Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

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Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
ChampionsRussia Ekaterina Makarova
Russia Elena Vesnina
Runners-upSwitzerland Timea Bacsinszky
Switzerland Martina Hingis
Final score6–4, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Qualification
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Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueOlympic Tennis Centre
Date6–14 August
Competitors32 teams from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina		  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Timea Bacsinszky
Martina Hingis		  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lucie Šafářová
Barbora Strýcová		  Czech Republic
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Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina defeated Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky and Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, the Czech Republic's Lucie Šafářová and Barbora Strýcová defeated compatriots Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká, 7–5, 6–1.

The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6–14 August 2016.

The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the two-time reigning gold medalists and top seeds, but they lost in the first round to Šafářová and Strýcová. The defeat ended the Williams sisters' 15 match winning streak in women's doubles at the Olympics, and marked their first loss together in Olympic competition.[1]

Schedule[]

August
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 — 12:00 12:00 12:00 12:00
Round of 32 Round of 16 play cancelled due to rain Quarterfinals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match

Seeds[]

01.    Serena Williams (USA) /  Venus Williams (USA) (first round)
02.    Caroline Garcia (FRA) /  Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (first round)
03.    Chan Hao-ching (TPE) /  Chan Yung-jan (TPE) (quarterfinals)
04.    Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) /  Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) (quarterfinals)
05.    Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) /  Martina Hingis (SUI) (final, silver medalists)
06.    Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) /  Lucie Hradecká (CZE) (semifinals, fourth place)
07.    Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) /  Elena Vesnina (RUS) (champions, gold medalists)
08.    Sara Errani (ITA) /  Roberta Vinci (ITA) (quarterfinals)

Draw[]

Key[]

Finals[]

Semifinals Final (Gold medal match)
          
   Lucie Šafářová (CZE)
 Barbora Strýcová (CZE) 		67 4
7  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
 Elena Vesnina (RUS) 		79 6
7  Ekaterina Makarova (RUS)
 Elena Vesnina (RUS) 		6 6
5  Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
 Martina Hingis (SUI) 		4 4
5  Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)
 Martina Hingis (SUI) 		5 77 6
6  Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)
 Lucie Hradecká (CZE) 		7 63 2 Bronze medal match
   Lucie Šafářová (CZE)
 Barbora Strýcová (CZE) 		7 6
6  Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE)
 Lucie Hradecká (CZE) 		5 1

Top half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
1  S Williams (USA)
 V Williams (USA) 		3 4
 L Šafářová (CZE)
 B Strýcová (CZE) 		6 6  L Šafářová (CZE)
 B Strýcová (CZE) 		64 6 6
IP  K Jans-Ignacik (POL)
 P Kania (POL) 		4 7 3 IP  E Bouchard (CAN)
 G Dabrowski (CAN) 		77 2 4
IP  E Bouchard (CAN)
 G Dabrowski (CAN) 		6 5 6  L Šafářová (CZE)
 B Strýcová (CZE) 		4 6 6
IP  L Kichenok (UKR)
 N Kichenok (UKR) 		0 3 8  S Errani (ITA)
 R Vinci (ITA) 		6 4 4
 Y Xu (CHN)
 S Zheng (CHN) 		6 6  Y Xu (CHN)
 S Zheng (CHN) 		2 3
 A Kerber (GER)
 A Petkovic (GER) 		2 2 8  S Errani (ITA)
 R Vinci (ITA) 		6 6
8  S Errani (ITA)
 R Vinci (ITA) 		6 6  L Šafářová (CZE)
 B Strýcová (CZE) 		67 4
4  G Muguruza (ESP)
 C Suárez Navarro (ESP) 		78 6 7  E Makarova (RUS)
 E Vesnina (RUS) 		79 6
IP  PC Gonçalves (BRA)
 T Pereira (BRA) 		66 2 4  G Muguruza (ESP)
 C Suárez Navarro (ESP) 		7 2 6
 Y Shvedova (KAZ)
 G Voskoboeva (KAZ) 		1 0r Alt  K Flipkens (BEL)
 Y Wickmayer (BEL) 		5 6 2
Alt  K Flipkens (BEL)
 Y Wickmayer (BEL) 		6 0 4  G Muguruza (ESP)
 C Suárez Navarro (ESP) 		3 4
IP  T Babos (HUN)
 RL Jani (HUN) 		3 4 7  E Makarova (RUS)
 E Vesnina (RUS) 		6 6
IP  A Mitu (ROU)
 R Olaru (ROU) 		6 6 IP  A Mitu (ROU)
 R Olaru (ROU) 		1 4
IP  An Rodionova (AUS)
 Ar Rodionova (AUS) 		1 2 7  E Makarova (RUS)
 E Vesnina (RUS) 		6 6
7  E Makarova (RUS)
 E Vesnina (RUS) 		6 6

Bottom half[]

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals
5  T Bacsinszky (SUI)
 M Hingis (SUI) 		6 4 6
 D Gavrilova (AUS)
 S Stosur (AUS) 		4 6 2 5  T Bacsinszky (SUI)
 M Hingis (SUI) 		6 6
 A Medina Garrigues (ESP)
 A Parra Santonja (ESP) 		1 1  B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 C Vandeweghe (USA) 		4 4
 B Mattek-Sands (USA)
 C Vandeweghe (USA) 		6 6 5  T Bacsinszky (SUI)
 M Hingis (SUI) 		6 6
 J Konta (GBR)
 H Watson (GBR) 		6 6 3  H-c Chan (TPE)
 Y-j Chan (TPE) 		3 0
 J Janković (SRB)
 A Krunić (SRB) 		2 1  J Konta (GBR)
 H Watson (GBR) 		6 0 4
 I-C Begu (ROU)
 M Niculescu (ROU) 		7 4 3 3  H-c Chan (TPE)
 Y-j Chan (TPE) 		3 6 6
3  H-c Chan (TPE)
 Y-j Chan (TPE) 		5 6 6 5  T Bacsinszky (SUI)
 M Hingis (SUI) 		5 77 6
6  A Hlaváčková (CZE)
 L Hradecká (CZE) 		77 1 6 6  A Hlaváčková (CZE)
 L Hradecká (CZE) 		7 63 2
 O Savchuk (UKR)
 E Svitolina (UKR) 		61 6 4 6  A Hlaváčková (CZE)
 L Hradecká (CZE) 		6 6
PR  S Peng (CHN)
 S Zhang (CHN) 		78 5 7 PR  S Peng (CHN)
 S Zhang (CHN) 		4 4
 S Mirza (IND)
 P Thombare (IND) 		66 7 5 6  A Hlaváčková (CZE)
 L Hradecká (CZE) 		6 4 7
 D Kasatkina (RUS)
 S Kuznetsova (RUS) 		6 6  D Kasatkina (RUS)
 S Kuznetsova (RUS) 		1 6 5
 A-L Grönefeld (GER)
 L Siegemund (GER) 		1 4  D Kasatkina (RUS)
 S Kuznetsova (RUS) 		6 1 6
IP  M Doi (JPN)
 E Hozumi (JPN) 		6 0 6 IP  M Doi (JPN)
 E Hozumi (JPN) 		4 6 1
2  C Garcia (FRA)
 K Mladenovic (FRA) 		0 6 4

References[]

  1. ^ "Williams sisters upset in first-round doubles match in Rio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

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