The 2016 Mutua Madrid Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Park Manzanares in Madrid, Spain from 30 April–8 May 2016. It was the 15th edition of the event on the ATP World Tour and 8th on the WTA Tour. It was classified as an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event on the 2016 ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2016 WTA Tour.
On May 1, tournament organizers staged a successful Guinness World Record. 1,474 people—including spectators, players, and tournament officials—bounced tennis balls on racquets simultaneously for ten seconds. This broke the previous record of 767 people set at the 2015 China Open.
Ion Țiriac the former Romanian ATP player and now billionaire businessman is the current owner of the tournament.
Rankings are as of April 25, 2016.The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
Nicolás Almagro Pablo Carreño Busta Juan Mónaco Fernando VerdascoThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Roberto Carballés Baena Santiago Giraldo Pierre-Hugues Herbert Denis Istomin Denis Kudla Lucas Pouille Radek ŠtepánekThe following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Marcel GranollersBefore the tournament Marin Čilić →replaced by Vasek Pospisil Tommy Haas →replaced by Borna Ćorić Marcel Granollers John Isner →replaced by Teymuraz Gabashvili Martin Kližan →replaced by Albert Ramos-Viñolas Andreas Seppi→replaced by Andrey Kuznetsov Roger Federer (late withdrawal) →replaced by Marcel GranollersRankings are as of April 25, 2016.The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Mahesh Bhupathi / Fabrice Martin Pablo Carreño Busta / Fernando VerdascoRankings are as of April 25, 2016.The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
Lara Arruabarrena Paula Badosa Gibert Sorana Cîrstea Lourdes Domínguez Lino Sara Sorribes TormoThe following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Louisa Chirico Mirjana Lučić-Baroni Mónica Puig Alison Riske Laura Siegemund Kateřina Siniaková Patricia Maria Țig Elena VesninaThe following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Heather WatsonBefore the tournament Belinda Bencic (lower back injury) →replaced by Yulia Putintseva Flavia Pennetta (retirement from tennis) →replaced by Danka Kovinić Yulia Putintseva (upper respiratory illness) →replaced by Heather Watson Maria Sharapova (provisional suspension) →replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam Serena Williams (flu) →replaced by Laura Robson Venus Williams (hamstring injury) →replaced by Christina McHale Caroline Wozniacki (right ankle injury) →replaced by Dominika CibulkováDuring the tournament Victoria Azarenka (back injury) Camila Giorgi (mid-back injury) Lucie Šafářová (gastrointestinal illness) Paula Badosa Gibert (cramping) Johanna Konta (upper respiratory illness)Rankings are as of April 25, 2016.The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Paula Badosa Gibert / María José Martínez Sánchez Svetlana Kuznetsova / Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Květa Peschke / Barbora Strýcová Sílvia Soler Espinosa / Sara Sorribes TormoThe following pair received entry as alternates:
Raluca Olaru / Alicja RosolskaBefore the tournament Lucie Šafářová (gastrointestinal illness)During the tournament Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (left adductor injury) Carla Suárez Navarro (upper respiratory illness) Laura Siegemund (dizziness) Novak Djokovic def. Andy Murray, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 Simona Halep def. Dominika Cibulková, 6–2, 6–4 Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău def. Rohan Bopanna / Florin Mergea, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic def. Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza, 6–4, 6–4 