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Singles, Women

Date19 – 27 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationNew South Wales Tennis Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants64 from 33 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Venus Williams had won the 2000 Wimbledon and US Open titles and was ranked #1 in the world. She won her first three matches in straight sets, but then needed three sets to dispatch Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the quarter-finals and Monica Seles in the semis. The final was much easier, with Yelena Dementyeva falling 2 and 4. Williams’ Olympic title came in the midst of a 35-match winning streak that began after she lost at the French Open and continued into October.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Venus WilliamsUSAGold
2Yelena DementyevaRUSSilver
3Monica SelesUSABronze
4Jelena DokicAUS
=5Amanda CoetzerRSA
=5Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESP
=5Barbara SchettAUT
=5Dominique Van RoostBEL
=9Fabiola ZuluagaCOL
=9Jana KandarrGER
=9Julie Halard-DecugisFRA
=9Karina HabšudováSVK
=9Nathalie DechyFRA
=9Rossana de los RíosPAR
=9Sabine AppelmansBEL
=9Silvia FarinaITA
=17Anastasiya MyskinaRUS
=17Anne KremerLUX
=17Conchita MartínezESP
=17Dája BedáňováCZE
=17Els CallensBEL
=17Emmanuelle GagliardiSUI
=17Kristie BoogertNED
=17Lindsay DavenportUSA
=17María Alejandra VentoVEN
=17María Emilia SalerniARG
=17Miriam OremansNED
=17Nicole PrattAUS
=17Patricia WartuschAUT
=17Rita GrandeITA
=17Silvija TalajaCRO
=17Tamarine TanasugarnTHA
=33Adriana GeršiCZE
=33Ai SugiyamaJPN
=33Alicia MolikAUS
=33Amanda HopmansNED
=33Amélie MauresmoFRA
=33Cara BlackZIM
=33Eleni DaniilidouGRE
=33Florencia LabatARG
=33Henrieta NagyováSVK
=33Iroda TulyaganovaUZB
=33Iva MajoliCRO
=33Katalin Marosi-AracamaHUN
=33Katarina SrebotnikSLO
=33Květoslava HrdličkováCZE
=33Li NaCHN
=33Magüi SernaESP
=33Mirka VavrinecSUI
=33Natasha ZveravaBLR
=33Neyssa ÉtienneHAI
=33Volha BarabanshchykavaBLR
=33Paola SuárezARG
=33Petra MandulaHUN
=33Rita Kuti KisHUN
=33Ruxandra DragomirROU
=33Shinobu AsagoeJPN
=33Sonya JeyaseelanCAN
=33Sylvia PlischkeAUT
=33Tathiana GarbinITA
=33Tina PisnikSLO
=33Wynne PrakusyaINA
=33Yelena LikhovtsevaRUS
=33Yi JingqianCHN

Round One

Date19 – 20 September 2000 — 11:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #120 SepCentre CourtLindsay Davenport (1)USA2 – 0Paola SuárezARG
Match #220 SepCourt #5Rossana de los Ríos (ITF)PAR2 – 0Květoslava HrdličkováCZE
Match #320 SepCourt #4Rita GrandeITA2 – 0Sylvia PlischkeAUT
Match #420 SepCentre CourtJelena DokicAUS2 – 0Ai Sugiyama (14)JPN
Match #520 SepCourt #6Sabine Appelmans (15)BEL2 – 0Sonya JeyaseelanCAN
Match #620 SepCourt #7María Alejandra Vento (ITF)VEN2 – 0Amanda HopmansNED
Match #720 SepCourt #3Anne KremerLUX2 – 0Iva Majoli (ITF)CRO
Match #820 SepShow Court #2Amanda Coetzer (7)RSA2 – 0Rita Kuti KisHUN
Match #920 SepShow Court #1Conchita Martínez (4)ESP2 – 0Petra Mandula (ITF)HUN
Match #1020 SepCourt #4Karina HabšudováSVK2 – 0Katarina Srebotnik (ITF)SLO
Match #1120 SepCourt #7Kristie BoogertNED2 – 0Iroda Tulyaganova (ITF)UZB
Match #1220 SepShow Court #1Yelena Dementyeva (10)RUS2 – 0Mirka Vavrinec (ITF)SUI
Match #1320 SepCentre CourtBarbara Schett (12)AUT2 – 0Alicia Molik (ITF)AUS
Match #1420 SepCourt #3María Emilia Salerni (ITF)ARG2 – 1Natasha ZveravaBLR
Match #1520 SepCourt #5Dája Bedáňová (A)CZE2 – 1Yi JingqianCHN
Match #1620 Sep 19:00Show Court #2Julie Halard-Decugis (A)FRA2 – 0Tathiana GarbinITA
Match #1719 SepCourt #3Dominique Van Roost (8)BEL2 – 0Adriana GeršiCZE
Match #1819 SepCourt #7Anastasiya MyskinaRUS2 – 0Eleni Daniilidou (ITF)GRE
Match #1919 SepCourt #5Silvia FarinaITA2 – 1Cara BlackZIM
Match #2019 SepCourt #3Silvija Talaja (13)CRO2 – 0Neyssa Étienne (WC)HAI
Match #2119 SepShow Court #2Nathalie Dechy (11)FRA2 – 0Magüi SernaESP
Match #2219 SepShow Court #1Nicole PrattAUS2 – 0Ruxandra DragomirROU
Match #2319 SepCourt #5Miriam Oremans (A)NED2 – 0Florencia LabatARG
Match #2419 SepCentre CourtMonica Seles (3)USA2 – 0Katalin Marosi-Aracama (ITF)HUN
Match #2519 SepShow Court #2Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (5)ESP2 – 0Li Na (ITF)CHN
Match #2619 SepCourt #4Patricia WartuschAUT2 – 0Volha BarabanshchykavaBLR
Match #2719 SepCourt #7Els Callens (A)BEL2 – 0Shinobu Asagoe (ITF)JPN
Match #2819 SepCentre CourtFabiola ZuluagaCOL2 – 1Amélie Mauresmo (9)FRA
Match #2919 SepShow Court #1Jana KandarrGER2 – 0Yelena Likhovtseva (15)RUS
Match #3019 SepCourt #6Emmanuelle GagliardiSUI2 – 0Wynne Prakusya (WC)INA
Match #3119 SepCourt #4Tamarine TanasugarnTHA2 – 0Tina PisnikSLO
Match #3219 Sep 19:00Centre CourtVenus Williams (2)USA2 – 0Henrieta NagyováSVK

