2016 French Open

The 2016 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 120th edition of the French Open and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros from 22 May to 5 June and consisted of events for professional players in singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair players also took part in singles and doubles events.

Novak Djokovic won the men's singles in the 2016 edition. Stan Wawrinka was the defending champion in men's singles, but he lost to Andy Murray in the semifinals. Serena Williams was the defending champion in the women's singles, but she lost to Garbiñe Muguruza in the final. Roger Federer withdrew before the tournament to avoid "unnecessary [fitness] risk", making this tournament the first Grand Slam he missed since the 1999 US Open. Furthermore, nine-time champion Rafael Nadal withdrew during the tournament due to injury, for the first time in his French Open career.

Novak Djokovic's victory at this tournament in his 20th Grand Slam final completed his career Grand Slam of all four major tournaments, the eighth man to do so in singles and the fifth since the start of the Open Era (after Rod Laver, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal). Djokovic also achieved a non-calendar year Grand Slam, becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once. The victory by Garbiñe Muguruza was her first Grand Slam win in her second Grand Slam final.

Tournament
The 2016 French Open was the 115th edition of the French Open and was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris.

The tournament was run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2016 ATP World Tour and the 2016 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event.

There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), and singles and doubles events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the UNIQLO tour under the Grand Slam category. The tournament was played on clay courts and took place over a series of 22 courts, including the three main showcourts, Court Philippe Chatrier, Court Suzanne Lenglen and Court 1.

Points distribution
The ranking points awarded for each event are shown below.

Prize money
The total prize money for the tournament was €32,017,500, an increase of 14% compared to the previous edition. The winners of both the men's and women's singles title received €2,000,000, an increase of €200,000 compared to 2015.


 * per team

Singles players

 * 2016 French Open – Men's singles


 * 2016 French Open – Women's singles

Singles seeds
The following are the seeded players and notable players who withdrew from the event. Seedings are based on ATP and WTA rankings as of 16 May 2016. Rank and points before are as of 23 May 2016.

An * in pink signifies the player is out of the event.

Women's singles
† The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2015. Accordingly, points for her 16th best result are deducted instead.

Men's doubles

 * 1 Rankings are as of 16 May 2016.

Women's doubles

 * 1 Rankings are as of 16 May 2016.

Mixed doubles

 * 1 Rankings are as of 16 May 2016.

Main draw wildcard entries
The following players were given wildcards to the main draw based on internal selection and recent performances.

Men's singles

 * 🇫🇷 Grégoire Barrère
 * 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau
 * 🇫🇷 Mathias Bourgue
 * 🇺🇸 Bjorn Fratangelo
 * 🇫🇷 Quentin Halys
 * 🇫🇷 Constant Lestienne (Revoked due to a minor breach for corruption)
 * 🇫🇷 Stéphane Robert
 * 🇦🇺 Jordan Thompson

Women's singles

 * 🇫🇷 Tessah Andrianjafitrimo
 * 🇫🇷 Océane Dodin
 * 🇫🇷 Myrtille Georges
 * 🇫🇷 Amandine Hesse
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Lim
 * 🇫🇷 Virginie Razzano
 * 🇦🇺 Arina Rodionova
 * 🇺🇸 Taylor Townsend

Men's doubles

 * 🇫🇷 Grégoire Barrère / 🇫🇷 Quentin Halys
 * 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau / 🇫🇷 Édouard Roger-Vasselin
 * 🇫🇷 Mathias Bourgue / 🇫🇷 Calvin Hemery
 * 🇫🇷 Kenny de Schepper / 🇫🇷 Maxime Teixeira
 * 🇫🇷 David Guez / 🇫🇷 Vincent Millot
 * 🇫🇷 Tristan Lamasine / 🇫🇷 Albano Olivetti
 * 🇫🇷 Stéphane Robert / 🇫🇷 Alexandre Sidorenko

