2016 ASB Classic

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{{Infobox tennis event|2016|ASB Classic|

| date = 4–9 January (women)
11–16 January (men)

| category = WTA International
ATP 250

| edition = 31st (women)
40th (men)

| draw = 32S / 16D (women)
28S / 16D (men)

| surface = Hard

| prize_money = $250,000 (women)
$ (men)

| location = Auckland, New Zealand

| venue = ASB Tennis Centre

| champms = {{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Bautista Agut

| champws = {{flagicon|USA}} Sloane Stephens

| champmd = {{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić / {{flagicon|NZL}} Michael Venus

| champwd = {{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens / {{flagicon|BEL}} An-Sophie Mestach

| main_name = WTA Auckland Open{{!}}ASB Classic

}}

The 2016 Auckland Open, also known by its sponsored name ASB Classic, was a joint 2016 ATP World Tour and 2016 WTA Tour tennis tournament. Played on outdoor hard courts, it was the 31st edition of the women's event, and the 40th edition of the men's event. It took place at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 4 to 9 January 2016 for the women, and from 11 to 16 January 2016 for the men.

Finals

= Men's singles =

{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Bautista Agut defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock, 6–1, 1–0, ret.

= Women's singles =

{{flagicon|USA}} Sloane Stephens defeated {{flagicon|GER}} Julia Görges, 7–5, 6–2

= Men's doubles =

{{flagicon|CRO}} Mate Pavić / {{flagicon|NZL}} Michael Venus defeated {{flagicon|USA}} Eric Butorac / {{flagicon|USA}} Scott Lipsky, 7–5, 6–4

= Women's doubles =

{{flagicon|BEL}} Elise Mertens / {{flagicon|BEL}} An-Sophie Mestach defeated {{flagicon|MNE}} Danka Kovinić / {{flagicon|CZE}} Barbora Strýcová, 2–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Points and prize money

= Point distribution =

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"\|Event \| style="width:80px; background:lime;"\|W \| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"\|F \| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"\|SF \| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"\|QF \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 16 \| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"\|Round of 32 \|width=85 \|Q \|width=85 \|Q3 \|width=85 \|Q2 \|width=85 \|Q1
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\| Men's singles \|rowspan=2\|250 \|rowspan=2\|150 \|rowspan=2\|90 \|rowspan=2\|45 \|20 \|0 \|12 \|6 \|0 \|{{n/a}}
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\| Men's doubles \| 0 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\| Women's singles \|rowspan=2\|280 \|rowspan=2\|180 \|rowspan=2\|110 \|rowspan=2\|60 \|30 \|1 \|18 \|14 \|10 \|1
style="background:#f3f3f3;"\|Women's doubles \|1 \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}} \| {{n/a}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32

|width=85 |Q

|width=85 |Q3

|width=85 |Q2

|width=85 |Q1

style="background:#f3f3f3;"| Men's singles

|rowspan=2|250

|rowspan=2|150

|rowspan=2|90

|rowspan=2|45

|20

|12

|{{n/a}}

style="background:#f3f3f3;"| Men's doubles

| 0

| {{n/a}}

style="background:#f3f3f3;"| Women's singles

|rowspan=2|280

|rowspan=2|180

|rowspan=2|110

|rowspan=2|60

|30

|18

|14

|10

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Women's doubles

| {{n/a}}

= Prize money =

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

style="width:130px; background:#eaeaea;"|Event

| style="width:80px; background:lime;"|W

| style="width:85px; background:thistle;"|F

| style="width:85px; background:#ff0;"|SF

| style="width:85px; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 16

| style="width:85px; background:#afeeee;"|Round of 32¹

|width=85|Q3

|width=85|Q2

|width=85|Q1

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Men's singles

|$83,450

|$43,430

|$23,525

|$13,400

|$7,900

|$4,680

|$2,105

|$1,055

|{{n/a}}

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Men's doubles *

|$25,070

|$13,170

|$7,140

|$4,080

|$2,390

| {{n/a}}

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Women's singles

|$43,000

|$21,400

|$11,300

|$5,900

|$3,310

|$1,925

|$1,005

|$730

|$530

style="background:#f3f3f3;"|Women's doubles *

|$12,300

|$6,400

|$3,435

|$1,820

|$960

| {{n/a}}

_{¹ Qualifiers' prize money is also the Round of 32 prize money}

_{* per team}

ATP singles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"

!width=70|Country

!width=175|Player

!Rank¹

!Seed

|10

|11

|12

|19

|21

|23

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flag|ESP}}

|Roberto Bautista Agut

|25

¹ Rankings as of 4 January 2016

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|ESP}} David Ferrer
{{flagicon|NZL}} Finn Tearney
{{flagicon|NZL}} Michael Venus

