2016 Australian Open: Bracket, schedule and results for women’s draw

The 2016 Australian Open is over, and top seed Serena Williams fell short of her 22nd Grand Slam tournament victory, which would have tied Steffi Graf for the most in the open era.

Williams is coming off yet another ridiculously dominant season and seemed more than ready to take another crack at getting all four Grand Slam titles in a single season, but she was stunned by Angelique Kerber in Saturday’s final in Melbourne.

Williams took the Australian Open, then the French Open, then Wimbledon, but failed to secure her seventh US Open title in 2015. She was favored big time over Kerber, who was playing in her first ever major final and who had only won once against Williams, back in 2012. But Kerber refused to give up and forced Williams to commit more than double her own unforced errors and walked away with a three-set victory.

It was the match of her life for Kerber, and not one she or Williams will soon forget. The two will surely meet again in the future, and when that happens, Williams will likely be favored, but we now know that anything can happen.

Below, you can find the full schedule of play. Note that play often begins late in the evening in the Eastern time zone, though in local time, it’s the morning of the following day. So technically play will spill into the next day for most rounds, but this is an approximation of what you can expect for each round, going by which evening play starts in.

Day 1, Sunday, Jan. 17 (recap)

No. 1 Serena Williams def. Camila Giorgi, 6-4, 7-5 (recap)
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Christina McHale, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 Maria Sharapova def. Nao Hibino, 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 Petra Kvitova def. Luksika Kumkhum, 6-3, 6-1
No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Viktorija Golubic, 7-5, 6-4
No. 12 Belinda Bencic def. Alison Riske, 6-4, 6-3
No. 13 Roberta Vinci def. Tamira Paszek, 6-4, 6-2
Yulia Putintseva def. No. 16 Caroline Wozniacki, 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
Margarita Gasparyan def. No. 17 Sara Errani, 1-6, 7-5, 6-1
Elizaveta Kulichkova def. No. 22 Andrea Petkovic, 7-5, 6-4
No. 23 Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Daniela Hantuchova, 6-0, 6-2
Qiang Wang def. No. 24 Sloane Stephens, 6-3, 6-3
Kristyna Pliskova def. No. 25 Samantha Stosur, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
Lauren Davis def. No. 26 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Daria Kasatkina def. No. 27 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 6-3, 6-3
No. 28 Kristina Mladenovic def. Dominika Cibulkova, 6-3, 6-4

Day 2, Monday, Jan. 18 (recap)

Shuai Zhang def. No. 2 Simona Halep, 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Garbine Muguruza def. Anett Kontaveit, 6-0, 6-4
No. 7 Angelique Kerber def. Misaki Doi, 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 6-3
Johanna Konta def. No. 8 Venus Williams, 6-4, 6-2
No. 9 Karolina Pliskova def. Kimberly Birrell, 6-4, 6-4
No. 11 Timea Bacsinszky def. Katerina Siniakova, 6-3, 7-5
No. 15 Maidson Keys def. Zarina Diyas, 7-6(5), 6-1
No. 18 Elina Svitoliva def. Victoria Duval, 6-2, 6-3
No. 19 Jelena Jankovic def. Polona Hercog, 6-3, 6-3
No. 20 Ana Ivanovic def. Tammi Patterson, 6-2, 6-3
No. 21 Ekaterina Makarova def. Maddison Inglis, 6-3, 6-0
Johanna Larsson def. No. 29 Irina-Camilia Begu, 6-3, 6-2
No. 30 Sabine Lisicki def. Petra Cetkovska, 6-4, 6-4
Varvara Lepchenko def. No. 31 Lesia Tsurenko, 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-3
Barboa Strycova def. No. 32 Caroline Garcia, 6-3, 6-4

Day 3, Tuesday, Jan. 19 (recap)

No. 1 Serena Williams def. Su-Wei Hsieh, 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Eugenie Bouchard, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 Maria Sharapova def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich, 6-2, 6-1
Daria Gavrilova def. No. 6 Petra Kvitova, 6-4, 6-4
No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Maria Sakkari 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-2
No. 12 Belinda Bencic def. Timea Babos, 6-3, 6-3
No. 13 Roberta Vinci def. Irina Falconi, 6-2, 6-3
Kateryna Bondarenko def. No. 23 Svetlana Kuznetsova, 6-1, 7-5
No. 28 Kristina Mladenovic def. Nicole Gibbs, 6-1, 7-6(4)

