Novak Djokovic collected his 60th career title at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, defeating Nadal in two sets in a final that lasted 73 minutes.

His finals win in Miami saw Djokovic surpass Roger Federer to become the all-time leading prize money winner on the ATP tour with career earnings of $98.2 million.

After an early round exit to Jiří Veselý at the Monte Carlo Masters, Djokovic quickly bounced back by winning the Madrid Open for the second time in his career with a three set victory over Murray.

Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in the final of the French Open in four sets, making him the reigning champion of all four major tournaments, a historic feat the media dubbed the "Nole Slam."

He became the second man in the Open Era (after Ivan Lendl) to lose five Grand Slam finals at one event, and the only one not to have won the title.

Murray then competed at the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Open but suffered upsets in the third round of each event to Federico Delbonis and Grigor Dimitrov, respectively.

Murray began his clay court season at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters losing to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the semifinals despite winning the first set.

He claimed his first title of the season at the Rome Masters, earning his first win over Djokovic on clay, when he defeated the Serbian in the final.

Murray started his grass season at the Queen's Club Championships, where he claimed his fifth title at the event defeating Milos Raonic in the final.

He became the first player, male or female, to wim two gold medals in the tennis singles events by defeating Juan Martín del Potro in the final, which lasted over four hours.

Murray then defeated John Isner in the final in 3 sets to win his fourth consecutive tournament and first Paris Masters title.

Wawrinka then played in the Dubai Tennis Championships and won the title over surprise finalist Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets.

He was able to reach the semifinals of the Rogers Cup falling to Kei Nishikori but was upset in the third round of the Western & Southern Open losing to Grigor Dimitrov in two sets.

With the transition to hard courts after Wimbledon, Raonic made the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup losing to Monfils and the semifinals of the Western & Southern Open falling to Murray for the fifth time in 2016.

Raonic withdrew from the China Open prior to his semifinal match against Grigor Dimitrov due to an ankle injury sustained in the quarterfinal.

Raonic suffered another injury, a quadriceps tear, during his quarterfinal match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the BNP Paribas Masters and withdrew before his scheduled semifinal against Murray.

Nishikori started his US Open Series campaign, at the Rogers Cup, where he reached the final, but for the fifth time in the year lost to Djokovic in straight sets.

After retiring in his home tournament, the Rakuten Japan Open, in the second round to João Sousa, Nishikori returned to action again in the Swiss Indoors where he lost to Marin Čilić in the finals.

Rafael Nadal started the year by reaching the final of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open losing to Novak Djokovic in straight sets.

He started his European clay court season perfectly winning back-to-back titles at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters and Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell defeating Gaël Monfils and Kei Nishikori, respectively.

As the fourth seed at Roland Garros, Nadal had to withdraw prior to his third round match due to a left wrist injury.

However, he wasn't able to sustain this form, losing in the first round of his home event the Open Sud de France to Édouard Roger-Vasselin.

Monfils earned his first ever 500 event singles title by defeating Croatian Ivo Karlović in the final in three sets on the hard courts of the Citi Open.

Monfils then reached the semifinals of the Rogers Cup facing Novak Djokovic, to whom he lost to in straight sets, ending his career-best win streak of 9 consecutive matches.

At the Rio Olympics, he reached the quarterfinals and lost to eventual bronze medalist Kei Nishikori, despite having 3 match point chances in the deciding set.

He didn't play any event until the Geneva Open due to a knee injury where he reached the final losing to Stan Wawrinka.

He began his grass court season with a loss to Radek Štěpánek at the MercedesCup but bounced back with a semifinal showing at the Queen's Club Championships losing to Andy Murray.

Dominic Thiem started the year with a semifinal run at the Brisbane International but losing to Roger Federer in straight sets.

Thiem next competed at the Argentina Open, where he upset defending champion Rafael Nadal in three sets after saving match point in the semifinals.

at the Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Thiem successfully defended his title, beating Alexander Zverev, having not lost a set until the final.