Date | 23 July – 2 August 1996 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Stone Mountain Tennis Center, Stone Mountain, Georgia | |
Participants | 64 from 34 countries | |
Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
Lindsay Davenport came from an Olympic family, as her father, Wink, had played volleyball for the United States in 1968. Coming into the 1996 Olympics, she had won five titles on the WTA tour, but had never made the semi-finals at a Grand Slam tournament. In the Olympic semi-finals, Davenport played her best friend, Mary Joe Fernandez, and defeated her in three sets. Her opponent in the final was Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, who had defeated Davenport all five times they had met. But Davenport reversed that streak, winning easily in two sets, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2.
Winner of each match advanced to round two.
Winner of each match advanced to round three.
Match #1 | Monica Seles | ![]() | 1 | Patricia Hy-Boulais | ![]() | A | 6-3, 6-2 |
Match #2 | Gabriela Sabatini | ![]() | 13 | Angélica Gavaldón | ![]() | A | 6-4, 6-0 |
Match #3 | Ai Sugiyama | ![]() | Martina Hingis | ![]() | 15 | 6-4, 6-4 | |
Match #4 | Jana Novotná | ![]() | 6 | Judith Wiesner | ![]() | 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 | |
Match #5 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | ![]() | 3 | Silvia Farina | ![]() | 6-1, 6-3 | |
Match #6 | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | ![]() | 11 | Choi Yeong-Ja | ![]() | WC | 6-2, 6-4 |
Match #7 | Maggy Maleeva | ![]() | 10 | Florencia Labat | ![]() | 7-6 (9-7), 6-1 | |
Match #8 | Kimiko Date | ![]() | 8 | Virág Csurgó | ![]() | 6-2, 6-3 | |
Match #9 | Anke Huber | ![]() | 5 | Mariaan de Swardt | ![]() | 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 | |
Match #10 | Lindsay Davenport | ![]() | 9 | Naoko Sawamatsu | ![]() | 6-2, 6-2 | |
Match #11 | Karina Habšudová | ![]() | 16 | Laurence Courtois | ![]() | 7-5, 6-2 | |
Match #12 | Iva Majoli | ![]() | Vivi Ruano | ![]() | 7-5, 6-3 | ||
Match #13 | Mary Joe Fernandez | ![]() | 7 | Wang Shi-Ting | ![]() | 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-1 | |
Match #14 | Inés Gorrochategui | ![]() | WC | Mary Pierce | ![]() | 12 | 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 |
Match #15 | Natasha Zverava | ![]() | Amanda Coetzer | ![]() | 14 | 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 | |
Match #16 | Conchita Martínez | ![]() | 2 | Radka Zrubáková | ![]() | WC | 6-1, 6-4 |
Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
Match #1 | Monica Seles | ![]() | 1 | Gabriela Sabatini | ![]() | 13 | 6-3, 6-3 |
Match #2 | Jana Novotná | ![]() | 6 | Ai Sugiyama | ![]() | 6-3, 6-4 | |
Match #3 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | ![]() | 3 | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | ![]() | 11 | 6-4, 7-6 (9-7) |
Match #4 | Kimiko Date | ![]() | 8 | Maggy Maleeva | ![]() | 10 | 6-4, 6-4 |
Match #5 | Lindsay Davenport | ![]() | 9 | Anke Huber | ![]() | 5 | 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 |
Match #6 | Iva Majoli | ![]() | Karina Habšudová | ![]() | 16 | 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 | |
Match #7 | Mary Joe Fernandez | ![]() | 7 | Inés Gorrochategui | ![]() | WC | 6-0, 6-3 |
Match #8 | Conchita Martínez | ![]() | 2 | Natasha Zverava | ![]() | 6-2, 7-5 |
Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
Match #1 | Jana Novotná | ![]() | 6 | Monica Seles | ![]() | 1 | 7-5, 3-6, 8-6 |
Match #2 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | ![]() | 3 | Kimiko Date | ![]() | 8 | 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 |
Match #3 | Lindsay Davenport | ![]() | 9 | Iva Majoli | ![]() | 7-5, 6-3 | |
Match #4 | Mary Joe Fernandez | ![]() | 7 | Conchita Martínez | ![]() | 2 | 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
Winner of each match advanced to the final.
Match #1 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | ![]() | 3 | Jana Novotná | ![]() | 6 | 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 |
Match #2 | Lindsay Davenport | ![]() | 9 | Mary Joe Fernandez | ![]() | 7 | 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) |
Match 1/2 | Lindsay Davenport | ![]() | 9 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | ![]() | 3 | 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 |
Match 3/4 | Jana Novotná | ![]() | 6 | Mary Joe Fernandez | ![]() | 7 | 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 |