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Singles, Women

Date23 July – 2 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationStone Mountain Tennis Center, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Participants64 from 34 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

Lindsay Davenport came from an Olympic family, as her father, Wink, had played volleyball for the United States in 1968. Coming into the 1996 Olympics, she had won five titles on the WTA tour, but had never made the semi-finals at a Grand Slam tournament. In the Olympic semi-finals, Davenport played her best friend, Mary Joe Fernandez, and defeated her in three sets. Her opponent in the final was Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, who had defeated Davenport all five times they had met. But Davenport reversed that streak, winning easily in two sets, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Lindsay DavenportUSAGold
2Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESPSilver
3Jana NovotnáCZEBronze
4Mary Joe FernandezUSA
=5Monica SelesUSA
=5Kimiko DateJPN
=5Iva MajoliCRO
=5Conchita MartínezESP
=9Gabriela SabatiniARG
=9Ai SugiyamaJPN
=9Brenda Schultz-McCarthyNED
=9Maggy MaleevaBUL
=9Anke HuberGER
=9Karina HabšudováSVK
=9Inés GorrochateguiARG
=9Natasha ZveravaBLR
=17Patricia Hy-BoulaisCAN
=17Angélica GavaldónMEX
=17Martina HingisSUI
=17Judith WiesnerAUT
=17Silvia FarinaITA
=17Choi Yeong-JaKOR
=17Florencia LabatARG
=17Virág CsurgóHUN
=17Mariaan de SwardtRSA
=17Naoko SawamatsuJPN
=17Laurence CourtoisBEL
=17Vivi RuanoESP
=17Wang Shi-TingTPE
=17Mary PierceFRA
=17Amanda CoetzerRSA
=17Radka ZrubákováSVK
=33Chen LiCHN
=33Rita GrandeITA
=33Christina PapadakiGRE
=33Nathalie TauziatFRA
=33Joelle SchadDOM
=33Katarína StudeníkováSVK
=33Andrea TemesváriHUN
=33Ruxandra DragomirROU
=33Dominique Van RoostBEL
=33Clare WoodGBR
=33Joannette KrugerRSA
=33Selima SfarTUN
=33Rennae StubbsAUS
=33Yelena MakarovaRUS
=33Aleksandra OlszaPOL
=33Dally RandriantefyMAD
=33Cătălina CristeaROU
=33Helena SukováCZE
=33Park Seong-HuiKOR
=33Anne KremerLUX
=33Yayuk BasukiINA
=33Anna KournikovaRUS
=33Magdalena GrzybowskaPOL
=33Nicole Provis-BradtkeAUS
=33Yelena LikhovtsevaRUS
=33Adriana Serra-ZanettiITA
=33Yi JingqianCHN
=33Volha BarabanshchykavaBLR
=33Rachel McQuillanAUS
=33Sabine AppelmansBEL
=33Jana NejedlyCAN
=33Patty SchnyderSUI

Round One

Date23 – 24 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Monica Seles (1)USA6-0, 6-4Chen Li (WC)CHN
Match #2Patricia Hy-Boulais (A)CAN6-4, 6-4Rita GrandeITA
Match #3Angélica Gavaldón (A)MEX6-1, 3-6, 6-2Christina Papadaki (A)GRE
Match #4Gabriela Sabatini (13)ARG7-5, 6-2Nathalie TauziatFRA
Match #5Martina Hingis (15)SUI6-0, 6-1Joelle Schad (WC)DOM
Match #6Ai SugiyamaJPN6-2, 6-3Katarína StudeníkováSVK
Match #7Judith WiesnerAUT7-6 (7-5), 6-4Andrea Temesvári (A)HUN
Match #8Jana Novotná (6)CZE6-4, 4-4Ruxandra DragomirROU
Match #9Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP6-1, 7-5Dominique Van RoostBEL
Match #10Silvia FarinaITA6-2, 6-2Clare Wood (A)GBR
Match #11Choi Yeong-Ja (WC)KOR6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-1Joannette KrugerRSA
Match #12Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (11)NED6-4, 6-0Selima Sfar (WC)TUN
Match #13Maggy Maleeva (10)BUL6-2, 6-1Rennae Stubbs (WC)AUS
Match #14Florencia LabatARG6-2, 7-5Yelena MakarovaRUS
Match #15Virág CsurgóHUN6-2, 7-5Aleksandra Olsza (WC)POL
Match #16Kimiko Date (8)JPN6-0, 6-1Dally Randriantefy (WC)MAD
Match #17Anke Huber (5)GER2-6, 6-4, 6-2Cătălina Cristea (WC)ROU
Match #18Mariaan de SwardtRSA7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 7-5Helena SukováCZE
Match #19Naoko SawamatsuJPN6-3, 4-6, 6-3Park Seong-Hui (A)KOR
Match #20Lindsay Davenport (9)USA6-2, 6-1Anne Kremer (WC)LUX
Match #21Karina Habšudová (16)SVK6-3, 6-3Yayuk BasukiINA
Match #22Laurence CourtoisBEL1-6, 6-2, 6-2Anna Kournikova (WC)RUS
Match #23Vivi RuanoESP6-4, 6-2Magdalena Grzybowska (A)POL
Match #24Iva MajoliCRO3-6, 6-3, 6-4Nicole Provis-BradtkeAUS
Match #25Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA6-2, 6-4Yelena LikhovtsevaRUS
Match #26Wang Shi-TingTPE7-5, 7-6 (7-5)Adriana Serra-Zanetti (A)ITA
Match #27Inés Gorrochategui (WC)ARG6-2, 1-6, 6-1Yi Jingqian (A)CHN
Match #28Mary Pierce (12)FRA6-3, 7-5Volha Barabanshchykava (A)BLR
Match #29Amanda Coetzer (14)RSA6-4, 7-6 (7-5)Rachel McQuillan (WC)AUS
Match #30Natasha ZveravaBLR7-5, 6-3Sabine AppelmansBEL
Match #31Radka Zrubáková (WC)SVK6-3, 6-2Jana Nejedly (WC)CAN
Match #32Conchita Martínez (2)ESP6-1, 6-2Patty Schnyder (WC)SUI

