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Singles, Women

Date6 – 13 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationCentro Olímpico de Tênis, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants64 from 36 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

For the singles qualification, the world ranking list was used with a maximum of four players per nation. The 56 best players qualified for Rio with eight more places being awarded by the International Tennis Federation. No two players from the same country started within the same section of the draw, which consisted of four sections of 16 players, thus making it impossible for them to meet until the semi-finals.

Serena Williams, the current number one ranked player, lost her third round match against Elina Svitolina from Ukraine, and unseeded Puerto Rican Mónica Puig won the first ever gold medal for her country, beating Germany’s Angelique Kerber in the final 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. A few weeks later Kerber won the US Open to become the number one on the WTA world ranking list and was the first German to top the rankings since Steffi Graf in 1997. She also ended Serena Williams’ record run of 186 weeks at number one.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Mónica PuigPURGold
2Angelique KerberGERSilver
3Petra KvitováCZEBronze
4Madison KeysUSA
=5Elina SvitolinaUKR
=5Laura SiegemundGER
=5Darya KasatkinaRUS
=5Johanna KontaGBR
=9Serena WilliamsUSA
=9Yekaterina MakarovaRUS
=9Garbiñe MuguruzaESP
=9Kirsten FlipkensBEL
=9Carla SuárezESP
=9Sara ErraniITA
=9Svetlana KuznetsovaRUS
=9Samantha StosurAUS
=17Alizé CornetFRA
=17Heather WatsonGBR
=17Caroline WozniackiDEN
=17Anna SchmiedlováSVK
=17Nao HibinoJPN
=17Anastasiya PavlyuchenkovaRUS
=17Zhang ShuaiCHN
=17Lucie ŠafářováCZE
=17Kristina MladenovicFRA
=17Ana KonjuhCRO
=17Barbora StrýcováCZE
=17Zheng SaisaiCHN
=17Monica NiculescuROU
=17Caroline GarciaFRA
=17Misaki DoiJPN
=17Eugenie BouchardCAN
=33Daria GavrilovaAUS
=33Johanna LarssonSWE
=33Peng ShuaiCHN
=33Andrea PetkovicGER
=33Tímea BabosHUN
=33Lucie HradeckáCZE
=33Çağla BüyükakçayTUR
=33Roberta VinciITA
=33Andreea MituROU
=33Irina BeguROU
=33Polona HercogSLO
=33Magda LinettePOL
=33Timea BacsinszkySUI
=33Tsvetana PironkovaBUL
=33Karin KnappITA
=33Venus WilliamsUSA
=33Danka KovinićMNE
=33Aleksandra KrunićSRB
=33Annika BeckGER
=33Ana IvanovićSRB
=33Yanina WickmayerBEL
=33Kiki BertensNED
=33Ons JabeurTUN
=33Agnieszka RadwańskaPOL
=33Wang QiangCHN
=33Verónica CepedePAR
=33Teliana PereiraBRA
=33Stephanie VogtLIE
=33Jeļena OstapenkoLAT
=33Yaroslava ShvedovaKAZ
=33Sloane StephensUSA
=33Mariana DuqueCOL

