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Singles, Women

Date6 – 10 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationRiocentro Pavilhão 3, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants70 from 43 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament. Top 16 seeds advanced to round three. Seeds 17-32 advanced to round two.

For the singles qualification, the world ranking list was used with a maximum of two players per nation. Players who did not participate in any of the qualification tournaments were eliminated from the list. The 22 best players qualified for Rio with 40 more places being awarded to players from continental qualification tournaments. These included six players each from both Africa and Latin America, 11 each from Asia and Europe, and three each from both North America and Oceania. The remaining eight players received wild card entries, including players from the host nation.

In Rio, the 12 lowest ranked players on the world ranking took part in a preliminary round with six progressing to the first round and they were then joined by the players ranked 33-70 on the word list. In the second round the first round winners met players 17-32 in the world rankings, and It was not until the third round that the world’s 16 best ranked players joined the tournament and further elimination matches took place.

All matches were played to the best-of seven, with the first to win four sets taking the match. Netherlands’ Jiao Li was the eldest player at the age of 43 years, and Sally Yee from the Fiji Islands was the youngest at 15 years of age. [Ding Ning] won the gold medal in a very close final against her team-mate Li Xiaoxia, by four sets to three: 11-9, 5-11, 14-12, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7. Prior to the final, Ding Ning had lost only one set in the entire competition, losing the second set of her semi-final against Kim Song-I of North Korea.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Ding NingCHNGold
2Li XiaoxiaCHNSilver
3Kim Song-IPRKBronze
4Ai FukuharaJPN
=5Ying HanGER
=5Yu MengyuSGP
=5Cheng I-ChingTPE
=5Feng TianweiSGP
=9Doo Hoi KemHKG
=9Xue LiFRA
=9Jeon Ji-HuiKOR
=9Chen Szu-YuTPE
=9Lee Ho ChingHKG
=9Seo Hyo-WonKOR
=9Ri Myong-SunPRK
=9Liu JiaAUT
=17Eliza SamaraROU
=17Georgina PótaHUN
=17Jie LiNED
=17Nanthana KomwongTHA
=17Matilda EkholmSWE
=17Jian-Fang LayAUS
=17Melek HuTUR
=17Kasumi IshikawaJPN
=17Fen LiSWE
=17Tetiana BilenkoUKR
=17Lily ZhangUSA
=17Viktoryia PaulovichBLR
=17Daniela Dodean-MonteiroROU
=17Petrissa SoljaGER
=17Jiao LiNED
=17Xia Lian NiLUX
=33Gui LinBRA
=33Mo ZhangCAN
=33Adriana DíazPUR
=33Fu YuPOR
=33Jennifer WuUSA
=33Sofia PolcanovaAUT
=33Aliaksandra PrivalovaBLR
=33Katarzyna Grzybowska-FrancPOL
=33Barbora BalážováSVK
=33Iveta VacenovskáCZE
=33Jieni ShaoPOR
=33Polina MikhaylovaRUS
=33Qian LiPOL
=33Petra LovasHUN
=33Suthasini SawettabutTHA
=33Yanfei ShenESP
=49Galia DvorakESP
=49Hana MatelováCZE
=49Funke OshonaikeNGR
=49Dina MeshrefEGY
=49Eva ÓdorováSVK
=49Mariya DolgikhRUS
=49Neda ShahsavariIRI
=49Manika BatraIND
=49Yadira SilvaMEX
=49Lady RuanoCOL
=49Gremlis ArveloVEN
=49Edem OffiongNGR
=49Mouma DasIND
=49Nadeen El-DawlatlyEGY
=49Xing HanCGO
=49Carol KumaharaBRA
=65Mariana SahakianLBN
=65Safa SaidaniTUN
=65Heba AllejjiSYR
=65Sally YeeFIJ
=65Ian LaribaPHI
=65Melissa TapperAUS

Preliminary Round

Date6 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round one.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #106 Aug 09:45Table 3Funke OshonaikeNGR8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8Mariana SahakianLBN
Match #206 Aug 09:45Table 4Dina MeshrefEGY12-10, 11-1, 13-11, 11-6Safa SaidaniTUN
Match #306 Aug 09:00Table 4Yadira SilvaMEX11-2, 11-1, 11-2, 11-4Heba AllejjiSYR
Match #406 Aug 09:00Table 3Edem OffiongNGR11-3, 11-8, 11-3, 11-2Sally YeeFIJ
Match #506 Aug 09:00Table 2Xing HanCGO11-7, 13-11, 11-9, 11-7Ian LaribaPHI
Match #606 Aug 09:00Table 1Carol KumaharaBRA11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8Melissa TapperAUS

