US Open 2016

◄ US Open 2016 ►
Date:	August 29 - September 11, 2016
Edition:	136th  US Open
Place:	new York
Covering:	Hard court
Defending champion
Men's singles :	Novak Đoković
Ladies singles :	Flavia Pennetta
Men's double :	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut
Ladies doubles :	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza
Mixed :	Martina Hingis Leander Paes
winner
Men's singles :	Stan Wawrinka
Ladies singles :	Angelique Kerber
Men's double :	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares
Ladies doubles :	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová
Mixed :	Laura Siegemund Mate Pavić
Grand Slams 2016
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The 136th US Open was the last of four Grand Slam tournaments, the highest endowed tennis tournaments , of the 2016 season . They took place from August 29 to September 11, 2016 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows Park in New York , USA .

Defending champions in the singles were Novak Đoković in the men and Flavia Pennetta in the women. In the men's doubles, the French Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won last year, in the women's doubles Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza were the defending champions. Martina Hingis and Leander Paes were the defending champions in mixed .

As a novelty there was a roof construction in the Arthur Ashe Stadium and the new Grandstand Stadium this year .

Prize money

The prize money was 46.3 million this year,  the US dollar , which meant an increase to the previous year of 10%.

Round reached	singles	Double *	Mixed *
victory	$ 3.5 million	$ 625,000	$ 150,000
final	$ 1,750,000	$ 310,000	$ 70,000
Semifinals	$ 875,000	$ 150,000	$ 30,000
Quarter finals	$ 450,000	$ 75,000	$ 15,000
Round of 16	$ 235,000	$ 40,000	$ 10,000
Third round	$ 140,000	$ 24,500	$ 5,000
Second round	$ 77,188	$ 15,141
First round	$ 43,313
Q3	$ 16,350
Q2	$ 10,900
Q1	$ 5,606

^* per team; Q = qualifying round

In addition, the three best-placed players in the US Open Series 2016 received a bonus.

Cancel

Before the start of the tournament, the following top players, who would have had a set starting place, canceled their participation:

•  Viktoria Azaranka , due to pregnancy season ended prematurely
•  Tomáš Berdych , appendicitis
•  Roger Federer , knee injury
•  Sloane Stephens , foot injury

Men's singles

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Seeding list

No. player Round reached 01.  Novak Đoković final 02.  Andy Murray Quarter finals 03.  Stan Wawrinka victory 04th  Rafael Nadal Round of 16 05.  Milos Raonic 2nd round 06th  Kei Nishikori Semifinals 07th  Marin Čilić 3rd round 08th.  Dominic Thiem Round of 16 09.  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Quarter finals 10.  Gaël Monfils Semifinals 11.  David Ferrer 3rd round 12.  David Goffin 1 round 13.  Richard Gasquet 1 round 14th  Nick Kyrgios 3rd round 15th  Roberto Bautista Agut 3rd round 16.  Feliciano López 2nd round

No. player Round reached 17th  Bernard Tomic 1 round 18th  Pablo Cuevas 2nd round 19th  Steve Johnson 2nd round 20th  John Isner 3rd round 21st  Ivo Karlović Round of 16 22nd  Grigor Dimitrov Round of 16 23.  Kevin Anderson 3rd round 24.  Lucas Pouille Quarter finals 25th  Philipp Kohlschreiber 1 round 26th  Jack Sock Round of 16 27.  Alexander Zverev 2nd round 28.  Martin Kližan 1 round 29  Sam Querrey 1 round 30th  Gilles Simon 2nd round 31.  Albert Ramos 2nd round 32.  Benoît Paire 2nd round

Ladies singles

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Seeding list

No. Player Round reached 01.  Serena Williams Semifinals 02.  Angelique Kerber victory 03.  Garbiñe Muguruza 2nd round 04th  Agnieszka Radwańska Round of 16 05.  Simona Halep Quarter finals 06th  Venus Williams Round of 16 07th  Roberta Vinci Quarter finals 08th.  Madison Keys Round of 16 09.  Svetlana Kuznetsova 2nd round 10.  Karolína Plíšková final 11.  Carla Suarez Navarro Round of 16 12.  Dominika Cibulková 3rd round 13.  Johanna Konta Round of 16 14th  Petra Kvitová Round of 16 15th  Timea Bacsinszky 2nd round 16.  Samantha Stosur 2nd round

