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Singles, Women

Date	6 – 13 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Centro Olímpico de Tênis, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	64 from 36 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

For the singles qualification, the world ranking list was used with a maximum of four players per nation. The 56 best players qualified for Rio with eight more places being awarded by the International Tennis Federation. No two players from the same country started within the same section of the draw, which consisted of four sections of 16 players, thus making it impossible for them to meet until the semi-finals.

Serena Williams, the current number one ranked player, lost her third round match against Elina Svitolina from Ukraine, and unseeded Puerto Rican Mónica Puig won the first ever gold medal for her country, beating Germany’s Angelique Kerber in the final 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. A few weeks later Kerber won the US Open to become the number one on the WTA world ranking list and was the first German to top the rankings since Steffi Graf in 1997. She also ended Serena Williams’ record run of 186 weeks at number one.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Mónica Puig	PUR	Gold
2	Angelique Kerber	GER	Silver
3	Petra Kvitová	CZE	Bronze
4	Madison Keys	USA
=5	Elina Svitolina	UKR
=5	Laura Siegemund	GER
=5	Darya Kasatkina	RUS
=5	Johanna Konta	GBR
=9	Serena Williams	USA
=9	Yekaterina Makarova	RUS
=9	Garbiñe Muguruza	ESP
=9	Kirsten Flipkens	BEL
=9	Carla Suárez	ESP
=9	Sara Errani	ITA
=9	Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS
=9	Samantha Stosur	AUS
=17	Alizé Cornet	FRA
=17	Heather Watson	GBR
=17	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN
=17	Anna Schmiedlová	SVK
=17	Nao Hibino	JPN
=17	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova	RUS
=17	Zhang Shuai	CHN
=17	Lucie Šafářová	CZE
=17	Kristina Mladenovic	FRA
=17	Ana Konjuh	CRO
=17	Barbora Strýcová	CZE
=17	Zheng Saisai	CHN
=17	Monica Niculescu	ROU
=17	Caroline Garcia	FRA
=17	Misaki Doi	JPN
=17	Eugenie Bouchard	CAN
=33	Daria Gavrilova	AUS
=33	Johanna Larsson	SWE
=33	Peng Shuai	CHN
=33	Andrea Petkovic	GER
=33	Tímea Babos	HUN
=33	Lucie Hradecká	CZE
=33	Çağla Büyükakçay	TUR
=33	Roberta Vinci	ITA
=33	Andreea Mitu	ROU
=33	Irina Begu	ROU
=33	Polona Hercog	SLO
=33	Magda Linette	POL
=33	Timea Bacsinszky	SUI
=33	Tsvetana Pironkova	BUL
=33	Karin Knapp	ITA
=33	Venus Williams	USA
=33	Danka Kovinić	MNE
=33	Aleksandra Krunić	SRB
=33	Annika Beck	GER
=33	Ana Ivanović	SRB
=33	Yanina Wickmayer	BEL
=33	Kiki Bertens	NED
=33	Ons Jabeur	TUN
=33	Agnieszka Radwańska	POL
=33	Wang Qiang	CHN
=33	Verónica Cepede	PAR
=33	Teliana Pereira	BRA
=33	Stephanie Vogt	LIE
=33	Jeļena Ostapenko	LAT
=33	Yaroslava Shvedova	KAZ
=33	Sloane Stephens	USA
=33	Mariana Duque	COL

