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Tennis — Singles, Women

Times held 18
Total participants 422
Total countries 72

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1900 Singles, Women Olympic 6 4
1906 Singles, Women Intercalated 6 2
1908 Singles, Women Olympic 5 1
1912 Singles, Women Olympic 8 4
1920 Singles, Women Olympic 18 7
1924 Singles, Women Olympic 31 14
1968 Singles (Guadalajara), Women Olympic (non-medal) 13 7
1968 Singles (Mexico), Women Olympic (non-medal) 10 6
1984 Singles, Women Olympic (non-medal) 32 22
1988 Singles, Women Olympic 48 26
1992 Singles, Women Olympic 64 30
1996 Singles, Women Olympic 64 34
2000 Singles, Women Olympic 64 33
2004 Singles, Women Olympic 64 32
2008 Singles, Women Olympic 64 33
2012 Singles, Women Olympic 64 33
2016 Singles, Women Olympic 64 36
2020 Singles, Women Olympic 64 32

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Charlotte CooperGBR Yvonne PrévostFRA Hedwig Rosenbaum
Marion Jones		BOH
USA
1906 Esme SimiriotisGRE Sofia MarinouGRE Fronietta PaspatiGRE
1908 Dorothy Lambert ChambersGBR Dora BoothbyGBR Ruth WinchGBR
1912 Marguerite BroquedisFRA Dora KöringGER Molla BjurstedtNOR
1920 Suzanne LenglenFRA Dorothy HolmanGBR Kitty McKaneGBR
1924 Helen WillsUSA Julie VlastoFRA Kitty McKaneGBR
1988 Steffi GrafFRG Gabriela SabatiniARG Manuela Maleeva
Zina Garrison		BUL
USA
1992 Jennifer CapriatiUSA Steffi GrafGER Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Mary Joe Fernandez		ESP
USA
1996 Lindsay DavenportUSA Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESP Jana NovotnáCZE
2000 Venus WilliamsUSA Yelena DementyevaRUS Monica SelesUSA
2004 Justine Henin-HardenneBEL Amélie MauresmoFRA Alicia MolikAUS
2008 Yelena DementyevaRUS Dinara SafinaRUS Vera ZvonaryovaRUS
2012 Serena WilliamsUSA Mariya SharapovaRUS Vika AzarenkaBLR
2016 Mónica PuigPUR Angelique KerberGER Petra KvitováCZE
2020 Belinda BencicSUI Markéta VondroušováCZE Elina SvitolinaUKR

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 5 0 4 9
France FRA 2 3 0 5
Great Britain GBR 2 2 3 7
Russian Federation RUS 1 3 1 5
Greece GRE 1 1 1 3
Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
Puerto Rico PUR 1 0 0 1
Switzerland SUI 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 1 0 0 1
Germany GER 0 3 0 3
Czechia CZE 0 1 2 3
Spain ESP 0 1 1 2
Argentina ARG 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
Belarus BLR 0 0 1 1
Bohemia BOH 0 0 1 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
Norway NOR 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Steffi Graf GER
FRG		 1 1 0 2
Yelena Dementyeva RUS 1 1 0 2
Charlotte Cooper GBR 1 0 0 1
Dorothy Lambert Chambers GBR 1 0 0 1
Marguerite Broquedis-Billout FRA 1 0 0 1
Suzanne Lenglen FRA 1 0 0 1
Jennifer Capriati USA 1 0 0 1
Lindsay Davenport USA 1 0 0 1
Helen Wills USA 1 0 0 1
Esme Simiriotis GRE 1 0 0 1
Serena Williams USA 1 0 0 1
Venus Williams USA 1 0 0 1
Justine Henin-Hardenne BEL 1 0 0 1
Mónica Puig PUR 1 0 0 1
Belinda Bencic SUI 1 0 0 1