Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles
{{short description|2020 Olympic tennis tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox tennis tournament event|2020|Summer Olympics|
| champ = {{flagicon|SUI}} Belinda Bencic
| runner = {{flagicon|CZE}} Markéta Vondroušová
| score = 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
| quadrennial = yes
| multi = yes
| type = mixed
| qual_type = qual
}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
| event = Women's singles
| games = 2020 Summer
| image = Tennis pictogram.svg
| caption = Olympic tennis pictogram
| venue = Ariake Coliseum
| dates = 24–31 July 2021
| competitors = 64
| nations = 35
| longnames = yes
| gold = Belinda Bencic
| goldNOC = SUI
| silver = Markéta Vondroušová
| silverNOC = CZE
| bronze = Elina Svitolina
| bronzeNOC = UKR
| prev = 2016
| next = 2024
}}
{{main|Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}
Switzerland's Belinda Bencic defeated the Czech Republic's Markéta Vondroušová in the final, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was Switzerland's first victory in the women's singles.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/58038816|title=Tokyo Olympics: Belinda Bencic wins gold but Novak Djokovic leaves with no medals|date=31 July 2021|work=BBC Sport|accessdate= 9 August 2021}} In the bronze medal match, Ukraine's Elina Svitolina defeated Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4. It was Ukraine's first Olympic tennis medal.{{Cite news|last=Query|first=Alexander|date=31 July 2021|title=Svitolina wins Ukraine's first-ever Olympic medal in tennis|work=Kyiv Post|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/sport/svitolina-wins-ukraines-first-ever-olympic-medal-in-tennis.html|access-date=8 September 2021}}
The tournament was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 31 July 2021. There were 64 competitors from 35 countries.
Puerto Rico's Monica Puig was the reigning gold medalist in 2016, but she withdrew in order to recover from shoulder surgery.{{Cite web|last=Maine|first=D'Arcy|date=6 June 2021|title=Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig to miss Tokyo Games, rest of season after having shoulder surgery|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/tennis/story/_/id/31577290/olympic-gold-medalist-monica-puig-miss-tokyo-games-rest-season-having-shoulder-surgery|access-date=8 September 2021|website=ESPN}} The 2016 silver medalist, Germany's Angelique Kerber, also withdrew prior to the tournament for rest.{{Cite news|date=15 July 2021|title=Tokyo 2020: Angelique Kerber latest tennis player to withdraw from Olympic Games|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/57853719|access-date=8 September 2021}} The Czech Republic's Petra Kvitová was the defending bronze medalist and attended her third consecutive Olympic Games, but was defeated in the second round by Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck.
The medals for the competition were presented by Camilo Perez, IOC Member; Paraguay; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Kelly Fairweather, ITF Secretary General; South Africa.
Background
This was the 14th appearance of the women's singles tennis. A women's event was held only once during the first three Games (only men's tennis was played in 1896 and 1904), but has been held at every Olympics for which there was a tennis tournament since 1908. Tennis was not a medal sport from 1928 to 1984, though there were demonstration events in 1968 and 1984.{{cite web|title=Singles, Women|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/324000|access-date=16 July 2021|work=Olympedia}}
This was the first Olympic tournament since 1996 not to feature the Williams sisters in the draw after Serena withdrew for family commitments and Venus's ranking had not been high enough to qualify for the team.