2016 Brisbane International

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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

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	—	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	470	305	185	100	55	1	25	18	13	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

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	—
Men's doubles *	$21,850	$11,500	$6,230	$3,570	$2,090	—	—	—	—
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	—	—	—	—

_{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 December 28, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Ben Mitchell^[2]
• James Duckworth^[3]
• John-Patrick Smith

The following player received entry using a protected ranking into the singles main draw:

• Radek Štěpánek

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Oliver Anderson
• Ivan Dodig
• Tobias Kamke
• Yoshihito Nishioka

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Jerzy Janowicz → replaced by Dušan Lajović
• Sam Querrey → replaced by 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 December 28, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• James Duckworth / Chris Guccione
• Matt Reid / John-Patrick Smith

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• 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 December 28, 2015.

Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:

• Priscilla Hon^[5]
• Ajla Tomljanović

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Kateryna Bondarenko
• Jana Čepelová
• Samantha Crawford
• Elena Vesnina

The following players received entry as lucky losers:

• Ysaline Bonaventure
• Margarita Gasparyan

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Simona Halep (Left leg injury) → replaced by Ysaline Bonaventure
• Maria Sharapova (Left forearm injury) → replaced by Margarita Gasparyan

Retirements

• Garbiñe 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 December 28, 2015.

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Priscilla Hon / Ajla Tomljanović
• Angelique Kerber / Andrea Petkovic

The following pair received entry as alternates:

• Shahar Pe'er / Maria Sanchez

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Ajla Tomljanović (abdominal injury)

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2016 Brisbane International – Men's singles

• Milos Raonic def. Roger Federer, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

Main article: 2016 Brisbane International – Women's singles

• Victoria Azarenka def. Angelique Kerber 6–3, 6–1

Men's doubles

Main article: 2016 Brisbane International – Men's doubles

• Henri Kontinen / John Peers def. James Duckworth / Chris Guccione, 7–6^(7–4), 6–1

Women's doubles

Main article: 2016 Brisbane International – Women's doubles

• Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza def. Angelique Kerber / Andrea Petkovic, 7–5, 6–1

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]