Round One

Date6 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #106 Aug 11:15Table 1Gui LinBRA11-1, 5-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-9, 11-6Galia DvorakESP
Match #206 Aug 11:15Table 3Mo ZhangCAN14-12, 14-16, 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3Hana MatelováCZE
Match #306 Aug 14:30Table 1Adriana DíazPUR11-7, 7-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-2Funke OshonaikeNGR
Match #406 Aug 15:15Table 1Nanthana KomwongTHA7-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9Dina MeshrefEGY
Match #506 Aug 12:00Table 1Jennifer WuUSA3-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8Eva ÓdorováSVK
Match #606 Aug 12:00Table 3Jian-Fang LayAUS11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 6-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5Mariya DolgikhRUS
Match #706 Aug 14:30Table 4Aliaksandra PrivalovaBLR11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-5Neda ShahsavariIRI
Match #806 Aug 12:00Table 2Katarzyna Grzybowska-FrancPOL10-12, 11-6, 14-12, 8-11, 11-4, 14-12Manika BatraIND
Match #906 Aug 15:15Table 4Barbora BalážováSVK12-10, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7Yadira SilvaMEX
Match #1006 Aug 12:00Table 4Iveta VacenovskáCZE11-8, 11-2, 11-7, 11-8Lady RuanoCOL
Match #1106 Aug 11:15Table 4Lily ZhangUSA11-3, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7Gremlis ArveloVEN
Match #1206 Aug 15:15Table 2Viktoryia PaulovichBLR5-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4Edem OffiongNGR
Match #1306 Aug 11:15Table 2Daniela Dodean-MonteiroROU11-2, 11-7, 11-7, 11-3Mouma DasIND
Match #1406 Aug 14:30Table 3Petra LovasHUN11-6, 11-9, 11-7, 11-7Nadeen El-DawlatlyEGY
Match #1506 Aug 14:30Table 2Suthasini SawettabutTHA11-9, 10-12, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9Xing HanCGO
Match #1606 Aug 15:15Table 3Xia Lian NiLUX12-10, 14-16, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-3, 14-12Carol KumaharaBRA

Round Two

Date6 – 7 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #106 Aug 20:30Table 2Eliza SamaraROU11-6, 11-9, 11-3, 12-10Gui LinBRA
Match #206 Aug 21:15Table 2Georgina PótaHUN11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5Mo ZhangCAN
Match #307 Aug 09:00Table 2Xue LiFRA11-1, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8Adriana DíazPUR
Match #407 Aug 09:00Table 4Nanthana KomwongTHA14-16, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8Fu YuPOR
Match #506 Aug 21:15Table 3Matilda EkholmSWE9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6, 12-10Jennifer WuUSA
Match #606 Aug 21:15Table 4Jian-Fang LayAUS11-8, 11-7, 11-4, 6-11, 10-12, 11-7Sofia PolcanovaAUT
Match #707 Aug 09:00Table 3Chen Szu-YuTPE13-15, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-5, 11-5Aliaksandra PrivalovaBLR
Match #806 Aug 20:30Table 4Kim Song-IPRK11-9, 11-2, 11-6, 11-6Katarzyna Grzybowska-FrancPOL
Match #907 Aug 09:00Table 1Fen LiSWE11-8, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7Barbora BalážováSVK
Match #1006 Aug 20:30Table 1Tetiana BilenkoUKR11-9, 11-8, 11-3, 17-15Iveta VacenovskáCZE
Match #1106 Aug 20:30Table 3Lily ZhangUSA11-4, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6Jieni ShaoPOR
Match #1207 Aug 13:30Table 1Viktoryia PaulovichBLR9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-7, 11-8Polina MikhaylovaRUS
Match #1306 Aug 21:15Table 1Daniela Dodean-MonteiroROU12-10, 11-9, 11-9, 5-11, 11-8Qian LiPOL
Match #1407 Aug 13:30Table 2Ri Myong-SunPRK11-9, 11-2, 7-11, 11-4, 12-10Petra LovasHUN
Match #1507 Aug 13:30Table 3Jiao LiNED12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5Suthasini SawettabutTHA
Match #1607 Aug 13:30Table 4Xia Lian NiLUX12-10, 10-12, 12-10, 6-11, 10-12, 11-4, 11-7Yanfei ShenESP

