Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men		women

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

Contents 1 Medals 2 Seeds 3 Draw 3.1 Key 3.2 Finals 3.3 Top Half 3.3.1 Section 1 3.3.2 Section 2 3.3.3 Section 3 3.3.4 Section 4 4 References

[edit] Medals

Gold:	Lindsay Davenport (USA)
Silver:	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)
Bronze:	Jana Novotná (CZE)

[edit] Seeds

A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.

Monica Seles (Quarterfinals) Conchita Martínez (Quarterfinals) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (Final) Iva Majoli (Third Round) Anke Huber (Third Round) Jana Novotná (Semifinals) Mary Joe Fernández (Semifinals) Kimiko Date (Quarterfinals)

Lindsay Davenport (Champion) Magdalena Maleeva (Third Round) Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (Third Round) Mary Pierce (Second Round) Gabriela Sabatini (Third Round) Amanda Coetzer (Second Round) Martina Hingis (Second Round) Yayuk Basuki (Quarterfinals)

[edit] Draw

[edit] Key

Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser

ALT = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking

w/o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted

[edit] Finals

	Semifinals							Final
	6	Jana Novotná	4	6	3
	3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6	1	6
								3	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	68	2
								9	Lindsay Davenport	710	6
	9	Lindsay Davenport	6	78
	ALT/7	Mary Joe Fernández	2	66				Bronze Medal Match
								6	Jana Novotná	710	6
								ALT/7	Mary Joe Fernández	68	4

[edit] Top Half

[edit] Section 1

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
1	M Seles	6	6
WC	L-L Chen	0	4				1	M Seles	6	6
ALT	P Hy-Boulais	6	6				ALT	P Hy-Boulais	3	2
	R Grande	4	4											1	M Seles	6	6
ALT	A Gavaldón	6	3	6										13	G Sabatini	3	3
ALT	C Papadáki	1	6	2			ALT	A Gavaldón	4	0
	N Tauziat	5	2				13	G Sabatini	6	6
13	G Sabatini	7	6																		1	M Seles	5	6	6
15	M Hingis	6	6																		6	J Novotná	7	3	8
WC	J Schad	0	1				15	M Hingis	4	4
	K Studeníková	2	3					A Sugiyama	6	6
	A Sugiyama	6	6												A Sugiyama	3	4
	J Wiesner	77	6											6	J Novotná	6	6
ALT	A Temesvári	65	4					J Wiesner	4	6	3
	R Dragomir	4	4	r			6	J Novotná	6	3	6
6	J Novotná	6	4

[edit] Section 2

First Round							2nd round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	D Van Roost	1	4				3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	6
	S Farina	6	6					S Farina	1	3
ALT	C Wood	2	2											3	A Sánchez Vicario	6	79
	J Kruger	77	2	1										11	B Schultz-McCarthy	4	67
WC	Y-J Choi	65	6	6			WC	Y-J Choi	2	3
WC	S Sfar	4	0				11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6
11	B Schultz-McCarthy	6	6																		3	A Sánchez Vicario	4	6	10
10	M Maleeva	6	6																		8	K Date	6	3	8
WC	R Stubbs	2	1				10	M Maleeva	79	6
	E Makarova	2	5					F Labat	67	1
	F Labat	6	7											10	M Maleeva	4	4
ALT	V Csurgo	6	7											8	K Date	6	6
WC	A Olsza	2	5				ALT	V Csurgo	2	3
WC	D Randriantefy	0	1				8	K Date	6	6
8	K Date	6	6

[edit] Section 3

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
5	A Huber	2	6	6
WC	C Cristea	6	4	2			5	A Huber	3	6	6
	M de Swardt	77	3	7				M de Swardt	6	1	4
	H Suková	64	6	5										5	A Huber	1	6	3
	N Sawamatsu	6	4	6										9	L Davenport	6	3	6
ALT	S-H Park	3	6	3				N Sawamatsu	2	2
WC	A Kremer	2	1				9	L Davenport	6	6
9	L Davenport	6	6																		9	L Davenport	7	6
16	Y Basuki	6	6																		16	Y Basuki	5	3
	K Habšudová	3	3				16	Y Basuki	7	6
	L Courtois	1	6	6				L Courtois	5	2
WC	A Kournikova	6	2	2										16	Y Basuki	6	3	6
	V Ruano-Pascual	6	6											4	I Majoli	4	6	4
ALT	M Grzybowska	4	2					V Ruano-Pascual	5	3
	N Bradtke	6	3	4			4	I Majoli	7	6
4	I Majoli	3	6	6

[edit] Section 4

First Round							Second Round							Third Round							Quarterfinals
ALT/7	M J Fernández	6	6
	E Likhovtseva	2	4				ALT/7	M J Fernández	77	2	6
	S-T Wang	7	77					S-T Wang	64	6	1
ALT	A Serra Zanetti	5	65											ALT/7	M J Fernández	6	6
ALT	J-Q Yi	2	6	1										WC	I Gorrochategui	0	3
WC	I Gorrochategui	6	1	6			WC	I Gorrochategui	6	1	7
ALT	O Barabanschikova	3	5				12	M Pierce	4	6	5
12	M Pierce	6	7																		ALT/7	M J Fernández	3	6	6
14	A Coetzer	6	77																			C Martínez	6	2	3
WC	R McQuillan	4	65				14	A Coetzer	1	6	2
	S Appelmans	5	3					N Zvereva	6	4	6
	N Zvereva	7	6												N Zvereva	2	5
WC	R Zrubáková	6	6											2	C Martínez	6	7
WC	J Nejedly	3	2				WC	R Zrubáková	1	4
WC	P Schnyder	1	2				2	C Martínez	6	6
2	C Martínez	6	6

[edit] References

• ITF Olympic Site