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Singles, Women

Date23 July – 2 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationStone Mountain Tennis Center, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Participants64 from 34 countries
FormatSingle-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.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Lindsay DavenportUSAGold
2Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESPSilver
3Jana NovotnáCZEBronze
4Mary Joe FernandezUSA
=5Monica SelesUSA
=5Kimiko DateJPN
=5Iva MajoliCRO
=5Conchita MartínezESP
=9Gabriela SabatiniARG
=9Ai SugiyamaJPN
=9Brenda Schultz-McCarthyNED
=9Maggy MaleevaBUL
=9Anke HuberGER
=9Karina HabšudováSVK
=9Inés GorrochateguiARG
=9Natasha ZveravaBLR
=17Patricia Hy-BoulaisCAN
=17Angélica GavaldónMEX
=17Martina HingisSUI
=17Judith WiesnerAUT
=17Silvia FarinaITA
=17Choi Yeong-JaKOR
=17Florencia LabatARG
=17Virág CsurgóHUN
=17Mariaan de SwardtRSA
=17Naoko SawamatsuJPN
=17Laurence CourtoisBEL
=17Vivi RuanoESP
=17Wang Shi-TingTPE
=17Mary PierceFRA
=17Amanda CoetzerRSA
=17Radka ZrubákováSVK
=33Chen LiCHN
=33Rita GrandeITA
=33Christina PapadakiGRE
=33Nathalie TauziatFRA
=33Joelle SchadDOM
=33Katarína StudeníkováSVK
=33Andrea TemesváriHUN
=33Ruxandra DragomirROU
=33Dominique Van RoostBEL
=33Clare WoodGBR
=33Joannette KrugerRSA
=33Selima SfarTUN
=33Rennae StubbsAUS
=33Yelena MakarovaRUS
=33Aleksandra OlszaPOL
=33Dally RandriantefyMAD
=33Cătălina CristeaROU
=33Helena SukováCZE
=33Park Seong-HuiKOR
=33Anne KremerLUX
=33Yayuk BasukiINA
=33Anna KournikovaRUS
=33Magdalena GrzybowskaPOL
=33Nicole Provis-BradtkeAUS
=33Yelena LikhovtsevaRUS
=33Adriana Serra-ZanettiITA
=33Yi JingqianCHN
=33Volha BarabanshchykavaBLR
=33Rachel McQuillanAUS
=33Sabine AppelmansBEL
=33Jana NejedlyCAN
=33Patty SchnyderSUI

Round One

Date23 – 24 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Monica Seles (1)USA2 – 0Chen Li (WC)CHN
Match #2Patricia Hy-Boulais (A)CAN2 – 0Rita GrandeITA
Match #3Angélica Gavaldón (A)MEX2 – 1Christina Papadaki (A)GRE
Match #4Gabriela Sabatini (13)ARG2 – 0Nathalie TauziatFRA
Match #5Martina Hingis (15)SUI2 – 0Joelle Schad (WC)DOM
Match #6Ai SugiyamaJPN2 – 0Katarína StudeníkováSVK
Match #7Judith WiesnerAUT2 – 0Andrea Temesvári (A)HUN
Match #8Jana Novotná (6)CZE1 – 0Ruxandra DragomirROU
Match #9Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP2 – 0Dominique Van RoostBEL
Match #10Silvia FarinaITA2 – 0Clare Wood (A)GBR
Match #11Choi Yeong-Ja (WC)KOR2 – 1Joannette KrugerRSA
Match #12Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (11)NED2 – 0Selima Sfar (WC)TUN
Match #13Maggy Maleeva (10)BUL2 – 0Rennae Stubbs (WC)AUS
Match #14Florencia LabatARG2 – 0Yelena MakarovaRUS
Match #15Virág CsurgóHUN2 – 0Aleksandra Olsza (WC)POL
Match #16Kimiko Date (8)JPN2 – 0Dally Randriantefy (WC)MAD
Match #17Anke Huber (5)GER2 – 1Cătălina Cristea (WC)ROU
Match #18Mariaan de SwardtRSA2 – 1Helena SukováCZE
Match #19Naoko SawamatsuJPN2 – 1Park Seong-Hui (A)KOR
Match #20Lindsay Davenport (9)USA2 – 0Anne Kremer (WC)LUX
Match #21Karina Habšudová (16)SVK2 – 0Yayuk BasukiINA
Match #22Laurence CourtoisBEL2 – 1Anna Kournikova (WC)RUS
Match #23Vivi RuanoESP2 – 0Magdalena Grzybowska (A)POL
Match #24Iva MajoliCRO2 – 1Nicole Provis-BradtkeAUS
Match #25Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA2 – 0Yelena LikhovtsevaRUS
Match #26Wang Shi-TingTPE2 – 0Adriana Serra-Zanetti (A)ITA
Match #27Inés Gorrochategui (WC)ARG2 – 1Yi Jingqian (A)CHN
Match #28Mary Pierce (12)FRA2 – 0Volha Barabanshchykava (A)BLR
Match #29Amanda Coetzer (14)RSA2 – 0Rachel McQuillan (WC)AUS
Match #30Natasha ZveravaBLR2 – 0Sabine AppelmansBEL
Match #31Radka Zrubáková (WC)SVK2 – 0Jana Nejedly (WC)CAN
Match #32Conchita Martínez (2)ESP2 – 0Patty Schnyder (WC)SUI