{{Cite news|last=Clarey|first=Christopher|date=27 June 2021|title=Serena Williams Won't Play at the Tokyo Olympics|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/sports/tennis/serena-williams-tokyo-olympics.html|access-date=8 September 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Zaccardi|first=Nick|date=29 June 2021|title=Venus Williams likely to miss Olympics for first time since 1996|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/29/venus-williams-olympics-tokyo/|access-date=8 September 2021|website=NBC Sports}} Of the top players in the annual race to the year-end WTA Finals, the top nine appeared at the tournament, with 15 of the top 20 ranked players overall attending the Olympics. Among the top players to withdraw prior to the Games were Sofia Kenin, Serena Williams, Bianca Andreescu, Simona Halep, Victoria Azarenka,{{Cite web|date=19 July 2021|title=Barty, Osaka headline Tokyo Olympics after entry list finalized|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2182411/barty-osaka-headline-tokyo-olympics-after-entry-list-finalized|access-date=8 September 2021|publisher=Women's Tennis Association}} and Coco Gauff.{{Cite web|last=Madani|first=Doha|date=18 July 2021|title=Teen tennis star Coco Gauff tests positive for Covid, will sit out Tokyo Olympics|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/teen-tennis-star-coco-gauff-tests-positive-covid-will-sit-n1274319|access-date=8 September 2021|website=NBC News|language=}}
This was the final career singles tournament of former world No. 4 and French Open semifinalist Kiki Bertens, who had announced her retirement from the sport at the conclusion of this tournament.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/former-world-no-4-kiki-bertens-announces-retirement-2021-06-17/ |title=Former World No. 4 Kiki Bertens announces retirement |work=Reuters |date=16 June 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021}} She lost to Vondroušová in the first round; her final career match was in the second round of the doubles tournament, where she and Demi Schuurs lost to Veronika Kudermetova and Elena Vesnina.
Egypt saw a player qualify in women's singles for the first time in Mayar Sherif. France made its 13th appearance, the most among nations, having missed only the 1908 Games in London, when only British players competed.
Qualification
{{main|Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to four players. Nations had been limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. Qualification for the women's singles is primarily through the WTA ranking list of 14 June 2021. An additional restriction is that players had to have been part of a nominated team for three Billie Jean King Cup events between 2017 and 2020 (with some exceptions). There are 64 quota places available for women's singles.{{cite news|title=Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2182411/barty-osaka-headline-tokyo-olympics-after-entry-list-finalized|publisher=WTA|accessdate=22 July 2021}}
The first 56 are assigned through the world ranking.
There are six places available through continental qualification: four through continental tournaments (two in the 2019 Pan American Games, one in the 2018 Asian Games, and one in the 2019 African Games) and two through continent-restricted world ranking (one each for Europe and Oceania, which must come from NOCs with no other qualified competitors). The four continental tournament places take precedence over the world ranking, so the winners (Nadia Podoroska, Verónica Cepede Royg, Mayar Sherif, and Wang Qiang) are not counted toward the 56 (but are counted toward the four-per-nation limit). One place was guaranteed to the host nation Japan.
In an unusual career accomplishment qualification process, one spot is reserved for a former Olympic or Grand Slam champion who has not qualified through the current world rankings. The player must have won an Olympic gold medal or a Grand Slam singles final, be within the top 300 ranked players, and be from a nation that has not already qualified four players. If multiple players meet those criteria, the one with the most titles qualifies; if still tied, the highest ranked player qualifies. If no players meet those criteria, an additional place (57th or 58th) is added to the ranking. For the 2020 tournament, the 'career wild card' quota was taken by 2011 US Open singles champion Samantha Stosur (Venus Williams was not eligible due to the United States already having four players and defending champion Monica Puig was expecting to be in the entry list but withdrew due to injury).{{Cite web|last=Rogers|first=Leigh|date=22 July 2021|title=Stosur set to create history for Australia|url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2021/07/22/stosur-set-to-create-olympic-history-for-australia|website=Tennis Australia}}
Competition format
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak is played in all sets reaching 6–6, including the last set of a match.
