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Singles, Women

Date	17 – 24 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	64 from 33 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament. Top 16 seeded directly into single-elimination.

By now the Olympic women’s singles was essentially a Chinese national championship, consisting of the three players representing China, and numerous other Chinese-born players who were competing for other nations. Seven of the eight quarterfinalists were born in China. The final came down to 1999 World Champion Wang Nan against her doubles partner Li Ju, with whom she had won the 1999 World doubles title, and earlier in the week, the Olympic gold medal. It was an extremely close match, going to five games, with Wang prevailing 21-18 in the final game. Wang had been close to elimination in the quarter-finals against her former countrywomen, Li Jia Wei, who now competed for Singapore. She was down 2-1 in games, and narrowly won the fourth, 23-21. Another Singapore player, Jing Jun Hong, placed fourth, missing out on a $145,000 bonus offered to any Singapore athlete to the nation’s first Olympic medal since 1960.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Wang Nan	CHN	Gold
2	Li Ju	CHN	Silver
3	Chen Jing	TPE	Bronze
4	Jing Jun Hong	SGP
=5	Chire Koyama	JPN
=5	Mihaela Șteff	ROU
=5	Qianhong Gotsch	GER
=5	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR
=9	An Konishi	JPN
=9	Åsa Svensson	SWE
=9	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE
=9	Krisztina Tóth	HUN
=9	Li Jia Wei	SGP
=9	Lijuan Geng	CAN
=9	Seok Eun-Mi	KOR
=9	Xia Lian Ni	LUX
=17	Anne Boileau	FRA
=17	Chunli Li	NZL
=17	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
=17	Galina Melnik	RUS
=17	Irina Palina	RUS
=17	Liu Jia	AUT
=17	Jie Schöpp	GER
=17	Jing Tian-Zörner	GER
=17	Jun Gao	USA
=17	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR
=17	Marie Svensson	SWE
=17	Otilia Bădescu	ROU
=17	Rinko Sakata	JPN
=17	Sun Jin	CHN
=17	Tamara Boroš	CRO
=17	Xu Jing	TPE
=33	Andrea Bakula	CRO
=33	Eldijana Aganović	CRO
=33	Jasna Reed	USA
=33	Karen Li	NZL
=33	Miao Miao	AUS
=33	Oksana Kushch	RUS
=33	Olena Kovtun	UKR
=33	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU
=33	Shirley Zhou	AUS
=33	Song Ah Sim	HKG
=33	Tatsiana Kostromina	BLR
=33	Veranika Paulovich	BLR
=33	Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR
=33	Wong Ching	HKG
=33	Wen Xiao Wang	CAN
=33	Zita Molnár	HUN
=49	Aida Steshenko	TKM
=49	Berta Rodríguez	CHI
=49	Bose Kaffo	NGR
=49	Fabiola Ramos	VEN
=49	Funke Oshonaike	NGR
=49	Lígia da Silva	BRA
=49	Marisel Ramírez	CUB
=49	Mary Musoke	UGA
=49	Nanthana Komwong	THA
=49	Poulomi Ghatak	IND
=49	Shahira El-Alfy	EGY
=49	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz	EGY
=49	Sofija Tepes	CHI
=49	Stella Zhou	AUS
=49	Tatiana Al-Najar	JOR
=49	Tawny Banh	USA

Preliminary Round

Date	17 – 19 September 2000

Group A

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Lijuan Geng	CAN	2	0	6-0	126-80	Q
2	Shirley Zhou	AUS	1	1	3-4	123-138
3	Nanthana Komwong	THA	0	2	1-6	110-141

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Lijuan Geng	CAN	3 – 0	Shirley Zhou	AUS
Match #2	17 Sep	Shirley Zhou	AUS	3 – 1	Nanthana Komwong	THA
Match #3	19 Sep	Lijuan Geng	CAN	3 – 0	Nanthana Komwong	THA

Group B

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	2	0	6-1	143-92
2	Jasna Reed	USA	1	1	4-3	120-128
3	Bose Kaffo	NGR	0	2	0-6	83-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3 – 0	Bose Kaffo	NGR
Match #2	17 Sep	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3 – 1	Jasna Reed	USA
Match #3	19 Sep	Jasna Reed	USA	3 – 0	Bose Kaffo	NGR

Group C

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR	2	0	6-0	126-75	Q
2	Wen Xiao Wang	CAN	1	1	3-3	108-118
3	Tawny Banh	USA	0	2	0-6	87-128

