Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

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Women's singles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Final
Champion Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Monica Puig
Runner-up Flag of Germany.svg Angelique Kerber
Score6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Qualification
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Women's singles tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Secretary Kerry Watches As Venus Williams Prepares to Receive a Serve During A Tennis Match (28736162851).jpg
First-round match between Kirsten Flipkens and Venus Williams
Venue Olympic Tennis Centre
Dates6–13 August 2016
Competitors64 from 36 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Monica Puig Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Silver medal icon.svg Angelique Kerber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Petra Kvitová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
  2012
2020  

Puerto Rico's Monica Puig defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] It was Puerto Rico's first Olympic gold medal, and Puig became the first unseeded female player to win the Olympic tennis gold medal. In the bronze-medal match, the Czech Republic's Petra Kvitová defeated the United States' Madison Keys 7–5, 2–6, 6–2. It was Germany's first medal in women's singles since 1992 and the Czech Republic's first since 1996.

Contents

The tournament was held from 6 to 13 August 2016 at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro . The draw for the event was conducted at 11 a.m. local time on Thursday, 4 August. There were 64 competitors from 36 nations. [2]

Background

This was the 13th appearance of the women's singles tennis. A women's event was held only once during the first three Games (only men's tennis was played in 1896 and 1904), but has been held at every Olympics for which there was a tennis tournament since 1908. Tennis was not a medal sport from 1928 to 1984, though there were demonstration events in 1968 and 1984. [2]

Returning from the 2012 Games were gold medalist Serena Williams of the United States and quarter-finalists Angelique Kerber of Germany, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, and Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic. The 2000 champion, Venus Williams, was also back for her fifth Olympic singles appearance (sister Serena was only on her third). Serena Williams and Kerber were the top two seeds this Games, with Venus #5. [2]

Montenegro and Turkey each made their debut in the event. France made its 12th appearance, most among nations to that point, having missed only the 1908 Games in London (when only British players competed).

Qualification

Qualification for the women's singles was primarily through the WTA ranking list of 6 June 2016. An additional restriction was that players had to have been part of a nominated team for three Billie Jean King Cup events between 2013 and 2016 (with some exceptions). Nations had been limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. There were 64 quota places available for women's singles. The first 56 were assigned through the world ranking. There were two Tripartite Commission invitation places and 6 final qualification places allocated by the ITF based on continental and national representation along with world rankings.

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match. Matches were in best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak would be played in all sets reaching 6–6 (previously, no tiebreak would be used in the third set of a match).

Schedule

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Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Play cancelled due to rainQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsBronze medal match
Gold medal match

Seeds

0 1.  Flag of the United States.svg  Serena Williams  (USA)(third round)
0 2.  Flag of Germany.svg  Angelique Kerber  (GER)(final, silver medalist)
0 3.  Flag of Spain.svg  Garbiñe Muguruza  (ESP)(third round)
0 4.  Flag of Poland.svg  Agnieszka Radwańska  (POL)(first round)
0 5.  Flag of the United States.svg  Venus Williams  (USA)(first round)
0 6.  Flag of Italy.svg  Roberta Vinci  (ITA)(first round)
0 7.  Flag of the United States.svg  Madison Keys  (USA)(semifinals, fourth place)
0 8.  Flag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Kuznetsova  (RUS)(third round)
0 9.  Flag of Spain.svg  Carla Suárez Navarro  (ESP)(third round)
10.  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Johanna Konta  (GBR)(quarterfinals)
11.  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Petra Kvitová  (CZE)(semifinals, bronze medalist)
12.  Flag of Switzerland.svg  Timea Bacsinszky  (SUI)(first round)
13.  Flag of Australia.svg  Samantha Stosur  (AUS)(third round)
14.  Flag of Russia.svg  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova  (RUS)(second round)
15.  Flag of Ukraine.svg  Elina Svitolina  (UKR)(quarterfinals)
16.  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Strýcová  (CZE)(second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (gold-medal match)
               
