	Venus Williams	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	Madison Keys	3,286	240	240	3,286	Fourth round lost to Caroline Wozniacki
9	10	Svetlana Kuznetsova	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	Carla Suárez Navarro	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	Petra Kvitová	2,580	430	240	2,390	Fourth round lost to Angelique Kerber [2]
15	15	Timea Bacsinszky	2,713	10	70	2,773	Second round lost to Varvara Lepchenko
16	17	Samantha Stosur	2,370	240	70	2,200	Second round lost to Zhang Shuai
17	18	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2,195	70	130	2,255	Third round lost to Karolína Plíšková [10]
18	21	Barbora Strýcová	2,050	130	10	1,930	First round lost to Monica Niculescu
19	20	Elena Vesnina	2,054	70	130	2,114	Third round lost to Carla Suárez Navarro [11]
20	22	Kiki Bertens	1,945	110	10	1,845	First round lost to Ana Konjuh
21	23	Irina-Camelia Begu	1,835	10	10	1,835	First round lost to Lesia Tsurenko
22	19	Elina Svitolina	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	Belinda Bencic	1,602	130	130	1,602	Third round lost to Johanna Konta [13]
25	33	Caroline Garcia	1,555	10	130	1,675	Third round lost to Agnieszka Radwańska [4]
26	27	Laura Siegemund	1,600	40+140	130+13	1,563	Third round lost to Venus Williams [6]
27	28	Sara Errani	1,590	130	10	1,470	First round lost to Shelby Rogers
28	30	Coco Vandeweghe	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	Tímea Babos	1,510	10	130	1,630	Third round lost to Simona Halep [5]
32	35	Monica Puig	1,500	10	10	1,500	First round lost to Zheng Saisai

Withdrawn players

The following players would have been seeded, but they withdrew or not entered from the event.

Rank	Player	Points before	Points defending	Points after	Withdrawal reason
7	Victoria Azarenka	3,551	430	3,121	Pregnancy[7]
25	Sloane Stephens	1,612	10	1,602	Right foot injury[8]

Other entry information

Wild cards

• Danielle Collins^[a]
• Kayla Day^[b]
• Lauren Davis
• Sofia Kenin^[c]
• Vania King
• Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Ellen Perez
• Virginie Razzano

Protected ranking

• Peng Shuai (27)
• Vitalia Diatchenko (91)

Qualifiers

See also: 2016 US Open – Women's singles qualifying

• Catherine Bellis
• Ana Bogdan
• Duan Yingying
• Montserrat González
• Barbara Haas
• Richèl Hogenkamp
• Aleksandra Krunić
• Kristína Kučová
• Antonia Lottner
• Elise Mertens
• Mandy Minella
• Jessica Pegula
• Nadia Podoroska
• Laura Robson
• Taylor Townsend
• Wang Yafan

Lucky loser

• Alison Van Uytvanck

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• † Victoria Azarenka (6) → replaced by Patricia Maria Țig (102)
• † Maria Sharapova (97) → replaced by Aliaksandra Sasnovich (103)
• ‡ Margarita Gasparyan (60) → replaced by Evgeniya Rodina (104)
• ‡ Galina Voskoboeva (64 PR) → replaced by Stefanie Vögele (105)^[d]
• § Sloane Stephens (23) → replaced by Alison Van Uytvanck (LL)

† – not included on entry list
‡ – withdrew from entry list before qualifying began
§ – withdrew from entry list after qualifying began

Retirements

• Madison Brengle
• Polona Hercog

Notes

1. Winner of the women's singles tournament in the 2016 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
2. Winner of the USTA Girls' under-18 national tournament
3. Winner of the Women's USTA Wild Card Challenge held in Stockton, California, Sacramento, California and Lexington, Kentucky
4. Last direct acceptance