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Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

January 01, 1970

The United States' Jennifer Capriati defeated the defending gold medalist, Germany's Steffi Graf, in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics. It was the first victory for the United States in the event since 1924, and the first medal in the event for united Germany (rather than West Germany) since 1912. The United States' Mary Joe Fernández and Spain's Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the bronze medals. It was Spain's first medal in the women's singles.

Women's singles
Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Final
Champion Jennifer Capriati (USA)
Runner-up Steffi Graf (GER)
Score3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
← 1988 · Summer Olympics · 1996 →
Women's singles tennis
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Gold medalist Jennifer Capriati (2004)
VenueTennis de la Vall d'Hebron
Dates28 July–7 August 1992
Competitors64 from 30 nations
Medalists
← 1988
1996 →
Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The tournament was held from 28 July to 7 August at the Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, Spain.[1] There were 64 competitors from 30 nations, with each nation having up to 3 players.[1]

Background edit

This was the seventh 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.[1]

Germany's Steffi Graf was the defending Olympic champion (who had achieved the Golden version of the Grand Slam in 1988) and the #1 seed again in 1992. Two of her top competitors, Martina Navratilova of the United States and Monica Seles of Yugoslavia, were ineligible because they had not played in the Billie Jean King Cup. The #2 seed was home crowd favorite Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. The United States had the #3 seed and #4 seed in young phenom Jennifer Capriati and Mary Joe Fernández.[1]

Chile, the People's Republic of China, Latvia, Madagascar, Poland, Romania, South Africa, and Switzerland each made their debut in the event; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. France and Great Britain each made their sixth appearance, tied for most among nations to that point.

Competition format edit

The competition was a single-elimination tournament. Unlike previous Olympic tournaments, no bronze medal match was held. All matches were best-of-three sets. The 12-point tie-breaker was used in any set, except the third, that reached 6–6.

Schedule edit

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 28 July 1992
Wednesday, 29 July 1992		 Round of 64
Thursday, 30 July 1992
Friday, 31 July 1992		 Round of 32
Saturday, 1 August 1992 Round of 16
Monday, 3 August 1992 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 5 August 1992 11:00 Semifinals
Friday, 7 August 1992 14:00 Final

Seeds edit

  1.   Steffi Graf (GER) (final, silver medalist)
  2.   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) (semifinals, bronze medalist)
  3.   Jennifer Capriati (USA) (champion, gold medalist)
  4.   Mary Joe Fernández (USA) (semifinals, bronze medalist)
  5.   Conchita Martínez (ESP) (quarterfinals)
  6.   Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere (SUI) (quarterfinals)
  7.   Anke Huber (GER) (quarterfinals)
  8.   Katerina Maleeva (BUL) (second round)
  9.   Jana Novotná (TCH) (first round)
  10.   Nathalie Tauziat (FRA) (second round)
  11.   Helena Suková (TCH) (second round)
  12.   Zina Garrison-Jackson (USA) (first round)
  13.   Mary Pierce (FRA) (second round)
  14.   Kimiko Date (JPN) (second round)
  15.   Julie Halard (FRA) (second round)
  16.   Sabine Appelmans (BEL) (quarterfinals)

Draw edit

Key edit

Finals edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1   Steffi Graf (GER) 6 6  
16   Sabine Appelmans (BEL) 1 0  
1   Steffi Graf (GER) 6 6  
4   Mary Joe Fernández (USA) 4 2  
4   Mary Joe Fernández (USA) 5 6 6
6   Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere (SUI) 7 1 0
1   Steffi Graf (GER) 6 3 4
3   Jennifer Capriati (USA) 3 6 6
7   Anke Huber (GER) 3 61  
3   Jennifer Capriati (USA) 6 7  
3   Jennifer Capriati (USA) 6 3 6
2   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 3 6 1
5   Conchita Martínez (ESP) 4 4
2   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 6 6  