Round One

Date6 – 7 August 2016
FormatWinners advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #107 Aug 12:38Centre CourtSerena Williams (1)USA6-4, 6-2Daria GavrilovaAUS
Match #207 Aug 16:20Court 5Alizé CornetFRA6-1, 2-6, 6-3Johanna LarssonSWE
Match #306 Aug 13:55Court 3Heather WatsonGBR6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3Peng ShuaiCHN
Match #406 Aug 15:10Court 2Elina Svitolina (15)UKR2-6, 6-1, 6-3Andrea PetkovicGER
Match #507 Aug 14:17Court 2Petra Kvitová (11)CZE6-1, 6-2Tímea BabosHUN
Match #607 Aug 14:32Court 3Caroline WozniackiDEN6-2, 6-2Lucie HradeckáCZE
Match #707 Aug 15:30Court 9Yekaterina MakarovaRUS3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (8-6)Çağla BüyükakçayTUR
Match #806 Aug 19:57Court 3Anna SchmiedlováSVK7-5, 6-4Roberta Vinci (6)ITA
Match #907 Aug 18:50Centre CourtGarbiñe Muguruza (3)ESP6-2, 6-2Andreea MituROU
Match #1007 Aug 15:15Court 4Nao HibinoJPN6-4, 3-6, 6-3Irina BeguROU
Match #1107 Aug 13:13Court 6Mónica PuigPUR6-3, 6-2Polona HercogSLO
Match #1206 Aug 17:13Court 6Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova (14)RUS6-0, 6-3Magda LinettePOL
Match #1306 Aug 12:26Court 4Zhang ShuaiCHN6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)Timea Bacsinszky (12)SUI
Match #1407 Aug 17:48Court 7Laura SiegemundGER1-6, 6-4, 6-2Tsvetana PironkovaBUL
Match #1506 Aug 14:50Court 5Lucie ŠafářováCZE4-6, 6-1, 6-1Karin KnappITA
Match #1606 Aug 18:52Centre CourtKirsten FlipkensBEL4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)Venus Williams (5)USA
Match #1706 Aug 11:07Court 1Madison Keys (7)USA6-3, 6-3Danka KovinićMNE
Match #1806 Aug 11:19Court 8Kristina MladenovicFRA6-1, 6-4Aleksandra KrunićSRB
Match #1906 Aug 11:06Court 6Ana KonjuhCRO7-6 (7-5), 6-1Annika BeckGER
Match #2006 Aug 12:28Centre CourtCarla Suárez (9)ESP2-6, 6-1, 6-2Ana IvanovićSRB
Match #2106 Aug 11:06Court 2Barbora Strýcová (16)CZE7-6 (8-6), 6-1Yanina WickmayerBEL
Match #2206 Aug 11:07Court 3Sara ErraniITA4-6, 6-4, 6-3Kiki BertensNED
Match #2306 Aug 12:27Court 7Darya KasatkinaRUS3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1Ons JabeurTUN
Match #2406 Aug 14:20Court 1Zheng SaisaiCHN6-4, 7-5Agnieszka Radwańska (4)POL
Match #2507 Aug 13:11Court 4Svetlana Kuznetsova (8)RUS6-1, 4-6, 6-0Wang QiangCHN
Match #2606 Aug 14:27Court 8Monica NiculescuROU6-2, 6-3Verónica CepedePAR
Match #2707 Aug 16:57Court 1Caroline GarciaFRA6-1, 6-2Teliana PereiraBRA
Match #2807 Aug 17:49Court 3Johanna Konta (10)GBR6-3, 6-1Stephanie VogtLIE
Match #2907 Aug 15:46Court 2Samantha Stosur (13)AUS1-6, 6-3, 6-2Jeļena OstapenkoLAT
Match #3007 Aug 14:33Court 6Misaki DoiJPN6-3, 6-4Yaroslava ShvedovaKAZ
Match #3106 Aug 18:26Court 3Eugenie BouchardCAN6-3, 6-3Sloane StephensUSA
Match #3207 Aug 13:04Court 1Angelique Kerber (2)GER6-3, 7-5Mariana DuqueCOL