Schedule
The competition is held over eight days from 24 July to 31 July. Times given are the start of tennis sessions, though the women's singles share courts with other tennis events.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/tennis/olympic-schedule-and-results.htm |title=Tennis Competition Schedule |publisher=Tokyo 2020 |accessdate=16 July 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812122549/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/tennis/olympic-schedule-and-results.htm |url-status=dead }}
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| rowspan="2" colspan="2" bgcolor="#afeeee"|Round of 64
|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#afeeee" w|Round of 32 |rowspan="2" bgcolor="#afeeee" |Round of 16 |rowspan="2" bgcolor=#ffebcd|Quarter-finals |rowspan="2" bgcolor=#FFFF00|Semi-finals |rowspan="2"| |bgcolor=#D8BFD8|{{nowrap|Bronze medal match}} |
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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Seeds
{{colbegin}}
{{seeds|1|1}} {{flagIOCathlete|Ashleigh Barty|AUS|2020 Summer}} (first round)
{{seeds|2|4}} {{flagIOCathlete|Naomi Osaka|JPN|2020 Summer}} (third round)
{{seeds|3|2}} {{flagIOCathlete|Aryna Sabalenka|BLR|2020 Summer}} (second round)
{{seeds|4|3}} {{flagIOCathlete|Elina Svitolina|UKR|2020 Summer}} (semifinals, bronze medalist)
{{seeds|5|3}} {{flagIOCathlete|Karolína Plíšková|CZE|2020 Summer}} (third round)
{{seeds|6|4}} {{flagIOCathlete|Iga Świątek|POL|2020 Summer}} (second round)
{{seeds|7|2}} {{flagIOCathlete|Garbiñe Muguruza|ESP|2020 Summer}} (quarterfinals)
{{seeds|8|1}} {{flagIOCathlete|Barbora Krejčíková|CZE|2020 Summer}} (third round)
{{seeds|9|1}} {{flagIOCathlete|Belinda Bencic|SUI|2020 Summer}} (champion, gold medalist)
{{seeds|10|2}} {{flagIOCathlete|Petra Kvitová|CZE|2020 Summer}} (second round)
{{seeds|11|3}} {{flagIOCathlete|Jennifer Brady|USA|2020 Summer}} (first round)
{{seeds|12|4}} {{flagIOCathlete|Elise Mertens|BEL|2020 Summer}} (first round)
{{seeds|13|1}} {{flagIOCathlete|Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova|ROC|2020 Summer}} (quarterfinals)
{{seeds|14|3}} {{flagIOCathlete|Maria Sakkari|GRE|2020 Summer}} (third round)
{{seeds|15|2}} {{flagIOCathlete|Elena Rybakina|KAZ|2020 Summer}} (semifinals, fourth place)
{{seeds|16|4}} {{flagIOCathlete|Kiki Bertens|NED|2020 Summer}} (first round)
{{colend}}
{{Seeds explanation}}
Draw
{{Draw key}}
=Finals=
{{8TeamBracket|sets=3
| RD3=Final
| RD1-seed1=13
| RD1-team1={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova|ROC|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD1-score1-1=0
| RD1-score1-2=6
| RD1-score1-3=3
| RD1-seed2=9
| RD1-team2={{flagIOCathlete|Belinda Bencic|SUI|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score2-1=6
| RD1-score2-2=3
| RD1-score2-3=6
| RD1-seed3=15
| RD1-team3={{flagIOCathlete|Elena Rybakina|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score3-1=7
| RD1-score3-2=6
| RD1-score3-3=
| RD1-seed4=7
| RD1-team4={{flagIOCathlete|Garbiñe Muguruza|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score4-1=5
| RD1-score4-2=1
| RD1-score4-3=
| RD1-seed5=
| RD1-team5={{flagIOCathlete|Camila Giorgi|ITA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score5-1=4
| RD1-score5-2=4
| RD1-score5-3=
| RD1-seed6=4
| RD1-team6={{flagIOCathlete|Elina Svitolina|UKR|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score6-1=6
| RD1-score6-2=6
| RD1-score6-3=
| RD1-seed7=
| RD1-team7={{flagIOCathlete|Paula Badosa|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score7-1=3
| RD1-score7-2=0r
| RD1-score7-3=
| RD1-seed8=
| RD1-team8={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Markéta Vondroušová|CZE|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD1-score8-1=6
| RD1-score8-2=0
| RD1-score8-3=
| RD2-seed1=9
| RD2-team1={{flagIOCathlete|Belinda Bencic|SUI|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score1-1=77
| RD2-score1-2=4
| RD2-score1-3=6
| RD2-seed2=15
| RD2-team2={{flagIOCathlete|Elena Rybakina|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score2-1=62
| RD2-score2-2=6
| RD2-score2-3=3
| RD2-seed3=4
| RD2-team3={{flagIOCathlete|Elina Svitolina|UKR|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score3-1=3
| RD2-score3-2=1
| RD2-score3-3=
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Markéta Vondroušová|CZE|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD2-score4-1=6
| RD2-score4-2=6
| RD2-score4-3=
| RD3-seed1=9
| RD3-team1={{flagIOCathlete|Belinda Bencic|SUI|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score1-1=7
| RD3-score1-2=2
| RD3-score1-3=6
