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(s)	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 (17 – 19 September 2000)

Group A (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Lijuan Geng	CAN	3 – 0 21-17, 21-13, 21-15	Shirley Zhou	AUS
Match #2	Shirley Zhou	AUS	3 – 1 15-21, 21-18, 21-17, 21-19	Nanthana Komwong	THA
Match #3	Lijuan Geng	CAN	3 – 0 21-12, 21-10, 21-13	Nanthana Komwong	THA

Group B (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3 – 0 21-17, 21-9, 21-9	Bose Kaffo	NGR
Match #2	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN	3 – 1 17-21, 21-14, 21-12, 21-10	Jasna Reed	USA
Match #3	Jasna Reed	USA	3 – 0 21-17, 21-15, 21-16	Bose Kaffo	NGR

Group C (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR	3 – 0 21-7, 21-8, 21-17	Tawny Banh	USA
Match #2	Wen Xiao Wang	CAN	3 – 0 21-15, 22-20, 22-20	Tawny Banh	USA
Match #3	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR	3 – 0 21-18, 21-12, 21-13	Wen Xiao Wang	CAN

Group D (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Andrea Bakula	CRO	3 – 2 21-18, 20-22, 19-21, 21-18, 21-18	Stella Zhou	AUS
Match #2	Jun Gao	USA	3 – 0 21-12, 21-10, 21-13	Stella Zhou	AUS
Match #3	Jun Gao	USA	3 – 0 21-18, 21-15, 21-5	Andrea Bakula	CRO

Group E (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Xu Jing	TPE	3 – 0 21-18, 21-17, 21-11	Zita Molnár	HUN
Match #2	Zita Molnár	HUN	3 – 0 21-8, 21-10, 21-14	Aida Steshenko	TKM
Match #3	Xu Jing	TPE	3 – 0 21-11, 21-9, 21-11	Aida Steshenko	TKM

Group F (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Rinko Sakata	JPN	3 – 2 18-21, 21-15, 18-21, 21-8, 21-15	Funke Oshonaike	NGR
Match #2	Rinko Sakata	JPN	3 – 0 21-11, 23-21, 21-18	Miao Miao	AUS
Match #3	Miao Miao	AUS	3 – 0 21-19, 21-16, 24-22	Funke Oshonaike	NGR

Group G (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 0 21-9, 21-13, 21-12	Karen Li	NZL
Match #2	Karen Li	NZL	3 – 0 21-12, 21-12, 21-16	Sofija Tepes	CHI
Match #3	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 0 21-7, 21-15, 21-9	Sofija Tepes	CHI

Group H (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Eldijana Aganović	CRO	3 – 0 21-13, 21-9, 21-8	Marisel Ramírez	CUB
Match #2	Liu Jia	AUT	3 – 0 21-6, 21-16, 21-12	Marisel Ramírez	CUB
Match #3	Liu Jia	AUT	3 – 1 21-17, 19-21, 21-12, 21-7	Eldijana Aganović	CRO

Group I (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Chunli Li	NZL	3 – 1 18-21, 21-17, 21-9, 21-8	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU
Match #2	Rūta Garkauskaitė	LTU	3 – 1 21-18, 21-13, 19-21, 21-12	Berta Rodríguez	CHI
Match #3	Chunli Li	NZL	3 – 0 21-7, 21-4, 21-13	Berta Rodríguez	CHI

Group J (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	3 – 0 21-8, 21-16, 21-16	Lígia da Silva	BRA
Match #2	Otilia Bădescu	ROU	3 – 1 21-16, 18-21, 21-18, 21-14	Oksana Kushch	RUS
Match #3	Oksana Kushch	RUS	3 – 1 17-21, 21-10, 21-13, 21-15	Lígia da Silva	BRA

Group K (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE	3 – 0 21-10, 21-18, 21-10	Olena Kovtun	UKR
Match #2	Olena Kovtun	UKR	3 – 0 21-8, 21-9, 21-15	Fabiola Ramos	VEN
Match #3	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE	3 – 0 26-24, 21-9, 21-9	Fabiola Ramos	VEN

Group L (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Veranika Paulovich	BLR	3 – 0 21-14, 21-17, 21-16	Poulomi Ghatak	IND
Match #2	Anne Boileau	FRA	3 – 0 21-12, 21-9, 21-9	Poulomi Ghatak	IND
Match #3	Anne Boileau	FRA	3 – 0 21-15, 21-15, 22-20	Veranika Paulovich	BLR

Group M (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Galina Melnik	RUS	3 – 2 16-21, 20-22, 21-19, 21-16, 21-17	Wong Ching	HKG
Match #2	Galina Melnik	RUS	3 – 0 21-6, 21-11, 21-15	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz	EGY
Match #3	Wong Ching	HKG	3 – 0 21-19, 21-12, 21-11	Shaimaa Abdul Aziz	EGY

Group N (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Irina Palina	RUS	3 – 0 21-9, 21-9, 21-18	Mary Musoke	UGA
Match #2	Irina Palina	RUS	3 – 0 22-20, 21-12, 24-22	Song Ah Sim	HKG
Match #3	Song Ah Sim	HKG	3 – 0 21-16, 21-9, 21-11	Mary Musoke	UGA

