Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
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Puerto Rico's Monica Puig defeated Germany's Angelique Kerber in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] It was Puerto Rico's first Olympic gold medal, and Puig became the first unseeded female player to win the Olympic tennis gold medal. In the bronze-medal match, the Czech Republic's Petra Kvitová defeated the United States' Madison Keys 7–5, 2–6, 6–2. It was Germany's first medal in women's singles since 1992 and the Czech Republic's first since 1996.
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Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
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Champion | Monica Puig | |||||||
Runner-up | Angelique Kerber | |||||||
Score | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 | |||||||
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Women's singles tennis at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 6–13 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 64 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
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The tournament was held from 6 to 13 August 2016 at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro . The draw for the event was conducted at 11 a.m. local time on Thursday, 4 August. There were 64 competitors from 36 nations.[2]