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Singles, Women

Date	6 – 13 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Centro Olímpico de Tênis, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	64 from 36 countries
Format	Single-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.

Pos	Nr	Player	NOC
1	–	Mónica Puig	PUR	Gold
2	–	Angelique Kerber	GER	Silver
3	–	Petra Kvitová	CZE	Bronze
4	–	Madison Keys	USA
=5	–	Elina Svitolina	UKR
=5	–	Laura Siegemund	GER
=5	–	Darya Kasatkina	RUS
=5	–	Johanna Konta	GBR
=9	–	Serena Williams	USA
=9	–	Yekaterina Makarova	RUS
=9	–	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP
=9	–	Kirsten Flipkens	BEL
=9	–	Carla Suárez	ESP
=9	–	Sara Errani	ITA
=9	–	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS
=9	–	Samantha Stosur	AUS
=17	–	Alizé Cornet	FRA
=17	–	Heather Watson	GBR
=17	–	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN
=17	–	Anna Schmiedlová	SVK
=17	–	Nao Hibino	JPN
=17	–	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova	RUS
=17	–	Zhang Shuai	CHN
=17	–	Lucie Šafářová	CZE
=17	–	Kristina Mladenovic	FRA
=17	–	Ana Konjuh	CRO
=17	–	Barbora Strýcová	CZE
=17	–	Zheng Saisai	CHN
=17	–	Monica Niculescu	ROU
=17	–	Caroline Garcia	FRA
=17	–	Misaki Doi	JPN
=17	–	Eugenie Bouchard	CAN
=33	–	Daria Gavrilova	AUS
=33	–	Johanna Larsson	SWE
=33	–	Peng Shuai	CHN
=33	–	Andrea Petkovic	GER
=33	–	Tímea Babos	HUN
=33	–	Lucie Hradecká	CZE
=33	–	Çağla Büyükakçay	TUR
=33	–	Roberta Vinci	ITA
=33	–	Andreea Mitu	ROU
=33	–	Irina Begu	ROU
=33	–	Polona Hercog	SLO
=33	–	Magda Linette	POL
=33	–	Timea Bacsinszky	SUI
=33	–	Tsvetana Pironkova	BUL
=33	–	Karin Knapp	ITA
=33	–	Venus Williams	USA
=33	–	Danka Kovinić	MNE
=33	–	Aleksandra Krunić	SRB
=33	–	Annika Beck	GER
=33	–	Ana Ivanović	SRB
=33	–	Yanina Wickmayer	BEL
=33	–	Kiki Bertens	NED
=33	–	Ons Jabeur	TUN
=33	–	Agnieszka Radwańska	POL
=33	–	Wang Qiang	CHN
=33	–	Verónica Cepede	PAR
=33	–	Teliana Pereira	BRA
=33	–	Stephanie Vogt	LIE
=33	–	Jeļena Ostapenko	LAT
=33	–	Yaroslava Shvedova	KAZ
=33	–	Sloane Stephens	USA
=33	–	Mariana Duque	COL

Round One (6 – 7 August 2016)

Winners advanced to round two.

Match #1	Serena Williams	USA	1	Daria Gavrilova	AUS		6-4, 6-2
Match #2	Alizé Cornet	FRA		Johanna Larsson	SWE		6-1, 2-6, 6-3
Match #3	Heather Watson	GBR		Peng Shuai	CHN		6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3
Match #4	Elina Svitolina	UKR	15	Andrea Petkovic	GER		2-6, 6-1, 6-3
Match #5	Petra Kvitová	CZE	11	Tímea Babos	HUN		6-1, 6-2
Match #6	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN		Lucie Hradecká	CZE		6-2, 6-2
Match #7	Yekaterina Makarova	RUS		Çağla Büyükakçay	TUR		3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (8-6)
Match #8	Anna Schmiedlová	SVK		Roberta Vinci	ITA	6	7-5, 6-4
Match #9	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	3	Andreea Mitu	ROU		6-2, 6-2
Match #10	Nao Hibino	JPN		Irina Begu	ROU		6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Match #11	Mónica Puig	PUR		Polona Hercog	SLO		6-3, 6-2
Match #12	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova	RUS	14	Magda Linette	POL		6-0, 6-3
Match #13	Zhang Shuai	CHN		Timea Bacsinszky	SUI	12	6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
Match #14	Laura Siegemund	GER		Tsvetana Pironkova	BUL		1-6, 6-4, 6-2
Match #15	Lucie Šafářová	CZE		Karin Knapp	ITA		4-6, 6-1, 6-1
Match #16	Kirsten Flipkens	BEL		Venus Williams	USA	5	4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
Match #17	Madison Keys	USA	7	Danka Kovinić	MNE		6-3, 6-3
Match #18	Kristina Mladenovic	FRA		Aleksandra Krunić	SRB		6-1, 6-4
Match #19	Ana Konjuh	CRO		Annika Beck	GER		7-6 (7-5), 6-1
Match #20	Carla Suárez	ESP	9	Ana Ivanović	SRB		2-6, 6-1, 6-2
Match #21	Barbora Strýcová	CZE	16	Yanina Wickmayer	BEL		7-6 (8-6), 6-1
Match #22	Sara Errani	ITA		Kiki Bertens	NED		4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Match #23	Darya Kasatkina	RUS		Ons Jabeur	TUN		3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
Match #24	Zheng Saisai	CHN		Agnieszka Radwańska	POL	4	6-4, 7-5
Match #25	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	8	Wang Qiang	CHN		6-1, 4-6, 6-0
Match #26	Monica Niculescu	ROU		Verónica Cepede	PAR		6-2, 6-3
Match #27	Caroline Garcia	FRA		Teliana Pereira	BRA		6-1, 6-2
Match #28	Johanna Konta	GBR	10	Stephanie Vogt	LIE		6-3, 6-1
Match #29	Samantha Stosur	AUS	13	Jeļena Ostapenko	LAT		1-6, 6-3, 6-2
Match #30	Misaki Doi	JPN		Yaroslava Shvedova	KAZ		6-3, 6-4
Match #31	Eugenie Bouchard	CAN		Sloane Stephens	USA		6-3, 6-3
Match #32	Angelique Kerber	GER	2	Mariana Duque	COL		6-3, 7-5

