Olympedia – Singles, Women

Singles, Women

Date	24 – 31 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Ariake, Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Participants	64 from 32 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Date

24 – 31 July 2021

Status

Olympic

Location

Ariake Tennis Forest Park, Ariake, Koto, Tokyo, Japan

Participants

64 from 32 countries

Format

Single-elimination tournament.

For the first time since 1996 the Olympic tennis tournament took place without at least one of the Williams sisters in the field. The clear favourites were the top two seeds Ash Barty and the local favourite Naomi Osaka, who had the honour of lighting the Olympic Flame at the 2020 opening ceremony.

America’s 11th seed Jennifer Brady was eliminated in the first round, but the shock of the opening round was the defeat of top seed Barty by Spain’s Sara Sorribes, ranked 48th in the world. Osaka followed Barty out of the competition two rounds later when beaten by the unseeded Markéta Vondroušová. The highest ranked player left in the semi-finals was Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina (No.4), but she was beaten by Vondroušová and, in the other semi, Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic beat Yelena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.

In the bronze medal match, fourth seed Elina Svitolina beat Rybakina, and won Ukraine’s first ever Olympic tennis medal. At one stage Svitolina was a set down and 1-3 down in the second set before staging a comeback. In the third and final set, Svitolina was 1-4 down, before winning the next five games in a row to win 6-4. On her Games début at the age of 24, Belinda Bencic beat Markéta Vondroušová in three sets to become the first Swiss woman to win an Olympic tennis gold.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Belinda Bencic	SUI	Gold
2	Markéta Vondroušová	CZE	Silver
3	Elina Svitolina	UKR	Bronze
4	Yelena Rybakina	KAZ
=5	Paula Badosa	ESP
=5	Camila Giorgi	ITA
=5	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP
=5	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova	ROC
=9	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE
=9	Naomi Osaka	JPN
=9	Karolína Plíšková	CZE
=9	Nadia Podoroska	ARG
=9	Maria Sakkari	GRE
=9	Sara Sorribes	ESP
=9	Donna Vekić	CRO
=9	Alison Van Uytvanck	BEL
=17	Yekaterina Aleksandrova	ROC
=17	Mihaela Buzărnescu	ROU
=17	Misaki Doi	JPN
=17	Leylah Fernandez	CAN
=17	Fiona Ferro	FRA
=17	Anna-Lena Friedsam	GER
=17	Viktorija Golubic	SUI
=17	Petra Kvitová	CZE
=17	Rebecca Peterson	SWE
=17	Aryna Sabalenka	BLR
=17	Nina Stojanović	SRB
=17	Carla Suárez	ESP
=17	Iga Świątek	POL
=17	Ajla Tomljanovic	AUS
=17	Yelena Vesnina	ROC
=17	Wang Qiang	CHN
=33	Mona Barthel	GER
=33	Ash Barty	AUS
=33	Kiki Bertens	NED
=33	Jennifer Brady	USA
=33	Verónica Cepede	PAR
=33	Alizé Cornet	FRA
=33	Zarina Diyas	KAZ
=33	Sara Errani	ITA
=33	Caroline Garcia	FRA
=33	Nao Hibino	JPN
=33	Ons Jabeur	TUN
=33	Ivana Jorović	SRB
=33	Anett Kontaveit	EST
=33	Veronika Kudermetova	ROC
=33	Magda Linette	POL
=33	Elise Mertens	BEL
=33	Kristina Mladenovic	FRA
=33	María Camila Osorio	COL
=33	Jeļena Ostapenko	LAT
=33	Jasmine Paolini	ITA
=33	Jessica Pegula	USA
=33	Yuliya Putintseva	KAZ
=33	Alison Riske	USA
=33	Anastasija Sevastova	LAT
=33	Maiar Sherif	EGY
=33	Yaroslava Shvedova	KAZ
=33	Laura Siegemund	GER
=33	Samantha Stosur	AUS
=33	Heather Watson	GBR
=33	Dayana Yastremska	UKR
=33	Renata Zarazúa	MEX
=33	Zheng Saisai	CHN

Date	24 – 25 July 2021
Format	Winners advanced to round two.