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Markéta Vondroušová|CZE|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD3-score2-1=5
| RD3-score2-2=6
| RD3-score2-3=3
| 3rd-seed1=15
| 3rd-team1={{flagIOCathlete|Elena Rybakina|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
| 3rd-score1-1=6
| 3rd-score1-2=65
| 3rd-score1-3=4
| 3rd-seed2=4
| 3rd-team2={{flagIOCathlete|Elina Svitolina|UKR|2020 Summer}}
| 3rd-score2-1=1
| 3rd-score2-2=77
| 3rd-score2-3=6
}}
=Top half=
==Section 1==
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3
|RD1=First round
|RD2=Second round
|RD3=Third round
|RD4=Quarterfinals
| RD1-seed01=1
| RD1-team01={{flagIOCathlete|A Barty|AUS|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score01-1=4
| RD1-score01-2=3
| RD1-score01-3=
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagIOCathlete|S Sorribes Tormo|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score02-1=6
| RD1-score02-2=6
| RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03={{flagIOCathlete|F Ferro|FRA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score03-1=2
| RD1-score03-2=6
| RD1-score03-3=6
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagIOCathlete|A Sevastova|LAT|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score04-1=6
| RD1-score04-2=4
| RD1-score04-3=2
| RD1-seed05=ITF
| RD1-team05={{flagIOCathlete|A-L Friedsam|GER|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score05-1=77
| RD1-score05-2=6
| RD1-score05-3=
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06={{flagIOCathlete|H Watson|GBR|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score06-1=65
| RD1-score06-2=3
| RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-seed07=ITF
| RD1-team07={{flagIOCathlete|S Errani|ITA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score07-1=0
| RD1-score07-2=1
| RD1-score07-3=
| RD1-seed08=13
| RD1-team08={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|A Pavlyuchenkova|ROC|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD1-score08-1=6
| RD1-score08-2=6
| RD1-score08-3=
| RD1-seed09=9
| RD1-team09={{flagIOCathlete|B Bencic|SUI|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score09-1=6
| RD1-score09-2=6
| RD1-score09-3=
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagIOCathlete|J Pegula|USA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score10-1=3
| RD1-score10-2=3
| RD1-score10-3=
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11={{flagIOCathlete|M Doi|JPN|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score11-1=6
| RD1-score11-2=6
| RD1-score11-3=
| RD1-seed12=Alt
| RD1-team12={{flagIOCathlete|R Zarazúa|MEX|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score12-1=3
| RD1-score12-2=2
| RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13={{flagIOCathlete|LA Fernandez|CAN|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score13-1=6
| RD1-score13-2=3
| RD1-score13-3=6
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagIOCathlete|D Yastremska|UKR|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score14-1=3
| RD1-score14-2=6
| RD1-score14-3=0
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagIOCathlete|Z Diyas|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score15-1=2r
| RD1-score15-2=
| RD1-score15-3=
| RD1-seed16=8
| RD1-team16={{flagIOCathlete|B Krejčíková|CZE|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score16-1=5
| RD1-score16-2=
| RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|S Sorribes Tormo|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score01-1=6
| RD2-score01-2=6
| RD2-score01-3=
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|F Ferro|FRA|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score02-1=1
| RD2-score02-2=4
| RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-seed03=ITF
| RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|A-L Friedsam|GER|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score03-1=1
| RD2-score03-2=1
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-seed04=13
| RD2-team04={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|A Pavlyuchenkova|ROC|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD2-score04-1=6
| RD2-score04-2=6
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05=9
| RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|B Bencic|SUI|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score05-1=6
| RD2-score05-2=6
| RD2-score05-3=
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|M Doi|JPN|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score06-1=2
| RD2-score06-2=4
| RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|LA Fernandez|CAN|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score07-1=2
| RD2-score07-2=4
| RD2-score07-3=
| RD2-seed08=8
| RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|B Krejčíková|CZE|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score08-1=6
| RD2-score08-2=6
| RD2-score08-3=
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|S Sorribes Tormo|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score01-1=1
| RD3-score01-2=3
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-seed02=13
| RD3-team02={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|A Pavlyuchenkova|ROC|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD3-score02-1=6
| RD3-score02-2=6
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=9
| RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|B Bencic|SUI|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score03-1=1
| RD3-score03-2=6
| RD3-score03-3=6
| RD3-seed04=8
| RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|B Krejčíková|CZE|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score04-1=6
| RD3-score04-2=2
| RD3-score04-3=3
| RD4-seed01=13
| RD4-team01={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|A Pavlyuchenkova|ROC|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD4-score01-1=0
| RD4-score01-2=6
| RD4-score01-3=3
| RD4-seed02=9
| RD4-team02={{flagIOCathlete|B Bencic|SUI|2020 Summer}}
| RD4-score02-1=6
| RD4-score02-2=3
| RD4-score02-3=6
}}
==Section 2==
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3
|RD1=First round
|RD2=Second round
|RD3=Third round
|RD4=Quarterfinals
| RD1-seed01=3
| RD1-team01={{flagIOCathlete|A Sabalenka|BLR|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score01-1=6
| RD1-score01-2=6
| RD1-score01-3=
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagIOCathlete|M Linette|POL|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score02-1=2
| RD1-score02-2=1
| RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03={{flagIOCathlete|C Garcia|FRA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score03-1=2
| RD1-score03-2=77
| RD1-score03-3=3
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagIOCathlete|D Vekić|CRO|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score04-1=6
| RD1-score04-2=62
| RD1-score04-3=6
| RD1-seed05=ITF
| RD1-team05={{flagIOCathlete|M Sherif|EGY|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score05-1=5
| RD1-score05-2=61
| RD1-score05-3=
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06={{flagIOCathlete|R Peterson|SWE|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score06-1=7
| RD1-score06-2=77
| RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-seed07=ITF
| RD1-team07={{flagIOCathlete|S Stosur|AUS|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score07-1=4
| RD1-score07-2=2
| RD1-score07-3=
| RD1-seed08=15
| RD1-team08={{flagIOCathlete|E Rybakina|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score08-1=6
| RD1-score08-2=6
| RD1-score08-3=
| RD1-seed09=10
| RD1-team09={{flagIOCathlete|P Kvitová|CZE|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score09-1=6
| RD1-score09-2=6
| RD1-score09-3=
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagIOCathlete|J Paolini|ITA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score10-1=4
| RD1-score10-2=3
| RD1-score10-3=
| RD1-seed11=PR
| RD1-team11={{flagIOCathlete|I Jorović|SRB|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score11-1=3
| RD1-score11-2=2
| RD1-score11-3=
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|A Van Uytvanck|BEL|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD1-score12-1=6
| RD1-score12-2=6
| RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-seed13=ITF
| RD1-team13={{flagIOCathlete|V Cepede Royg|PAR|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score13-1=4
| RD1-score13-2=3
| RD1-score13-3=
| RD1-seed14=ITF
| RD1-team14={{flagIOCathlete|Q Wang|CHN|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score14-1=6
| RD1-score14-2=6
| RD1-score14-3=
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagIOCathlete|V Kudermetova|ROC|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score15-1=5
| RD1-score15-2=5
| RD1-score15-3=
| RD1-seed16=7
| RD1-team16={{flagIOCathlete|G Muguruza|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score16-1=7
| RD1-score16-2=7
| RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-seed01=3
| RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|A Sabalenka|BLR|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score01-1=4
| RD2-score01-2=6
| RD2-score01-3=63
