2016 US Open Series

In tennis, the 2016 US Open Series (known as Emirates Airline US Open Series for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth edition of the US Open Series, which included a group of hard court tournaments that started on July 18, 2016 in Stanford and concluded in Connecticut for the women and in Winston Salem for the men on August 27, 2016. This edition consisted of three separate men's tournaments and three women's tournaments, with the Western & Southern Open hosting both a men's and women's event. The series was headlined by two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events.

Point distribution for series events

In order to be included in the final standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player needs to have countable results from at least two different tournaments. Starting from the 2014 season, a new rule has been added to double the points of a player who has obtained countable results in at least three tournaments.^[1]

The top three men’s and top three women’s finishers all earn bonus prize money at the US Open, with the champions of the Series Bonus Challenge having the opportunity to win $1 million in bonus prize money in Flushing Meadows.^[2]

Round	ATP Masters 1000 WTA Premier 5	ATP World Tour 250 WTA Premier
Winner	100	70
Finalist	70	45
Semifinalist	45	25
Quarterfinalist	25	15
Round of 16	15	0

Standings

ATP

Rank	Nationality	Player	Tours 1	Titles	Points
1	JPN	Kei Nishikori	2		85
2	BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	2		70
3	CAN	Milos Raonic	2
4	FRA	Gaël Monfils	2		60
	SUI	Stan Wawrinka	2
6	RSA	Kevin Anderson	2		40
	CZE	Tomáš Berdych	2
	AUS	Bernard Tomic	2
9	ESP	Fernando Verdasco	2		30

Notes:

• 1 – Tours – Number of tournaments in US Open Series in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in 250 series events, or the Round of 16 in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events.
• # – Indicates a player has earned points in at least three Emirates Airline US Open Series events, therefore doubling his point total earned on the Series.
• In order to be counted in the final standings, a player must earn points in two or more Emirates Airline US Open Series events.

WTA

Rank	Nationality	Player	Tours 1	Titles	Points
1	POL	Agnieszka Radwańska	3	1	220#
2	GBR	Johanna Konta	3	1	220#
3	ROU	Simona Halep	2	1	145
4	CZE	Karolína Plíšková	2	1	115
5	GER	Angelique Kerber	2		115
6	ITA	Roberta Vinci	3		90#
7	UKR	Elina Svitolina	2		60
	USA	Venus Williams	2
9	RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	2		50
10	SVK	Dominika Cibulková	2		40
	CZE	Petra Kvitová	2
	RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	2
13	JPN	Misaki Doi	2		30

Notes:

• 1 – Tours – Number of tournaments in US Open Series in which a player has reached the quarterfinals or better, in Premier events; or the Round of 16 or better in Premier 5 events.
• # – Indicates a player has earned points in at least three Emirates Airline US Open Series events, therefore doubling her point total earned on the Series.
• In order to be counted in the final standings, a player must earn points in two or more Emirates Airline US Open Series events.

Bonus prize money

Top three players in the 2016 US Open Series will receive bonus prize money, depending on where they finish in the 2016 US Open, according to money schedule below.^[3]

2016 Emirates Airline US Open Series Finish	2016 US Open Finish								Awardees
	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Round of 128
1st Place	$1,000,000	$500,000	$250,000	$125,000	$70,000	$40,000	$25,000	$15,000	Kei Nishikori	$250,000
									Agnieszka Radwańska	$70,000
2nd Place	$500,000	$250,000	$125,000	$62,500	$35,000	$20,000	$12,500	$7,500	Grigor Dimitrov	$35,000
									Johanna Konta	$35,000
3rd Place	$250,000	$125,000	$62,500	$31,250	$17,500	$10,000	$6,250	$3,750	Milos Raonic	$6,250
									Simona Halep	$31,250

Tournament Schedule

Legend
Grand Slam Event
ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Premier 5
ATP World Tour 500 and WTA Premier
ATP World Tour 250 and WTA International

