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Singles, Women

Date	23 July – 2 August 1996
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.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Lindsay Davenport	USA	Gold
2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	ESP	Silver
3	Jana Novotná	CZE	Bronze
4	Mary Joe Fernandez	USA
=5	Monica Seles	USA
=5	Kimiko Date	JPN
=5	Iva Majoli	CRO
=5	Conchita Martínez	ESP
=9	Gabriela Sabatini	ARG
=9	Ai Sugiyama	JPN
=9	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	NED
=9	Maggy Maleeva	BUL
=9	Anke Huber	GER
=9	Karina Habšudová	SVK
=9	Inés Gorrochategui	ARG
=9	Natasha Zverava	BLR
=17	Patricia Hy-Boulais	CAN
=17	Angélica Gavaldón	MEX
=17	Martina Hingis	SUI
=17	Judith Wiesner	AUT
=17	Silvia Farina	ITA
=17	Choi Yeong-Ja	KOR
=17	Florencia Labat	ARG
=17	Virág Csurgó	HUN
=17	Mariaan de Swardt	RSA
=17	Naoko Sawamatsu	JPN
=17	Laurence Courtois	BEL
=17	Vivi Ruano	ESP
=17	Wang Shi-Ting	TPE
=17	Mary Pierce	FRA
=17	Amanda Coetzer	RSA
=17	Radka Zrubáková	SVK
=33	Chen Li	CHN
=33	Rita Grande	ITA
=33	Christina Papadaki	GRE
=33	Nathalie Tauziat	FRA
=33	Joelle Schad	DOM
=33	Katarína Studeníková	SVK
=33	Andrea Temesvári	HUN
=33	Ruxandra Dragomir	ROU
=33	Dominique Van Roost	BEL
=33	Clare Wood	GBR
=33	Joannette Kruger	RSA
=33	Selima Sfar	TUN
=33	Rennae Stubbs	AUS
=33	Yelena Makarova	RUS
=33	Aleksandra Olsza	POL
=33	Dally Randriantefy	MAD
=33	Cătălina Cristea	ROU
=33	Helena Suková	CZE
=33	Park Seong-Hui	KOR
=33	Anne Kremer	LUX
=33	Yayuk Basuki	INA
=33	Anna Kournikova	RUS
=33	Magdalena Grzybowska	POL
=33	Nicole Provis-Bradtke	AUS
=33	Yelena Likhovtseva	RUS
=33	Adriana Serra-Zanetti	ITA
=33	Yi Jingqian	CHN
=33	Volha Barabanshchykava	BLR
=33	Rachel McQuillan	AUS
=33	Sabine Appelmans	BEL
=33	Jana Nejedly	CAN
=33	Patty Schnyder	SUI

Round One

Date	23 – 24 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	Monica Seles (1)	USA	6-0, 6-4	Chen Li (WC)	CHN
Match #2	Patricia Hy-Boulais (A)	CAN	6-4, 6-4	Rita Grande	ITA
Match #3	Angélica Gavaldón (A)	MEX	6-1, 3-6, 6-2	Christina Papadaki (A)	GRE
Match #4	Gabriela Sabatini (13)	ARG	7-5, 6-2	Nathalie Tauziat	FRA
Match #5	Martina Hingis (15)	SUI	6-0, 6-1	Joelle Schad (WC)	DOM
Match #6	Ai Sugiyama	JPN	6-2, 6-3	Katarína Studeníková	SVK
Match #7	Judith Wiesner	AUT	7-6 (7-5), 6-4	Andrea Temesvári (A)	HUN
Match #8	Jana Novotná (6)	CZE	6-4, 4-4	Ruxandra Dragomir	ROU
Match #9	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)	ESP	6-1, 7-5	Dominique Van Roost	BEL
Match #10	Silvia Farina	ITA	6-2, 6-2	Clare Wood (A)	GBR
Match #11	Choi Yeong-Ja (WC)	KOR	6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-1	Joannette Kruger	RSA
Match #12	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (11)	NED	6-4, 6-0	Selima Sfar (WC)	TUN
Match #13	Maggy Maleeva (10)	BUL	6-2, 6-1	Rennae Stubbs (WC)	AUS
Match #14	Florencia Labat	ARG	6-2, 7-5	Yelena Makarova	RUS
Match #15	Virág Csurgó	HUN	6-2, 7-5	Aleksandra Olsza (WC)	POL
Match #16	Kimiko Date (8)	JPN	6-0, 6-1	Dally Randriantefy (WC)	MAD
Match #17	Anke Huber (5)	GER	2-6, 6-4, 6-2	Cătălina Cristea (WC)	ROU
Match #18	Mariaan de Swardt	RSA	7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 7-5	Helena Suková	CZE
Match #19	Naoko Sawamatsu	JPN	6-3, 4-6, 6-3	Park Seong-Hui (A)	KOR
Match #20	Lindsay Davenport (9)	USA	6-2, 6-1	Anne Kremer (WC)	LUX
Match #21	Karina Habšudová (16)	SVK	6-3, 6-3	Yayuk Basuki	INA
Match #22	Laurence Courtois	BEL	1-6, 6-2, 6-2	Anna Kournikova (WC)	RUS
Match #23	Vivi Ruano	ESP	6-4, 6-2	Magdalena Grzybowska (A)	POL
Match #24	Iva Majoli	CRO	3-6, 6-3, 6-4	Nicole Provis-Bradtke	AUS
Match #25	Mary Joe Fernandez (7)	USA	6-2, 6-4	Yelena Likhovtseva	RUS
Match #26	Wang Shi-Ting	TPE	7-5, 7-6 (7-5)	Adriana Serra-Zanetti (A)	ITA
Match #27	Inés Gorrochategui (WC)	ARG	6-2, 1-6, 6-1	Yi Jingqian (A)	CHN
Match #28	Mary Pierce (12)	FRA	6-3, 7-5	Volha Barabanshchykava (A)	BLR
Match #29	Amanda Coetzer (14)	RSA	6-4, 7-6 (7-5)	Rachel McQuillan (WC)	AUS
Match #30	Natasha Zverava	BLR	7-5, 6-3	Sabine Appelmans	BEL
Match #31	Radka Zrubáková (WC)	SVK	6-3, 6-2	Jana Nejedly (WC)	CAN
Match #32	Conchita Martínez (2)	ESP	6-1, 6-2	Patty Schnyder (WC)	SUI