Round Two

Date25 – 26 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Monica Seles (1)USA6-3, 6-2Patricia Hy-Boulais (A)CAN
Match #2Gabriela Sabatini (13)ARG6-4, 6-0Angélica Gavaldón (A)MEX
Match #3Ai SugiyamaJPN6-4, 6-4Martina Hingis (15)SUI
Match #4Jana Novotná (6)CZE6-4, 3-6, 6-3Judith WiesnerAUT
Match #5Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP6-1, 6-3Silvia FarinaITA
Match #6Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (11)NED6-2, 6-4Choi Yeong-Ja (WC)KOR
Match #7Maggy Maleeva (10)BUL7-6 (9-7), 6-1Florencia LabatARG
Match #8Kimiko Date (8)JPN6-2, 6-3Virág CsurgóHUN
Match #9Anke Huber (5)GER3-6, 6-1, 6-4Mariaan de SwardtRSA
Match #10Lindsay Davenport (9)USA6-2, 6-2Naoko SawamatsuJPN
Match #11Karina Habšudová (16)SVK7-5, 6-2Laurence CourtoisBEL
Match #12Iva MajoliCRO7-5, 6-3Vivi RuanoESP
Match #13Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 6-1Wang Shi-TingTPE
Match #14Inés Gorrochategui (WC)ARG6-4, 1-6, 7-5Mary Pierce (12)FRA
Match #15Natasha ZveravaBLR6-1, 4-6, 6-2Amanda Coetzer (14)RSA
Match #16Conchita Martínez (2)ESP6-1, 6-4Radka Zrubáková (WC)SVK

Round Three

Date27 – 28 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Monica Seles (1)USA6-3, 6-3Gabriela Sabatini (13)ARG
Match #2Jana Novotná (6)CZE6-3, 6-4Ai SugiyamaJPN
Match #3Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP6-4, 7-6 (9-7)Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (11)NED
Match #4Kimiko Date (8)JPN6-4, 6-4Maggy Maleeva (10)BUL
Match #5Lindsay Davenport (9)USA6-1, 3-6, 6-3Anke Huber (5)GER
Match #6Iva MajoliCRO6-4, 3-6, 6-4Karina Habšudová (16)SVK
Match #7Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA6-0, 6-3Inés Gorrochategui (WC)ARG
Match #8Conchita Martínez (2)ESP6-2, 7-5Natasha ZveravaBLR

Quarter-Finals

Date29 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #129 Jul 11:00Centre CourtJana Novotná (6)CZE7-5, 3-6, 8-6Monica Seles (1)USA
Match #229 Jul 11:00Court #1Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP4-6, 6-3, 10-8Kimiko Date (8)JPN
Match #329 Jul 13:00Court #1Lindsay Davenport (9)USA7-5, 6-3Iva MajoliCRO
Match #429 Jul 13:00Centre CourtMary Joe Fernandez (7)USA3-6, 6-2, 6-3Conchita Martínez (2)ESP

Semi-Finals

Date31 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #131 Jul 11:00Centre CourtArantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP6-4, 1-6, 6-3Jana Novotná (6)CZE
Match #231 Jul 13:00Centre CourtLindsay Davenport (9)USA6-2, 7-6 (8-6)Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA

Final Round

Date2 August 1996
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/202 Aug 13:00Centre CourtLindsay Davenport (9)USA7-6 (8-6), 6-2Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (3)ESP
Match 3/402 Aug 11:00Centre CourtJana Novotná (6)CZE7-6 (8-6), 6-4Mary Joe Fernandez (7)USA