Round Three

Date7 – 8 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round four.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #107 Aug 18:00Table 2Ding NingCHN11-5, 11-8, 11-5, 11-2Eliza SamaraROU
Match #207 Aug 18:00Table 4Doo Hoi KemHKG8-11, 9-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8Georgina PótaHUN
Match #307 Aug 19:00Table 2Xue LiFRA8-11, 12-14, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8Jie LiNED
Match #407 Aug 19:00Table 1Ying HanGER11-2, 11-4, 11-4, 11-3Nanthana KomwongTHA
Match #507 Aug 18:00Table 3Jeon Ji-HuiKOR11-2, 11-3, 3-11, 11-4, 11-2Matilda EkholmSWE
Match #607 Aug 19:00Table 3Yu MengyuSGP11-9, 11-9, 11-6, 12-10Jian-Fang LayAUS
Match #707 Aug 19:00Table 4Chen Szu-YuTPE12-10, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8Melek HuTUR
Match #807 Aug 18:00Table 1Kim Song-IPRK7-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8Kasumi IshikawaJPN
Match #908 Aug 10:00Table 3Li XiaoxiaCHN11-7, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7Fen LiSWE
Match #1008 Aug 10:00Table 4Lee Ho ChingHKG11-8, 12-10, 9-11, 13-11, 11-6Tetiana BilenkoUKR
Match #1108 Aug 10:00Table 1Seo Hyo-WonKOR11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6Lily ZhangUSA
Match #1208 Aug 11:00Table 3Cheng I-ChingTPE7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 7-11, 11-2Viktoryia PaulovichBLR
Match #1308 Aug 10:00Table 2Ai FukuharaJPN11-5, 11-6, 11-4, 11-1Daniela Dodean-MonteiroROU
Match #1408 Aug 11:00Table 1Ri Myong-SunPRK11-5, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6Petrissa SoljaGER
Match #1508 Aug 11:00Table 4Liu JiaAUT7-11, 11-8, 15-13, 11-9, 11-5Jiao LiNED
Match #1608 Aug 11:00Table 2Feng TianweiSGP8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4, 11-5Xia Lian NiLUX

Round Four

Date8 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 Aug 16:00Table 1Ding NingCHN11-3, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4Doo Hoi KemHKG
Match #208 Aug 16:00Table 3Ying HanGER11-4, 11-4, 8-11, 11-3, 13-11Xue LiFRA
Match #308 Aug 16:00Table 4Yu MengyuSGP12-10, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-2Jeon Ji-HuiKOR
Match #408 Aug 16:00Table 2Kim Song-IPRK11-2, 11-6, 10-12, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9Chen Szu-YuTPE
Match #508 Aug 20:30Table 1Li XiaoxiaCHN11-5, 11-6, 11-4, 11-4Lee Ho ChingHKG
Match #608 Aug 20:30Table 4Cheng I-ChingTPE11-5, 11-9, 11-3, 4-11, 5-11, 9-11, 11-7Seo Hyo-WonKOR
Match #708 Aug 20:30Table 2Ai FukuharaJPN11-5, 12-10, 11-1, 11-7Ri Myong-SunPRK
Match #808 Aug 20:30Table 3Feng TianweiSGP11-6, 11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 11-4Liu JiaAUT

Quarter-Finals

Date9 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #109 Aug 13:00Table1Ding NingCHN11-8, 11-5, 11-3, 11-7Ying HanGER
Match #209 Aug 12:00Table1Kim Song-IPRK11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6Yu MengyuSGP
Match #309 Aug 10:00Table1Li XiaoxiaCHN11-5, 11-5, 11-6, 11-6Cheng I-ChingTPE
Match #409 Aug 11:00Table1Ai FukuharaJPN14-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5Feng TianweiSGP

Semi-Finals

Date10 August 2016
FormatWinner of each match advanced to final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #110 Aug 11:00Table 1Ding NingCHN11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-9Kim Song-IPRK
Match #210 Aug 10:00Table 1Li XiaoxiaCHN11-4, 11-3, 11-1, 11-1Ai FukuharaJPN

Final Round

Date10 August 2016
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/210 Aug 21:30Table 1Ding NingCHN11-9, 5-11, 14-12, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7Li XiaoxiaCHN
Match 3/410 Aug 20:30Table 1Kim Song-IPRK11-7, 11-7, 11-5, 12-14, 11-5Ai FukuharaJPN