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR	3 – 0	Tawny Banh	USA
Match #2	17 Sep	Wen Xiao Wang	CAN	3 – 0	Tawny Banh	USA
Match #3	19 Sep	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR	3 – 0	Wen Xiao Wang	CAN

Group D

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Jun Gao	USA	2	0	6-0	126-73
2	Andrea Bakula	CRO	1	1	3-5	140-160
3	Stella Zhou	AUS	0	2	2-6	132-165

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Andrea Bakula	CRO	3 – 2	Stella Zhou	AUS
Match #2	17 Sep	Jun Gao	USA	3 – 0	Stella Zhou	AUS
Match #3	19 Sep	Jun Gao	USA	3 – 0	Andrea Bakula	CRO

Group E

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Xu Jing	TPE	2	0	6-0	126-77	Q
2	Zita Molnár	HUN	1	1	3-3	109-95
3	Aida Steshenko	TKM	0	2	0-6	63-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Xu Jing	TPE	3 – 0	Zita Molnár	HUN
Match #2	18 Sep	Zita Molnár	HUN	3 – 0	Aida Steshenko	TKM
Match #3	19 Sep	Xu Jing	TPE	3 – 0	Aida Steshenko	TKM

Group F

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Rinko Sakata	JPN	2	0	6-2	164-130
2	Miao Miao	AUS	1	1	3-3	116-122
3	Funke Oshonaike	NGR	0	2	2-6	137-165

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Rinko Sakata	JPN	3 – 2	Funke Oshonaike	NGR
Match #2	18 Sep	Rinko Sakata	JPN	3 – 0	Miao Miao	AUS
Match #3	19 Sep	Miao Miao	AUS	3 – 0	Funke Oshonaike	NGR

Group G

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	2	0	6-0	126-65	Q
2	Karen Li	NZL	1	1	3-3	97-103
3	Sofija Tepes	CHI	0	2	0-6	71-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 0	Karen Li	NZL
Match #2	18 Sep	Karen Li	NZL	3 – 0	Sofija Tepes	CHI
Match #3	19 Sep	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 0	Sofija Tepes	CHI

Group H

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Liu Jia	AUT	2	0	6-1	145-91
2	Eldijana Aganović	CRO	1	1	4-3	120-112
3	Marisel Ramírez	CUB	0	2	0-6	64-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Eldijana Aganović	CRO	3 – 0	Marisel Ramírez	CUB
Match #2	18 Sep	Liu Jia	AUT	3 – 0	Marisel Ramírez	CUB
Match #3	19 Sep	Liu Jia	AUT	3 – 1	Eldijana Aganović	CRO

Group I

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Chunli Li	NZL	2	0	6-1	144-79	Q
2	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU	1	1	4-4	137-145
3	Berta Rodríguez	CHI	0	2	1-6	88-145

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Chunli Li	NZL	3 – 1	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU
Match #2	18 Sep	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU	3 – 1	Berta Rodríguez	CHI
Match #3	19 Sep	Chunli Li	NZL	3 – 0	Berta Rodríguez	CHI

Group J

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	2	0	6-1	144-109
2	Oksana Kushch	RUS	1	1	4-4	149-140
3	Lígia da Silva	BRA	0	2	1-6	99-143

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	3 – 0	Lígia da Silva	BRA
Match #2	18 Sep	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	3 – 1	Oksana Kushch	RUS
Match #3	19 Sep	Oksana Kushch	RUS	3 – 1	Lígia da Silva	BRA

Group K

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE	2	0	6-0	131-80	Q
2	Olena Kovtun	UKR	1	1	3-3	101-95
3	Fabiola Ramos	VEN	0	2	0-6	74-131

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE	3 – 0	Olena Kovtun	UKR
Match #2	18 Sep	Olena Kovtun	UKR	3 – 0	Fabiola Ramos	VEN
Match #3	19 Sep	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE	3 – 0	Fabiola Ramos	VEN

Group L

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Anne Boileau	FRA	2	0	6-0	127-80
2	Veranika Paulovich	BLR	1	1	3-3	113-111
3	Poulomi Ghatak	IND	0	2	0-6	77-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Veranika Paulovich	BLR	3 – 0	Poulomi Ghatak	IND
Match #2	18 Sep	Anne Boileau	FRA	3 – 0	Poulomi Ghatak	IND
Match #3	19 Sep	Anne Boileau	FRA	3 – 0	Veranika Paulovich	BLR

