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Singles, Women

Date28 July – 7 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationCentro Municipal de Tenis Vall d'Hebron, La Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Catalonia, ESP
Participants64 from 30 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The favorite and top seed was defending champion Steffi Graf. Her route was made easier because Monica Seles (YUG) and Martina Navratilova (USA) were ruled ineligible for not competing in the Federation Cup. Graf steamrolled into the final where she faced the 16-year-old American Jennifer Capriati. Capriati was a prodigy, having turned pro at 13, and reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals at 15. In the Olympic semi-finals, she faced Spanish crowd favorite Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, defeating her in three sets. Capriati had faced Graf four times previously, but had never won a set against her. She lost the first set in Barcelona but came back to win the gold medal, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Capriati later won three Grand Slam titles between 2001-2003, overcoming personal troubles, which had included arrests for shoplifting and marijuana possession, as well as several injuries.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Jennifer CapriatiUSAGold
2Steffi GrafGERSilver
=3Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESPBronze
=3Mary Joe FernandezUSABronze
=5Sabine AppelmansBEL
=5Manuela Maleeva-FragnièreSUI
=5Anke HuberGER
=5Conchita MartínezESP
=9Maggy MaleevaBUL
=9Yevgeniya ManyukovaEUN
=9Natasha ZveravaEUN
=9Angélica GavaldónMEX
=9Nicole Muns-JagermanNED
=9Yayuk BasukiINA
=9Amanda CoetzerRSA
=9Barbara RittnerGER
=17Brenda Schultz-McCarthyNED
=17Kimiko DateJPN
=17Nicole ProvisAUS
=17Katerina MaleevaBUL
=17Patricia HyCAN
=17Sam SmithGBR
=17Helena SukováTCH
=17Raffaella Reggi-ConcatoITA
=17Barbara PaulusAUT
=17Julie HalardFRA
=17Mary PierceFRA
=17Patricia TarabiniARG
=17Sandra CecchiniITA
=17Agnese BlumbergaLAT
=17Nathalie TauziatFRA
=17Mana EndoJPN
=33Lupita NoveloMEX
=33Li FangCHN
=33Emanuela ZardoSUI
=33Rene Simpson-AlterCAN
=33Rachel McQuillanAUS
=33Katia PiccoliniITA
=33Petra RitterAUT
=33Larisa NeilandeLAT
=33Chen LiCHN
=33Dally RandriantefyMAD
=33Sara GomerGBR
=33Jana NovotnáTCH
=33Natacha RandriantefyMAD
=33Catarina LindqvistSWE
=33Jenny ByrneAUS
=33Andrea VieiraBRA
=33Naoko SawamatsuJPN
=33Monique JaverGBR
=33Kim Il-SunKOR
=33Katarzyna NowakPOL
=33Leila MeskhiEUN
=33Mercedes PazARG
=33Mariaan de SwardtRSA
=33Elna ReinachRSA
=33Judith WiesnerAUT
=33Paulina SepúlvedaCHI
=33Christina PapadakiGRE
=33Zina GarrisonUSA
=33Radka ZrubákováTCH
=33Florencia LabatARG
=33Elena Pampulova-WagnerBUL
=33Irina SpîrleaROU

Round One

Date28 – 29 July 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Steffi GrafGER6-1, 6-1Lupita NoveloMEX
Match #2Brenda Schultz-McCarthyNED7-5, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4Li FangCHN
Match #3Maggy MaleevaBUL6-2, 6-4Emanuela ZardoSUI
Match #4Kimiko DateJPN7-5, 6-1Rene Simpson-AlterCAN
Match #5Sabine AppelmansBEL6-3, 6-3Rachel McQuillanAUS
Match #6Nicole ProvisAUS6-1, 6-0Katia PiccoliniITA
Match #7Yevgeniya ManyukovaEUN6-1, 7-6 (7-4)Petra RitterAUT
Match #8Katerina MaleevaBUL7-6 (7-3), 6-2Larisa NeilandeLAT
Match #9Mary Joe FernandezUSA6-2, 6-3Chen LiCHN
Match #10Patricia HyCAN6-2, 6-1Dally RandriantefyMAD
Match #11Sam SmithGBR2-6, 6-3, 6-1Sara GomerGBR
Match #12Natasha ZveravaEUN6-1, 6-0Jana NovotnáTCH
Match #13Helena SukováTCH6-0, 6-1Natacha RandriantefyMAD
Match #14Angélica GavaldónMEX6-4, 6-3Catarina LindqvistSWE
Match #15Raffaella Reggi-ConcatoITA6-4, 7-6 (7-2)Jenny ByrneAUS
Match #16Manuela Maleeva-FragnièreSUI6-2, 6-3Andrea VieiraBRA
Match #17Anke HuberGER6-0, 4-6, 6-2Naoko SawamatsuJPN
Match #18Barbara PaulusAUT6-7 (9-11), 6-4, 6-3Monique JaverGBR
Match #19Nicole Muns-JagermanNED6-4, 6-4Kim Il-SunKOR
Match #20Julie HalardFRA6-4, 7-6 (7-1)Katarzyna NowakPOL
Match #21Mary PierceFRA7-6 (7-5), 7-5Leila MeskhiEUN
Match #22Yayuk BasukiINA6-1, 6-4Mercedes PazARG
Match #23Patricia TarabiniARG6-4, 6-2Mariaan de SwardtRSA
Match #24Jennifer CapriatiUSA6-1, 6-0Elna ReinachRSA
Match #25Conchita MartínezESP4-6, 6-1, 6-2Judith WiesnerAUT
Match #26Sandra CecchiniITA6-2, 6-3Paulina SepúlvedaCHI
Match #27Agnese BlumbergaLAT4-6, 6-1, 6-2Christina PapadakiGRE
Match #28Amanda CoetzerRSA7-5, 6-1Zina GarrisonUSA
Match #29Nathalie TauziatFRA6-3, 6-2Radka ZrubákováTCH
Match #30Barbara RittnerGER6-3, 6-3Florencia LabatARG
Match #31Mana EndoJPN7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (8-6)Elena Pampulova-WagnerBUL
Match #32Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESP6-1, 6-3Irina SpîrleaROU

