Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Women's doubles tennis; at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Tennis Centre
Date	6–14 August
Competitors	32 teams from 22 nations
Medalists
	← 2012 2020 →

Women's doubles
Women's doubles
2016 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions	Ekaterina Makarova ; Elena Vesnina
Runners-up	Timea Bacsinszky ; Martina Hingis
Score	6–4, 6–4
Events

The women's doubles tennis tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6–14 August 2016.

Serena and Venus Williams were the two-time defending champions and number one seeds, but they lost in the first round to Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová. The defeat ended the sisters' 15 match winning streak in women's doubles at the Olympics, and also marked their first loss together in Olympic competition.^[1]

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia won the gold medal, defeating Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–4. Šafářová and Strýcová of the Czech Republic won the bronze medal, defeating fellow Czechs, and defending silver medallists Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the bronze medal match 7–5, 6–1.

Schedule

August
6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
11:00	11:00	11:00	11:00	—	12:00	12:00	12:00	12:00
Round of 32		Round of 16		play cancelled due to rain	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Bronze medal match	Gold medal match

Seeds

01.

Serena Williams (USA) /

Venus Williams (USA) (First round)

02.

Caroline Garcia (FRA) /

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (First round)

03.

Chan Hao-ching (TPE) /

Chan Yung-jan (TPE) (Quarterfinals)

04.

Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) /

Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) (Quarterfinals)

05.

Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) /

Martina Hingis (SUI) (Final, silver medalists)

06.

Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) /

Lucie Hradecká (CZE) (Semifinals, fourth place)

07. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (Champions, gold medalists)

08.

Sara Errani (ITA) /

Roberta Vinci (ITA) (Quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final (Gold medal match)

	Lucie Šafářová (CZE) Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	6⁷	4

7	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Elena Vesnina (RUS)	7⁹	6
					7	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Elena Vesnina (RUS)	6	6

					5	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) Martina Hingis (SUI)	4	4
5	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) Martina Hingis (SUI)	5	7⁷	6

6	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	7	6³	2	Bronze medal match


						Lucie Šafářová (CZE) Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	7	6

					6	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	5	1

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	S Williams (USA) V Williams (USA)	3	4
	L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE)	6	6			L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE)	6⁴	6	6
IP	K Jans-Ignacik (POL) P Kania (POL)	4	7	3	IP	E Bouchard (CAN) G Dabrowski (CAN)	7⁷	2	4
IP	E Bouchard (CAN) G Dabrowski (CAN)	6	5	6							L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE)	4	6	6
IP	L Kichenok (UKR) N Kichenok (UKR)	0	3							8	S Errani (ITA) R Vinci (ITA)	6	4	4
	Y Xu (CHN) S Zheng (CHN)	6	6			Y Xu (CHN) S Zheng (CHN)	2	3
	A Kerber (GER) A Petkovic (GER)	2	2		8	S Errani (ITA) R Vinci (ITA)	6	6
8	S Errani (ITA) R Vinci (ITA)	6	6													L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE)	6⁷	4
4	G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP)	7⁸	6												7	E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS)	7⁹	6
IP	PC Gonçalves (BRA) T Pereira (BRA)	6⁶	2		4	G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP)	7	2	6
	Y Shvedova (KAZ) G Voskoboeva (KAZ)	1	0^r		Alt	K Flipkens (BEL) Y Wickmayer (BEL)	5	6	2
Alt	K Flipkens (BEL) Y Wickmayer (BEL)	6	0							4	G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP)	3	4
IP	T Babos (HUN) RL Jani (HUN)	3	4							7	E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS)	6	6
IP	A Mitu (ROU) R Olaru (ROU)	6	6		IP	A Mitu (ROU) R Olaru (ROU)	1	4
IP	An Rodionova (AUS) Ar Rodionova (AUS)	1	2		7	E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS)	6	6
7	E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS)	6	6

Bottom half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

5	T Bacsinszky (SUI) M Hingis (SUI)	6	4	6
	D Gavrilova (AUS) S Stosur (AUS)	4	6	2	5	T Bacsinszky (SUI) M Hingis (SUI)	6	6
	A Medina Garrigues (ESP) A Parra Santonja (ESP)	1	1			B Mattek-Sands (USA) C Vandeweghe (USA)	4	4
	B Mattek-Sands (USA) C Vandeweghe (USA)	6	6							5	T Bacsinszky (SUI) M Hingis (SUI)	6	6
	J Konta (GBR) H Watson (GBR)	6	6							3	H-c Chan (TPE) Y-j Chan (TPE)	3	0
	J Janković (SRB) A Krunić (SRB)	2	1			J Konta (GBR) H Watson (GBR)	6	0	4
	I-C Begu (ROU) M Niculescu (ROU)	7	4	3	3	H-c Chan (TPE) Y-j Chan (TPE)	3	6	6
3	H-c Chan (TPE) Y-j Chan (TPE)	5	6	6											5	T Bacsinszky (SUI) M Hingis (SUI)	5	7⁷	6
6	A Hlaváčková (CZE) L Hradecká (CZE)	7⁷	1	6											6	A Hlaváčková (CZE) L Hradecká (CZE)	7	6³	2
	O Savchuk (UKR) E Svitolina (UKR)	6¹	6	4	6	A Hlaváčková (CZE) L Hradecká (CZE)	6	6
PR	S Peng (CHN) S Zhang (CHN)	7⁸	5	7	PR	S Peng (CHN) S Zhang (CHN)	4	4
	S Mirza (IND) P Thombare (IND)	6⁶	7	5						6	A Hlaváčková (CZE) L Hradecká (CZE)	6	4	7
	D Kasatkina (RUS) S Kuznetsova (RUS)	6	6								D Kasatkina (RUS) S Kuznetsova (RUS)	1	6	5
	A-L Grönefeld (GER) L Siegemund (GER)	1	4			D Kasatkina (RUS) S Kuznetsova (RUS)	6	1	6
IP	M Doi (JPN) E Hozumi (JPN)	6	0	6	IP	M Doi (JPN) E Hozumi (JPN)	4	6	1
2	C Garcia (FRA) K Mladenovic (FRA)	0	6	4

References

^ "Williams sisters upset in first-round doubles match in Rio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

External links

[1] "Williams sisters upset in first-round doubles match in Rio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

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