Round Two

Date25 – 26 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Monica Seles (1)USA2 – 0Patricia Hy-Boulais (A)CAN
Match #2Gabriela Sabatini (13)ARG2 – 0Angélica Gavaldón (A)MEX
Match #3Ai SugiyamaJPN2 – 0Martina Hingis (15)SUI
Match #4Jana Novotná (6)CZE2 – 1Judith WiesnerAUT
Match #5Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP2 – 0Silvia FarinaITA
Match #6Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (11)NED2 – 0Choi Yeong-Ja (WC)KOR
Match #7Maggy Maleeva (10)BUL2 – 0Florencia LabatARG
Match #8Kimiko Date (8)JPN2 – 0Virág CsurgóHUN
Match #9Anke Huber (5)GER2 – 1Mariaan de SwardtRSA
Match #10Lindsay Davenport (9)USA2 – 0Naoko SawamatsuJPN
Match #11Karina Habšudová (16)SVK2 – 0Laurence CourtoisBEL
Match #12Iva MajoliCRO2 – 0Vivi RuanoESP
Match #13Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA2 – 1Wang Shi-TingTPE
Match #14Inés Gorrochategui (WC)ARG2 – 1Mary Pierce (12)FRA
Match #15Natasha ZveravaBLR2 – 1Amanda Coetzer (14)RSA
Match #16Conchita Martínez (2)ESP2 – 0Radka Zrubáková (WC)SVK

Round Three

Date27 – 28 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Monica Seles (1)USA2 – 0Gabriela Sabatini (13)ARG
Match #2Jana Novotná (6)CZE2 – 0Ai SugiyamaJPN
Match #3Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP2 – 0Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (11)NED
Match #4Kimiko Date (8)JPN2 – 0Maggy Maleeva (10)BUL
Match #5Lindsay Davenport (9)USA2 – 1Anke Huber (5)GER
Match #6Iva MajoliCRO2 – 1Karina Habšudová (16)SVK
Match #7Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA2 – 0Inés Gorrochategui (WC)ARG
Match #8Conchita Martínez (2)ESP2 – 0Natasha ZveravaBLR

Quarter-Finals

Date29 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #129 Jul 11:00Centre CourtJana Novotná (6)CZE2 – 1Monica Seles (1)USA
Match #229 Jul 11:00Court #1Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP2 – 1Kimiko Date (8)JPN
Match #329 Jul 13:00Court #1Lindsay Davenport (9)USA2 – 0Iva MajoliCRO
Match #429 Jul 13:00Centre CourtMary Joe Fernandez (7)USA2 – 1Conchita Martínez (2)ESP

Semi-Finals

Date31 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #131 Jul 11:00Centre CourtArantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP2 – 1Jana Novotná (6)CZE
Match #231 Jul 13:00Centre CourtLindsay Davenport (9)USA2 – 0Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA

Final Round

Date2 August 1996
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/202 Aug 13:00Centre CourtLindsay Davenport (9)USA2 – 0Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP
Match 3/402 Aug 11:00Centre CourtJana Novotná (6)CZE2 – 0Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA