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Singles, Women

Date	19 – 27 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	New South Wales Tennis Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	64 from 33 countries
Format	Single-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.

Pos	Nr	Player	NOC
1	–	Venus Williams	USA	Gold
2	–	Yelena Dementyeva	RUS	Silver
3	–	Monica Seles	USA	Bronze
4	–	Jelena Dokic	AUS
=5	–	Amanda Coetzer	RSA
=5	–	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	ESP
=5	–	Barbara Schett	AUT
=5	–	Dominique Van Roost	BEL
=9	–	Fabiola Zuluaga	COL
=9	–	Jana Kandarr	GER
=9	–	Julie Halard-Décugis	FRA
=9	–	Karina Habšudová	SVK
=9	–	Nathalie Dechy	FRA
=9	–	Rossana de los Ríos	PAR
=9	–	Sabine Appelmans	BEL
=9	–	Silvia Farina-Elia	ITA
=17	–	Anastasiya Myskina	RUS
=17	–	Anne Kremer	LUX
=17	–	Conchita Martínez	ESP
=17	–	Dája Bedáňová	CZE
=17	–	Els Callens	BEL
=17	–	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	SUI
=17	–	Kristie Boogert	NED
=17	–	Lindsay Davenport	USA
=17	–	María Alejandra Vento	VEN
=17	–	María Emilia Salerni	ARG
=17	–	Miriam Oremans	NED
=17	–	Nicole Pratt	AUS
=17	–	Patricia Wartusch	AUT
=17	–	Rita Grande	ITA
=17	–	Silvija Talaja	CRO
=17	–	Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA
=33	–	Adriana Gerši	CZE
=33	–	Ai Sugiyama	JPN
=33	–	Alicia Molik	AUS
=33	–	Amanda Hopmans	NED
=33	–	Amélie Mauresmo	FRA
=33	–	Cara Black	ZIM
=33	–	Eleni Daniilidou	GRE
=33	–	Florencia Labat	ARG
=33	–	Henrieta Nagyová	SVK
=33	–	Iroda Tulyaganova	UZB
=33	–	Iva Majoli	CRO
=33	–	Katalin Marosi-Aracama	HUN
=33	–	Katarina Srebotnik	SLO
=33	–	Květoslava Hrdličková	CZE
=33	–	Li Na	CHN
=33	–	Magui Serna	ESP
=33	–	Mirka Vavrinec	SUI
=33	–	Natasha Zverava	BLR
=33	–	Neyssa Étienne	HAI
=33	–	Volha Barabanshchykava	BLR
=33	–	Paola Suárez	ARG
=33	–	Petra Mandula	HUN
=33	–	Rita Kuti Kis	HUN
=33	–	Ruxandra Dragomir	ROU
=33	–	Shinobu Asagoe	JPN
=33	–	Sonya Jeyaseelan	CAN
=33	–	Sylvia Plischke	AUT
=33	–	Tathiana Garbin	ITA
=33	–	Tina Pisnik	SLO
=33	–	Wynne Prakusya	INA
=33	–	Yelena Likhovtseva	RUS
=33	–	Yi Jingqian	CHN

Round One (19 – 20 September 2000 — 11:00)

Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match #1	Lindsay Davenport	USA	1	Paola Suárez	ARG		6-2, 6-2
Match #2	Rossana de los Ríos	PAR	ITF	Květoslava Hrdličková	CZE		6-3, 6-0
Match #3	Rita Grande	ITA		Sylvia Plischke	AUT		6-2, 6-2
Match #4	Jelena Dokic	AUS		Ai Sugiyama	JPN	14	6-0, 7-6 (7-1)
Match #5	Sabine Appelmans	BEL	15	Sonya Jeyaseelan	CAN		7-5, 6-2
Match #6	María Alejandra Vento	VEN	ITF	Amanda Hopmans	NED		6-4, 6-3
Match #7	Anne Kremer	LUX		Iva Majoli	CRO	ITF	6-2, 6-4
Match #8	Amanda Coetzer	RSA	7	Rita Kuti Kis	HUN		6-1, 6-1
Match #9	Conchita Martínez	ESP	4	Petra Mandula	HUN	ITF	6-1, 6-0
Match #10	Karina Habšudová	SVK		Katarina Srebotnik	SLO	ITF	6-3, 7-6 (9-7)
Match #11	Kristie Boogert	NED		Iroda Tulyaganova	UZB	ITF	6-2, 6-2
Match #12	Yelena Dementyeva	RUS	10	Mirka Vavrinec	SUI	ITF	6-1, 6-1
Match #13	Barbara Schett	AUT	12	Alicia Molik	AUS	ITF	7-6 (9-7), 6-2
Match #14	María Emilia Salerni	ARG	ITF	Natasha Zverava	BLR		6-3, 4-6, 6-2
Match #15	Dája Bedáňová	CZE	A	Yi Jingqian	CHN		6-2, 6-7 (6-7), 6-3 (–-–)
Match #16	Julie Halard-Décugis	FRA	A	Tathiana Garbin	ITA		6-4, 6-2
Match #17	Dominique Van Roost	BEL	8	Adriana Gerši	CZE		6-1, 6-1
Match #18	Anastasiya Myskina	RUS		Eleni Daniilidou	GRE	ITF	6-1, 7-5
Match #19	Silvia Farina-Elia	ITA		Cara Black	ZIM		6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Match #20	Silvija Talaja	CRO	13	Neyssa Étienne	HAI	WC	6-1, 6-0
Match #21	Nathalie Dechy	FRA	11	Magui Serna	ESP		6-1, 6-2
Match #22	Nicole Pratt	AUS		Ruxandra Dragomir	ROU		6-3, 6-3
Match #23	Miriam Oremans	NED	A	Florencia Labat	ARG		6-2, 6-4
Match #24	Monica Seles	USA	3	Katalin Marosi-Aracama	HUN	ITF	6-0, 6-1
Match #25	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	ESP	5	Li Na	CHN	ITF	6-1, 7-5
Match #26	Patricia Wartusch	AUT		Volha Barabanshchykava	BLR		6-4, 6-2
Match #27	Els Callens	BEL	A	Shinobu Asagoe	JPN	ITF	6-0, 6-4
Match #28	Fabiola Zuluaga	COL		Amélie Mauresmo	FRA	9	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
Match #29	Jana Kandarr	GER		Yelena Likhovtseva	RUS	15	6-4, 6-4
Match #30	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	SUI		Wynne Prakusya	INA	WC	6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
Match #31	Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA		Tina Pisnik	SLO		6-4, 6-3
Match #32	Venus Williams	USA	2	Henrieta Nagyová	SVK		6-2, 6-2

Round Two (21 September 2000 — 11:00)

Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match #1	Rossana de los Ríos	PAR		Lindsay Davenport	USA	1	walkover
Match #2	Jelena Dokic	AUS		Rita Grande	ITA		5-7, 6-3, 6-3
Match #3	Sabine Appelmans	BEL	15	María Alejandra Vento	VEN	ITF	6-2, 6-2
Match #4	Amanda Coetzer	RSA	7	Anne Kremer	LUX		4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Match #5	Karina Habšudová	SVK		Conchita Martínez	ESP	4	1-6, 6-0, 6-4
Match #6	Yelena Dementyeva	RUS	10	Kristie Boogert	NED		6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Match #7	Barbara Schett	AUT	12	María Emilia Salerni	ARG	ITF	7-6 (7-5), 6-4
Match #8	Julie Halard-Décugis	FRA	A	Dája Bedáňová	CZE	A	6-3, 6-4
Match #9	Dominique Van Roost	BEL	8	Anastasiya Myskina	RUS		6-2, 6-3
Match #10	Silvia Farina-Elia	ITA		Silvija Talaja	CRO	13	3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Match #11	Nathalie Dechy	FRA	11	Nicole Pratt	AUS		6-3, 6-1
Match #12	Monica Seles	USA	3	Miriam Oremans	NED	A	6-1, 6-1
Match #13	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	ESP	5	Patricia Wartusch	AUT		6-2, 6-4
Match #14	Fabiola Zuluaga	COL		Els Callens	BEL	A	6-3, 6-2
Match #15	Jana Kandarr	GER		Emmanuelle Gagliardi	SUI		7-5, 6-4
Match #16	Venus Williams	USA	2	Tamarine Tanasugarn	THA		6-2, 6-3

Round Three (22 – 23 September 2000 — 11:00)

Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match #1	Jelena Dokic	AUS		Rossana de los Ríos	PAR	ITF	7-6 (7-5), 7-5
Match #2	Amanda Coetzer	RSA	7	Sabine Appelmans	BEL	15	6-3, 6-1
Match #3	Yelena Dementyeva	RUS	10	Karina Habšudová	SVK		6-2, 6-1
Match #4	Barbara Schett	AUT	12	Julie Halard-Décugis	FRA	A	2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Match #5	Dominique Van Roost	BEL	8	Silvia Farina-Elia	ITA		6-1, 7-5
Match #6	Monica Seles	USA	3	Nathalie Dechy	FRA	11	6-3, 6-2
Match #7	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	ESP	5	Fabiola Zuluaga	COL		6-2, 6-0
Match #8	Venus Williams	USA	2	Jana Kandarr	GER		6-2, 6-2

Quarter-Finals (24 September 2000 — 11:45)

Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match #1	Jelena Dokic	AUS		Amanda Coetzer	RSA	7	6-1, 1-6, 6-1
Match #2	Yelena Dementyeva	RUS	10	Barbara Schett	AUT	12	2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Match #3	Monica Seles	USA	3	Dominique Van Roost	BEL	8	6-0, 6-2
Match #4	Venus Williams	USA	2	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	ESP	5	3-6, 6-2, 6-4

Semi-Finals (25 September 2000 — 11:00)

Winner of each match advanced to the final.

Match #1	Yelena Dementyeva	RUS	10	Jelena Dokic	AUS		2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Match #2	Venus Williams	USA	2	Monica Seles	USA	3	6-1, 4-6, 6-3

Final Round (26 – 27 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Venus Williams	USA	2	Yelena Dementyeva	RUS	10	6-2, 6-4
Match 3/4	Monica Seles	USA	3	Jelena Dokic	AUS		6-1, 6-4