Match	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	Sara Sorribes	ESP	6-4, 6-3	Ash Barty	AUS
Match #2	Fiona Ferro	FRA	2-6, 6-4, 6-2	Anastasija Sevastova	LAT
Match #3	Anna-Lena Friedsam	GER	7-6 (7-5), 6-3	Heather Watson	GBR
Match #4	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova	ROC	6-0, 6-1	Sara Errani	ITA
Match #5	Belinda Bencic	SUI	6-3, 6-3	Jessica Pegula	USA
Match #6	Misaki Doi	JPN	6-3, 6-2	Renata Zarazúa	MEX
Match #7	Leylah Fernandez	CAN	6-3, 3-6, 6-0	Dayana Yastremska	UKR
Match #8	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	5-2	Zarina Diyas	KAZ
Match #9	Aryna Sabalenka	BLR	6-2, 6-1	Magda Linette	POL
Match #10	Donna Vekić	CRO	6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-3	Caroline Garcia	FRA
Match #11	Rebecca Peterson	SWE	7-5, 7-6 (7-1)	Maiar Sherif	EGY
Match #12	Yelena Rybakina	KAZ	6-4, 6-2	Samantha Stosur	AUS
Match #13	Petra Kvitová	CZE	6-4, 6-3	Jasmine Paolini	ITA
Match #14	Alison Van Uytvanck	BEL	6-3, 6-2	Ivana Jorović	SRB
Match #15	Wang Qiang	CHN	6-4, 6-3	Verónica Cepede	PAR
Match #16	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	7-5, 7-5	Veronika Kudermetova	ROC
Match #17	Karolína Plíšková	CZE	6-1, 6-3	Alizé Cornet	FRA
Match #18	Carla Suárez	ESP	6-4, 6-1	Ons Jabeur	TUN
Match #19	Yelena Vesnina	ROC	6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4	Jeļena Ostapenko	LAT
Match #20	Camila Giorgi	ITA	6-3, 6-2	Jennifer Brady	USA
Match #21	Maria Sakkari	GRE	7-5, 6-2	Anett Kontaveit	EST
Match #22	Nina Stojanović	SRB	6-3, 6-3	Nao Hibino	JPN
Match #23	Ajla Tomljanovic	AUS	7-5, 3-2	Yaroslava Shvedova	KAZ
Match #24	Elina Svitolina	UKR	6-3, 5-7, 6-4	Laura Siegemund	GER
Match #25	Iga Świątek	POL	6-2, 6-2	Mona Barthel	GER
Match #26	Paula Badosa	ESP	6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-0	Kristina Mladenovic	FRA
Match #27	Nadia Podoroska	ARG	7-6 (7-4), 1-3	Yuliya Putintseva	KAZ
Match #28	Yekaterina Aleksandrova	ROC	4-6, 6-4, 6-4	Elise Mertens	BEL
Match #29	Markéta Vondroušová	CZE	6-4, 3-6, 6-4	Kiki Bertens	NED
Match #30	Mihaela Buzărnescu	ROU	6-7 (0-7), 7-5, 6-4	Alison Riske	USA
Match #31	Viktorija Golubic	SUI	6-4, 6-1	María Camila Osorio	COL
Match #32	Naomi Osaka	JPN	6-1, 6-4	Zheng Saisai	CHN

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Sara Sorribes	ESP	6-1, 6-4	Fiona Ferro	FRA
Match #2	26 Jul	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova	ROC	6-1, 6-1	Anna-Lena Friedsam	GER
Match #3	26 Jul	Belinda Bencic	SUI	6-2, 6-4	Misaki Doi	JPN
Match #4	26 Jul	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE	6-2, 6-4	Leylah Fernandez	CAN
Match #5	26 Jul	Donna Vekić	CRO	6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3)	Aryna Sabalenka	BLR
Match #6	26 Jul	Yelena Rybakina	KAZ	6-2, 6-3	Rebecca Peterson	SWE
Match #7	26 Jul	Alison Van Uytvanck	BEL	5-7, 6-3, 6-0	Petra Kvitová	CZE
Match #8	26 Jul	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	6-3, 6-0	Wang Qiang	CHN
Match #9	26 Jul	Karolína Plíšková	CZE	6-3, 6-7 (0-7), 6-1	Carla Suárez	ESP
Match #10	26 Jul	Camila Giorgi	ITA	6-3, 6-1	Yelena Vesnina	ROC
Match #11	26 Jul	Maria Sakkari	GRE	6-1, 6-2	Nina Stojanović	SRB
Match #12	26 Jul	Elina Svitolina	UKR	4-6, 6-3, 6-4	Ajla Tomljanovic	AUS
Match #13	26 Jul	Paula Badosa	ESP	6-3, 7-6 (7-4)	Iga Świątek	POL
Match #14	26 Jul	Nadia Podoroska	ARG	6-1, 6-3	Yekaterina Aleksandrova	ROC
Match #15	26 Jul	Markéta Vondroušová	CZE	6-1, 6-2	Mihaela Buzărnescu	ROU
Match #16	26 Jul	Naomi Osaka	JPN	6-3, 6-2	Viktorija Golubic	SUI

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova	ROC	6-1, 6-3	Sara Sorribes	ESP
Match #2	27 Jul	Belinda Bencic	SUI	1-6, 6-2, 6-3	Barbora Krejčíková	CZE
Match #3	27 Jul	Yelena Rybakina	KAZ	7-6 (7-3), 6-4	Donna Vekić	CRO
Match #4	27 Jul	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP	6-4, 6-1	Alison Van Uytvanck	BEL
Match #5	27 Jul	Camila Giorgi	ITA	6-4, 6-2	Karolína Plíšková	CZE
Match #6	27 Jul	Elina Svitolina	UKR	5-7, 6-3, 6-4	Maria Sakkari	GRE
Match #7	27 Jul	Paula Badosa	ESP	6-2, 6-3	Nadia Podoroska	ARG
Match #8	27 Jul	Markéta Vondroušová	CZE	6-1, 6-4	Naomi Osaka	JPN

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Belinda Bencic	SUI	6-0, 3-6, 6-3	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova	ROC
Match #2	28 Jul	Yelena Rybakina	KAZ	7-5, 6-1	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP
Match #3	28 Jul	Elina Svitolina	UKR	6-4, 6-4	Camila Giorgi	ITA
Match #4	28 Jul	Markéta Vondroušová	CZE	6-3, 0-0	Paula Badosa	ESP

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Belinda Bencic	SUI	7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-3	Yelena Rybakina	KAZ
Match #2	29 Jul	Markéta Vondroušová	CZE	6-3, 6-1	Elina Svitolina	UKR

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match 1/2	31 Jul	Belinda Bencic	SUI	7-5, 2-6, 6-3	Markéta Vondroušová	CZE
Match 3/4	31 Jul	Elina Svitolina	UKR	1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4	Yelena Rybakina	KAZ

Singles, Women

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Final Round