Women's doubles | |
---|---|
Tennis at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe |
The women's doubles was one of four events of the tennis program at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe in Cyprus.
Gold | Mandy Minella / Claudine Schaul |
Silver | Marina Novak / Kathinka von Deichmann |
Bronze | Kimberley Cassar / Elaine Genovese |
Emilia Milovanovic / Louise-Alice Gambarini |
First round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Mandy Minella Claudine Schaul | |||||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Mandy Minella Claudine Schaul | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
Emilia Milovanovic Louise-Alice Gambarini | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rebekka Petursdottir Sandra Kritjansdottir | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Emilia Milovanovic Louise-Alice Gambarini | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Mandy Minella Claudine Schaul | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Marina Novak Kathinka von Deichmann | w/o | ||||||||||||||||||
Kimberley Cassar Elaine Genovese | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Marilena Papadopoulou Daniella Kyprianidou | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Kimberley Cassar Elaine Genovese | 6 | 5 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Marina Novak Kathinka von Deichmann | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Marina Novak Kathinka von Deichmann |
Defending gold medalists Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández of the United States successfully defended their title, defeating the Czech Republic's Jana Novotná and Helena Suková in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, Spain's Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated the Netherlands' Manon Bollegraf and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, 6–1, 6–3.
The United States' Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández defeated Spain's Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Unified Team's Leila Meskhi and Natasha Zvereva and Australia's Rachel McQuillan and Nicole Provis won the bronze medals.
The 1999 Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts doubles was the doubles event of the third edition of the Thalgo Australian Women's Hardcourts; a WTA Tier III tournament held in the Gold Coast. Elena Likhovtseva and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Anke Huber and Mary Pierce.
The 1999 Sydney International women's doubles was the doubles event of the fourteenth edition of the ASB Classic; a WTA Tier II tournament and the second most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Australia. Martina Hingis and Helena Suková were the defending champions but did not compete that year.
The 1999 Estoril Open women's doubles was the doubles event of the first edition of the WTA Tour Estoril Open; a WTA Tier IV tournament and the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Portugal. This tournament was part of the ITF Tour last year, and it was won by Caroline Dhenin and Émilie Loit. They did not compete in the event this year.
The 1999 Dreamland Egypt Classic doubles was the doubles event of the only edition of the Dreamland Egypt Classic; a WTA Tier III tournament and then the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Africa. Laurence Courtois and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won in the final 7–5, 1–6, 7–6(7–3) against Irina Spîrlea and Caroline Vis.
This was the first ever Commonwealth tournament held, Anastasia Rodionova and Sally Peers of Australia were the top seed. They won the gold medal after defeating fellow Australians Olivia Rogowska and Jessica Moore 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
The women's doubles tennis event of the 2011 Pan American Games was held on October 18–21 at the Telcel Tennis Complex in Guadalajara. The defending Pan American Games champions were Jorgelina Cravero and Betina Jozami of Argentina.
The Women's doubles tennis competition at the 2011 Pan Arab Games in Doha, Qatar was held from 13 December to 15 December at the Khalifa International Complex
The United States' Serena Williams defeated Russia's Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Both finalists were attempting to become the second woman to complete the career Golden Slam in singles. Williams won the gold without losing a set, without losing more than three games in any set, and without losing more than five games in any match. Her serve was broken only once during the tournament. She also became the first tennis player to complete the career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. It was the United States' first victory in the event since Serena's sister Venus Williams won in 2000, and its fifth gold overall. In the bronze medal match, Belarus' Victoria Azarenka defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko, 6–3, 6–4.
The 1999 Sanex Trophy doubles was the doubles event of the first edition of the Sanex Trophy; a WTA Tier IV tournament and one of the most prestigious women's tennis tournament held in Belgium.
The 1999 Pattaya Women's Open doubles was the tennis doubles event of the first edition of the most prestigious tournament in Thailand. Émilie Loit and Åsa Carlsson won the title, in what was both players' first WTA doubles title, over Evgenia Koulikovskaya and Patricia Wartusch.
The women's doubles tennis event of the 2015 Pan American Games was held from July 12–16 at the Canadian Tennis Centre in Toronto, Canada.
The United States' Zina Garrison and Pam Shriver defeated Czechoslovakia's Jana Novotná and Helena Suková in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 10–8 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Australia's Elizabeth Smylie and Wendy Turnbull and West Germany's Steffi Graf and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch won the bronze medals.
The women's doubles event at the 2003 Pan American Games was held at Centro Nacional de Tenis in Santo Domingo from August 6 to August 9.
The women's doubles event at the 2018 Mediterranean Games was held from 26 to 29 June at the Tarragona Tennis Club.
The women's singles was one of four lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games program.
The Czech Republic's Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková defeated Switzerland's Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic in the final, 7–5, 6–1 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was the Czech Republic's first victory in women's doubles, and its third consecutive medal. In the bronze medal match, Brazil's Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani defeated Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina of the Russian Olympic Committee, 4–6, 6–4, [11–9]. It was Brazil's first Olympic tennis medal.
The women's doubles tennis event at the 2019 Summer Universiade was held from 6 to 12 July at the Circolo Tennis and Lungomare in Naples, Italy.
The women's doubles tennis event of the 2019 Pan American Games was held from July 30–August 3 at the Club Lawn Tennis de La Exposcicion in Lima, Peru.