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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2016_Brisbane_International > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2016_Brisbane_International.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Brisbane_International > Source revision: 1357196914 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) [27°31′30″S 153°0′26″E / 27.52500°S 153.00722°E / -27.52500; 153.00722 (Queensland Tennis Centre)](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2016_Brisbane_International¶ms=27_31_30_S_153_0_26_E_type:landmark_region:AU-QLD&title=Queensland+Tennis+Centre) Tennis tournament 2016 Brisbane International Date 3–10 January 2016 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 Milos Raonic Women's singles Victoria Azarenka Men's doubles Henri Kontinen / John Peers Women's doubles Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza ← 2015 · Brisbane International · 2017 → The **2016 Brisbane International** was a tennis tournament of the [2016 ATP World Tour](/source/2016_ATP_World_Tour) and [2016 WTA Tour](/source/2016_WTA_Tour). It was played on outdoor [hard courts](/source/Hard_court) in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and took place at the [Queensland Tennis Centre](/source/Queensland_Tennis_Centre) in [Tennyson](/source/Tennyson%2C_Queensland). 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.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Finals ### Men's singles Main article: [2016 Brisbane International – Men's singles](/source/2016_Brisbane_International_%E2%80%93_Men's_singles) - [Milos Raonic](/source/Milos_Raonic) defeated [Roger Federer](/source/Roger_Federer), 6–4, 6–4 ### Women's singles Main article: [2016 Brisbane International – Women's singles](/source/2016_Brisbane_International_%E2%80%93_Women's_singles) - [Victoria Azarenka](/source/Victoria_Azarenka) defeated [Angelique Kerber](/source/Angelique_Kerber) 6–3, 6–1 ### Men's doubles Main article: [2016 Brisbane International – Men's doubles](/source/2016_Brisbane_International_%E2%80%93_Men's_doubles) - [Henri Kontinen](/source/Henri_Kontinen) / [John Peers](/source/John_Peers) defeated [James Duckworth](/source/James_Duckworth_(tennis)) / [Chris Guccione](/source/Chris_Guccione_(tennis)), 7–6(7–4), 6–1 ### Women's doubles Main article: [2016 Brisbane International – Women's doubles](/source/2016_Brisbane_International_%E2%80%93_Women's_doubles) - [Martina Hingis](/source/Martina_Hingis) / [Sania Mirza](/source/Sania_Mirza) defeated [Angelique Kerber](/source/Angelique_Kerber) / [Andrea Petkovic](/source/Andrea_Petkovic), 7–5, 6–1 ## 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 - 1 Rankings as of 28 December 2015. ### Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: - [Ben Mitchell](/source/Benjamin_Mitchell_(tennis))[2] - [James Duckworth](/source/James_Duckworth_(tennis))[3] - [John-Patrick Smith](/source/John-Patrick_Smith) The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw: - [Radek Štěpánek](/source/Radek_%C5%A0t%C4%9Bp%C3%A1nek) The following players received entry from the [qualifying draw](/source/Qualifying_draw_(tennis)): - [Oliver Anderson](/source/Oliver_Anderson) - [Ivan Dodig](/source/Ivan_Dodig) - [Tobias Kamke](/source/Tobias_Kamke) - [Yoshihito Nishioka](/source/Yoshihito_Nishioka) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Jerzy Janowicz](/source/Jerzy_Janowicz) → replaced by [Dušan Lajović](/source/Du%C5%A1an_Lajovi%C4%87) - [Sam Querrey](/source/Sam_Querrey) → replaced by [Lucas Pouille](/source/Lucas_Pouille) ## 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 Łukasz Kubot POL Marcin Matkowski 45 3 GBR Dominic Inglot SWE Robert Lindstedt 49 4 - 1 Rankings as of 28 December 2015. ### Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: - [James Duckworth](/source/James_Duckworth_(tennis)) / [Chris Guccione](/source/Chris_Guccione_(tennis)) - [Matt Reid](/source/Matt_Reid_(tennis)) / [John-Patrick Smith](/source/John-Patrick_Smith) ### Withdrawals **During the tournament** - [Grigor Dimitrov](/source/Grigor_Dimitrov) (shoulder soreness) ## 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 - 1 Rankings as of 28 December 2015. ### Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: - [Priscilla Hon](/source/Priscilla_Hon)[5] - [Ajla Tomljanović](/source/Ajla_Tomljanovi%C4%87) The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: - [Kateryna Bondarenko](/source/Kateryna_Bondarenko) - [Jana Čepelová](/source/Jana_%C4%8Cepelov%C3%A1) - [Samantha Crawford](/source/Samantha_Crawford) - [Elena Vesnina](/source/Elena_Vesnina) The following players received entry as lucky losers: - [Ysaline Bonaventure](/source/Ysaline_Bonaventure) - [Margarita Gasparyan](/source/Margarita_Gasparyan) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Simona Halep](/source/Simona_Halep) (Left leg injury) → replaced by [Ysaline Bonaventure](/source/Ysaline_Bonaventure) - [Maria Sharapova](/source/Maria_Sharapova) (Left forearm injury) → replaced by [Margarita Gasparyan](/source/Margarita_Gasparyan) ### Retirements - [Garbiñe Muguruza](/source/Garbi%C3%B1e_Muguruza) (Left foot injury) ## 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 - 1 Rankings as of 28 December 2015. ### Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: - [Priscilla Hon](/source/Priscilla_Hon) / [Ajla Tomljanović](/source/Ajla_Tomljanovi%C4%87) - [Angelique Kerber](/source/Angelique_Kerber) / [Andrea Petkovic](/source/Andrea_Petkovic) The following pair received entry as alternates: - [Shahar Pe'er](/source/Shahar_Pe'er) / [Maria Sanchez](/source/Maria_Sanchez_(tennis)) ### Withdrawals **Before the tournament** - [Ajla Tomljanović](/source/Ajla_Tomljanovi%C4%87) (abdominal injury) ## Broadcast Selected matches aired in Australia on [7Two](/source/7Two), with live coverage of both day and night sessions. Every match was also available to be [streamed](/source/Streaming_media) live through a free 7Tennis [mobile app](/source/Mobile_app).[6] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-mITF_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-mITF_1-1) ["Men's - 2015 Brisbane"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150513001327/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100033803). [International Tennis Federation](/source/International_Tennis_Federation). Archived from [the original](http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100033803) on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ben Mitchell earns late call up to elite field"](https://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2015/12/mitchell-earns-late-call-up-to-elite-field). www.brisbaneinternational.com.au. December 2015. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160106091921/http://www.brisbaneinternational.com.au/2015/12/mitchell-earns-late-call-up-to-elite-field) from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["James Duckworth to stay in Queensland ahead of Brisbane International"](https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/james-duckworth-to-stay-in-queensland-ahead-of-brisbane-international/story-e6frf4mu-1227684972777). www.foxsports.com.au. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wITF_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wITF_4-1) ["Women's - 2015 Brisbane International"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150207100139/http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034091). [International Tennis Federation](/source/International_Tennis_Federation). Archived from [the original](http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/women%27s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100034091) on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Priscilla Hon will make WTA tour main draw debut at Brisbane International"](https://www.foxsports.com.au/tennis/priscilla-hon-will-make-wta-tour-main-draw-debut-at-brisbane-international/story-e6frf4mu-1227687149170). www.foxsports.com.au. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Knox, David (17 December 2015). ["Seven Tennis 2016: summer guide"](https://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/12/seven-tennis-2016-summer-guide.html). [TV Tonight](/source/TV_Tonight). 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