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Tennis at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games:
Women's Singles
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Host City: Atlanta, United States
Location: Stone Mountain Tennis Center
Date Started: July 23, 1996
Date Finished: August 2, 1996
Format: Single-elimination tournament.
| Gold: |  Lindsay Davenport |
| Silver: |  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
| Bronze: |  Jana Novotná |
Summary
Lindsay Davenport came from an Olympic family, as her father, Wink, had played volleyball for the United States in 1968. Coming into the 1996 Olympics, she had won five titles on the WTA tour, but had never made the semi-finals at a Grand Slam tournament. In the Olympic semi-finals, Davenport played her best friend, Mary Joe Fernandez, and defeated her in three sets. Her opponent in the final was Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, who had defeated Davenport all five times they had met. But Davenport reversed that streak, winning easily in two sets, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lindsay Davenport | 20 | United States | USA | Gold | |
| 2 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 24 | Spain | ESP | Silver | |
| 3 | Jana Novotná | 27 | Czech Republic | CZE | Bronze | |
| 4 | Mary Joe Fernandez | 24 | United States | USA | ||
| 5T | Monica Seles | 22 | United States | USA | ||
| 5T | Kimiko Date | 25 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 5T | Iva Majoli | 18 | Croatia | CRO | ||
| 5T | Conchita Martínez | 24 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 9T | Gabriela Sabatini | 26 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 9T | Ai Sugiyama | 21 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 9T | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | 25 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| 9T | Maggy Maleeva | 21 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 9T | Anke Huber | 22 | Germany | GER | ||
| 9T | Karina Habšudová | 22 | Slovakia | SVK | ||
| 9T | Inés Gorrochategui | 23 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 9T | Natasha Zvereva | 25 | Belarus | BLR | ||
| 17T | Patricia Hy-Boulais | 30 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 17T | Angélica Gavaldón | 22 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 17T | Martina Hingis | 15 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 17T | Judith Wiesner | 30 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 17T | Silvia Farina-Elia | 24 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 17T | Choi Yeong-Ja | 21 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 17T | Florencia Labat | 25 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 17T | Virág Csurgó | 23 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 17T | Mariaan de Swardt | 25 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 17T | Naoko Sawamatsu | 23 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 17T | Laurence Courtois | 25 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 17T | Vivi Ruano | 22 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 17T | Wang Shi-Ting | 22 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | ||
| 17T | Mary Pierce | 21 | France | FRA | ||
| 17T | Amanda Coetzer | 24 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 17T | Radka Zrubáková | 25 | Slovakia | SVK | ||
| 33T | Chen Li | 25 | China | CHN | ||
| 33T | Rita Grande | 21 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 33T | Khristina Papadaki | 23 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 33T | Nathalie Tauziat | 28 | France | FRA | ||
| 33T | Joëlle Schad | 23 | Dominican Republic | DOM | ||
| 33T | Katarína Studeníková | 23 | Slovakia | SVK | ||
| 33T | Andrea Temesvári | 30 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 33T | Ruxandra Dragomir | 23 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 33T | Dominique Van Roost | 23 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 33T | Clare Wood | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 33T | Joannette Kruger | 22 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 33T | Selima Sfar | 19 | Tunisia | TUN | ||
| 33T | Rennae Stubbs | 25 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 33T | Yelena Makarova | 23 | Russia | RUS | ||
| 33T | Aleksandra Olsza | 18 | Poland | POL | ||
| 33T | Dally Randriantefy | 19 | Madagascar | MAD | ||
| 33T | Cătălina Cristea | 21 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 33T | Helena Suková | 31 | Czech Republic | CZE | ||
| 33T | Park Seong-Hui | 21 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 33T | Anne Kremer | 20 | Luxembourg | LUX | ||
| 33T | Yayuk Basuki | 25 | Indonesia | INA | ||
| 33T | Anna Kournikova | 15 | Russia | RUS | ||
| 33T | Magdalena Grzybowska | 17 | Poland | POL | ||
| 33T | Nicole Provis-Bradtke | 26 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 33T | Yelena Likhovtseva | 20 | Russia | RUS | ||
| 33T | Adriana Serra-Zanetti | 20 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 33T | Yi Jingqian | 22 | China | CHN | ||
| 33T | Olga Barabanshchikova | 16 | Belarus | BLR | ||
| 33T | Rachel McQuillan | 24 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 33T | Sabine Appelmans | 24 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 33T | Jana Nejedly | 22 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 33T | Patty Schnyder | 17 | Switzerland | SUI |
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