2016 French Open | |
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Date | 22 May – 5 June 2016 |
Edition | 115 |
Category | 86th Grand Slam (ITF) |
Draw | 128S/64D/32X |
Prize money | €32,017,500 |
Surface | Clay |
Location | Paris (XVIe), France |
Venue | Roland Garros Stadium |
Champions | |
Men's singles | |
Novak Djokovic | |
Women's singles | |
Garbiñe Muguruza | |
Men's doubles | |
Feliciano López / Marc López | |
Women's doubles | |
Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic | |
Mixed doubles | |
Martina Hingis / Leander Paes | |
Wheelchair men's singles | |
Gustavo Fernández | |
Wheelchair women's singles | |
Marjolein Buis | |
Wheelchair men's doubles | |
Shingo Kunieda / Gordon Reid | |
Wheelchair women's doubles | |
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley | |
Boys' singles | |
Geoffrey Blancaneaux | |
Girls' singles | |
Rebeka Masarova | |
Boys' doubles | |
Yshai Oliel / Patrik Rikl | |
Girls' doubles | |
Paula Arias Manjón / Olga Danilović | |
Legends under 45 doubles | |
Juan Carlos Ferrero / Carlos Moyá | |
Women's legends doubles | |
Lindsay Davenport / Martina Navratilova | |
Legends over 45 doubles | |
Sergi Bruguera / Goran Ivanišević |
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",[1] 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.[2][3] The victory by Garbiñe Muguruza was her first Grand Slam win in her second Grand Slam final.