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|AUS}} Matthew Barton
{{flagicon|GER}} Benjamin Becker
{{flagicon|NED}} Thiemo de Bakker
{{flagicon|NED}} Robin Haase

= Retirements =

{{flagicon|GBR}} Aljaž Bedene (leg injury)
{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Sock (illness)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|COL}} \|Juan Sebastián Cabal \|{{flag\|COL}} \|Robert Farah \|52 \|1
{{flag\|PHI}} \|Treat Huey \|{{flag\|BLR}} \|Max Mirnyi \|61 \|2
{{flag\|GER}} \|Philipp Petzschner \|{{flag\|AUT}} \|Alexander Peya \|74 \|3
style="background:#fcc;" \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Eric Butorac \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Scott Lipsky \|85 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|Juan Sebastián Cabal

|{{flag|COL}}

|52

|{{flag|BLR}}

|61

|{{flag|AUT}}

|74

style="background:#fcc;"

|{{flagu|USA}}

|Eric Butorac

|{{flagu|USA}}

|Scott Lipsky

|85

¹ Rankings as of 4 January 2016

= Other entrants =

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|NZL}} Marcus Daniell / {{flagicon|NZL}} Artem Sitak
{{flagicon|NZL}} Finn Tearney / {{flagicon|NZL}} Wesley Whitehouse

The following pair received entry as alternates:

{{flagicon|DOM}} Víctor Estrella Burgos / {{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Ramos Viñolas

= Withdrawals =

;Before the tournament

{{flagicon|GBR}} Aljaž Bedene (leg injury)

;During the tournament

{{flagicon|USA}} John Isner (knee injury)
{{flagicon|USA}} Sam Querrey (tiredness & knee injury){{cite web | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/tennis/75875970/artem-sitak-marcus-daniell-get-free-pass-to-asb-classic-semis | title=Artem Sitak, Marcus Daniell get free pass to ASB Classic semis | publisher=stuff.co.nz | date=13 January 2016 | access-date=14 January 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11573880 | title=All-Kiwi Classic win would be more special | access-date=16 January 2016}}

WTA singles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flagu\|USA}} \|Venus Williams \|7 \|1
{{flag\|SRB}} \|Ana Ivanovic \|16 \|2
{{flag\|DEN}} \|Caroline Wozniacki \|17 \|3
{{flag\|RUS}} \|Svetlana Kuznetsova \|25 \|4
style="background:#cfc;" \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|Sloane Stephens \|30 \|5
{{flagu\|USA}} \|CoCo Vandeweghe \|37 \|6
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Barbora Strýcová \|42 \|7
{{flag\|BEL}} \|Alison Van Uytvanck \|44 \|8

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|16

|17

|25

style="background:#cfc;"

|{{flagu|USA}}

|30

|37

|42

|44

¹ Rankings as of 28 December 2015.

= Other entrants =

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

{{flagicon|NZL}} Marina Erakovic
{{flagicon|LAT}} Jeļena Ostapenko
{{flagicon|ITA}} Francesca Schiavone

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

{{flagicon|NED}} Kiki Bertens
{{flagicon|GBR}} Naomi Broady
{{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens
{{flagicon|AUT}} Tamira Paszek

= Retirements =

{{flagicon|GER}} Mona Barthel (illness)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

= Seeds =

class="sortable wikitable"
width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! width="70"\| Country ! width="175"\| Player ! Rank¹ ! Seed
{{flag\|CZE}} \|Andrea Hlaváčková \|{{flag\|CZE}} \|Lucie Hradecká \|37 \|1
{{flag\|GER}} \|Julia Görges \|{{flag\|SLO}} \|Katarina Srebotnik \|38 \|2
{{flag\|GER}} \|Anna-Lena Grönefeld \|{{flagu\|USA}} \|CoCo Vandeweghe \|78 \|3
{{flag\|POL}} \|Klaudia Jans-Ignacik \|{{flag\|POL}} \|Paula Kania \|112 \|4

class="sortable wikitable"

width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! width="70"| Country

! width="175"| Player

! Rank¹

! Seed

|{{flag|CZE}}

|37

|{{flag|SLO}}

|38

|{{flagu|USA}}

|78

|Klaudia Jans-Ignacik

|{{flag|POL}}

|Paula Kania

|112

¹ Rankings as of 28 December 2015.

= Other entrants =

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

{{flagicon|NZL}} Rosie Cheng / {{flagicon|AUS}} Sacha Jones
{{flagicon|BEL}} Kirsten Flipkens / {{flagicon|SRB}} Ana Ivanovic

= Withdrawals =

;During the tournament

{{flagicon|SRB}} Ana Ivanovic (dizziness)

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20141129202525/http://www.festivaloftennis.co.nz/asbclassic Official website]
[https://wtafiles.blob.core.windows.net/pdf/draws/archive/2016/1049.pdf WTA tournament draws]

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Category:2016 WTA Tour

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