Round One

Date	6 – 7 August 2016
Format	Winners advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	07 Aug 12:38	Centre Court	Serena Williams (1)	USA	6-4, 6-2	Daria Gavrilova	AUS
Match #2	07 Aug 16:20	Court 5	Alizé Cornet	FRA	6-1, 2-6, 6-3	Johanna Larsson	SWE
Match #3	06 Aug 13:55	Court 3	Heather Watson	GBR	6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3	Peng Shuai	CHN
Match #4	06 Aug 15:10	Court 2	Elina Svitolina (15)	UKR	2-6, 6-1, 6-3	Andrea Petkovic	GER
Match #5	07 Aug 14:17	Court 2	Petra Kvitová (11)	CZE	6-1, 6-2	Tímea Babos	HUN
Match #6	07 Aug 14:32	Court 3	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	6-2, 6-2	Lucie Hradecká	CZE
Match #7	07 Aug 15:30	Court 9	Yekaterina Makarova	RUS	3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (8-6)	Çağla Büyükakçay	TUR
Match #8	06 Aug 19:57	Court 3	Anna Schmiedlová	SVK	7-5, 6-4	Roberta Vinci (6)	ITA
Match #9	07 Aug 18:50	Centre Court	Garbiñe Muguruza (3)	ESP	6-2, 6-2	Andreea Mitu	ROU
Match #10	07 Aug 15:15	Court 4	Nao Hibino	JPN	6-4, 3-6, 6-3	Irina Begu	ROU
Match #11	07 Aug 13:13	Court 6	Mónica Puig	PUR	6-3, 6-2	Polona Hercog	SLO
Match #12	06 Aug 17:13	Court 6	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova (14)	RUS	6-0, 6-3	Magda Linette	POL
Match #13	06 Aug 12:26	Court 4	Zhang Shuai	CHN	6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)	Timea Bacsinszky (12)	SUI
Match #14	07 Aug 17:48	Court 7	Laura Siegemund	GER	1-6, 6-4, 6-2	Tsvetana Pironkova	BUL
Match #15	06 Aug 14:50	Court 5	Lucie Šafářová	CZE	4-6, 6-1, 6-1	Karin Knapp	ITA
Match #16	06 Aug 18:52	Centre Court	Kirsten Flipkens	BEL	4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)	Venus Williams (5)	USA
Match #17	06 Aug 11:07	Court 1	Madison Keys (7)	USA	6-3, 6-3	Danka Kovinić	MNE
Match #18	06 Aug 11:19	Court 8	Kristina Mladenovic	FRA	6-1, 6-4	Aleksandra Krunić	SRB
Match #19	06 Aug 11:06	Court 6	Ana Konjuh	CRO	7-6 (7-5), 6-1	Annika Beck	GER
Match #20	06 Aug 12:28	Centre Court	Carla Suárez (9)	ESP	2-6, 6-1, 6-2	Ana Ivanović	SRB
Match #21	06 Aug 11:06	Court 2	Barbora Strýcová (16)	CZE	7-6 (8-6), 6-1	Yanina Wickmayer	BEL
Match #22	06 Aug 11:07	Court 3	Sara Errani	ITA	4-6, 6-4, 6-3	Kiki Bertens	NED
Match #23	06 Aug 12:27	Court 7	Darya Kasatkina	RUS	3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1	Ons Jabeur	TUN
Match #24	06 Aug 14:20	Court 1	Zheng Saisai	CHN	6-4, 7-5	Agnieszka Radwańska (4)	POL
Match #25	07 Aug 13:11	Court 4	Svetlana Kuznetsova (8)	RUS	6-1, 4-6, 6-0	Wang Qiang	CHN
Match #26	06 Aug 14:27	Court 8	Monica Niculescu	ROU	6-2, 6-3	Verónica Cepede	PAR
Match #27	07 Aug 16:57	Court 1	Caroline Garcia	FRA	6-1, 6-2	Teliana Pereira	BRA
Match #28	07 Aug 17:49	Court 3	Johanna Konta (10)	GBR	6-3, 6-1	Stephanie Vogt	LIE
Match #29	07 Aug 15:46	Court 2	Samantha Stosur (13)	AUS	1-6, 6-3, 6-2	Jeļena Ostapenko	LAT
Match #30	07 Aug 14:33	Court 6	Misaki Doi	JPN	6-3, 6-4	Yaroslava Shvedova	KAZ
Match #31	06 Aug 18:26	Court 3	Eugenie Bouchard	CAN	6-3, 6-3	Sloane Stephens	USA
Match #32	07 Aug 13:04	Court 1	Angelique Kerber (2)	GER	6-3, 7-5	Mariana Duque	COL