Women's doubles

 * 🇫🇷 Tessah Andrianjafitrimo / 🇫🇷 Claire Feuerstein
 * 🇫🇷 Manon Arcangioli / 🇫🇷 Chloé Paquet
 * 🇫🇷 Clothilde de Bernardi / 🇫🇷 Shérazad Reix
 * 🇫🇷 Fiona Ferro / 🇫🇷 Virginie Razzano
 * 🇫🇷 Stéphanie Foretz / 🇫🇷 Amandine Hesse
 * 🇫🇷 Myrtille Georges / 🇫🇷 Alizé Lim
 * 🇫🇷 Mathilde Johansson / 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier

Mixed doubles

 * 🇫🇷 Virginie Razzano / 🇫🇷 Vincent Millot
 * 🇫🇷 Pauline Parmentier / 🇫🇷 Julien Benneteau
 * 🇫🇷 Chloé Paquet / 🇫🇷 Benoît Paire (withdrew to focus on other events)
 * 🇫🇷 Alize Lim / 🇫🇷 Paul-Henri Mathieu
 * 🇫🇷 Alizé Cornet / 🇫🇷 Jonathan Eysseric
 * 🇫🇷 Mathilde Johansson / 🇫🇷 Tristan Lamasine

Men's singles
Men's singles qualifiers
 * 1) 🇩🇪 Tobias Kamke
 * 2) 🇨🇿 Radek Štěpánek
 * 3) 🇧🇪 Steve Darcis
 * 4) 🇩🇪 Jan-Lennard Struff
 * 5) 🇦🇷 Marco Trungelliti
 * 6) 🇦🇷 Carlos Berlocq
 * 7) 🇪🇸 Roberto Carballés Baena
 * 8) 🇩🇪 Dustin Brown
 * 9) 🇷🇴 Adrian Ungur
 * 10) 🇹🇷 Marsel İlhan
 * 11) 🇦🇹 Gerald Melzer
 * 12) 🇪🇸 Jordi Samper Montaña
 * 13) 🇫🇷 Kenny de Schepper
 * 14)  Nikoloz Basilashvili
 * 15) 🇷🇸 Laslo Djere
 * 16) 🇲🇩 Radu Albot

Lucky losers
 * 1)  Igor Sijsling
 * 2) 🇨🇿 Adam Pavlásek
 * 3) 🇸🇰 Andrej Martin
 * 4) 🇮🇹 Thomas Fabbiano

Women's singles
Women's singles qualifiers
 * 1) 🇺🇸 Louisa Chirico
 * 2) 🇹🇷 Çağla Büyükakçay
 * 3) 🇷🇴 Sorana Cîrstea
 * 4) 🇺🇸 Sachia Vickery
 * 5)  Verónica Cepede Royg
 * 6) 🇨🇿 Kateřina Siniaková
 * 7) 🇸🇰 Daniela Hantuchová
 * 8) 🇹🇷 İpek Soylu
 * 9)  Viktorija Golubic
 * 10)  Sara Sorribes Tormo
 * 11) 🇨🇿 Lucie Hradecká
 * 12) 🇺🇦 Maryna Zanevska

Lucky loser
 * 1) 🇪🇸 Sílvia Soler Espinosa

Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


 * Men's singles
 * 🇺🇸 Brian Baker (PR 56)
 * 🇩🇪 Florian Mayer (PR 34)
 * 🇷🇸 Janko Tipsarević (PR 39)
 * 🇷🇺 Dmitry Tursunov (PR 89)


 * Women's singles
 * 🇷🇺 Vitalia Diatchenko (PR 91)
 * 🇬🇧 Laura Robson (PR 52)
 * 🇰🇿 Galina Voskoboeva (PR 64)
 * 🇨🇦 Aleksandra Wozniak (PR 108)

Men's singles

 * 🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic def. 🇬🇧 Andy Murray, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

 * 🇪🇸 Garbiñe Muguruza def. 🇺🇸 Serena Williams, 7–5, 6–4

Men's doubles

 * 🇪🇸 Feliciano López / 🇪🇸 Marc López def. 🇺🇸 Bob Bryan  / 🇺🇸 Mike Bryan, 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3

Women's doubles

 * 🇫🇷 Caroline Garcia / 🇫🇷 Kristina Mladenovic def. 🇷🇺 Ekaterina Makarova / 🇷🇺 Elena Vesnina, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4

Mixed doubles

 * Martina Hingis / 🇮🇳 Leander Paes  def. 🇮🇳 Sania Mirza /  Ivan Dodig, 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Boys' singles

