Women's doubles Champions Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina Runners-up Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis Final score 6–4, 6–4
2016 tennis event results
Women's doubles tennisat the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Tennis Centre Date 6–14 August Competitors 32 teams from 22 nations
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
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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 [ ]
0 1. Serena Williams (USA ) / Venus Williams (USA ) (first round)
0 2. Caroline Garcia (FRA ) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA ) (first round)
0 3. Chan Hao-ching (TPE ) / Chan Yung-jan (TPE ) (quarterfinals)
0 4. Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP ) / Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP ) (quarterfinals)
0 5. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI ) / Martina Hingis (SUI ) (final, silver medalists)
0 6. Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE ) / Lucie Hradecká (CZE ) (semifinals, fourth place)
0 7. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS ) / Elena Vesnina (RUS ) (champions, gold medalists)
0 8. Sara Errani (ITA ) / Roberta Vinci (ITA ) (quarterfinals)
Draw [ ]
Key [ ]
Finals [ ]
Top half [ ]
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
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