Day 4, Wednesday, Jan. 20 (recap)

No. 3 Garbine Muguruza def. Kirsten Flipkens, 6-4, 6-2
No. 7 Angelique Kerber def. Alexandra Dulgheru, 6-2, 6-4
No. 9 Karolina Pliskova def. Julia Goerges, 7-6(7-5), 6-1
Annika Beck def. No. 11 Timea Bacsinszky, 6-2, 6-3
No. 14 Victoria Azarenka def. Danka Kovinic, 6-1, 6-2
No. 15 Madison Keys def. Yaroslava Shvedova, 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-3
Naomi Osaka def. No. 18 Elina Svitolina, 6-4, 6-4
Laura Siegemund def. No. 19 Jelena Jankovic, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
No. 20 Ana Ivanovic def. Anastasija Sevastova, 6-3, 6-3
No. 21 Ekaterina Makarova def. Tatjana Maria, 6-4, 6-2
Denisa Allertova def. No. 30 Sabine Liscki, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4

Day 5, Thursday, Jan. 21 (recap)

No. 1 Serena Williams def. Daria Kasatkina, 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Monica Puig, 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 Maria Sharapova def. Lauren Davis, 6-1, 6-7(5-7), 6-0
No. 10 Carla-Suarez Navarro def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, 6-4, 2-0 (retired)
No. 12 Belinda Bencic def. Kateryna Bondarenko, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
Anna-Lena Friedsam def. No. 13 Roberta Vinci, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4
Daria Gavrilova def. No. 28 Kristina Mladenovic, 6-4, 4-6, 11-9
Margarita Gasparian def. Yulia Putintseva, 6-3, 6-4

Day 6, Friday, Jan. 22 (recap)

Barbora Strycova def. No. 3 Garbine Muguruza, 6-3, 6-2
No. 7 Angelique Kerber def. Madison Brengle, 6-1, 6-3
No. 21 Ekaterina Makarova def. No. 9 Karolina Pliskova, 6-3, 6-2
No. 14 Victoria Azarenka def. Naomi Osaka, 6-1, 6-1
No. 15 Madison Keys def. No. 20 Ana Ivanovic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Shuai Zhang def. Varvara Lepchenko, 6-1, 6-3
Johanna Konta def. Denisa Allertova, 6-2, 6-2
Annika Beck def. Laura Siegemund, 6-0, 6-4

Day 7, Saturday, Jan. 23

No. 1 Serena Williams def. Margarita Gasparyan, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Anna-Lena Friedsam, 6-7(6), 6-1, 7-5
No. 5 Maria Sharapova def. No. 12 Belinda Bencic, 7-5, 7-5
No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro def. Daria Gavrilova, 0-6, 6-3, 6-2

Day 8, Sunday, Jan. 24

No. 7 Angelique Kerber def. Annika Beck, 6-4, 6-0
No. 14 Victoria Azarenka def. Barbora Strycova, 6-2, 6-4
Shuai Zhang def. No. 15 Madison Keys, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
Johanna Konta def. No. 21 Ekaterina Makarova,4-6, 6-4, 8-6

Day 9, Monday, Jan. 25

No. 1 Serena Williams def. No. 5 Maria Sharapova, 6-4, 6-1 (recap)
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska def. No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-1, 6-3

Day 10, Tuesday, Jan. 26

No. 7 Angelique Kerber def. No. 14 Victoria Azarenka, 6-3, 7-5
Johanna Konta def. Shuai Zhang, 6-4, 6-1

Day 11, Wednesday, Jan. 27

No. 1 Serena Williams def. No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-0, 6-4
No. 7 Angelique Kerber def. Johanna Konta, 7-5, 6-2

Day 13, Friday, Jan. 29

No. 7 Angelique Kerber def. No. 1 Serena Williams, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

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