Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics -- women 's singles - wikipedia Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics -- women 's singles Women 's Singles Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics Champion Monica Puig Runner - up Angelique Kerber Final score 6 -- 4, 4 -- 6, 6 -- 1 Events Singles men women Doubles men women mixed ← 2012 Summer Olympics 2020 → Women 's singles tennis at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad Venue Olympic Tennis Centre Date 6 -- 13 August Competitors 64 from 36 nations Medalists 01 ! Monica Puig Puerto Rico 02 ! Angelique Kerber Germany 03 ! Petra Kvitová Czech Republic ← 2012 2020 → Main article : Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics The women 's singles tennis tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 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 to 13 August 2016. The draw for the event was conducted at 11am local time on Thursday, 4 August. Serena Williams was the defending champion, but she lost in the third round to Elina Svitolina. Monica Puig won Puerto Rico 's first ever Olympic gold medal, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final, 6 -- 4, 4 -- 6, 6 -- 1. Contents 1 Schedule 2 Seeds 3 Draw 3.1 Key 3.2 Finals 3.3 Top half 3.3. 1 Section 1 3.3. 2 Section 2 3.4 Bottom half 3.4. 1 Section 3 3.4. 2 Section 4 4 References 5 External links Schedule August 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 11 : 00 11 : 00 11 : 00 11 : 00 -- 11 : 00 12 : 00 12 : 00 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Play cancelled due to rain Quarter - finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match Seeds 01. Serena Williams ( USA ) ( Third round ) 02. Angelique Kerber ( GER ) ( Final, silver medalist ) 03. Garbiñe Muguruza ( ESP ) ( Third round ) 04. Agnieszka Radwańska ( POL ) ( First round ) 05. Venus Williams ( USA ) ( First round ) 06. Roberta Vinci ( ITA ) ( First round ) 07. Madison Keys ( USA ) ( Semifinals, fourth place ) 08. Svetlana Kuznetsova ( RUS ) ( Third round ) 09. Carla Suárez Navarro ( ESP ) ( Third round ) 10. Johanna Konta ( GBR ) ( Quarterfinals ) 11. Petra Kvitová ( CZE ) ( Semifinals, bronze medalist ) 12. Timea Bacsinszky ( SUI ) ( First round ) 13. Samantha Stosur ( AUS ) ( Third round ) 14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ( RUS ) ( Second round ) 15. Elina Svitolina ( UKR ) ( Quarterfinals ) 16. Barbora Strýcová ( CZE ) ( Second round ) Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section. Draw Key Q = Qualifier WC = Wild Card LL = Lucky Loser Alt = Alternate SE = Special Exempt PR = Protected Ranking w / o = Walkover r = Retired d = Defaulted TRI = Tripartite invitation IP = ITF place Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final ( Gold medal match ) 15 Elina Svitolina ( UKR ) 0 11 Petra Kvitová ( CZE ) 6 6 11 Petra Kvitová ( CZE ) 6 Monica Puig ( PUR ) 6 6 Monica Puig ( PUR ) 6 6 Laura Siegemund ( GER ) Monica Puig ( PUR ) 6 6 Angelique Kerber ( GER ) 6 7 Madison Keys ( USA ) 6 6 Daria Kasatkina ( RUS ) 7 Madison Keys ( USA ) 5 Bronze medal match Angelique Kerber ( GER ) 6 7 10 Johanna Konta ( GBR ) 11 Petra Kvitová ( CZE ) 7 6 Angelique