2016 Brisbane International

Coordinates: 27°31′30″S 153°0′26″E / 27.52500°S 153.00722°E / -27.52500; 153.00722 (Queensland Tennis Centre)

2016 Brisbane International
Date 3 – 10 January
Edition 8th
Prize money $461,330 (men)
$1,000,000 (women)
Surface Hard / outdoor
Location Tennyson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Venue Queensland Tennis Centre
Champions
Men's Singles
Canada Milos Raonic
Women's Singles
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Men's Doubles
Finland Henri Kontinen / Australia John Peers
Women's Doubles
Switzerland Martina Hingis / India Sania Mirza

The 2016 Brisbane International was a tournament of the 2016 ATP World Tour and 2016 WTA Tour. It was played on outdoor hard courts in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and took place at the Queensland Tennis Centre in Tennyson. It was held from 3 to 10 January 2016 as part of the Australian Open Series in preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year.

Points and prize money

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 $193,210 $103,850 $55,306 $22,483 $12,077 $6,587 $3,435 $1,830 $1,025
Women's Doubles * $45,990 $24,518 $13,419 $6,830 $3,702 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[1]
  SUI Roger Federer 3 1
 JPN Kei Nishikori 8 2
 CRO Marin Čilić 13 3
 CAN Milos Raonic 14 4
 FRA Gilles Simon 15 5
 BEL David Goffin 16 6
 AUS Bernard Tomic 18 7
 AUT Dominic Thiem 20 8

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

ATP doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed[1]
 FRA Pierre-Hugues Herbert  FRA Nicolas Mahut 26 1
 FIN Henri Kontinen  AUS John Peers 39 2
 POL Lukasz Kubot  POL Marcin Matkowski 45 3
 GBR Dominic Inglot  SWE Robert Lindstedt 49 4

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

Withdrawals

During the tournament

WTA singles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Rank1 Seed[4]
 ROU Simona Halep 2 1
 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza 3 2
 RUS Maria Sharapova 4 3
 GER Angelique Kerber 10 4
  SUI Timea Bacsinszky 12 5
 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro 13 6
  SUI Belinda Bencic 14 7
 ITA Roberta Vinci 15 8

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

Retirements

WTA doubles main draw entrants

Seeds

Country Player Country Player Rank1 Seed[4]
  SUI Martina Hingis  IND Sania Mirza 3 1
 TPE Chan Hao-ching  TPE Chan Yung-jan 19 2
 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  RUS Elena Vesnina 35 3
 SLO Andreja Klepač  RUS Alla Kudryavtseva 54 4

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

The following pair received entry as alternates:

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

Champions

Men's Singles

Women's Singles

Men's Doubles

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.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Men's - 2015 Brisbane". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ben Mitchell earns late call up to elite field". www.brisbaneinternational.com.au. December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "James Duckworth to stay in Queensland ahead of Brisbane International". www.foxsports.com.au. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Women's - 2015 Brisbane International". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Priscilla Hon will make WTA tour main draw debut at Brisbane International". www.foxsports.com.au. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Knox, David (17 December 2015). "Seven Tennis 2016: summer guide". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

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