Round Two

Date	25 – 26 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	Monica Seles (1)	USA	6-3, 6-2	Patricia Hy-Boulais (A)	CAN
Match #2	Gabriela Sabatini (13)	ARG	6-4, 6-0	Angélica Gavaldón (A)	MEX
Match #3	Ai Sugiyama	JPN	6-4, 6-4	Martina Hingis (15)	SUI
Match #4	Jana Novotná (6)	CZE	6-4, 3-6, 6-3	Judith Wiesner	AUT
Match #5	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)	ESP	6-1, 6-3	Silvia Farina	ITA
Match #6	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (11)	NED	6-2, 6-4	Choi Yeong-Ja (WC)	KOR
Match #7	Maggy Maleeva (10)	BUL	7-6 (9-7), 6-1	Florencia Labat	ARG
Match #8	Kimiko Date (8)	JPN	6-2, 6-3	Virág Csurgó	HUN
Match #9	Anke Huber (5)	GER	3-6, 6-1, 6-4	Mariaan de Swardt	RSA
Match #10	Lindsay Davenport (9)	USA	6-2, 6-2	Naoko Sawamatsu	JPN
Match #11	Karina Habšudová (16)	SVK	7-5, 6-2	Laurence Courtois	BEL
Match #12	Iva Majoli	CRO	7-5, 6-3	Vivi Ruano	ESP
Match #13	Mary Joe Fernandez (7)	USA	7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-1	Wang Shi-Ting	TPE
Match #14	Inés Gorrochategui (WC)	ARG	6-4, 1-6, 7-5	Mary Pierce (12)	FRA
Match #15	Natasha Zverava	BLR	6-1, 4-6, 6-2	Amanda Coetzer (14)	RSA
Match #16	Conchita Martínez (2)	ESP	6-1, 6-4	Radka Zrubáková (WC)	SVK

Round Three

Date	27 – 28 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	Monica Seles (1)	USA	6-3, 6-3	Gabriela Sabatini (13)	ARG
Match #2	Jana Novotná (6)	CZE	6-3, 6-4	Ai Sugiyama	JPN
Match #3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)	ESP	6-4, 7-6 (9-7)	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (11)	NED
Match #4	Kimiko Date (8)	JPN	6-4, 6-4	Maggy Maleeva (10)	BUL
Match #5	Lindsay Davenport (9)	USA	6-1, 3-6, 6-3	Anke Huber (5)	GER
Match #6	Iva Majoli	CRO	6-4, 3-6, 6-4	Karina Habšudová (16)	SVK
Match #7	Mary Joe Fernandez (7)	USA	6-0, 6-3	Inés Gorrochategui (WC)	ARG
Match #8	Conchita Martínez (2)	ESP	6-2, 7-5	Natasha Zverava	BLR

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul 11:00	Centre Court	Jana Novotná (6)	CZE	7-5, 3-6, 8-6	Monica Seles (1)	USA
Match #2	29 Jul 11:00	Court #1	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)	ESP	4-6, 6-3, 10-8	Kimiko Date (8)	JPN
Match #3	29 Jul 13:00	Court #1	Lindsay Davenport (9)	USA	7-5, 6-3	Iva Majoli	CRO
Match #4	29 Jul 13:00	Centre Court	Mary Joe Fernandez (7)	USA	3-6, 6-2, 6-3	Conchita Martínez (2)	ESP

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul 11:00	Centre Court	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)	ESP	6-4, 1-6, 6-3	Jana Novotná (6)	CZE
Match #2	31 Jul 13:00	Centre Court	Lindsay Davenport (9)	USA	6-2, 7-6 (8-6)	Mary Joe Fernandez (7)	USA

Final Round

Date	2 August 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match 1/2	02 Aug 13:00	Centre Court	Lindsay Davenport (9)	USA	7-6 (8-6), 6-2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)	ESP
Match 3/4	02 Aug 11:00	Centre Court	Jana Novotná (6)	CZE	7-6 (8-6), 6-4	Mary Joe Fernandez (7)	USA