2016 Summer Olympics / Tennis / Women's doubles

sport	tennis
discipline	Double
gender	Women
Attendees	64 athletes from 36 countries
Competition location	Centro Olímpico de Tênis
Competition phase	August 6th to 13th, 2016
Medalists  Makarowa / Wesnina ( RUS )  Bacsinszky / Hingis ( CHE )  Šafářová / Strýcová ( CZE )

Tennis competitions at the 2016 Olympic Games
singles	Ladies	Men's
Double	Ladies	Men's	Mixed

The women's tennis doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place from 6 to 13 August in the Centro Olímpico de Tênis .

Olympic champions from 2012 were Serena and Venus Williams , who could not defend their title. Olympic champions were Jekaterina Makarowa and Jelena Wesnina from Russia. A total of 32 double pairs took part in this tournament.

Seeding list

No. pairing Round reached 01.  Serena Williams Venus Williams   1 round 02.  Caroline Garcia Kristina Mladenovic   1 round 03.  Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan   Quarter finals 04th  Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro   Quarter finals

No. pairing Round reached 05.  Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis   silver 06th  Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká   4th Place 07th  Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina   gold 08th.  Sara Errani Roberta Vinci   Quarter finals

Results

Explanation of symbols

INV = Tripartite Invitation IP = ITF place ALT = replacement (alternate) PR = Protected Ranking

r = retired d = disqualification where = walk over

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová

6 7

4th

7th

Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina

7th

6th

7th

Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina

6th

6th

5

Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis

4th

4th

5

Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis

5

7th

6th

6th

Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká

7th

6 3

2

3rd place match

Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová

7th

6th

6th

Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká

5

1

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

1

S. Williams V. Williams

3

4th

L. Šafářová B. Strýcová

6th

6th

L. Šafářová B. Strýcová

6 4

6th

6th

IP

E. Bouchard G. Dabrowski

7th

2

4th

IP

K. Jans-Ignacik P. Kania

4th

7th

3

IP

E. Bouchard G. Dabrowski

6th

5

6th

L. Šafářová B. Strýcová

4th

6th

6th

8th

S. Errani R. Vinci

6th

4th

4th

IP

L. Kitschenok N. Kitschenok

0

3

Y. Xu S. Zheng

6th

6th

Y. Xu S. Zheng

2

3

8th

S. Errani R. Vinci

6th

6th

A. Kerber A. Petković

2

2

8th

S. Errani R. Vinci

6th

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

4th

G. Muguruza C. Suarez Navarro

7th

6th

IP

PC Gonçalves T. Pereira

6 6

2

4th

G. Muguruza C. Suarez Navarro

7th

2

6th

OLD

K. Flipkens Y. Wickmayer

5

6th

2

J. Schwedowa G. Voskoboyeva

1

r

OLD

K. Flipkens Y. Wickmayer

6th

4th

G. Muguruza C. Suarez Navarro

3

4th

7th

J. Makarova J. Wesnina

6th

6th

IP

T. Babos, R.L. Jani

3

4th

IP

A. Mitu, I. R. Olaru

6th

6th

IP

A. Mitu, I. R. Olaru

1

4th

7th

J. Makarova J. Wesnina

6th

6th

IP

On. Rodionowa Ar. Rodionova

1

2

7th

J. Makarova J. Wesnina

6th

6th

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

5

T. Bacsinszky, M. Hingis

6th

4th

6th

D. Gavrilova S. Stosur

4th

6th

2

5

T. Bacsinszky, M. Hingis

6th

6th

B. Mattek-Sands C. Vandeweghe

4th

4th

A. Medina Garrigues A. Parra Santonja

1

1

B. Mattek-Sands C. Vandeweghe

6th

6th

5

T. Bacsinszky, M. Hingis

6th

6th

3

H.-c. Chan Y.-j. Chan

3

0

J. Konta H. Watson

6th

6th

J. Janković A. Krunić

2

1

J. Konta H. Watson

6th

0

4th

3

H.-c. Chan Y.-j. Chan

3

6th

6th

I.-C. Begu M. Niculescu

7th

4th

3

3

H.-c. Chan Y.-j. Chan

5

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

6th

A. Hlaváčková L. Hradecká

7th

1

6th

O. Savchuk E. Switolina

6 1

6th

4th

6th

A. Hlaváčková L. Hradecká

6th

6th

S. Peng S. Zhang

4th

4th

S. Peng S. Zhang

7th

5

7th

S. Mirza P. Thombare

6 6

7th

5

6th

A. Hlaváčková L. Hradecká

6th

4th

7th

D. Kassatkina S. Kuznetsova

1

6th

5

D. Kassatkina S. Kuznetsova

6th

6th

A.-L. Grönefeld L. Siegemund

1

4th

D. Kassatkina S. Kuznetsova

6th

1

6th

IP

M. Doi E. Hozumi

4th

6th

1

IP

M. Doi E. Hozumi

6th

0

6th

2

C. Garcia K. Mladenovic

0

6th

4th

Trivia

At the second match point in the tie-break of the second set in the semifinals, Andrea Hlaváčková was hit in the face by Martina Hingis and suffered a bone splintering in the eye area as well as a fracture of the eye arch and nose.

Web links

• Official page of the double competition on rio2016.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Right in the eye - Martina Hingis shoots Andrea Hlavackova at match point. In: tennisnet.com. August 13, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Broken bone after a direct hit - Andrea Hlavackova threatens surgery. In: tennisnet.com. August 16, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016 . 
3. ↑ After shooting down - Andrea Hlavackova has to cancel for qualification. In: tennisnet.com. August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 21, 2016 .