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|D Vekić|CRO|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score02-1=6
| RD2-score02-2=3
| RD2-score02-3=77
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|R Peterson|SWE|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score03-1=2
| RD2-score03-2=3
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-seed04=15
| RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|E Rybakina|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score04-1=6
| RD2-score04-2=6
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05=10
| RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|P Kvitová|CZE|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score05-1=7
| RD2-score05-2=3
| RD2-score05-3=0
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|A Van Uytvanck|BEL|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD2-score06-1=5
| RD2-score06-2=6
| RD2-score06-3=6
| RD2-seed07=ITF
| RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|Q Wang|CHN|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score07-1=3
| RD2-score07-2=0
| RD2-score07-3=
| RD2-seed08=7
| RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|G Muguruza|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score08-1=6
| RD2-score08-2=6
| RD2-score08-3=
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|D Vekić|CRO|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score01-1=63
| RD3-score01-2=4
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-seed02=15
| RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|E Rybakina|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score02-1=77
| RD3-score02-2=6
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|A Van Uytvanck|BEL|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD3-score03-1=4
| RD3-score03-2=1
| RD3-score03-3=
| RD3-seed04=7
| RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|G Muguruza|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score04-1=6
| RD3-score04-2=6
| RD3-score04-3=
| RD4-seed01=15
| RD4-team01={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|E Rybakina|KAZ|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD4-score01-1=7
| RD4-score01-2=6
| RD4-score01-3=
| RD4-seed02=7
| RD4-team02={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|G Muguruza|ESP|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD4-score02-1=5
| RD4-score02-2=1
| RD4-score02-3=
}}
=Bottom half=
==Section 3==
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3
|RD1=First round
|RD2=Second round
|RD3=Third round
|RD4=Quarterfinals
| RD1-seed01=5
| RD1-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Ka Plíšková|CZE|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score01-1=6
| RD1-score01-2=6
| RD1-score01-3=
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02={{flagIOCathlete|A Cornet|FRA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score02-1=1
| RD1-score02-2=3
| RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-seed03=PR
| RD1-team03={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|C Suárez Navarro|ESP|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD1-score03-1=6
| RD1-score03-2=6
| RD1-score03-3=
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagIOCathlete|O Jabeur|TUN|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score04-1=4
| RD1-score04-2=1
| RD1-score04-3=
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05={{flagIOCathlete|J Ostapenko|LAT|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score05-1=4
| RD1-score05-2=77
| RD1-score05-3=4
| RD1-seed06=PR
| RD1-team06={{flagIOCathlete|E Vesnina|ROC|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score06-1=6
| RD1-score06-2=62
| RD1-score06-3=6
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{flagIOCathlete|C Giorgi|ITA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score07-1=6
| RD1-score07-2=6
| RD1-score07-3=
| RD1-seed08=11
| RD1-team08={{flagIOCathlete|J Brady|USA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score08-1=3
| RD1-score08-2=2
| RD1-score08-3=
| RD1-seed09=14
| RD1-team09={{flagIOCathlete|M Sakkari|GRE|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score09-1=7
| RD1-score09-2=6
| RD1-score09-3=
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{flagIOCathlete|A Kontaveit|EST|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score10-1=5
| RD1-score10-2=2
| RD1-score10-3=
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11={{flagIOCathlete|N Stojanović|SRB|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score11-1=6
| RD1-score11-2=6
| RD1-score11-3=
