Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

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Women's singles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic tennis pictogram
VenueAriake Coliseum
Dates24 July – 31 July 2021
Competitors64 from 32 nations
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Template:Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics The women's singles tennis event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place from 24 to 31 July 2021 at the Ariake Coliseum.[1] There will be 64 players from approximately 35 nations.[2]

Background

This will be the 14th (medal) appearance of the women's singles tennis event. A women's event was held only once during the first three Games (only men's tennis was played in 1896 and 1904), but has been held at every Olympics for which there was a tennis tournament since 1908. Tennis was not a medal sport from 1928 to 1984, though there were demonstration events in 1968 and 1984.

Of the 8 quarterfinalists from the 2016 Games, expected returners are bronze medalist Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic and quarterfinalists Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and Laura Siegemund of Germany. Other top players expected to compete include world #1 Ashleigh Barty of Australia, #2 Naomi Osaka of Japan, and #3 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus. Sofia Kenin of United States has withdrawn, one of four women in the top 10 to do so. Others include Simona Halep, Serena Williams, and Bianca Andreescu.

This will be the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics not to feature Williams sisters in the draw after Serena withdrew due to family issues and Venus not named despite United States has a limit of four players per team.

Egypt has qualified a player in women's singles for the first time. France is expected to make its 13th appearance, most among nations, having missed only the 1908 Games in London (when only British players competed).

Qualification

Main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to four players. Nations had been limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. Qualification for the women's singles is primarily through the WTA ranking list of 14 June 2021. An additional restriction is that players had to have been part of a nominated team for three Billie Jean King Cup events between 2017 and 2020 (with some exceptions). There are 64 quota places available for women's singles.[2]

The first 56 are assigned through the world ranking.[2]

There are six places available through continental qualification: four through continental tournaments (two in the 2019 Pan American Games, one in the 2018 Asian Games, and one in the 2019 African Games) and two through continent-restricted world ranking (one each for Europe and Oceania, which must come from NOCs with no other qualified competitors). The four continental tournament places take precedence over the world ranking, so the winners (Nadia Podoroska, Verónica Cepede Royg, Mayar Sherif, and Wang Qiang) are not counted toward the 56 (but are counted toward the four-per-nation limit).[2]

One place is guaranteed to the host nation. If Japan earns a place through the world ranking, the host guarantee is not used and a 57th place is added to the ranking.[2]

In an unusual career accomplishment qualification process, one spot is reserved for a former Olympic or Grand Slam champion that has not qualified through the current world rankings. The player must have won an Olympic gold medal or a Grand Slam singles final, be within the top 300 ranked players, and be from a nation that has not already qualified four players. If multiple players meet those criteria, the one with the most titles qualifies; if still tied, the highest ranked player qualifies. If no players meet those criteria, an additional place (57th or 58th) is added to the ranking.[2] For the 2020 Games, this 'career wild card' quota was taken by 2011 US Open Singles Samantha Stosur (Venus Williams was not eligible due to the United States already having four players, defending champion Monica Puig was expecting to be in the entry list but withdrew due to injury).

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 competition is held over eight days, Saturday 24 July to Saturday 31 July. Times given are the start of tennis sessions, though the women's singles shares courts with other tennis events.[1]

July
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 12:00
Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match
Gold medal match

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Seeds

01.    Ashleigh Barty (AUS)
02.    Naomi Osaka (JPN)
03.    Aryna Sabalenka (BLR)
04.    Elina Svitolina (UKR)
05.    Karolína Plíšková (CZE)
06.    Iga Świątek (POL)
07.    Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)
08.    Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)
09.    Belinda Bencic (SUI)
10.    Petra Kvitová (CZE)
11.    Jennifer Brady (USA)
12.    Elise Mertens (BEL)
13.    Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ROC)
14.    Maria Sakkari (GRE)
15.    Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
16.    Kiki Bertens (NED)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Flag icon key List of National Flags

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1  A Barty (AUS)
 S Sorribes Tormo (ESP)  
 F Ferro (FRA)  
 A Sevastova (LAT)  
ITF  A-L Friedsam (GER)  
 H Watson (GBR)  
ITF  S Errani (ITA)  
13  A Pavlyuchenkova (ROC)  
9  B Bencic (SUI)  
 J Pegula (USA)  
 M Doi (JPN)  
 R Zarazúa (MEX)  
 LA Fernandez (CAN)  
 D Yastremska (UKR)  
 Z Diyas (KAZ)  
8  B Krejčíková (CZE)

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3  A Sabalenka (BLR)
 M Linette (POL)  
 C Garcia (FRA)  
 D Vekić (CRO)  
ITF  M Sherif (EGY)  
 R Peterson (SWE)  
ITF  S Stosur (AUS)  
15  E Rybakina (KAZ)  
10  P Kvitová (CZE)  
 J Paolini (ITA)  
PR  I Jorović (SRB)  
 A Van Uytvanck (BEL)  
ITF  V Cepede Royg (PAR)  
ITF  Q Wang (CHN) ITF  
 V Kudermetova (ROC)  
7  G Muguruza (ESP)

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5  Ka Plíšková (CZE)
 A Cornet (FRA)  
PR  C Suárez Navarro (ESP)  
 O Jabeur (TUN)  
 J Ostapenko (LAT)  
PR  E Vesnina (ROC)  
 C Giorgi (ITA)  
11  J Brady (USA)  
14  M Sakkari (GRE)  
 A Kontaveit (EST)  
 N Stojanović (SRB)  
 N Hibino (JPN)  
PR  Y Shvedova (KAZ)  
 A Tomljanović (AUS)  
 L Siegemund (GER)  
4  E Svitolina (UKR)

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6  I Świątek (POL)
PR  M Barthel (GER)  
 P Badosa (ESP)  
 K Mladenovic (FRA)  
 Y Putintseva (KAZ)  
ITF  N Podoroska (ARG)  
 E Alexandrova (ROC)  
12  E Mertens (BEL)  
16  K Bertens (NED)  
PR  M Vondroušová (CZE)  
ITF  M Buzărnescu (ROU)  
 A Riske (USA)  
 MC Osorio Serrano (COL)  
 V Golubic (SUI)  
 S Zheng (CHN)  
2  N Osaka (JPN)

References

  1. ^ a b "Tennis Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITF. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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