2024 tennis event results
Women's singles at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Olympic tennis pictogramVenue Stade Roland Garros Dates 27 July – 3 August Competitors 64 from 30 nations Medalists ← 2020 2028 →
China 's Zheng Qinwen defeated Croatia 's Donna Vekić in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics . It was China's first victory in the women's singles, the country's first gold medal in Olympic tennis since the women's doubles in 2004 , the first singles gold medal for an Asian country in Olympic tennis, and also the first women's singles medal for Croatia. Zheng and Vekic each saved a match point en route to the championship match.
By beating Iga Świątek in the semifinal, 6–2, 7–5 Zheng became the first player to beat Świątek at Stade Roland Garros since 2021 as well as the first player to beat Świątek in straight sets on clay since Maria Sakkari in 2021 .
In the bronze medal match, Poland 's tournament No. 1 seed Iga Świątek defeated Slovakia 's Anna Karolína Schmiedlová , 6–2, 6–1. It was Poland's first medal in Olympic tennis. Ranked No. 67, Schmiedlová became the lowest ranked semifinalist since tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988 and the first Slovak woman to reach that stage.
The women's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 3 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros , in Paris , France. There were 64 players from 28 nations.
Belinda Bencic was the reigning gold medalist from 2021 , but was on maternity leave. The silver medalist, Markéta Vondroušová , also withdrew due to injury. Bronze medalist Elina Svitolina was the only defending medalist, but lost to Barbora Krejčíková in the third round.
This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 1 , 2016 silver medalist, and three-time major champion Angelique Kerber . She lost in the quarterfinals to Zheng.
Qualification
Main article: Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to four players. Nations are limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. Qualification for the women's singles is primarily through the WTA ranking list. There are 64 quota places available for women's singles.
Competition format
The competition is a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches are best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak is played in all sets reaching 6–6, including the last set of a match.
Schedule
The schedule is as follows.
Legend
R64
Round of 64
R32
Round of 32
R16
Round of 16
QF
Quarter-finals
SF
Semi-finals
BM
Bronze medal match
F
Final
Schedule
Sat 27
Sun 28
Mon 29
Tue 30
Wed 31
Thu 1
Fri 2
Sat 3
R64
R32
R16
¼
½
BM
F
Seeds
The seeds were released on 22 July 2024.
01 . Iga Świątek (POL ) (semifinals, bronze medalist)
02 . Coco Gauff (USA ) (third round)
03. Elena Rybakina (KAZ ) (withdrew due to illness)
04 . Jasmine Paolini (ITA ) (third round)
05 . Jessica Pegula (USA ) (second round)
06 . Zheng Qinwen (CHN ) (champion, gold medalist)
07 . Maria Sakkari (GRE ) (third round)
08 . Danielle Collins (USA ) (quarterfinals, retired)
09 . Barbora Krejčíková (CZE ) (quarterfinals)
10 . Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT ) (first round)
11 . Emma Navarro (USA ) (third round)
12 . Marta Kostyuk (UKR ) (quarterfinals)
13 . Donna Vekić (CRO ) (final, silver medalist)
14 . Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA ) (second round)
15 . Diana Shnaider (AIN ) (second round)
16 . Leylah Fernandez (CAN ) (third round)
17 . Caroline Garcia (FRA ) (first round)
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Draw
The draw was held on 25 July 2024.
Key
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
See also
References
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"Olympic women's singles gold medal match: Zheng Qinwen beats Donna Vekic" . New York Times . Archived from the original on 3 August 2024.
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"Tokyo Olympics: Belinda Bencic wins gold but Novak Djokovic leaves with no medals" . BBC Sport . 31 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
"Tokyo Tennis Silver Medalist Markéta Vondroušová Out of Paris Olympics With Injury" . Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
"Schmiedlova stuns Paolini at Olympics; Krejcikova prevails" . Women's Tennis Association . Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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"Draws announced for the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event" . ATP Tour. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
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