Week	Date	Men's Events	Women's Events
1	July 18 – July 24	No Series Event Held This Week	Stanford Bank of the West Classic 2016 Champion: Johanna Konta
2	July 25 – July 31	Toronto Rogers Cup presented by National Bank 2016 Champion: Novak Djokovic	Montreal Rogers Cup presented by National Bank 2016 Champion: Simona Halep
3	August 1 – August 7	Atlanta BB&T Atlanta Open 2016 Champion: Nick Kyrgios	No Series Event Held This Week
	August 8 – August 14	No Series Event Held This Week Due To 2016 Summer Olympics
4	August 15 – August 21	Cincinnati Western & Southern Open 2016 Champion: Marin Čilić	Cincinnati Western & Southern Open 2016 Champion: Karolina Plíšková
5	August 22 – August 27	Winston-Salem Winston-Salem Open 2016 Champion: Pablo Carreño Busta	New Haven Connecticut Open 2016 Champion: Agnieszka Radwańska
6–7	August 29 – September 11	New York US Open 2016 Champion: Stan Wawrinka	New York US Open 2016 Champion: Angelique Kerber

Week 1

WTA – Bank of the West Classic (Stanford)

Main article: 2016 Bank of the West Classic

Angelique Kerber was the defending champion, but chose to compete in Båstad instead. Venus Williams was the number one seed. Catherine Bellis reached the quarterfinals of a WTA Premier tournament for the first time in her career, where she lost to Venus Williams.
Johanna Konta won her first WTA title, defeating Williams in the final, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2. Williams was attempting to win her 3rd title in Stanford and her 50th title overall.

Main Draw Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	John Isner	7	6
	8	Taylor Fritz	5	4
								1	John Isner	65	6	6
								WC	Reilly Opelka	77	4	2
	WC	Reilly Opelka	6	6
	7	Donal Young	4	4
															1	John Isner	63	64
															2	Nick Kyrgios	77	77
		Horacio Zeballos	4	4
		Yoshihito Nishioka	6	6
									Yoshihito Nishioka	3	6	3
								2	Nick Kyrgios	6	3	6
	5	Fernando Verdasco	4	77	3
	2	Nick Kyrgios	6	65	6

Week 2

ATP – Rogers Cup (Toronto)

Main article: 2016 Rogers Cup – Men's Singles

Andy Murray was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year, citing a need to recover from recent tournaments.^[4]

Novak Djokovic won his 30th Masters 1000 title, defeating Kei Nishikori in the final, 6–3, 7–5. By reaching his 43rd Masters 1000 final, Djokovic broke the record he previously shared with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Main Draw Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Novak Djokovic	78	6
	5	Tomáš Berdych	66	4
								1	Novak Djokovic	6	6
								10	Gaël Monfils	3	2
	4	Milos Raonic	4	4
	10	Gaël Monfils	6	6
															1	Novak Djokovic	6	7
															3	Kei Nishikori	3	5
		Grigor Dimitrov	3	6	2
	3	Kei Nishikori	6	3	6
								3	Kei Nishikori	78	6
								2	Stan Wawrinka	66	1
		Kevin Anderson	1	3
	2	Stan Wawrinka	6	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								1	N Djokovic	7	77
	PR	D Tursunov	65	1					G Müller	5	63
		G Müller	77	6											1	N Djokovic	6	6
	WC	P Polansky	4	6	6										Q	R Štěpánek	2	4
	Q	T Smyczek	6	3	0			WC	P Polansky	65	4
	Q	R Štěpánek	6	6				Q	R Štěpánek	77	6
	14	B Paire	1	3																		1	N Djokovic	78	6
	9	J Isner	4	6	6																	5	T Berdych	66	4
		D Sela	6	3	2			9	J Isner	63	77	4
		A Kuznetsov	3	1				Q	R Harrison	77	64	6
	Q	R Harrison	6	6											Q	R Harrison	4	77	4
		B Ćorić	5	6	6										5	T Berdych	6	62	6
		I Dodig	7	4	2				B Ćorić	6	1	4
								5	T Berdych	4	6	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								4	M Raonic	6	6
		Y-h Lu	7	6					Y-h Lu	3	3
		A Zverev	5	3											4	M Raonic	6	6
		J Millman	4	3r											Q	J Donaldson	2	3
	Q	J Donaldson	6	4				Q	J Donaldson	6	3	6
		F Fognini	6	6					F Fognini	3	6	3
	15	S Johnson	4	4																		4	M Raonic	4	4
	10	G Monfils	6	6																		10	G Monfils	6	6
		J Sousa	3	3				10	G Monfils	78	6
		V Pospisil	77	0					V Pospisil	66	0
		J Chardy	63	0r											10	G Monfils	77	2	6
	WC	F Dancevic	65	4											7	D Goffin	65	6	4
		S Querrey	77	6					S Querrey	4	1r
								7	D Goffin	6	2

