Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

China's Zheng Qinwen defeated Croatia's Donna Vekić in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the gold medal in the women's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was China's first gold medal in the women's singles, its first gold medal in Olympic tennis since the women's doubles in 2004, the first singles gold medal for an Asian country in Olympic tennis, and also the first women's singles medal for Croatia.^[1][2][3] Zheng saved a match point en route to the gold medal, in the third round against the United States' Emma Navarro.^[4] In the bronze medal match, Poland's Iga Świątek defeated Slovakia's Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 6–2, 6–1.^[5] It was Poland's first Olympic medal in tennis.^[6] Ranked No. 67, Schmiedlová was the lowest-ranked semifinalist since tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988, and the first Slovak woman to reach that stage.^[7][8]

Women's singles
Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Champion	Zheng Qinwen
Runner-up	Donna Vekić
Score	6–2, 6–3
Draw	64
Seeds	16

Women's singles at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Olympic tennis pictogram
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Dates	27 July – 3 August
Competitors	64 from 30 nations
Medalists
Zheng Qinwen  China Donna Vekić  Croatia Iga Świątek  Poland
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Belinda Bencic was the reigning gold medalist from 2021, but was on maternity leave.^[9] The reigning silver medalist, Markéta Vondroušová, also withdrew due to injury.^[10] Bronze medalist Elina Svitolina was the only defending medalist, but lost to Barbora Krejčíková in the third round.^[11]

The women's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 3 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France.^[12] There were 64 players from 28 nations.^[13]

This tournament marked the final professional appearance of former world No. 1, 2016 silver medalist, and three-time major champion Angelique Kerber. She lost in the quarterfinals to Zheng.^[14][15][16]

Qualification

Main article: Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to four players. Nations are limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. Qualification for the women's singles is primarily through the WTA ranking list. There are 64 quota places available for women's singles.^[13]

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.^[17]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows.^[18]

Legend

R64

Round of 64

R32

Round of 32

R16

Round of 16

QF

Quarter-finals

SF

Semi-finals

BM

Bronze medal match

F

Final

Schedule

Sat 27	Sun 28	Mon 29	Tue 30	Wed 31	Thu 1	Fri 2		Sat 3
R64		R32	R16	¼	½	BM		F

Seeds

The seeds were released on 22 July 2024.^[19]

01.    Iga Świątek (POL) (semifinals, bronze medalist)

02.    Coco Gauff (USA) (third round)

03.    Elena Rybakina (KAZ) (withdrew due to illness)

04.    Jasmine Paolini (ITA) (third round)

05.    Jessica Pegula (USA) (second round)

06.    Zheng Qinwen (CHN) (champion, gold medalist)

07.    Maria Sakkari (GRE) (third round)

08.    Danielle Collins (USA) (quarterfinals, retired)

09.    Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) (quarterfinals)

10.    Jeļena Ostapenko (LAT) (first round)

11.    Emma Navarro (USA) (third round)

12.    Marta Kostyuk (UKR) (quarterfinals)

13.    Donna Vekić (CRO) (final, silver medalist)

14.    Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) (second round)

15.    Diana Shnaider (AIN) (second round)

16.    Leylah Fernandez (CAN) (third round)

17.    Caroline Garcia (FRA) (first round)

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

Draw

The draw was held on 25 July 2024.^[20][21]

Key

• Q = Qualifier
• WC = Wild card
• LL = Lucky loser
• Alt = Alternate
• ITF = ITF entry
• PR = Protected ranking
• SR = Special ranking
• SE = Special exempt
• JE = Junior exempt
• JR = Junior Accelerator Programme entrant
• CO = College Accelerator Programme entrant
• NG = Next Gen Accelerator Program entrant
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

• UP = Universality place

Flag icon key	List of National Flags

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Gold medal match
	1	Iga Świątek (POL)	6	2	4
	8	Danielle Collins (USA)	1	6	1r
								1	Iga Świątek (POL)	2	5
								6/ITF	Zheng Qinwen (CHN)	6	7
	PR	Angelique Kerber (GER)	77	4	66
	6/ITF	Zheng Qinwen (CHN)	64	6	78
															6/ITF	Zheng Qinwen (CHN)	6	6
															13	Donna Vekić (CRO)	2	3
	9	Barbora Krejčíková (CZE)	4	2
		Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (SVK)	6	6
									Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (SVK)	4	0				Bronze medal match
								13	Donna Vekić (CRO)	6	6
	12	Marta Kostyuk (UKR)	4	6	68										1	Iga Świątek (POL)	6	6
	13	Donna Vekić (CRO)	6	2	710											Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (SVK)	2	1

