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Tennis at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games:
Women's Singles
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Host City: Barcelona, Spain
Location: Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron
Date Started: July 28, 1992
Date Finished: August 7, 1992
Format: Single-elimination tournament.
| Gold: |  Jennifer Capriati |
| Silver: |  Steffi Graf |
| Bronze: |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Mary Joe Fernandez |
Summary
The favorite and top seed was defending champion Steffi Graf. Her route was made easier because Monica Seles (YUG) and Martina Navratilova (USA) were ruled ineligible for not competing in the Federation Cup. Graf steamrolled into the final where she faced the 16-year-old American Jennifer Capriati. Capriati was a prodigy, having turned pro at 13, and reaching the Wimbledon semi-finals at 15. In the Olympic semi-finals, she faced Spanish crowd favorite Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, defeating her in three sets. Capriati had faced Graf four times previously, but had never won a set against her. She lost the first set in Barcelona but came back to win the gold medal, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Capriati later won three Grand Slam titles between 2001-2003, overcoming personal troubles, which had included arrests for shoplifting and marijuana possession, as well as several injuries.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Capriati | 16 | United States | USA | Gold | |
| 2 | Steffi Graf | 23 | Germany | GER | Silver | |
| 3T | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 20 | Spain | ESP | Bronze | |
| 3T | Mary Joe Fernandez | 20 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 5T | Sabine Appelmans | 20 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 5T | Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 5T | Anke Huber | 18 | Germany | GER | ||
| 5T | Conchita Martínez | 20 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 9T | Maggy Maleeva | 17 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 9T | Yevgeniya Manyukova | 24 | Unified Team | EUN | ||
| 9T | Natasha Zvereva | 21 | Unified Team | EUN | ||
| 9T | Angélica Gavaldón | 18 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 9T | Nicole Muns-Jagerman | 25 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 9T | Yayuk Basuki | 21 | Indonesia | INA | ||
| 9T | Amanda Coetzer | 20 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 9T | Barbara Rittner | 19 | Germany | GER | ||
| 17T | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | 21 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 17T | Kimiko Date | 21 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 17T | Nicole Provis-Bradtke | 22 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 17T | Katerina Maleeva | 23 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 17T | Patricia Hy-Boulais | 26 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 17T | Samantha Smith | 20 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 17T | Helena Suková | 27 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 17T | Raffaella Reggi-Concato | 26 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 17T | Barbara Paulus | 21 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 17T | Julie Halard-Décugis | 21 | France | FRA | ||
| 17T | Mary Pierce | 17 | France | FRA | ||
| 17T | Patricia Tarabini | 23 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 17T | Sandra Cecchini | 27 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 17T | Agnese Blumberga | 21 | Latvia | LAT | ||
| 17T | Nathalie Tauziat | 24 | France | FRA | ||
| 17T | Mana Endo | 21 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 33T | Lupita Novelo | 25 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 33T | Li Fang | 19 | China | CHN | ||
| 33T | Emanuela Zardo | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 33T | René Simpson-Alter | 30 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 33T | Rachel McQuillan | 20 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 33T | Katia Piccolini | 19 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 33T | Petra Ritter | 20 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 33T | Larisa Savčenko-Neilande | 26 | Latvia | LAT | ||
| 33T | Chen Li | 21 | China | CHN | ||
| 33T | Dally Randriantefy | 15 | Madagascar | MAD | ||
| 33T | Sara Gomer | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 33T | Jana Novotná | 23 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 33T | Natacha Randriantefy | 14 | Madagascar | MAD | ||
| 33T | Catarina Lindqvist | 29 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 33T | Jenny Byrne | 25 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 33T | Andrea Vieira | 21 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 33T | Naoko Sawamatsu | 19 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 33T | Monique Javer | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 33T | Kim Il-Sun | 23 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 33T | Katarzyna Nowak | 23 | Poland | POL | ||
| 33T | Leila Meskhi | 24 | Unified Team | EUN | ||
| 33T | Mercedes Paz | 26 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 33T | Mariaan de Swardt | 21 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 33T | Elna Reinach | 23 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 33T | Judith Wiesner | 26 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 33T | Paulina Sepúlveda | 23 | Chile | CHI | ||
| 33T | Khristina Papadaki | 19 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 33T | Zina Garrison | 28 | United States | USA | ||
| 33T | Radka Zrubáková | 21 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 33T | Florencia Labat | 21 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 33T | Elena Pampulova-Wagner | 20 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 33T | Irina Spîrlea | 18 | Romania | ROU |
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