Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

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Women's singles

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Champion

Lindsay Davenport (USA)

Runner-up

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)

Final score

7–6^(10–8), 6–2

Events

Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

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The Women's Singles competition was part of the tennis program at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Jennifer Capriati was the reigning champion; she won the gold medal in 1992. She did not participate in the event.

Contents

1 Medalists
2 Seeds
3 Draw
4 References

Medalists

Gold	Lindsay Davenport United States
Silver	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Spain
Bronze	Jana Novotná Czech Republic

Seeds

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2

Draw

Key

w/o = Walkover
r = Retired
d = Defaulted

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final (Gold Medal Match)

	1	Monica Seles (USA)	5	6	6
	6	Jana Novotná (CZE)	7	3	8
								6	Jana Novotná (CZE)	4	6	3

								3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	6	1	6
	3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	4	6	10

	8	Kimiko Date (JPN)	6	3	8
															3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	6⁸	2
															9	Lindsay Davenport (USA)	7	6
	9	Lindsay Davenport (USA)	7	6
	4	Iva Majoli (CRO)	5	3
								9	Lindsay Davenport (USA)	6	7

								7/Alt	Mary Joe Fernandez (USA)	2	6⁶				Bronze Medal Match
	7/Alt	Mary Joe Fernandez (USA)	3	6	6

	2	Conchita Martínez (ESP)	6	2	3										6	Jana Novotná (CZE)	7	6
															7/Alt	Mary Joe Fernandez (USA)	6⁸	4

Top half

Section 1

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	1	M Seles (USA)	6	6
	WC	L-L Chen (CHN)	0	4				1	M Seles (USA)	6	6
	Alt	P Hy-Boulais (CAN)	6	6				Alt	P Hy-Boulais (CAN)	3	2
		R Grande (ITA)	4	4											1	M Seles (USA)	6	6
	Alt	A Gavaldón (MEX)	6	3	6										13	G Sabatini (ARG)	3	3
	Alt	C Papadáki (GRE)	1	6	2			Alt	A Gavaldón (MEX)	4	0
		N Tauziat (FRA)	5	2				13	G Sabatini (ARG)	6	6
	13	G Sabatini (ARG)	7	6																		1	M Seles (USA)	5	6	6
	15	M Hingis (SUI)	6	6																		6	J Novotná (CZE)	7	3	8
	WC	J Schad (DOM)	0	1				15	M Hingis (SUI)	4	4
		K Studeníková (SVK)	2	3					A Sugiyama (JPN)	6	6
		A Sugiyama (JPN)	6	6												A Sugiyama (JPN)	3	4
		J Wiesner (AUT)	7	6											6	J Novotná (CZE)	6	6
	Alt	A Temesvári (HUN)	6⁵	4					J Wiesner (AUT)	4	6	3
		R Dragomir (ROM)	4	4	r			6	J Novotná (CZE)	6	3	6
	6	J Novotná (CZE)	6	4

Section 2

	First Round							2nd round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	3	A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	6	6
		D Van Roost (BEL)	1	4				3	A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	6	6
		S Farina (ITA)	6	6					S Farina (ITA)	1	3
	Alt	C Wood (GBR)	2	2											3	A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	6	7
		J Kruger (RSA)	7	2	1										11	B Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	4	6⁷
	WC	Y-J Choi (KOR)	6⁵	6	6			WC	Y-J Choi (KOR)	2	3
	WC	22x20px S Sfar (TUN)	4	0				11	B Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	6	6
	11	B Schultz-McCarthy (NED)	6	6																		3	A Sánchez Vicario (ESP)	4	6	10
	10	M Maleeva (BUL)	6	6																		8	K Date (JPN)	6	3	8
	WC	R Stubbs (AUS)	2	1				10	M Maleeva (BUL)	7	6
		E Makarova (RUS)	2	5					F Labat (ARG)	6⁷	1
		F Labat (ARG)	6	7											10	M Maleeva (BUL)	4	4
	Alt	V Csurgó (HUN)	6	7											8	K Date (JPN)	6	6
	WC	A Olsza (POL)	2	5				Alt	V Csurgó (HUN)	2	3
	WC	D Randriantefy (MAD)	0	1				8	K Date (JPN)	6	6
	8	K Date (JPN)	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	5	A Huber (GER)	2	6	6
	WC	C Cristea (ROM)	6	4	2			5	A Huber (GER)	3	6	6
		M de Swardt (RSA)	7	3	7				M de Swardt (RSA)	6	1	4
		H Suková (CZE)	6⁴	6	5										5	A Huber (GER)	1	6	3
		N Sawamatsu (JPN)	6	4	6										9	L Davenport (USA)	6	3	6
	Alt	S-H Park (KOR)	3	6	3				N Sawamatsu (JPN)	2	2
	WC	A Kremer (LUX)	2	1				9	L Davenport (USA)	6	6
	9	L Davenport (USA)	6	6																		9	L Davenport (USA)	7	6
	16	K Habšudová (SVK)	6	6																		4	I Majoli (CRO)	5	3
		Y Basuki (INA)	3	3				16	K Habšudová (SVK)	7	6
		L Courtois (BEL)	1	6	6				L Courtois (BEL)	5	2
	WC	A Kournikova (RUS)	6	2	2										16	K Habšudová (SVK)	4	6	4
		V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	6	6											4	I Majoli (CRO)	6	3	6
	Alt	M Grzybowska (POL)	4	2					V Ruano Pascual (ESP)	5	3
		N Bradtke (AUS)	6	3	4			4	I Majoli (CRO)	7	6
	4	I Majoli (CRO)	3	6	6

Section 4

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals

	7/Alt	M J Fernandez (USA)	6	6
		E Likhovtseva (RUS)	2	4				7/Alt	M J Fernandez (USA)	7	2	6
		S-T Wang (TPE)	7	7					S-T Wang (TPE)	6⁴	6	1
	Alt	A Serra Zanetti (ITA)	5	6⁵											7/Alt	M J Fernandez (USA)	6	6
	Alt	J-Q Yi (CHN)	2	6	1										WC	I Gorrochategui (ARG)	0	3
	WC	I Gorrochategui (ARG)	6	1	6			WC	I Gorrochategui (ARG)	6	1	7
	Alt	O Barabanschikova (BLR)	3	5				12	M Pierce (FRA)	4	6	5
	12	M Pierce (FRA)	6	7																		7/Alt	M J Fernandez (USA)	3	6	6
	14	A Coetzer (RSA)	6	7																		2	C Martínez (ESP)	6	2	3
	WC	R McQuillan (AUS)	4	6⁵				14	A Coetzer (RSA)	1	6	2
		S Appelmans (BEL)	5	3					N Zvereva (BLR)	6	4	6
		N Zvereva (BLR)	7	6												N Zvereva (BLR)	2	5
	WC	R Zrubáková (SVK)	6	6											2	C Martínez (ESP)	6	7
	WC	J Nejedly (CAN)	3	2				WC	R Zrubáková (SVK)	1	4
	WC	P Schnyder (SUI)	1	2				2	C Martínez (ESP)	6	6
	2	C Martínez (ESP)	6	6

References

ITF Olympic site

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