2016 Us Open – Women's Singles

It was her second major singles title. Kerber became the first player since Martina Hingis in 1997 to win both hard court majors in the same calendar year, having also won the Australian Open. She also attained the world No. 1 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 ranking. The final was a rematch of the Cincinnati final three weeks prior, won by Plíšková.

Women's singles
2016 US Open
Final
Champion	Angelique Kerber
Runner-up	Karolína Plíšková
Score	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Details
Draw	128 (16 Q / 8 WC )
Seeds	32
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Flavia Pennetta was the reigning champion, but retired from the sport at the end of 2015.

Plíšková became the first Czech woman to reach the final since 1993, and only the fourth player to beat both of the Williams sisters in the same major (defeating Venus Williams in the fourth round and Serena Williams in the semifinals).

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.

This marked the last professional appearance for former world No. 1 and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, who lost to Denisa Allertová in the first round. She announced her retirement prior to the 2017 season due to ongoing injuries.

Ana Konjuh became the first Croatian woman to reach the US Open singles quarterfinal.

This was Venus Williams' 72nd main draw major appearance, surpassing the all-time record previously held by Amy Frazier.

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Key

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

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
25	Sloane Stephens	1,612	10	1,602	Right foot injury

Wild cards

Protected ranking

Qualifiers

Lucky loser

•   Alison Van Uytvanck

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

† – Not included on entry list
& – Withdrew from entry list

Retirements