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On-court action

[1] Novak


Djokovic (SRB)


d [2] Andy Murray (GBR)
6-1 7-5 7-6 (3)

By downing world No.2 Andy Murray for the fourth time in the men’s final, world No.1 Novak Djokovic equaled the feats of Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg on 11 Grand Slam singles crowns including Novak’s sixth Australian Open title.

[7] Angelique


Kerber (GER)


d [1] Serena Williams (USA)
6-4 3-6 6-4

Angelique Kerber walked onto centre court at Rod Laver Arena as a first-time Grand Slam finalist. She walked off as the Australian Open 2016 champion, cradling the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup after producing the performance of her life to beat defending champion Serena Williams.

Men's Doubles

Jamie Murray joined brother Andy as a Grand Slam champion after he and Brazilian Bruno Soares claimed the Australian Open men’s doubles title on Saturday night downing the veteran doubles pairing of Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek in the final
2-6 6-4 7-5

Women's Doubles

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza claimed a third consecutive Grand Slam doubles title to extend their unbeaten run to 36 matches at the expense of Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka.
7-6(1) 6-3

Mixed Doubles

First-time partners Bruno Soares and Elena Vesnina captured the mixed doubles crown after defeating the unseeded pair, Romanian Horia Tecau and American Coco Vandeweghe
6-4 4-6(10-5)

Men's Wheelchair Singles

Gordon Reid of Great Britain defeated Joachim Gerard of Germany in straight sets to claim the men’s wheelchair singles.
7-6(7) 6-4

Women's Wheelchair Singles

Top seed Jiske Griffioen of the Netherlands defeated compatriot Aniek Van Koot in straight sets to claim the women’s wheelchair singles.
6-3 7-5

Men's Wheelchair Doubles

Stephane Houdet & Nicolas Peifer won the men's wheelchair doubles final defeating Gordon Reid & Shingo Kunieda.
6-3 3-6 7-5

Women's Wheelchair Doubles

Second seeds Marjolein Buis and Yui Kamiji defeated the top seeds Jiske Griffioen and Aniek Van Koot.
6-2 6-2

Quad Wheelchair Singles

Crowd favourite Dylan Alcott successfully defended his Australian Open quad wheelchair crown in front of a packed house, defeating 41-year-old American veteran David Wagner in straight sets.
6-2 6-2

Quad Wheelchair Doubles

David Wagner and Lucas Sithole defeated Andrew Lapthorne and Dylan Alcott to win the quad wheelchair doubles final.
6-1 6-3

Boys' Singles

Oliver Anderson continued the recent tradition of local success in the Australian Open junior boys' championships after running away with a courageous win over seventh seed Jurabeck Karimov from Uzbekistan.
6-2 1-6 6-1

Girls' Singles

Belarusian Vera Lapko etched her name onto the Australian Open girls' singles trophy after an inspiring win over defending champion Tereza Mihalikova.
6-3 6-4

Boys' Doubles

Local pair Alex De Minaur and Blake Ellis rallied from a set down to defeat Lukas Klein and Patrik Riki in three tight sets.
3-6 7-5(12-10)

Girls' Doubles

Second seeds Anna Kalinskaya and Tereza Mihalikova dominated the final, defeating the Ukraine duo of Dayana Yastremska and Anastasia Zarytska.
6-1 6-1

53

nations were represented among the 256 players competing in main draw singles.

727

players in total competed across all events.

Sam Groth

sent down the fastest serve of the tournament at 235km/h

John Isner

served the most aces of any player in the men’s draw with 119 to his name

Serena Williams

posted the fastest serve in the women’s draw at 202km/h

Maria Sharapova

served the most aces of any female player with 55 in total

Attendance

Total tournament attendance: 720,363

Famous faces in the crowd

Danielle Knudson
Guest model & girlfriend of Milos Raonic
Eric Bana
Actor
Mark Webber
Racing Driver
Michelle Payne
Jockey and 2015 Melbourne Cup Winner
Mick Fanning
Surfer
Sally Fitzgibbons
Surfer

