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2016 French Open – Women's Singles
defeated defending champion
Serena Williams
7–5, 6–4, to win the
Women's
Singles tennis
title at the
2016 French Open
. Williams was attempting, for the third time, to
equal
Steffi Graf's
Open Era record
of 22 major
singles
titles. She was also attempting to become only the second player, after
Steffi Graf
, to complete a quadruple
Career Grand Slam
.
Muguruza became just the second Spanish woman in history, after three-time champion
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
, to win the
French Open
. Muguruza
dropped
only one set the entire tournament, to
Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
in the first round.
Williams retained the WTA no. 1 singles ranking after
Agnieszka Radwańska
and
Angelique Kerber
lost in fourth and first
rounds
, respectively.
Kiki Bertens
became the first Dutch woman to reach the semi-final of a
Grand Slam event
since
Betty Stöve
reached the same stage, at the
1977 US Open
.
The tournament marked the first time that former world No. 1
Caroline Wozniacki
did not play in the
main draw
of a
Grand Slam
singles event
since her major debut at the
2007 French Open
, ending a streak of 36 consecutive appearances. The
reason
for her
withdrawal
was an
ankle injury
.
Seeds
Qualifying
Draw
Finals
Top half
Section
1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Bottom half
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8