Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles
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.
Women's doubles | |
---|---|
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
Champions | ![]() ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() ![]() |
Final score | 6–4, 6–4 |
Women's doubles tennis at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Olympic Tennis Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | 6–14 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 teams from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
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
-
Serena Williams (USA) /
Venus Williams (USA) (first round)
1.
-
Caroline Garcia (FRA) /
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (first round)
2.
-
Chan Hao-ching (TPE) /
Chan Yung-jan (TPE) (quarterfinals)
3.
-
Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) /
Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) (quarterfinals)
4.
-
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) /
Martina Hingis (SUI) (final, silver medalists)
5.
-
Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) /
Lucie Hradecká (CZE) (semifinals, fourth place)
6.
-
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) /
Elena Vesnina (RUS) (champions, gold medalists)
7.
-
Sara Errani (ITA) /
Roberta Vinci (ITA) (quarterfinals)
8.
Draw
Key
- INV = Tripartite invitation
- IP = ITF place
- Alt = Alternate
- PR = Protected ranking
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
Finals
Semifinals | Final (Gold medal match) | ||||||||||||
![]() ![]() | 67 | 4 | |||||||||||
7 | ![]() ![]() | 79 | 6 | ||||||||||
7 | ![]() ![]() | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() ![]() | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
5 | ![]() ![]() | 5 | 77 | 6 | |||||||||
6 | ![]() ![]() | 7 | 63 | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
![]() ![]() | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||
6 | ![]() ![]() | 5 | 1 |
Top half
Bottom half
References
- "Williams sisters upset in first-round doubles match in Rio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016.