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{flagIOCathlete|N Hibino|JPN|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score12-1=3
| RD1-score12-2=3
| RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-seed13=PR
| RD1-team13={{flagIOCathlete|Y Shvedova|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score13-1=5
| RD1-score13-2=2r
| RD1-score13-3=
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagIOCathlete|A Tomljanović|AUS|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score14-1=7
| RD1-score14-2=3
| RD1-score14-3=
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagIOCathlete|L Siegemund|GER|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score15-1=3
| RD1-score15-2=7
| RD1-score15-3=4
| RD1-seed16=4
| RD1-team16={{flagIOCathlete|E Svitolina|UKR|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score16-1=6
| RD1-score16-2=5
| RD1-score16-3=6
| RD2-seed01=5
| RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|Ka Plíšková|CZE|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score01-1=6
| RD2-score01-2=60
| RD2-score01-3=6
| RD2-seed02=PR
| RD2-team02={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|C Suárez Navarro|ESP|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD2-score02-1=3
| RD2-score02-2=77
| RD2-score02-3=1
| RD2-seed03=PR
| RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|E Vesnina|ROC|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score03-1=3
| RD2-score03-2=1
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|C Giorgi|ITA|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score04-1=6
| RD2-score04-2=6
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05=14
| RD2-team05={{flagIOCathlete|M Sakkari|GRE|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score05-1=6
| RD2-score05-2=6
| RD2-score05-3=
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|N Stojanović|SRB|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score06-1=1
| RD2-score06-2=2
| RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|A Tomljanović|AUS|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score07-1=6
| RD2-score07-2=3
| RD2-score07-3=4
| RD2-seed08=4
| RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|E Svitolina|UKR|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score08-1=4
| RD2-score08-2=6
| RD2-score08-3=6
| RD3-seed01=5
| RD3-team01={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|Ka Plíšková|CZE|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD3-score01-1=4
| RD3-score01-2=2
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|C Giorgi|ITA|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score02-1=6
| RD3-score02-2=6
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=14
| RD3-team03={{flagIOCathlete|M Sakkari|GRE|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score03-1=7
| RD3-score03-2=3
| RD3-score03-3=4
| RD3-seed04=4
| RD3-team04={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|E Svitolina|UKR|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD3-score04-1=5
| RD3-score04-2=6
| RD3-score04-3=6
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|C Giorgi|ITA|2020 Summer}}
| RD4-score01-1=4
| RD4-score01-2=4
| RD4-score01-3=
| RD4-seed02=4
| RD4-team02={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|E Svitolina|UKR|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD4-score02-1=6
| RD4-score02-2=6
| RD4-score02-3=
}}
==Section 4==
{{16TeamBracket|compact=y|sets=3
|RD1=First round
|RD2=Second round
|RD3=Third round
|RD4=Quarterfinals
| RD1-seed01=6
| RD1-team01={{flagIOCathlete|I Świątek|POL|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score01-1=6
| RD1-score01-2=6
| RD1-score01-3=
| RD1-seed02=PR
| RD1-team02={{flagIOCathlete|M Barthel|GER|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score02-1=2
| RD1-score02-2=2
| RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03={{flagIOCathlete|P Badosa|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score03-1=64
| RD1-score03-2=6
| RD1-score03-3=6
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-team04={{flagIOCathlete|K Mladenovic|FRA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score04-1=77
| RD1-score04-2=3
| RD1-score04-3=0
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-team05={{flagIOCathlete|Y Putintseva|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score05-1=64
| RD1-score05-2=3r
| RD1-score05-3=
| RD1-seed06=ITF
| RD1-team06={{flagIOCathlete|N Podoroska|ARG|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score06-1=77
| RD1-score06-2=1
| RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07={{flagIOCathlete|E Alexandrova|ROC|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score07-1=4
| RD1-score07-2=6
| RD1-score07-3=6
| RD1-seed08=12
| RD1-team08={{flagIOCathlete|E Mertens|BEL|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score08-1=6
| RD1-score08-2=4
| RD1-score08-3=4
| RD1-seed09=16
| RD1-team09={{flagIOCathlete|K Bertens|NED|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score09-1=4
| RD1-score09-2=6
| RD1-score09-3=4
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|M Vondroušová|CZE|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD1-score10-1=6
| RD1-score10-2=3
| RD1-score10-3=6
| RD1-seed11=ITF
| RD1-team11={{flagIOCathlete|M Buzărnescu|ROU|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score11-1=60
| RD1-score11-2=7
| RD1-score11-3=6
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-team12={{flagIOCathlete|A Riske|USA|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score12-1=77
| RD1-score12-2=5
| RD1-score12-3=4
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-team13={{flagIOCathlete|C Osorio|COL|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score13-1=4
| RD1-score13-2=1
| RD1-score13-3=
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14={{flagIOCathlete|V Golubic|SUI|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score14-1=6
| RD1-score14-2=6
| RD1-score14-3=
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15={{flagIOCathlete|S Zheng|CHN|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score15-1=1
| RD1-score15-2=4
| RD1-score15-3=
| RD1-seed16=2
| RD1-team16={{flagIOCathlete|N Osaka|JPN|2020 Summer}}
| RD1-score16-1=6
| RD1-score16-2=6
| RD1-score16-3=
| RD2-seed01=6
| RD2-team01={{flagIOCathlete|I Świątek|POL|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score01-1=3
| RD2-score01-2=64
| RD2-score01-3=
| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-team02={{flagIOCathlete|P Badosa|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score02-1=6
| RD2-score02-2=77
| RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-seed03=ITF
| RD2-team03={{flagIOCathlete|N Podoroska|ARG|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score03-1=6
| RD2-score03-2=6
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-team04={{flagIOCathlete|E Alexandrova|ROC|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score04-1=1
| RD2-score04-2=3
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-team05={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|M Vondroušová|CZE|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD2-score05-1=6
| RD2-score05-2=6
| RD2-score05-3=
| RD2-seed06=ITF
| RD2-team06={{flagIOCathlete|M Buzǎrnescu|ROU|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score06-1=1
| RD2-score06-2=2
| RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07={{flagIOCathlete|V Golubic|SUI|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score07-1=3
| RD2-score07-2=2
| RD2-score07-3=
| RD2-seed08=2
| RD2-team08={{flagIOCathlete|N Osaka|JPN|2020 Summer}}
| RD2-score08-1=6
| RD2-score08-2=6
| RD2-score08-3=
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-team01={{flagIOCathlete|P Badosa|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score01-1=6
| RD3-score01-2=6
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-seed02=ITF
| RD3-team02={{flagIOCathlete|N Podoroska|ARG|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score02-1=2
| RD3-score02-2=3
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-team03={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|M Vondroušová|CZE|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD3-score03-1=6
| RD3-score03-2=6
| RD3-score03-3=
| RD3-seed04=2
| RD3-team04={{flagIOCathlete|N Osaka|JPN|2020 Summer}}
| RD3-score04-1=1
| RD3-score04-2=4
| RD3-score04-3=
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-team01={{flagIOCathlete|P Badosa|ESP|2020 Summer}}
| RD4-score01-1=3
| RD4-score01-2=0r
| RD4-score01-3=
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-team02={{nowrap|{{flagIOCathlete|M Vondroušová|CZE|2020 Summer}}}}
| RD4-score02-1=6
| RD4-score02-2=0
| RD4-score02-3=
}}
References
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External links
- [https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/TEN/OG2020-_TEN_C75_TENWSINGLES-----------------------.pdf Draw] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726163853/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/TEN/OG2020-_TEN_C75_TENWSINGLES-----------------------.pdf |date=26 July 2021 }}
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