Group O (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Åsa Svensson	SWE	3 – 1 21-16, 21-17, 16-21, 21-16	Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR
Match #2	Viktoryia Paulovich	BLR	3 – 0 21-7, 21-12, 21-13	Shahira El-Alfy	EGY
Match #3	Åsa Svensson	SWE	3 – 0 21-12, 21-6, 21-11	Shahira El-Alfy	EGY

Group P (17 – 19 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
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 #1	Tatsiana Kostromina	BLR	3 – 0 21-10, 21-14, 21-12	Tatiana Al-Najar	JOR
Match #2	Marie Svensson	SWE	3 – 0 21-15, 21-11, 21-6	Tatiana Al-Najar	JOR
Match #3	Marie Svensson	SWE	3 – 2 21-6, 15-21, 15-21, 21-19, 21-12	Tatsiana Kostromina	BLR

Round One (20 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 0 21-17, 21-15, 21-9	Chunli Li	NZL
Match #2	Li Jia Wei	SGP	3 – 1 21-13, 21-17, 18-21, 21-10	Liu Jia	AUT
Match #3	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE	3 – 2 16-21, 21-19, 15-21, 21-9, 21-10	Jie Schöpp	GER
Match #4	Chire Koyama	JPN	3 – 0 21-10, 24-22, 21-14	Lee Eun-Sil	KOR
Match #5	Qianhong Gotsch	GER	3 – 0 21-14, 21-16, 21-15	Rinko Sakata	JPN
Match #6	Seok Eun-Mi	KOR	3 – 2 19-21, 21-18, 15-21, 21-10, 23-21	Otilia Bădescu	ROU
Match #7	Krisztina Tóth	HUN	3 – 0 21-15, 21-16, 21-7	Irina Palina	RUS
Match #8	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 0 25-23, 21-6, 22-20	Marie Svensson	SWE
Match #9	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 0 21-16, 21-18, 21-7	Sun Jin	CHN
Match #10	Lijuan Geng	CAN	3 – 2 18-21, 21-19, 21-23, 29-27, 21-14	Tamara Boroš	CRO
Match #11	Mihaela Șteff	ROU	3 – 0 21-15, 21-12, 21-18	Anne Boileau	FRA
Match #12	Åsa Svensson	SWE	3 – 2 21-18, 21-13, 18-21, 19-21, 21-18	Jing Tian-Zörner	GER
Match #13	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	3 – 1 21-17, 15-21, 21-15, 21-10	Jun Gao	USA
Match #14	An Konishi	JPN	3 – 0 21-15, 21-12, 21-15	Xu Jing	TPE
Match #15	Xia Lian Ni	LUX	3 – 2 24-22, 21-10, 19-21, 21-23, 21-14	Csilla Bátorfi	HUN
Match #16	Li Ju	CHN	3 – 2 14-21, 21-17, 20-22, 21-18, 21-13	Galina Melnik	RUS

Round Two (21 September 2000)

Match #1	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 2 18-21, 21-18, 19-21, 23-21, 21-16	Li Jia Wei	SGP
Match #2	Chire Koyama	JPN	3 – 2 24-26, 20-22, 21-6, 21-9, 21-15	Chen-Tong Fei-Ming	TPE
Match #3	Qianhong Gotsch	GER	3 – 2 17-21, 21-17, 19-21, 21-17, 21-19	Seok Eun-Mi	KOR
Match #4	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 0 21-14, 21-9, 21-14	Krisztina Tóth	HUN
Match #5	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 2 16-21, 25-23, 13-21, 22-20, 23-21	Lijuan Geng	CAN
Match #6	Mihaela Șteff	ROU	3 – 2 13-21, 21-16, 18-21, 21-10, 21-13	Åsa Svensson	SWE
Match #7	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR	3 – 2 21-17, 22-20, 15-21, 17-21, 22-20	An Konishi	JPN
Match #8	Li Ju	CHN	3 – 0 21-15, 21-11, 21-15	Xia Lian Ni	LUX

Quarter-Finals (22 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 0 21-19, 21-8, 22-20	Chire Koyama	JPN
Match #2	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 2 17-21, 19-21, 21-13, 21-10, 21-17	Qianhong Gotsch	GER
Match #3	Jing Jun Hong	SGP	3 – 1 22-20, 21-12, 19-21, 22-20	Mihaela Șteff	ROU
Match #4	Li Ju	CHN	3 – 1 12-21, 21-14, 21-19, 21-5	Yu Ji-Hye	KOR

Semi-Finals (23 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 1 12-21, 22-20, 21-17, 21-15	Chen Jing	TPE
Match #2	Li Ju	CHN	3 – 1 15-21, 21-13, 21-12, 21-19	Jing Jun Hong	SGP

Final Round (24 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Wang Nan	CHN	3 – 2 21-12, 12-21, 19-21, 21-17, 21-18	Li Ju	CHN
Match 3/4	Chen Jing	TPE	3 – 1 18-21, 21-14, 21-15, 21-10	Jing Jun Hong	SGP