Kerber ( GER ) 6 6 7 Madison Keys ( USA ) 5 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals S Williams ( USA ) 6 6 D Gavrilova ( AUS ) S Williams ( USA ) 7 6 J Larsson ( SWE ) 6 A Cornet ( FRA ) 6 A Cornet ( FRA ) 6 6 S Williams ( USA ) H Watson ( GBR ) 6 6 6 15 E Svitolina ( UKR ) 6 6 PR S Peng ( CHN ) 7 H Watson ( GBR ) 6 A Petkovic ( GER ) 6 15 E Svitolina ( UKR ) 6 6 15 E Svitolina ( UKR ) 6 6 15 E Svitolina ( UKR ) 0 11 P Kvitová ( CZE ) 6 6 11 P Kvitová ( CZE ) 6 6 T Babos ( HUN ) 11 P Kvitová ( CZE ) 6 6 C Wozniacki ( DEN ) 6 6 C Wozniacki ( DEN ) Alt L Hradecká ( CZE ) 11 P Kvitová ( CZE ) 6 6 E Makarova ( RUS ) 6 7 E Makarova ( RUS ) 6 Ç Büyükakçay ( TUR ) 6 0 6 E Makarova ( RUS ) 6 6 AK Schmiedlová ( SVK ) 7 6 AK Schmiedlová ( SVK ) 6 6 R Vinci ( ITA ) 5 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals G Muguruza ( ESP ) 6 6 Alt A Mitu ( ROU ) G Muguruza ( ESP ) 6 6 N Hibino ( JPN ) 6 6 N Hibino ( JPN ) I-C Begu ( ROU ) 6 G Muguruza ( ESP ) M Puig ( PUR ) 6 6 M Puig ( PUR ) 6 6 IP P Hercog ( SLO ) M Puig ( PUR ) 6 6 IP M Linette ( POL ) 0 14 A Pavlyuchenkova ( RUS ) 14 A Pavlyuchenkova ( RUS ) 6 6 M Puig ( PUR ) 6 6 12 T Bacsinszky ( SUI ) 7 6 L Siegemund ( GER ) S Zhang ( CHN ) 6 6 7 S Zhang ( CHN ) L Siegemund ( GER ) 6 6 L Siegemund ( GER ) 6 6 T Pironkova ( BUL ) 6 L Siegemund ( GER ) 6 6 L Šafářová ( CZE ) 6 6 K Flipkens ( BEL ) PR K Knapp ( ITA ) 6 L Šafářová ( CZE ) 0 K Flipkens ( BEL ) 6 7 K Flipkens ( BEL ) 6 0 5 V Williams ( USA ) 6 6 Bottom half Section 3 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 7 M Keys ( USA ) 6 6 D Kovinić ( MNE ) 7 M Keys ( USA ) 7 6 7 Alt A Krunić ( SRB ) K Mladenovic ( FRA ) 5 7 6 K Mladenovic ( FRA ) 6 6 7 M Keys ( USA ) 6 6 A Konjuh ( CRO ) 7 6 9 C Suárez Navarro ( ESP ) 6 A Beck ( GER ) 6 A Konjuh ( CRO ) 6 A Ivanovic ( SRB ) 6 9 C Suárez Navarro ( ESP ) 7 6 9 C Suárez Navarro ( ESP ) 6 6 7 M Keys ( USA ) 6 6 16 B Strýcová ( CZE ) 7 6 D Kasatkina ( RUS ) Y Wickmayer ( BEL ) 6 16 B Strýcová ( CZE ) S Errani ( ITA ) 6 6 S Errani ( ITA ) 6 6 K Bertens ( NED ) 6 S Errani ( ITA ) 5 IP O Jabeur ( TUN ) 6 6 D Kasatkina ( RUS ) 7 6 D Kasatkina ( RUS ) 7 6 D Kasatkina ( RUS ) 6 6 IP S Zheng ( CHN ) 6 7 IP S Zheng ( CHN ) A Radwańska ( POL ) 5 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals 8 S Kuznetsova ( RUS ) 6 6 Q Wang ( CHN ) 6 0 8 S Kuznetsova ( RUS ) w / o M Niculescu ( ROU ) 6 6 M Niculescu ( ROU ) TRI V Cepede Royg ( PAR ) 8 S Kuznetsova ( RUS ) 6 5 5 C Garcia ( FRA ) 6 6 10 J Konta ( GBR ) 7 7 IP T Pereira ( BRA ) C Garcia ( FRA ) TRI S Vogt ( LIE ) 10 J Konta ( GBR ) 6 6 10 J Konta ( GBR ) 6 6 10 J Konta ( GBR ) 13 S Stosur ( AUS ) 6 6 A Kerber ( GER ) 6 6 J Ostapenko ( LAT ) 6 13 S Stosur ( AUS ) 6 6 M Doi ( JPN ) 6 6 M Doi ( JPN ) Alt Y Shvedova ( KAZ ) 13 S Stosur ( AUS ) 0 5 E Bouchard ( CAN ) 6 6 A Kerber ( GER ) 6 7 S Stephens ( USA ) E Bouchard ( CAN ) IP M Duque Mariño ( COL ) 5 A Kerber ( GER ) 6 6 A Kerber ( GER ) 6 7 References Jump up ^ `` Monica Puig makes Puerto Rico gold medal history in women 's singles ''. 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Question: who won the women's singles gold medal in tennis at the rio olympics
Answer: Monica Puig