Round Two

Date30 – 31 July 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Steffi GrafGER6-1, 6-0Brenda Schultz-McCarthyNED
Match #2Maggy MaleevaBUL6-2, 6-4Kimiko DateJPN
Match #3Sabine AppelmansBEL6-2, 6-1Nicole ProvisAUS
Match #4Yevgeniya ManyukovaEUN7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-0Katerina MaleevaBUL
Match #5Mary Joe FernandezUSA6-2, 1-6, 12-10Patricia HyCAN
Match #6Natasha ZveravaEUN6-1, 6-2Sam SmithGBR
Match #7Angélica GavaldónMEX4-6, 6-4, 5-3Helena SukováTCH
Match #8Manuela Maleeva-FragnièreSUI6-2, 6-4Raffaella Reggi-ConcatoITA
Match #9Anke HuberGER6-4, 6-1Barbara PaulusAUT
Match #10Nicole Muns-JagermanNED7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5)Julie HalardFRA
Match #11Yayuk BasukiINA0-6, 6-3, 10-8Mary PierceFRA
Match #12Jennifer CapriatiUSA6-4, 6-1Patricia TarabiniARG
Match #13Conchita MartínezESP6-4, 6-3Sandra CecchiniITA
Match #14Amanda CoetzerRSA6-2, 6-4Agnese BlumbergaLAT
Match #15Barbara RittnerGER6-3, 6-2Nathalie TauziatFRA
Match #16Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESP6-0, 6-1Mana EndoJPN

Round Three

Date1 August 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Steffi GrafGER6-3, 6-4Maggy MaleevaBUL
Match #2Sabine AppelmansBEL6-1, 6-3Yevgeniya ManyukovaEUN
Match #3Mary Joe FernandezUSA7-6 (11-9), 6-1Natasha ZveravaEUN
Match #4Manuela Maleeva-FragnièreSUI6-0, 6-3Angélica GavaldónMEX
Match #5Anke HuberGER7-5, 7-6 (7-3)Nicole Muns-JagermanNED
Match #6Jennifer CapriatiUSA6-3, 6-4Yayuk BasukiINA
Match #7Conchita MartínezESP6-4, 6-3Amanda CoetzerRSA
Match #8Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESP4-6, 6-3, 6-1Barbara RittnerGER

Quarter-Finals

Date3 August 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #103 AugCourt #1Steffi GrafGER6-1, 6-0Sabine AppelmansBEL
Match #203 AugCourt #1Mary Joe FernandezUSA5-7, 6-1, 6-0Manuela Maleeva-FragnièreSUI
Match #303 AugCourt #1Jennifer CapriatiUSA6-3, 7-6 (7-1)Anke HuberGER
Match #403 AugCentre CourtArantxa Sánchez VicarioESP6-4, 6-4Conchita MartínezESP

Semi-Finals

Date5 August 1992 — 11:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #105 Aug 11:00Centre CourtSteffi GrafGER6-4, 6-2Mary Joe FernandezUSA
Match #205 Aug 11:00Centre CourtJennifer CapriatiUSA6-3, 3-6, 6-1Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESP

Final Round

Date7 August 1992 — 14:00
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/207 Aug 14:00Centre CourtJennifer CapriatiUSA3-6, 6-3, 6-4Steffi GrafGER