2016 Mutua Madrid Open
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 to 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 ATP World Tour">Association of Tennis Professionals">ATP World Tour and a Premier Mandatory event on the 2016 WTA Tour.
On 1 May, 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.
ATP singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcardThe following player received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Roberto Carballés Baena
- Santiago Giraldo
- Pierre-Hugues Herbert
- Denis Istomin
- Denis Kudla
- Lucas Pouille
- Radek Štěpánek
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament- Marin Čilić → replaced by Vasek Pospisil
- Tommy Haas → replaced by Borna Ćorić
- John Isner → replaced by Teymuraz Gabashvili
- Martin Kližan → replaced by Albert Ramos Viñolas
- Andreas Seppi → replaced by Andrey Kuznetsov
- Roger Federer → replaced by Marcel Granollers
ATP doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:WTA singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:The following players received entry using a protected ranking into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
- Louisa Chirico
- Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
- Monica Puig
- Alison Riske
- Laura Siegemund
- Kateřina Siniaková
- Patricia Maria Țig
- Elena Vesnina
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament- Belinda Bencic → replaced by Heather Watson
- Flavia Pennetta → replaced by Danka Kovinić
- Maria Sharapova → replaced by Anna-Lena Friedsam
- Serena Williams → replaced by Laura Robson
- Venus Williams → replaced by Christina McHale
- Caroline Wozniacki → replaced by Dominika Cibulková
Retirements
WTA doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of 25 April 2016.
Other entrants
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 Tormo
Withdrawals
;Before the tournament;During the tournament