Niall Horan - One Direction band member

Digital

Website

14m+

Total Tournament Users

377,6m+

Total Tournament Page Views

58,5m+

Total Tournament Visits

2,8m+

Mandarin Scoreboard Downloads

Most popular countries

  • 1. Australia
  • 2. United States
  • 3. China
  • 4. United Kingdom
  • 5. Canada

Most popular men

  • 1. Roger Federer
  • 2. Novak Djokovic
  • 3. Milos Raonic
  • 4. Andy Murray
  • 5. Rafael Nadal

Most popular women

  • 1. Johanna Konta
  • 2. Angelique Kerber
  • 3. Shuai Zhang
  • 4. Serena Williams
  • 5. Agnieszka Radwanska

949,104

iPhone & Android App downloads

2,242,984

Mobile web unique visitors

17,352,517

Match Centre loads

Most Popular Articles

"Verdasco sends Nadal packing"
"Day 11 preview: Can Roger buck the trend?"
"AO Analyst: Why Serena won again"

Video

  • 8.2Mill+

    Ausopen.com VOD and LIVE views

  • 13.9Mill+

    YouTube views

  • 3.5Mill+

    Facebook views

  • 4.4Mill+

    SnappyTV views

  • 30.2Mill+

    Total views

In Pictures

Radio

1,097,595

Total tournament listens on desktop, mobile & apps.

910,000

Audio boom listens

327,598

TuneIn listens

Digital activations

DownUnder Photo Booth

AO Mosaic

14,515

entries using #AOSelfie #KiaTennis

Social Suite

64

guests were treated to an experience in Hisense Arena as our AO Social Media Champions.

1,353

posts/entries into the competition.

#SmashTheSecret on Instagram

728

posts/entries into the Instagram code breaker competition.

32k+ #hewbeauty tributes

Twitter Tribute that trended worldwide

72k+ views 'The Final Tour Video'

(ausopen.com & YouTube)

Showing live first ever 360 coverage from centre court

Information Technology

43Tb of Internet traffic handled by the AO network infrastructure

Over 14,500 transport bookings made

47km of temporary network cabling was used

140K+ unique devices were connected to AO Wi-Fi across the precinct powered by Optus

45,813 points, 7,183 games and 743 sets were captured, analysed and distributed via the AO scoring system

Broadcast Operations

The most comprehensive host broadcast coverage of any Grand Slam:

Coverage across 28 courts, 16 match courts, 12 practice courts and around the site

119 individual cameras used across the entire Host Broadcast

1,215 accredited broadcast representatives from around the globe

Access to 35+ cameras to cover the finals

641 matches produced plus countless practice sessions

Domestic Broadcast

Angelique Kerber’s first Grand Slam victory in the women’s final delivered the most watched program this year with a peak domestic TV audience of 2.9 million making it the most watched women’s final since Kim Clijsters' victory over Li Na.

Novak Djokovic’s victory over Roger Federer in the semi-finals delivered a peak domestic TV audience of 2.69 million viewers on Seven.

Lleyton Hewitt’s first round match against compatriot James Duckworth delivered a peak audience of 2.47 million.

Daria Gavrilova’s run to the fourth round had audiences across Australia peaking at 1.84 million on Seven.

International Broadcast

Coverage of the Australian Open has aired on more than:

  • 45 different television channels around the world
  • Reaching more than 200 territories
  • 900 million homes every day

Major networks dedicated at least two or more TV channels each in over 150 territories during the first week.

All 16 main draw match courts have been streamed live in over 130 territories.

More than 250 aircrafts on 10 airlines around the world and selected cruise ships showed the AO live each day on Sport 24.

The all-new free Australian Open Festival at Birrarung Marr served up a taste of Grand Slam action and excitement right in the heart of Melbourne.

Tournament Operations

380+ Woolworths Ballkids worked at the 2016 Australian Open:

  • 329 from Victoria

  • 25 from interstate

  • 20 from Korea

  • 6 from China

  • 2 from Singapore

  • 2 from France

110 Kia cars transported players to and from Melbourne Park covering over 300,000 kms

The Yonex stringers hut restrung 5292 racquets, using more than 63 km of string

Community Tennis

Thanks for being apart of the Australian Open 2016. See you next year!