Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
| Women's singles | |
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| Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |
| Champion | File:Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams (USA) |
| Runner-up | File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva (RUS) |
| Score | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Women's singles tennis at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
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| File:Sydney 2000 Olympic tennis.JPG Tennis at the 2000 Olympics | |
| Venue | Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre |
| Dates | 19–27 September 2000 |
| Competitors | 64 from 33 nations |
| Medalists | |
The United States' Venus Williams defeated Russia's Elena Dementieva in the final, 6–2, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, the United States' Monica Seles defeated Australia's Jelena Dokic, 6–1, 6–4. Williams' victory was the third consecutive gold medal in the women's singles for the United States, all by different players (preceded by Jennifer Capriati and Lindsay Davenport). The tournament was held at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia from 19 September until 28 September. There were 64 competitors from 33 nations, with each nation having up to 3 players.[1] The United States' Davenport was the defending gold medalist from 1996, but she withdrew from her second round match due to injury.
Background
This was the ninth appearance of the women's singles tennis. 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.[1] Returning from the 1996 Games were gold medalist Lindsay Davenport of the United States, silver medalist (and 1992 bronze medalist) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain, and three of the four quarterfinal losers (Conchita Martínez of Spain, Iva Majoli of Croatia, and Monica Seles of the United States). Davenport and Seles were joined by Venus Williams, in the middle of a 35-match and 6-tournament winning streak, as the top 3 seeds in the tournament. Sánchez Vicario and Martínez were 4th and 5th; Spain and the United States were favourites.[1] Colombia, Haiti, Paraguay, Slovenia, Thailand, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela each made their debut in the event. France made its eighth appearance, most among nations to that point, having missed only the 1908 Games in London (when only British players competed).
Competition format
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were all best-of-three sets. The 12-point tie-breaker was used in any set, except the third, that reached 6–6.
Schedule
All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round |
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| Tuesday, 19 September 2000 Wednesday, 20 September 2000 |
11:00 | Round of 64 |
| Thursday, 21 September 2000 | 11:00 | Round of 32 |
| Friday, 22 September 2000 Saturday, 23 September 2000 |
11:00 | Round of 16 |
| Sunday, 24 September 2000 | 11:45 | Quarterfinals |
| Tuesday, 25 September 2000 | 11:00 | Semifinals |
| Thursday, 26 September 2000 | 11:00 | Bronze medal match |
| Friday, 27 September 2000 | 11:00 | Final |
Seeds
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Lindsay Davenport (USA) (second round, withdrew)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams (USA) (Winner, gold medalist)
- File:Flag of the United States.svg Monica Seles (USA) (semifinals, bronze medalist)
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Conchita Martínez (ESP) (second round)
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) (quarterfinals)
- File:Flag of Germany.svg Anke Huber (GER) (withdrew)
- File:Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer (RSA) (quarterfinals)
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dominique van Roost (BEL) (quarterfinals)
- File:Flag of France.svg Amélie Mauresmo (FRA) (first round)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva (RUS) (final, silver medalist)
- File:Flag of France.svg Nathalie Dechy (FRA) (third round)
- File:Flag of Austria.svg Barbara Schett (AUT) (quarterfinals)
- File:Civil ensign of Croatia.svg Silvija Talaja (CRO) (second round)
- File:Flag of Japan.svg Ai Sugiyama (JPN) (first round)
- File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) (first round)
- File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sabine Appelmans (BEL) (third round)
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Competitors
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Draw
Key
Finals
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
| File:Flag of Australia.svg Jelena Dokić (AUS) | 6 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | File:Flag of South Africa.svg Amanda Coetzer (RSA) | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| File:Flag of Australia.svg Jelena Dokić (AUS) | 6 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva (RUS) | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva (RUS) | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Barbara Schett (AUT) | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | File:Flag of Russia.svg Elena Dementieva (RUS) | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams (USA) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dominique van Roost (BEL) | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Monica Seles (USA) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Monica Seles (USA) | 1 | 6 | 3 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams (USA) | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) | 6 | 2 | 4 | File:Flag of Australia.svg Jelena Dokić (AUS) | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Venus Williams (USA) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | File:Flag of the United States.svg Monica Seles (USA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Singles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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