15 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Elina Svitolina  (UKR)2 0
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Petra Kvitová  (CZE)66
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Petra Kvitová  (CZE)4 63
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Monica Puig  (PUR)61 6
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Monica Puig  (PUR)66
Flag of Germany.svg  Laura Siegemund  (GER)1 1
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Monica Puig  (PUR)64 6
2 Flag of Germany.svg  Angelique Kerber  (GER)4 61
7 Flag of the United States.svg  Madison Keys  (USA)66
Flag of Russia.svg  Daria Kasatkina  (RUS)3 1
7 Flag of the United States.svg  Madison Keys  (USA)3 5 Bronze-medal match
2 Flag of Germany.svg  Angelique Kerber  (GER)67
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Johanna Konta  (GBR)1 2 11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Petra Kvitová  (CZE)72 6
2 Flag of Germany.svg  Angelique Kerber  (GER)667 Flag of the United States.svg  Madison Keys  (USA)5 62

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Flag of the United States.svg  S Williams  (USA)66
Flag of Australia.svg  D Gavrilova  (AUS)4 2 1 Flag of the United States.svg  S Williams  (USA)776
Flag of Sweden.svg  J Larsson  (SWE)1 63 Flag of France.svg  A Cornet  (FRA)652
Flag of France.svg  A Cornet  (FRA)62 61 Flag of the United States.svg  S Williams  (USA)4 3
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  H Watson  (GBR)665615 Flag of Ukraine.svg  E Svitolina  (UKR)66
PR Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Peng  (CHN)4 773 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  H Watson  (GBR)3 63
Flag of Germany.svg  A Petkovic  (GER)61 3 15 Flag of Ukraine.svg  E Svitolina  (UKR)61 6
15 Flag of Ukraine.svg  E Svitolina  (UKR)2 6615 Flag of Ukraine.svg  E Svitolina  (UKR)2 0
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  P Kvitová  (CZE)6611 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  P Kvitová  (CZE)66
Flag of Hungary.svg  T Babos  (HUN)1 2 11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  P Kvitová  (CZE)66
Flag of Denmark.svg  C Wozniacki  (DEN)66Flag of Denmark.svg  C Wozniacki  (DEN)2 4
Alt Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  L Hradecká  (CZE)2 2 11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  P Kvitová  (CZE)4 66
Flag of Russia.svg  E Makarova  (RUS)3 678Flag of Russia.svg  E Makarova  (RUS)64 4
Flag of Turkey.svg  Ç Büyükakçay  (TUR)60 66Flag of Russia.svg  E Makarova  (RUS)3 66
Flag of Slovakia.svg  AK Schmiedlová  (SVK)76Flag of Slovakia.svg  AK Schmiedlová  (SVK)64 2
6 Flag of Italy.svg  R Vinci  (ITA)5 4

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Flag of Spain.svg  G Muguruza  (ESP)66
Alt Flag of Romania.svg  A Mitu  (ROU)2 2 3 Flag of Spain.svg  G Muguruza  (ESP)66
Flag of Japan.svg  N Hibino  (JPN)63 6Flag of Japan.svg  N Hibino  (JPN)1 1
Flag of Romania.svg  I-C Begu  (ROU)4 63 3 Flag of Spain.svg  G Muguruza  (ESP)1 1
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  M Puig  (PUR)66Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  M Puig  (PUR)66
IP Flag of Slovenia.svg  P Hercog  (SLO)3 2 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  M Puig  (PUR)66
IP Flag of Poland.svg  M Linette  (POL)0 3 14 Flag of Russia.svg  A Pavlyuchenkova  (RUS)3 2
14 Flag of Russia.svg  A Pavlyuchenkova  (RUS)66Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  M Puig  (PUR)66
12 Flag of Switzerland.svg  T Bacsinszky  (SUI)774 67Flag of Germany.svg  L Siegemund  (GER)1 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Zhang  (CHN)64679Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Zhang  (CHN)2 4
Flag of Germany.svg  L Siegemund  (GER)1 66Flag of Germany.svg  L Siegemund  (GER)66
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  T Pironkova  (BUL)64 2 Flag of Germany.svg  L Siegemund  (GER)66
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  L Šafářová  (CZE)4 66Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  K Flipkens  (BEL)4 3
PR Flag of Italy.svg  K Knapp  (ITA)61 1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  L Šafářová  (CZE)2 0r
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  K Flipkens  (BEL)4 677Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  K Flipkens  (BEL)60
5 Flag of the United States.svg  V Williams  (USA)63 65

