Who was the winner of the women's singles at the Australian Open in 2016?

Angelique Kerber won the women's singles title at the 2016 Australian Open. She defeated defending champion Serena Williams in the final, winning 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in a tense three-set match.

The victory was Kerber's first Grand Slam championship. It also made her the first German player to win a major singles title since Steffi Graf's 1999 French Open triumph. Kerber entered the tournament as the seventh seed and defeated several highly ranked opponents on the way to the final.

A common mix-up is to remember Serena Williams as the winner because she was the defending champion and had won the Australian Open in 2015. Williams was also heavily favored in 2016, but Kerber's aggressive left-handed play and consistency under pressure secured the championship. Kerber later became world No. 1 in 2016 after winning the US Open.