2016 Summer Olympics / Tennis / Women's singles

sport	tennis
discipline	singles
gender	Women
Attendees	64 athletes from 36 countries
Competition location	Centro Olímpico de Tênis
Competition phase	August 6th to 13th, 2016
	Medalists
	Mónica Puig ( PUR )
	Angelique Kerber ( GER )
	Petra Kvitová ( CZE )

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

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

The 2012 Olympic champion was Serena Williams , but she was unable to defend her title. In the final, Mónica Puig from Puerto Rico won against the German Angelique Kerber . A total of 64 players took part in this tournament.

Seeding list

No.	Player	Round reached
01.	United States Serena Williams	Round of 16
02.	Germany Angelique Kerber	silver
03.	Spain Garbiñe Muguruza	Round of 16
04th	Poland Agnieszka Radwańska	1 round
05.	United States Venus Williams	1 round
06th	Italy Roberta Vinci	1 round
07th	United States Madison Keys	4th Place
08th.	Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova	Round of 16

No.	Player	Round reached
09.	Spain Carla Suarez Navarro	Round of 16
10.	United Kingdom Johanna Konta	Quarter finals
11.	Czech Republic Petra Kvitová	bronze
12.	Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky	1 round
13.	Australia Samantha Stosur	Round of 16
14th	Russia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	2nd round
15th	Ukraine Elina Switolina	Quarter finals
16.	Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová	2nd round

Results

Explanation of symbols

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

r = retired
d = disqualification
where = walk over

Quarter-finals, semi-finals, finals

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

15th

Elina Switolina

2

0

11

Czech Republic Petra Kvitová

6th

11

Petra Kvitová

4th

6th

3

Puerto Rico Mónica Puig

6th

1

6th

Puerto Rico Mónica Puig

6th

Laura Siegemund

1

Puerto Rico Mónica Puig

6th

4th

6th

2

Angelique Kerber

4th

6th

1

7th

United States Madison Keys

6th

Darja Kassatkina

3

1

7th

Madison Keys

3

5

2

Germany Angelique Kerber

6th

7th

Bronze game

10

Johanna Konta

1

2

Germany Angelique Kerber

6th

11

Czech Republic Petra Kvitová

7th

2

6th

7th

Madison Keys

5

6th

2

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

1

United States S. Williams

6th

D. Gavrilova

4th

2

1

United States S. Williams

7th

6th

A. Cornet

6 ⁵

2

J. Larsson

1

6th

3

France A. Cornet

6th

2

6th

1

S. Williams

4th

3

15th

Ukraine E. Switolina

6th

United Kingdom H. Watson

6th

6 ⁵

6th

PR

S. Peng

4th

7th

3

H. Watson

3

6th

3

15th

Ukraine E. Switolina

6th

1

6th

A. Petković

6th

1

3

15th

Ukraine E. Switolina

2

6th

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

11

Czech Republic P. Kvitová

6th

T. Babos

1

2

11

Czech Republic P. Kvitová

6th

C. Wozniacki

2

4th

Denmark C. Wozniacki

6th

OLD

L. Hradecká

2

11

Czech Republic P. Kvitová

4th

6th

J. Makarova

6th

4th

Russia J. Makarova

3

6th

7th

Ç. Büyükakçay

6th

0

6 ⁶

Russia J. Makarova

3

6th

AK Schmiedlová

6th

4th

2

Slovakia AK Schmiedlová

7th

6th

6th

R. Vinci

5

4th

Upper half 3

First round

Second round

Round of 16

3

Spain G. Muguruza

6th

OLD

A. Mitu

2

3

Spain G. Muguruza

6th

N. Hibino

1

Japan N. Hibino

6th

3

6th

I.-C. Begu

4th

6th

3

G. Muguruza

1

Puerto Rico M. Puig

6th

Puerto Rico M. Puig

6th

IP

P. Hercog

3

2

Puerto Rico M. Puig

6th

14th

A. Pavlyuchenkova

3

2

IP

M. Linette

0

3

14th

Russia A. Pavlyuchenkova

6th

Upper half 4

First round

Second round

Round of 16

12

T. Bacsinszky

7th

4th

6 ⁷

China People's Republic S. Zhang

6 ⁴

6th

7th

S. Zhang

2

4th

Germany L. Siegemund

6th

Germany L. Siegemund

1

6th

Z. Pironkowa

6th

4th

2

Germany L. Siegemund

6th

K. Flipkens

4th

3

Czech Republic L. Šafářová

4th

6th

PR

K. Knapp

6th

1

L. Šafářová

2

r

Belgium K. Flipkens

6th

Belgium K. Flipkens

4th

6th

7th

5

V. Williams

6th

3

6 ⁵

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

7th

United States M. Keys

6th

D. Kovinić

3

7th

United States M. Keys

7th

6 ⁴

7th

K. Mladenovic

5

7th

6 ⁵

OLD

A. Krunić

1

4th

France K. Mladenovic

6th

7th

United States M. Keys

6th

3

6th

9

C. Suarez Navarro

3

6th

3

Croatia A. Konjuh

7th

6th

A. Beck

6 ⁵

1

A. Konjuh

6 ⁵

3

9

Spain C. Suarez Navarro

7th

6th

A. Ivanović

6th

1

2

9

Spain C. Suarez Navarro

2

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

16

Czech Republic B. Strýcová

7th

6th

Y. Wickmayer

6 ⁶

1

16

B. Strýcová

2

Italy S. Errani

6th

Italy S. Errani

4th

6th

K. Bertens

6th

4th

3

S. Errani

5

2

Russia D. Kassatkina

7th

6th

IP

O. Jabeur

6th

6 ⁴

1

Russia D. Kassatkina

3

7th

6th

Russia D. Kassatkina

6th

IP

S. Zheng

1

4th

IP

China People's Republic S. Zheng

6th

7th

4th

A. Radwańska

4th

5

Lower half 3

First round

Second round

Round of 16

8th

Russia S. Kuznetsova

6th

4th

6th

Q. Wang

1

6th

0

8th

Russia S. Kuznetsova

w.

O.

M. Niculescu

Romania M. Niculescu

6th

INV

V. Cepede Royg

2

3

8th

S. Kuznetsova

6th

5

10

United Kingdom J. Konta

3

7th

France C. Garcia

6th

IP

T. Pereira

1

2

C. Garcia

2

3

10

United Kingdom J. Konta

6th

INV

S. Vogt

3

1

10

United Kingdom J. Konta

6th

Lower half 4

First round

Second round

Round of 16

13

Australia S. Stosur

1

6th

J. Ostapenko

6th

3

2

13

Australia S. Stosur

6th

M. Doi

3

4th

Japan M. Doi

6th

OLD

J. Schwedowa

3

4th

13

S. Stosur

0

5

2

Germany A. Kerber

6th

7th

Canada E. Bouchard

6th

S. Stephens

3

E. Bouchard

4th

2

Germany A. Kerber

6th

IP

M. Duque Mariño

3

5

2

Germany A. Kerber

6th

7th

Web links

Official website of the ladies tournament on rio2016.com (English)