Round Two

Date21 September 2000 — 11:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #121 SepShow Court #1Rossana de los RíosPAR – Lindsay Davenport (1)USAwalkover
Match #221 SepCentre CourtJelena DokicAUS2 – 1Rita GrandeITA
Match #321 SepCourt #4Sabine Appelmans (15)BEL2 – 0María Alejandra Vento (ITF)VEN
Match #421 SepCourt #3Amanda Coetzer (7)RSA2 – 1Anne KremerLUX
Match #521 SepShow Court #2Karina HabšudováSVK2 – 1Conchita Martínez (4)ESP
Match #621 SepCentre CourtYelena Dementyeva (10)RUS2 – 1Kristie BoogertNED
Match #721 SepCourt #3Barbara Schett (12)AUT2 – 0María Emilia Salerni (ITF)ARG
Match #821 SepCourt #5Julie Halard-Decugis (A)FRA2 – 0Dája Bedáňová (A)CZE
Match #921 SepCourt #3Dominique Van Roost (8)BEL2 – 0Anastasiya MyskinaRUS
Match #1021 SepCourt #5Silvia FarinaITA2 – 1Silvija Talaja (13)CRO
Match #1121 SepShow Court #2Nathalie Dechy (11)FRA2 – 0Nicole PrattAUS
Match #1221 SepShow Court #1Monica Seles (3)USA2 – 0Miriam Oremans (A)NED
Match #1321 SepShow Court #1Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (5)ESP2 – 0Patricia WartuschAUT
Match #1421 SepCourt #4Fabiola ZuluagaCOL2 – 0Els Callens (A)BEL
Match #1521 SepCourt #3Jana KandarrGER2 – 0Emmanuelle GagliardiSUI
Match #1621 Sep 19:00Centre CourtVenus Williams (2)USA2 – 0Tamarine TanasugarnTHA

Round Three

Date22 – 23 September 2000 — 11:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #123 SepCentre CourtJelena DokicAUS2 – 0Rossana de los Ríos (ITF)PAR
Match #223 SepCentre CourtAmanda Coetzer (7)RSA2 – 0Sabine Appelmans (15)BEL
Match #323 SepShow Court #1Yelena Dementyeva (10)RUS2 – 0Karina HabšudováSVK
Match #423 Sep 19:00Centre CourtBarbara Schett (12)AUT2 – 1Julie Halard-Decugis (A)FRA
Match #522 SepShow Court #1Dominique Van Roost (8)BEL2 – 0Silvia FarinaITA
Match #622 SepCentre CourtMonica Seles (3)USA2 – 0Nathalie Dechy (11)FRA
Match #722 SepCentre CourtArantxa Sánchez Vicario (5)ESP2 – 0Fabiola ZuluagaCOL
Match #822 Sep 19:00Centre CourtVenus Williams (2)USA2 – 0Jana KandarrGER

Quarter-Finals

Date24 September 2000 — 11:45
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #124 SepCentre CourtJelena DokicAUS2 – 1Amanda Coetzer (7)RSA
Match #224 SepShow Court #1Yelena Dementyeva (10)RUS2 – 1Barbara Schett (12)AUT
Match #324 SepCentre CourtMonica Seles (3)USA2 – 0Dominique Van Roost (8)BEL
Match #424 SepCentre CourtVenus Williams (2)USA2 – 1Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (5)ESP

Semi-Finals

Date25 September 2000 — 11:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #125 SepCentre CourtYelena Dementyeva (10)RUS2 – 1Jelena DokicAUS
Match #225 SepCentre CourtVenus Williams (2)USA2 – 1Monica Seles (3)USA

Final Round

Date26 – 27 September 2000
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/227 Sep 11:00Centre CourtVenus Williams (2)USA2 – 0Yelena Dementyeva (10)RUS
Match 3/426 Sep 11:00Centre CourtMonica Seles (3)USA2 – 0Jelena DokicAUS