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	I Świątek (POL)	6	7
	PR	I-C Begu (ROU)	2	5				1	I Świątek (POL)	6	6
		N Podoroska (ARG)	66	5					D Parry (FRA)	1	1
		D Parry (FRA)	78	7											1	I Świątek (POL)	6	6
		L Nosková (CZE)	3	3												Xiy Wang (CHN)	3	4
		Xiy Wang (CHN)	6	6					Xiy Wang (CHN)	6	6
		E Cocciaretto (ITA)	2	5				15	D Shnaider (AIN)	3	1
	15	D Shnaider (AIN)	6	7																		1	I Świątek (POL)	6	2	4
	10	J Ostapenko (LAT)	4	3																		8	D Collins (USA)	1	6	1r
		C Osorio (COL)	6	6					C Osorio (COL)	77	6
	ITF	L Pigossi (BRA)	6	5	0				D Yastremska (UKR)	64	4
		D Yastremska (UKR)	3	7	6											C Osorio (COL)	0	6	3
	ITF	M Sherif (EGY)	6	5	1										8	D Collins (USA)	6	4	6
	ITF	C Wozniacki (DEN)	2	7	6			ITF	C Wozniacki (DEN)	3	6	3
		L Siegemund (GER)	3	0r				8	D Collins (USA)	6	3	6
	8	D Collins (USA)	6	2

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	17	C Garcia (FRA)	7	3	4
		J Cristian (ROU)	5	6	6				J Cristian (ROU)	4	6	4
	ITF	N Osaka (JPN)	5	3				PR	A Kerber (GER)	6	3	6
	PR	A Kerber (GER)	7	6											PR	A Kerber (GER)	6	6
		P Martić (CRO)	4	3											16	L Fernandez (CAN)	4	3
		C Bucșa (ESP)	6	6					C Bucșa (ESP)	64	3
		K Muchová (CZE)	1	6	2			16	L Fernandez (CAN)	77	6
	16	L Fernandez (CAN)	6	4	6																	PR	A Kerber (GER)	77	4	66
	11	E Navarro (USA)	6	6																		6/ITF	Q Zheng (CHN)	64	6	78
	PR	J Grabher (AUT)	2	0				11	E Navarro (USA)	65	6	6
		M Fręch (POL)	4	64					V Tomova (BUL)	77	4	1
		V Tomova (BUL)	6	77											11	E Navarro (USA)	79	64	1
	Alt	O Gadecki (AUS)	4	1											6/ITF	Q Zheng (CHN)	67	77	6
		A Rus (NED)	6	6					A Rus (NED)	2	4
	Alt	S Errani (ITA)	0	0				6/ITF	Q Zheng (CHN)	6	6
	6/ITF	Q Zheng (CHN)	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	5	J Pegula (USA)	6	6
		V Golubic (SUI)	3	4				5	J Pegula (USA)	6	1	3
		M Uchijima (JPN)	2	1					E Svitolina (UKR)	4	6	6
		E Svitolina (UKR)	6	6												E Svitolina (UKR)	65	6	4
		Xin Wang (CHN)	6	6											9	B Krejčíková (CZE)	77	2	6
		T Korpatsch (GER)	2	1					Xin Wang (CHN)	3	2
		S Sorribes Tormo (ESP)	6	0	63			9	B Krejčíková (CZE)	6	6
	9	B Krejčíková (CZE)	4	6	77																	9	B Krejčíková (CZE)	4	2
	14	B Haddad Maia (BRA)	6	4	6																		AK Schmiedlová (SVK)	6	6
		V Gracheva (FRA)	4	6	0			14	B Haddad Maia (BRA)	4	4
		AK Schmiedlová (SVK)	6	6					AK Schmiedlová (SVK)	6	6
		K Boulter (GBR)	4	2												AK Schmiedlová (SVK)	7	3	7
		M Linette (POL)	6	6											4	J Paolini (ITA)	5	6	5
		M Andreeva (AIN)	3	4					M Linette (POL)	4	1
		A Bogdan (ROU)	5	3				4	J Paolini (ITA)	6	6
	4	J Paolini (ITA)	7	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	M Sakkari (GRE)	6	6
	UP	D Kovinić (MNE)	0	1				7	M Sakkari (GRE)	6	6
		E Alexandrova (AIN)	5	77	2				Y Yuan (CHN)	2	1
		Y Yuan (CHN)	7	60	6										7	M Sakkari (GRE)	6	65	4
		C Burel (FRA)	77	6											12	M Kostyuk (UKR)	4	77	6
		K Siniaková (CZE)	63	4					C Burel (FRA)	63	2
	Alt	L Sun (NZL)	4	3				12	M Kostyuk (UKR)	77	6
	12	M Kostyuk (UKR)	6	6																		12	M Kostyuk (UKR)	4	6	68
	13	D Vekić (CRO)	6	7																		13	D Vekić (CRO)	6	2	710
		L Bronzetti (ITA)	2	5				13	D Vekić (CRO)	6	6
	PR	B Andreescu (CAN)	6	6				PR	B Andreescu (CAN)	3	4
		C Tauson (DEN)	2	3											13	D Vekić (CRO)	79	6
	ITF	ML Carlé (ARG)	6	6											2	C Gauff (USA)	67	2
		T Maria (GER)	0	0				ITF	ML Carlé (ARG)	1	1
	PR	A Tomljanović (AUS)	3	0				2	C Gauff (USA)	6	6
	2	C Gauff (USA)	6	6

See also

• Summer Olympic Games