2016 Mutua Madrid Open

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2016 Mutua Madrid Open
Date	30 April – 8 May
Edition	15th (ATP) 8th (WTA)
Draw	56S / 24D 64S / 28D
Prize money	€9,542,720
Surface	Clay
Location	Madrid, Spain
Venue	Park Manzanares
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic
Women's singles
Simona Halep
Men's doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău
Women's doubles
Caroline Garcia / 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.

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]

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	—	—	—	—
Women's singles		650	390	215	120	65	10	30	20	2
Women's doubles						10	—	—	—	—

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	—	—	—
Women's doubles	€282,720	€138,400	€69,433	€35,630	€18,025	€9,280	—	—	—

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.

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Nicolás Almagro
• Pablo Carreño Busta
• Juan Mónaco
• Fernando Verdasco

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• Juan Martín del Potro

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Roberto Carballés Baena
• Santiago Giraldo
• Pierre-Hugues Herbert
• Denis Istomin
• Denis Kudla
• Lucas Pouille
• Radek Štěpánek

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Marcel Granollers

Before the tournament

• Marin Čilić → replaced by Vasek Pospisil
• Tommy Haas → replaced by Borna Ćorić
• John Isner → replaced by Teymuraz Gabashvili
• Martin Kližan → replaced by Albert Ramos Viñolas
• Andreas Seppi → replaced by Andrey Kuznetsov
• Roger Federer (late withdrawal) → replaced by Marcel Granollers

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.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Mahesh Bhupathi / Fabrice Martin
• Pablo Carreño Busta / Fernando Verdasco

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.

The following players received wildcards into the main draw:

• Lara Arruabarrena
• Paula Badosa Gibert
• Sorana Cîrstea
• Lourdes Domínguez Lino
• Sara Sorribes Tormo

The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:

• Karin Knapp
• Laura Robson

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Louisa Chirico
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
• Monica Puig
• Alison Riske
• Laura Siegemund
• Kateřina Siniaková
• Patricia Maria Țig
• Elena Vesnina

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Heather Watson

Before the tournament

• Belinda Bencic (lower back injury) → replaced by Heather Watson
• Flavia Pennetta (retirement from tennis) → replaced by Danka Kovinić
• Maria Sharapova (provisional suspension) → replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam
• Serena Williams (flu) → replaced by Laura Robson
• Venus Williams (hamstring injury) → replaced by Christina McHale
• Caroline Wozniacki (right ankle injury) → replaced by Dominika Cibulková

During the tournament

• Victoria Azarenka (back injury)
• Camila Giorgi (mid-back injury)
• Lucie Šafářová (gastrointestinal illness)

• Paula Badosa Gibert (cramping)
• Johanna Konta (upper respiratory illness)

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
SUI	Martina Hingis	IND	Sania Mirza	2	1
USA	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	CZE	Lucie Šafářová	8	2
HUN	Tímea Babos	KAZ	Yaroslava Shvedova	15	3
TPE	Chan Hao-ching	TPE	Chan Yung-jan	15	4
FRA	Caroline Garcia	FRA	Kristina Mladenovic	22	5
CZE	Andrea Hlaváčková	CZE	Lucie Hradecká	22	6
ESP	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	Carla Suárez Navarro	33	7
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	RUS	Elena Vesnina	39	8

• Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Paula Badosa Gibert / María José Martínez Sánchez
• Svetlana Kuznetsova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Květa Peschke / Barbora Strýcová
• Sílvia Soler Espinosa / Sara Sorribes Tormo

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Raluca Olaru / Alicja Rosolska

Before the tournament

• Lucie Šafářová (gastrointestinal illness)

During the tournament

• Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (left adductor injury)
• Carla Suárez Navarro (upper respiratory illness)

• Laura Siegemund (dizziness)

• Novak Djokovic def. Andy Murray, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

• Simona Halep def. Dominika Cibulková, 6–2, 6–4

• Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău def. Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)

• Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic def. Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza, 6–4, 6–4

• Official website