Women's singles | |
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Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics |
Women's singles at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Stade Roland Garros |
Dates | 27 July – 3 August |
Competitors | 64 from 32 nations |
The women's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place from 27 July to 3 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France. [1] There will be 64 players from 32 nations. [2]
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to four players. Nations are limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. Qualification for the women's singles is primarily through the WTA ranking list. There are 64 quota places available for women's singles. [2]
The competition is a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches are best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak is played in all sets reaching 6–6, including the last set of a match. [3]
The schedule is as follows. [4]
R64 | Round of 64 | R32 | Round of 32 | R16 | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | BM | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Sat 27 | Sun 28 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | Sat 3 | |
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R64 | R32 | R16 | ¼ | ½ | BM | F |
The draw will be held on 25 July 2024. [5]
The seeds were released on 22 July 2024. [6]
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
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