2016 Apia International Sydney

The 2016 Apia International Sydney was a joint 2016 ATP World Tour and 2016 WTA Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts in Sydney, New South Wales. It was the 123rd edition of the tournament and took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia. It was held from 10 January through 16 January 2016 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

2016 Apia International Sydney
Date10 – 16 January 2016
Edition124th
CategoryATP World Tour 250 series / WTA Premier
Draw32S / 16D
Prize money$461,330 (men)
$753,000 (women)
SurfaceHard
LocationSydney, Australia
VenueNSW Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's Singles
Viktor Troicki
Women's Singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Men's Doubles
Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares
Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza

Point distribution
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 32 Q Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's Singles 250 150 90 45 20 0 12 6 0 0
Men's Doubles 0 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles 470 305 185 100 55 1 25 18 13 1
Women's Doubles 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Prize money
Event W F SF QF Round of 16 Round of 321 Q3 Q2 Q1
Men's Singles $72,000 $37,900 $20,545 $11,705 $6,900 $4,085 $1,840 $920 N/A
Men's Doubles* $21,850 $11,500 $6,230 $3,570 $2,090 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Women's Singles $128,800 $68,585 $36,600 $19,660 $10,540 $5,750 $3,010 $1,600 $885
Women's Doubles* $40,200 $21,465 $11,735 $5,970 $3,230 N/A N/A N/A N/A

1Qualifiers prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money.
*per team

ATP singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 AUS Bernard Tomic 18 1
 AUT Dominic Thiem 20 2
 SRB Viktor Troicki 22 3
 BUL Grigor Dimitrov 28 4
 ITA Andreas Seppi 29 5
 FRA Jérémy Chardy 31 6
 ARG Leonardo Mayer 35 7
 UKR Alexandr Dolgopolov 36 8
  • 1 Rankings as of January 4, 2016

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

  • Iñigo Cervantes

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Retirements

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
 NED Jean-Julien Rojer  ROU Horia Tecău 5 1
 USA Bob Bryan  USA Mike Bryan 9 2
 BRA Marcelo Melo  CAN Daniel Nestor 19 3
 IND Rohan Bopanna  ROU Florin Mergea 20 4
  • 1 Rankings as of January 4, 2016

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Rank1 Seed
 ROU Simona Halep 2 1
 POL Agnieszka Radwańska 5 2
 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 3
 GER Angelique Kerber 10 4
 CZE Karolína Plíšková 11 5
  SUI Timea Bacsinszky 12 6
 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 13 7
  SUI Belinda Bencic 14 8
  • 1 Rankings as of January 4, 2016.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
During the tournament

Retirements

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds
Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed
  SUI Martina Hingis  IND Sania Mirza 3 1
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  TPE Chan Yung-jan 19 2
 FRA Caroline Garcia  FRA Kristina Mladenovic 23 3
 HUN Tímea Babos  SLO Katarina Srebotnik 25 4
  • 1 Rankings as of January 4, 2016.

Withdrawals
Before the tournament

Champions

Men's Singles
Main article: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Men's Singles

Women's Singles
Main article: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Women's Singles

Men's Doubles
Main article: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Men's Doubles

Women's Doubles
Main article: 2016 Apia International Sydney – Women's Doubles

Broadcast

Selected matches aired in Australia on 7Two, with live coverage of both day and night sessions. Every match was also available to be streamed live through a free 7Tennis mobile app.[1]

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References
  1. Knox, David (17 December 2015). "Seven Tennis 2016: summer guide". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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