Round Two

Date	8 August 2016
Format	Winners advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	08 Aug 18:50	Centre Court	Serena Williams	USA	7-6 (7-5), 6-2	Alizé Cornet	FRA
Match #2	08 Aug 13:37	Court 4	Elina Svitolina (15)	UKR	6-3, 1-6, 6-3	Heather Watson	GBR
Match #3	08 Aug 10:49	Centre Court	Petra Kvitová (11)	CZE	6-2, 6-4	Caroline Wozniacki	DEN
Match #4	08 Aug 13:02	Court 7	Yekaterina Makarova	RUS	3-6, 6-4, 6-2	Anna Schmiedlová	SVK
Match #5	08 Aug 16:55	Court 2	Garbiñe Muguruza (3)	ESP	6-1, 6-1	Nao Hibino	JPN
Match #6	08 Aug 11:05	Court 3	Mónica Puig	PUR	6-3, 6-2	Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova (14)	RUS
Match #7	08 Aug 15:55	Court 8	Laura Siegemund	GER	6-2, 6-4	Zhang Shuai	CHN
Match #8	08 Aug 14:39	Court 8	Kirsten Flipkens	BEL	6-2, 0-0	Lucie Šafářová	CZE
Match #9	08 Aug 11:04	Court 1	Madison Keys (7)	USA	7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-5)	Kristina Mladenovic	FRA
Match #10	08 Aug 11:03	Court 2	Carla Suárez (9)	ESP	7-6 (7-5), 6-3	Ana Konjuh	CRO
Match #11	08 Aug 17:41	Court 7	Sara Errani	ITA	6-2, 6-2	Barbora Strýcová	CZE
Match #12	08 Aug 12:53	Court 8	Darya Kasatkina	RUS	6-1, 6-4	Zheng Saisai	CHN
Match #13	08 Aug 13:07	Court 3	Svetlana Kuznetsova (8)	RUS	–	Monica Niculescu	ROU	walkover
Match #14	08 Aug 13:02	Court 2	Johanna Konta (10)	GBR	6-2, 6-3	Caroline Garcia	FRA
Match #15	08 Aug 14:37	Court 1	Samantha Stosur (13)	AUS	6-3, 6-4	Misaki Doi	JPN
Match #16	08 Aug 12:43	Centre Court	Angelique Kerber (2)	GER	6-4, 6-2	Eugenie Bouchard	CAN

Round Three

Date	9 August 2016
Format	Winners advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	09 Aug 18:50	Centre Court	Elina Svitolina (15)	UKR	6-4, 6-3	Serena Williams (1)	USA
Match #2	09 Aug 11:04	Court 2	Petra Kvitová (11)	CZE	4-6, 6-4, 6-4	Yekaterina Makarova	RUS
Match #3	09 Aug 14:07	Court 2	Mónica Puig	PUR	6-1, 6-1	Garbiñe Muguruza (3)	ESP
Match #4	09 Aug 11:08	Court 4	Laura Siegemund	GER	6-4, 6-3	Kirsten Flipkens	BEL
Match #5	09 Aug 10:48	Centre Court	Madison Keys (7)	USA	6-3, 3-6, 6-3	Carla Suárez (9)	ESP
Match #6	09 Aug 13:25	Court 3	Darya Kasatkina	RUS	7-5, 6-2	Sara Errani	ITA
Match #7	09 Aug 13:59	Court 1	Johanna Konta (10)	GBR	3-6, 7-5, 7-5	Svetlana Kuznetsova (8)	RUS
Match #8	09 Aug 17:26	Court 1	Angelique Kerber (2)	GER	6-0, 7-5	Samantha Stosur (13)	AUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	11 August 2016
Format	Winners advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	11 Aug 13:39	Court 2	Petra Kvitová (11)	CZE	6-2, 6-0	Elina Svitolina (15)	UKR
Match #2	11 Aug 12:59	Court 3	Mónica Puig	PUR	6-1, 6-1	Laura Siegemund	GER
Match #3	11 Aug 11:04	Court 1	Madison Keys (7)	USA	6-3, 6-1	Darya Kasatkina	RUS
Match #4	11 Aug 16:06	Centre Court	Angelique Kerber (2)	GER	6-1, 6-2	Johanna Konta (10)	GBR

Semi-Finals

Date	12 August 2016
Format	Winners advanced to final round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug 12:39	Centre Court	Mónica Puig	PUR	6-4, 1-6, 6-3	Petra Kvitová (11)	CZE
Match #2	12 Aug 17:21	Centre Court	Angelique Kerber (2)	GER	6-3, 7-5	Madison Keys (7)	USA

Final Round

Date	13 August 2016

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match 1/2	13 Aug 17:41	Centre Court	Mónica Puig	PUR	6-4, 4-6, 6-1	Angelique Kerber (2)	GER
Match 3/4	13 Aug 12:04	Court 1	Petra Kvitová (11)	CZE	7-5, 2-6, 6-2	Madison Keys (7)	USA