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 Flag of the United States.svg  M Keys  (USA)66
Flag of Montenegro.svg  D Kovinić  (MNE)3 3 7 Flag of the United States.svg  M Keys  (USA)76477
Alt Flag of Serbia.svg  A Krunić  (SRB)1 4 Flag of France.svg  K Mladenovic  (FRA)5 7765
Flag of France.svg  K Mladenovic  (FRA)667 Flag of the United States.svg  M Keys  (USA)63 6
Flag of Croatia.svg  A Konjuh  (CRO)7769 Flag of Spain.svg  C Suárez Navarro  (ESP)3 63
Flag of Germany.svg  A Beck  (GER)651 Flag of Croatia.svg  A Konjuh  (CRO)653
Flag of Serbia.svg  A Ivanovic  (SRB)61 2 9 Flag of Spain.svg  C Suárez Navarro  (ESP)776
9 Flag of Spain.svg  C Suárez Navarro  (ESP)2 667 Flag of the United States.svg  M Keys  (USA)66
16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  B Strýcová  (CZE)786Flag of Russia.svg  D Kasatkina  (RUS)3 1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Y Wickmayer  (BEL)661 16 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  B Strýcová  (CZE)2 2
Flag of Italy.svg  S Errani  (ITA)4 66Flag of Italy.svg  S Errani  (ITA)66
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  K Bertens  (NED)64 3 Flag of Italy.svg  S Errani  (ITA)5 2
IP Flag of Tunisia.svg  O Jabeur  (TUN)6641 Flag of Russia.svg  D Kasatkina  (RUS)76
Flag of Russia.svg  D Kasatkina  (RUS)3 776Flag of Russia.svg  D Kasatkina  (RUS)66
IP Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Zheng  (CHN)67IP Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  S Zheng  (CHN)1 4
4 Flag of Poland.svg  A Radwańska  (POL)4 5

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8 Flag of Russia.svg  S Kuznetsova  (RUS)64 6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Q Wang  (CHN)1 60 8 Flag of Russia.svg  S Kuznetsova  (RUS)w/o
Flag of Romania.svg  M Niculescu  (ROU)66Flag of Romania.svg  M Niculescu  (ROU)
TRI Flag of Paraguay.svg  V Cepede Royg  (PAR)2 3 8 Flag of Russia.svg  S Kuznetsova  (RUS)65 5
Flag of France.svg  C Garcia  (FRA)6610 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  J Konta  (GBR)3 77
IP Flag of Brazil.svg  T Pereira  (BRA)1 2 Flag of France.svg  C Garcia  (FRA)2 3
TRI Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  S Vogt  (LIE)3 1 10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  J Konta  (GBR)66
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  J Konta  (GBR)6610 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  J Konta  (GBR)1 2
13 Flag of Australia.svg  S Stosur  (AUS)1 662 Flag of Germany.svg  A Kerber  (GER)66
Flag of Latvia.svg  J Ostapenko  (LAT)63 2 13 Flag of Australia.svg  S Stosur  (AUS)66
Flag of Japan.svg  M Doi  (JPN)66Flag of Japan.svg  M Doi  (JPN)3 4
Alt Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Y Shvedova  (KAZ)3 4 13 Flag of Australia.svg  S Stosur  (AUS)0 5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  E Bouchard  (CAN)662 Flag of Germany.svg  A Kerber  (GER)67
Flag of the United States.svg  S Stephens  (USA)3 3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  E Bouchard  (CAN)4 2
IP Flag of Colombia.svg  M Duque Mariño  (COL)3 5 2 Flag of Germany.svg  A Kerber  (GER)66
2 Flag of Germany.svg  A Kerber  (GER)67

Participating nations

North America (6)South America (3)Europe (44)Oceania (2)Asia (8)Africa (1)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (1)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (1)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (2)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (2)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (4)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (1)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (1)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia (1)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (1)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (2)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4)Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay (1)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (1)Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (4)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (1)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (1)
Flag of France.svg  France (3)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (4)
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary (1)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (3)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (1)
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein (1)
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro (1)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (1)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (2)
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania (3)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (4)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (2)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia (1)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (1)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (2)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (1)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (1)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (2)

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