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. Zheng saved a match point en route to the gold medal, in the third round against the United States' Emma Navarro. In the bronze medal match, Poland's Iga Świątek defeated Slovakia's Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 6–2, 6–1. It was Poland's first Olympic medal in tennis. 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.

Belinda Bencic was the reigning gold medalist from 2021, but was on maternity leave. The reigning silver medalist, Markéta Vondroušová, also withdrew due to injury. Bronze medalist Elina Svitolina was the only defending medalist, but lost to Barbora Krejčíková in the third round.

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. There were 64 players from 28 nations.

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.

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.

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.

Schedule The schedule is as follows.

+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.

Draw The draw was held on 25 July 2024.

UP = Universality place Flag icon key List of National Flags

Finals

Top half Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half Section 3

Section 4

See also Summer Olympic Games

References

External links

Draw Entry List