2016 Australian Open – Wheelchair men's singles
| Wheelchair men's singles | |
|---|---|
| 2016 Australian Open | |
| Champion | Gordon Reid |
| Runner-up | Joachim Gérard |
| Score | 7–6(9–7), 6–4 |
Gordon Reid defeated Joachim Gérard in the final, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 to win the men's singles wheelchair tennis title at the 2016 Australian Open.
Shingo Kunieda was the three-time defending champion, but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Reid. This was the first time Kunieda lost a match at the Australian Open, going a perfect 26-0 in his first 8 Australian Opens.
Seeds
- Shingo Kunieda (quarterfinals)
- Stéphane Houdet (semifinals)
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- ITF = ITF entry
- PR = Protected ranking
- SR = Special ranking
- SE = Special exempt
- JE = Junior exempt
- JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
- CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
- NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Shingo Kunieda | 3 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Reid | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Reid | 6 | 66 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gustavo Fernández | 3 | 78 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gustavo Fernández | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WC | Adam Kellerman | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gordon Reid | 79 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joachim Gérard | 67 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joachim Gérard | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Maikel Scheffers | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Joachim Gérard | 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stéphane Houdet | 6 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicolas Peifer | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Stéphane Houdet | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
References
- General
- Drawsheets on ausopen.com Archived 2016-02-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Specific