Round Two (8 August 2016)

Winners advanced to round three.

Match #1	Serena Williams	USA		Alizé Cornet	FRA		7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Match #2	Elina Svitolina	UKR	15	Heather Watson	GBR		6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Match #3	Petra Kvitová	CZE	11	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN		6-2, 6-4
Match #4	Yekaterina Makarova	RUS		Anna Schmiedlová	SVK		3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Match #5	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	3	Nao Hibino	JPN		6-1, 6-1
Match #6	Mónica Puig	PUR		Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova	RUS	14	6-3, 6-2
Match #7	Laura Siegemund	GER		Zhang Shuai	CHN		6-2, 6-4
Match #8	Kirsten Flipkens	BEL		Lucie Šafářová	CZE		6-2, 0-0
Match #9	Madison Keys	USA	7	Kristina Mladenovic	FRA		7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-5)
Match #10	Carla Suárez	ESP	9	Ana Konjuh	CRO		7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Match #11	Sara Errani	ITA		Barbora Strýcová	CZE		6-2, 6-2
Match #12	Darya Kasatkina	RUS		Zheng Saisai	CHN		6-1, 6-4
Match #13	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	8	Monica Niculescu	ROU		walkover
Match #14	Johanna Konta	GBR	10	Caroline Garcia	FRA		6-2, 6-3
Match #15	Samantha Stosur	AUS	13	Misaki Doi	JPN		6-3, 6-4
Match #16	Angelique Kerber	GER	2	Eugenie Bouchard	CAN		6-4, 6-2

Round Three (9 August 2016)

Winners advanced to quarter-finals.

Match #1	Elina Svitolina	UKR	15	Serena Williams	USA	1	6-4, 6-3
Match #2	Petra Kvitová	CZE	11	Yekaterina Makarova	RUS		4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Match #3	Mónica Puig	PUR		Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	3	6-1, 6-1
Match #4	Laura Siegemund	GER		Kirsten Flipkens	BEL		6-4, 6-3
Match #5	Madison Keys	USA	7	Carla Suárez	ESP	9	6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Match #6	Darya Kasatkina	RUS		Sara Errani	ITA		7-5, 6-2
Match #7	Johanna Konta	GBR	10	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	8	3-6, 7-5, 7-5
Match #8	Angelique Kerber	GER	2	Samantha Stosur	AUS	13	6-0, 7-5

Quarter-Finals (11 August 2016)

Winners advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1 1	Petra Kvitová	CZE	11	Elina Svitolina	UKR	15	6-2, 6-0
Match #2 2	Mónica Puig	PUR		Laura Siegemund	GER		6-1, 6-1
Match #3 3	Madison Keys	USA	7	Darya Kasatkina	RUS		6-3, 6-1
Match #4 4	Angelique Kerber	GER	2	Johanna Konta	GBR	10	6-1, 6-2

Semi-Finals (12 August 2016)

Winners advanced to final round.

Match #1	Mónica Puig	PUR		Petra Kvitová	CZE	11	6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Match #2	Angelique Kerber	GER	2	Madison Keys	USA	7	6-3, 7-5

Final Round (13 August 2016)

Match 1/2	Mónica Puig	PUR		Angelique Kerber	GER	2	6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Match 3/4	Petra Kvitová	CZE	11	Madison Keys	USA	7	7-5, 2-6, 6-2