Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
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The United States' Lindsay Davenport defeated Spain's Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 7–6(10–8), 6–2 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In the bronze-medal match, the Czech Republic's Jana Novotná defeated the United States' Mary Joe Fernández, 7–6(10–8), 6–4. Sánchez Vicario became the second woman to win multiple Olympic tennis medals in singles (following Steffi Graf in 1988 and 1992); Fernández would have done so as well, but the rules had been changed since the last Games to add a bronze medal playoff match.
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Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |||||||
Final | |||||||
Champion | Lindsay Davenport (USA) | ||||||
Runner-up | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) | ||||||
Score | 7–6(10–8), 6–2 | ||||||
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Women's singles tennis at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Stone Mountain Tennis Center | |||||||||
Dates | 23 July–2 August 1996 | |||||||||
Competitors | 64 from 34 nations | |||||||||
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The tournament was held from 23 July to 2 August at the Stone Mountain Tennis Center, in Atlanta, Georgia of the United States of America.[1] There were 64 competitors from 34 nations, with each nation having up to 3 players.[1]
Jennifer Capriati was the defending champion from 1992, but she chose not to participate.