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								8	M Čilić	4	63
		I Karlović	69	77	6				I Karlović	6	77
		T Fritz	711	65	2											I Karlović	3	5
		Y Sugita	7	65	4											G Dimitrov	6	7
		G Dimitrov	5	77	6				G Dimitrov	6	6
	WC	D Shapovalov	77	3	6			WC	D Shapovalov	4	3
	11	N Kyrgios	62	6	3																		G Dimitrov	3	6	2
	13	L Pouille	68	6	7																	3	K Nishikori	6	3	6
	Q	E Gómez	710	4	5			13	L Pouille	4	65
		E Gulbis	4	2					R Ram	6	77
		R Ram	6	6												R Ram	3	4
	Q	D Novikov	6	6											3	K Nishikori	6	6
		F Delbonis	4	3				Q	D Novikov	4	5
								3	K Nishikori	6	7

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
								6	D Thiem	1r
		V Troicki	64	3					K Anderson	4
		K Anderson	77	6												K Anderson	4	6	6
	WC	S Diez	3	6	6										12	B Tomic	6	3	4
		K Edmund	6	3	2			WC	S Diez	3	64
	Q	A González	4	61				12	B Tomic	6	77
	12	B Tomic	6	77																			K Anderson	1	3
	16	J Sock	6	6																		2	S Wawrinka	6	6
		D Kudla	2	2				16	J Sock	6	6
		D Young	78	6					D Young	4	3
		A Dolgopolov	66	4											16	J Sock	63	2
		M Youzhny	6	78											2	S Wawrinka	77	6
		S Robert	3	66					M Youzhny	63	68
								2	S Wawrinka	77	710

Seeds

1. Yūichi Sugita (moved to main draw)
2. Radek Štěpánek (qualified)
3. Tim Smyczek (qualified)
4. Dennis Novikov (qualified)
5. Austin Krajicek (qualifying competition)
6. Mischa Zverev (qualifying competition)
7. Vincent Millot (first round)
8. Saketh Myneni (qualifying competition)
9. Jared Donaldson (qualified)
10. Sam Groth (first round)
11. Ryan Harrison (qualified)
12. Alejandro González (qualified)
13. Matthew Barton (first round)
14. James Duckworth (qualifying competition)

References

1. "2015 Emirates Airline US Open Series Bonus Challenge" (PDF). AmazonAWS.com.
2. "About the Emirates Airline US Open Series". emiratesusopenseries.com. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
3. "Bonus Challenge - Emirates Airlines US Open Series". emiratesusopenseries.com. July 12, 2016.
4. "Andy Murray withdraws from Rogers Cup presented by National Bank". RogersCup.com. Tennis Canada. 18 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.

External links

• Main Draw
• Qualifying Draw

WTA – Rogers Cup (Montreal)

Main article: 2016 Rogers Cup – Women's Singles

Belinda Bencic was the defending champion, but withdrew with a left wrist injury before the tournament began. Number one seed Serena Williams also withdrew prior to the tournament beginning.

Simona Halep won her fifth WTA Premier tournament, defeating Madison Keys in the final, 7–6^(7–2), 6–3.
The win also moved Halep to the top of the US Open Series standings.

Main Draw Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	15	Johanna Konta	4	3
	Q	Kristína Kučová	6	6
								Q	Kristína Kučová	2	1
								10	Madison Keys	6	6
	16	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	63	6	0
	10	Madison Keys	77	1	6
															10	Madison Keys	62	3
															5	Simona Halep	77	6
	9	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6	1	1
	5	Simona Halep	3	6	6
								5	Simona Halep	6	3	6
								2	Angelique Kerber	0	6	2
		Daria Kasatkina	2	2
	2	Angelique Kerber	6	6