Round Two

Date8 August 2016
FormatWinners advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #108 Aug 18:50Centre CourtSerena WilliamsUSA7-6 (7-5), 6-2Alizé CornetFRA
Match #208 Aug 13:37Court 4Elina Svitolina (15)UKR6-3, 1-6, 6-3Heather WatsonGBR
Match #308 Aug 10:49Centre CourtPetra Kvitová (11)CZE6-2, 6-4Caroline WozniackiDEN
Match #408 Aug 13:02Court 7Yekaterina MakarovaRUS3-6, 6-4, 6-2Anna SchmiedlováSVK
Match #508 Aug 16:55Court 2Garbiñe Muguruza (3)ESP6-1, 6-1Nao HibinoJPN
Match #608 Aug 11:05Court 3Mónica PuigPUR6-3, 6-2Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova (14)RUS
Match #708 Aug 15:55Court 8Laura SiegemundGER6-2, 6-4Zhang ShuaiCHN
Match #808 Aug 14:39Court 8Kirsten FlipkensBEL6-2, 0-0Lucie ŠafářováCZE
Match #908 Aug 11:04Court 1Madison Keys (7)USA7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-5)Kristina MladenovicFRA
Match #1008 Aug 11:03Court 2Carla Suárez (9)ESP7-6 (7-5), 6-3Ana KonjuhCRO
Match #1108 Aug 17:41Court 7Sara ErraniITA6-2, 6-2Barbora StrýcováCZE
Match #1208 Aug 12:53Court 8Darya KasatkinaRUS6-1, 6-4Zheng SaisaiCHN
Match #1308 Aug 13:07Court 3Svetlana Kuznetsova (8)RUSMonica NiculescuROUwalkover
Match #1408 Aug 13:02Court 2Johanna Konta (10)GBR6-2, 6-3Caroline GarciaFRA
Match #1508 Aug 14:37Court 1Samantha Stosur (13)AUS6-3, 6-4Misaki DoiJPN
Match #1608 Aug 12:43Centre CourtAngelique Kerber (2)GER6-4, 6-2Eugenie BouchardCAN

Round Three

Date9 August 2016
FormatWinners advanced to quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #109 Aug 18:50Centre CourtElina Svitolina (15)UKR6-4, 6-3Serena Williams (1)USA
Match #209 Aug 11:04Court 2Petra Kvitová (11)CZE4-6, 6-4, 6-4Yekaterina MakarovaRUS
Match #309 Aug 14:07Court 2Mónica PuigPUR6-1, 6-1Garbiñe Muguruza (3)ESP
Match #409 Aug 11:08Court 4Laura SiegemundGER6-4, 6-3Kirsten FlipkensBEL
Match #509 Aug 10:48Centre CourtMadison Keys (7)USA6-3, 3-6, 6-3Carla Suárez (9)ESP
Match #609 Aug 13:25Court 3Darya KasatkinaRUS7-5, 6-2Sara ErraniITA
Match #709 Aug 13:59Court 1Johanna Konta (10)GBR3-6, 7-5, 7-5Svetlana Kuznetsova (8)RUS
Match #809 Aug 17:26Court 1Angelique Kerber (2)GER6-0, 7-5Samantha Stosur (13)AUS

Quarter-Finals

Date11 August 2016
FormatWinners advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #111 Aug 13:39Court 2Petra Kvitová (11)CZE6-2, 6-0Elina Svitolina (15)UKR
Match #211 Aug 12:59Court 3Mónica PuigPUR6-1, 6-1Laura SiegemundGER
Match #311 Aug 11:04Court 1Madison Keys (7)USA6-3, 6-1Darya KasatkinaRUS
Match #411 Aug 16:06Centre CourtAngelique Kerber (2)GER6-1, 6-2Johanna Konta (10)GBR

Semi-Finals

Date12 August 2016
FormatWinners advanced to final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #112 Aug 12:39Centre CourtMónica PuigPUR6-4, 1-6, 6-3Petra Kvitová (11)CZE
Match #212 Aug 17:21Centre CourtAngelique Kerber (2)GER6-3, 7-5Madison Keys (7)USA

Final Round

Date13 August 2016
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/213 Aug 17:41Centre CourtMónica PuigPUR6-4, 4-6, 6-1Angelique Kerber (2)GER
Match 3/413 Aug 12:04Court 1Petra Kvitová (11)CZE7-5, 2-6, 6-2Madison Keys (7)USA