Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Women's doubles tennis; at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Tennis Centre
Date	6–14 August 2016
Competitors	32 teams from 22 nations
Medalists
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Women's doubles
Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Final
Champions	Ekaterina Makarova ; Elena Vesnina
Runners-up	Timea Bacsinszky ; Martina Hingis
Score	6–4, 6–4
Events
	Qualification
	Qualification

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]

Hingis attempted to complete the career Golden Slam; she was originally to partner with Belinda Bencic but eventually partnered with Bacsinszky instead after Bencic had withdrawn due to an ongoing wrist injury.

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

01.

Serena Williams (USA) /

Venus Williams (USA) (first round)

02.

Caroline Garcia (FRA) /

Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) (first round)

03.

Chan Hao-ching (TPE) /

Chan Yung-jan (TPE) (quarterfinals)

04.

Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) /

Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) (quarterfinals)

05.

Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) /

Martina Hingis (SUI) (final, silver medalists)

06.

Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) /

Lucie Hradecká (CZE) (semifinals, fourth place)

07. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (champions, gold medalists)

08.

Sara Errani (ITA) /

Roberta Vinci (ITA) (quarterfinals)

Draw

Key

Finals

Semifinals					Final (gold-medal match)

	Lucie Šafářová (CZE) Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	6⁷	4

7	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Elena Vesnina (RUS)	7⁹	6
					7	Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) Elena Vesnina (RUS)	6	6

					5	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) Martina Hingis (SUI)	4	4
5	Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) Martina Hingis (SUI)	5	7⁷	6

6	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	7	6³	2	Bronze-medal match


						Lucie Šafářová (CZE) Barbora Strýcová (CZE)	7	6

					6	Andrea Hlaváčková (CZE) Lucie Hradecká (CZE)	5	1

Top half

First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals

1	S Williams (USA) V Williams (USA)	3	4
	L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE)	6	6			L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE)	6⁴	6	6
IP	K Jans-Ignacik (POL) P Kania (POL)	4	7	3	IP	E Bouchard (CAN) G Dabrowski (CAN)	7⁷	2	4
IP	E Bouchard (CAN) G Dabrowski (CAN)	6	5	6							L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE)	4	6	6
IP	L Kichenok (UKR) N Kichenok (UKR)	0	3							8	S Errani (ITA) R Vinci (ITA)	6	4	4
	Y Xu (CHN) S Zheng (CHN)	6	6			Y Xu (CHN) S Zheng (CHN)	2	3
	A Kerber (GER) A Petkovic (GER)	2	2		8	S Errani (ITA) R Vinci (ITA)	6	6
8	S Errani (ITA) R Vinci (ITA)	6	6													L Šafářová (CZE) B Strýcová (CZE)	6⁷	4
4	G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP)	7⁸	6												7	E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS)	7⁹	6
IP	PC Gonçalves (BRA) T Pereira (BRA)	6⁶	2		4	G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP)	7	2	6
	Y Shvedova (KAZ) G Voskoboeva (KAZ)	1	0^r		Alt	K Flipkens (BEL) Y Wickmayer (BEL)	5	6	2
Alt	K Flipkens (BEL) Y Wickmayer (BEL)	6	0							4	G Muguruza (ESP) C Suárez Navarro (ESP)	3	4
IP	T Babos (HUN) RL Jani (HUN)	3	4							7	E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS)	6	6
IP	A Mitu (ROU) R Olaru (ROU)	6	6		IP	A Mitu (ROU) R Olaru (ROU)	1	4
IP	An Rodionova (AUS) Ar Rodionova (AUS)	1	2		7	E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS)	6	6
7	E Makarova (RUS) E Vesnina (RUS)	6	6

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

References

^ "Williams sisters lose in first-round doubles match in Rio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

External links

[1] "Williams sisters lose in first-round doubles match in Rio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

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