Group M

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Galina Melnik	RUS	2	0	6-2	162-127	Q
2	Wong Ching	HKG	1	1	5-3	158-141
3	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz	EGY	0	2	0-6	74-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Galina Melnik	RUS	3 – 2	Wong Ching	HKG
Match #2	18 Sep	Galina Melnik	RUS	3 – 0	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz	EGY
Match #3	19 Sep	Wong Ching	HKG	3 – 0	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz	EGY

Group N

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Irina Palina	RUS	2	0	6-0	130-90
2	Song Ah Sim	HKG	1	1	3-3	117-103
3	Mary Musoke	UGA	0	2	0-6	72-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Irina Palina	RUS	3 – 0	Mary Musoke	UGA
Match #2	18 Sep	Irina Palina	RUS	3 – 0	Song Ah Sim	HKG
Match #3	19 Sep	Song Ah Sim	HKG	3 – 0	Mary Musoke	UGA

Group O

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Åsa Svensson	SWE	2	0	6-1	142-99	Q
2	Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR	1	1	4-3	133-111
3	Shahira El-Alfy	EGY	0	2	0-6	61-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Åsa Svensson	SWE	3 – 1	Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR
Match #2	18 Sep	Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR	3 – 0	Shahira El-Alfy	EGY
Match #3	19 Sep	Åsa Svensson	SWE	3 – 0	Shahira El-Alfy	EGY

Group P

Date	17 – 19 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Marie Svensson	SWE	2	0	6-2	156-111	Q
2	Tatsiana Kostromina	BLR	1	1	5-3	142-129
3	Tatiana Al-Najar	JOR	0	2	0-6	68-126

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Sep	Tatsiana Kostromina	BLR	3 – 0	Tatiana Al-Najar	JOR
Match #2	18 Sep	Marie Svensson	SWE	3 – 0	Tatiana Al-Najar	JOR
Match #3	19 Sep	Marie Svensson	SWE	3 – 2	Tatsiana Kostromina	BLR

Round One

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 0	Chunli Li	NZL
Match #2	20 Sep	Li Jia Wei	SGP	3 – 1	Liu Jia	AUT
Match #3	20 Sep	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE	3 – 2	Jie Schöpp	GER
Match #4	20 Sep	Chire Koyama	JPN	3 – 0	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR
Match #5	20 Sep	Qianhong Gotsch	GER	3 – 0	Rinko Sakata	JPN
Match #6	20 Sep	Seok Eun-Mi	KOR	3 – 2	Otilia Bădescu	ROU
Match #7	20 Sep	Krisztina Tóth	HUN	3 – 0	Irina Palina	RUS
Match #8	20 Sep	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 0	Marie Svensson	SWE
Match #9	20 Sep	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 0	Sun Jin	CHN
Match #10	20 Sep	Lijuan Geng	CAN	3 – 2	Tamara Boroš	CRO
Match #11	20 Sep	Mihaela Șteff	ROU	3 – 0	Anne Boileau	FRA
Match #12	20 Sep	Åsa Svensson	SWE	3 – 2	Jing Tian-Zörner	GER
Match #13	20 Sep	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	3 – 1	Jun Gao	USA
Match #14	20 Sep	An Konishi	JPN	3 – 0	Xu Jing	TPE
Match #15	20 Sep	Xia Lian Ni	LUX	3 – 2	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
Match #16	20 Sep	Li Ju	CHN	3 – 2	Galina Melnik	RUS

Round Two

Date	21 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 2	Li Jia Wei	SGP
Match #2	21 Sep	Chire Koyama	JPN	3 – 2	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE
Match #3	21 Sep	Qianhong Gotsch	GER	3 – 2	Seok Eun-Mi	KOR
Match #4	21 Sep	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 0	Krisztina Tóth	HUN
Match #5	21 Sep	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 2	Lijuan Geng	CAN
Match #6	21 Sep	Mihaela Șteff	ROU	3 – 2	Åsa Svensson	SWE
Match #7	21 Sep	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	3 – 2	An Konishi	JPN
Match #8	21 Sep	Li Ju	CHN	3 – 0	Xia Lian Ni	LUX

Quarter-Finals

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Sep	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 0	Chire Koyama	JPN
Match #2	22 Sep	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 2	Qianhong Gotsch	GER
Match #3	22 Sep	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 1	Mihaela Șteff	ROU
Match #4	22 Sep	Li Ju	CHN	3 – 1	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR

Semi-Finals

Date	23 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	23 Sep	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 1	Chen Jing	TPE
Match #2	23 Sep	Li Ju	CHN	3 – 1	Jing Jun Hong	SGP

Final Round

Date	24 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	24 Sep	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 2	Li Ju	CHN
Match 3/4	24 Sep	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 1	Jing Jun Hong	SGP