 * 🇫🇷 Geoffrey Blancaneaux def. 🇨🇦 Félix Auger-Aliassime, 1–6, 6–3, 8–6

Girls' singles

 * Rebeka Masarova def. 🇺🇸 Amanda Anisimova, 7–5, 7–5

Boys' doubles

 * 🇮🇱 Yshai Oliel / 🇨🇿 Patrik Rikl def. 🇰🇷 Chung Yun-seong / 🇧🇷 Orlando Luz, 6–3, 6–4

Girls' doubles

 * 🇪🇸 Paula Arias Manjón / 🇷🇸 Olga Danilović def. 🇷🇺 Olesya Pervushina / 🇷🇺 Anastasia Potapova, 3–6, 6–3, [10–8]

Wheelchair men's singles

 * 🇦🇷 Gustavo Fernández def. 🇬🇧 Gordon Reid, 7–6(7–4), 6–1

Wheelchair women's singles

 * Marjolein Buis def. 🇩🇪 Sabine Ellerbrock, 6–3, 6–4

Wheelchair men's doubles

 * 🇯🇵 Shingo Kunieda / 🇬🇧 Gordon Reid def. 🇫🇷 Michaël Jérémiasz / 🇸🇪 Stefan Olsson, 6–3, 6–2

Wheelchair women's doubles

 * 🇯🇵 Yui Kamiji / 🇬🇧 Jordanne Whiley def. Jiske Griffioen /  Aniek van Koot, 6–4, 4–6, [10–6]

Legends under 45 doubles

 * 🇪🇸 Juan Carlos Ferrero / 🇪🇸 Carlos Moyá def. 🇫🇷 Sébastien Grosjean / 🇫🇷 Fabrice Santoro, 6–4, 6–4

Legends over 45 doubles

 * 🇪🇸 Sergi Bruguera / Goran Ivanišević  def. 🇫🇷 Yannick Noah / 🇫🇷 Cédric Pioline, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)

Women's legends doubles

 * 🇺🇸 Lindsay Davenport / 🇺🇸 Martina Navratilova  def. 🇪🇸 Conchita Martínez / 🇫🇷 Nathalie Tauziat, 6–3, 6–2

Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries, suspensions or personal reasons.


 * Men's singles
 * Before the tournament
 * 🇪🇸 Pablo Andújar → replaced by 🇧🇷 Rogério Dutra Silva
 * 🇦🇷 Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by 🇪🇸 Albert Montañés
 * 🇺🇦 Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by 🇮🇹 Thomas Fabbiano
 * Roger Federer → replaced by Igor Sijsling
 * 🇦🇹 Andreas Haider-Maurer → replaced by Thiemo de Bakker
 * 🇦🇺 Thanasi Kokkinakis → replaced by 🇧🇦 Damir Džumhur
 * 🇫🇷 Constant Lestienne → replaced by 🇸🇰 Andrej Martin
 * 🇫🇷 Gaël Monfils → replaced by 🇨🇿 Adam Pavlásek
 * 🇪🇸 Tommy Robredo → replaced by 🇮🇹 Marco Cecchinato


 * During the tournament
 * 🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal


 * Women's singles
 * Before the tournament
 * Belinda Bencic → replaced by 🇺🇸 Lauren Davis
 * 🇮🇹 Flavia Pennetta → replaced by 🇪🇸 Lourdes Domínguez Lino
 * 🇷🇺 Maria Sharapova → replaced by 🇩🇪 Tatjana Maria
 * 🇦🇺 Ajla Tomljanović → replaced by 🇺🇸 Shelby Rogers
 * 🇧🇪 Alison Van Uytvanck → replaced by 🇨🇦 Aleksandra Wozniak
 * Caroline Wozniacki → replaced by 🇪🇸 Sílvia Soler Espinosa

Retirements

 * Men's singles
 * 🇸🇰 Martin Kližan
 * 🇷🇸 Dušan Lajović
 * 🇫🇷 Nicolas Mahut
 * 🇫🇷 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga


 * Women's singles
 * 🇨🇿 Denisa Allertová
 * 🇧🇾 Victoria Azarenka