No. Player Round reached 17th  Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova 3rd round 18th  Barbora Strýcová 1 round 19th  Jelena Wesnina 3rd round 20th  Kiki Bertens 1 round 21st  Irina-Camelia Begu 1 round 22nd  Elina Switolina 3rd round 23.  Darja Kassatkina 1 round 24.  Belinda Bencic 3rd round 25th  Caroline Garcia 3rd round 26th  Laura Siegemund 3rd round 27.  Sara Errani 1 round 28.  Coco Vandeweghe 1 round 29  Ana Ivanović 1 round 30th  Misaki Doi 1 round 31.  Tímea Babos 3rd round 32.  Mónica Puig 1 round

Men's doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut   Semifinals 02.  Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo   1 round 03.  Bob Bryan Mike Bryan   Quarter finals 04th  Jamie Murray Bruno Soares   victory 05.  Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecau   Round of 16 06th  Daniel Nestor Vasek Pospisil   1 round 07th  Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram   2nd round 08th.  Feliciano López Marc López   Semifinals

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Treat Huey Max Mirny   1 round 10.  Henri Kontinen John Peers   2nd round 11.  Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin   1 round 12.  Łukasz Kubot Alexander Peya   Quarter finals 13.  Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah   1 round 14th  Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers   1 round 15th  Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin   2nd round 16.  Radek Štěpánek Nenad Zimonjić   1 round

Ladies doubles

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic   final 02.  Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan   2nd round 03.  Tímea Babos Jaroslawa Schwedowa   Round of 16 04th  Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká   Round of 16 05.  Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina   Semifinals 06th  Martina Hingis Coco Vandeweghe   Semifinals 07th  Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová   Quarter finals 08th.  Julia Görges Karolína Plíšková   Round of 16

No. pairing Round reached 09.  Raquel Atawo Abigail Spears   1 round 10.  Vania King Monica Niculescu   Round of 16 11.  Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai   Round of 16 12.  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová   victory 13.  Andreja Klepač Katarina Srebotnik   Quarter finals 14th  Darija Jurak Anastassija Rodionova   2nd round 15th  Kiki Bertens Johanna Larsson   2nd round 16.  Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková   Quarter finals

Mixed

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Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig   Round of 16 02.  Jaroslawa Schwedowa Bruno Soares   Quarter finals 03.  Bethanie Mattek-Sands Horia Tecău   retreat 04th  Raquel Atawo Jean-Julien Rojer   1 round

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Chan Hao-ching Max Mirny   Round of 16 06th  Andrea Hlaváčková Łukasz Kubot   2nd round 07th  Coco Vandeweghe Rajeev Ram   final 08th.  Lucie Hradecká Marcin Matkowski   1 round

Junior singles

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Winner: Kayla Day 

See also

• American Collegiate Invitational 2016

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ What you need to know about the US Open Transformation. (No longer available online.) In: usopen.org. June 6, 2016, archived from the original on June 9, 2016 ; accessed on June 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ New Grandstand impresses players at the US Open. In: usatoday.com. August 30, 2016, accessed September 1, 2016 . 
3. ↑ US OPEN TOTAL COMPENSATION SURPASSES $ 46 MILLION; THE RICHEST PURSE IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT. (PDF) In: amazonaws.com. July 12, 2016, accessed August 25, 2016 . 
4. ^ Azarenka Announces Pregnancy. In: wtatennis.com. July 15, 2016, accessed August 20, 2016 . 
5. ↑ TOMAS BERDYCH DROPS OUT OF US OPEN BECAUSE OF APPENDICITIS. In: tennis.com. August 22, 2016, accessed on August 27, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Roger Federer to miss Rio Olympics. In: cnn.com. August 26, 2016, accessed on August 27, 2016 . 
7. ^ The Latest: Stephens withdraws from US Open with foot injury. In: foxsports.com. August 26, 2016, accessed on August 27, 2016 .