Top half edit

Section 1 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1   S Graf (GER) 6 6  
LL   L Novelo (MEX) 1 1   1   S Graf (GER) 6 6  
    B Schultz (NED) 7 64 6     B Schultz (NED) 1 0  
Q   F Li (CHN) 5 7 4 1   S Graf (GER) 6 6  
    E Zardo (SUI) 2 4       Mag Maleeva (BUL) 3 4  
    Mag Maleeva (BUL) 6 6       Mag Maleeva (BUL) 6 6  
Q   R Simpson-Alter (CAN) 5 1   14   K Date (JPN) 2 4  
14   K Date (JPN) 7 6   1   S Graf (GER) 6 6  
16   S Appelmans (BEL) 6 6   16   S Appelmans (BEL) 1 0  
    R McQuillan (AUS) 3 3   16   S Appelmans (BEL) 6 6  
    N Provis (AUS) 6 6       N Provis (AUS) 2 1
WC   K Piccolini (ITA) 1 0   16   S Appelmans (BEL) 6 6  
Alt   P Ritter (AUT) 1 64   Q   E Maniokova (EUN) 1 3  
Q   E Maniokova (EUN) 6 7   Q   E Maniokova (EUN) 7 4 6
    L Savchenko (LAT) 63 2   8   K Maleeva (BUL) 65 6 0
8   K Maleeva (BUL) 7 6  

Section 2 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4   M J Fernández (USA) 6 6  
Q   L-L Chen (CHN) 2 3   4   M J Fernández (USA) 6 1 12
    P Hy (CAN) 6 6       P Hy (CAN) 2 6 10
Q   D Randriantefy (MAD) 2 1   4   M J Fernández (USA) 7 6  
Alt   S Gomer (GBR) 6 3 1     N Zvereva (EUN) 69 1  
Alt   S Smith (GBR) 2 6 6 Alt   S Smith (GBR) 1 2  
    N Zvereva (EUN) 6 6       N Zvereva (EUN) 6 6  
9   J Novotná (TCH) 1 0   4   M J Fernández (USA) 5 6 6
11   H Suková (TCH) 6 6   6   Man Maleeva-Fragniere (SUI) 7 1 0
Q   N Randriantefy (MAD) 0 1   11   H Suková (TCH) 6 4 3r
Q   A Gavaldón (MEX) 6 6   Q   A Gavaldón (MEX) 4 6 5
    C Lindqvist (SWE) 4 3   Q   A Gavaldón (MEX) 0 3  
WC   J Byrne (AUS) 4 62   6   Man Maleeva-Fragniere (SUI) 6 6  
    R Reggi-Concato (ITA) 6 7       R Reggi-Concato (ITA) 2 4  
Q   A Vieira (BRA) 2 3   6   Man Maleeva-Fragniere (SUI) 6 6  
6   Man Maleeva-Fragniere (SUI) 6 6  

Bottom half edit

Section 3 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7   A Huber (GER) 6 4 6
    N Sawamatsu (JPN) 0 6 2 7   A Huber (GER) 6 6  
    M Javer (GBR) 7 4 3     B Paulus (AUT) 4 1  
    B Paulus (AUT) 69 6 6 7   A Huber (GER) 7 7  
Q   I-S Kim (KOR) 4 4   Q   N Muns-Jagerman (NED) 5 63  
Q   N Muns-Jagerman (NED) 6 6   Q   N Muns-Jagerman (NED) 7 7  
Q   K Nowak (POL) 4 61   15   J Halard (FRA) 63 65  
15   J Halard (FRA) 6 7   7   A Huber (GER) 3 61  
13/WC   M Pierce (FRA) 7 7   3   J Capriati (USA) 6 7  
    L Meskhi (EUN) 65 5   13/WC   M Pierce (FRA) 6 3 8
WC   M Paz (ARG) 1 4       Y Basuki (INA) 0 6 10
    Y Basuki (INA) 6 6       Y Basuki (INA) 3 4  
Alt   P Tarabini (ARG) 6 6   3   J Capriati (USA) 6 6  
    M de Swardt (RSA) 4 2   Alt   P Tarabini (ARG) 4 1  
WC   E Reinach (RSA) 1 0   3   J Capriati (USA) 6 6  
3   J Capriati (USA) 6 6  

Section 4 edit

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
5   C Martínez (ESP) 4 6 6
    J Wiesner (AUT) 6 1 2 5   C Martínez (ESP) 6 6  
Q   P Sepúlveda (CHI) 2 3       S Cecchini (ITA) 4 3  
    S Cecchini (ITA) 6 6   5   C Martínez (ESP) 6 6  
LL   C Papadáki (GRE) 6 1 2     A Coetzer (RSA) 4 3  
LL   A Blumberga (LAT) 4 6 6 LL   A Blumberga (LAT) 2 4  
    A Coetzer (RSA) 7 6       A Coetzer (RSA) 6 6  
12/WC   Z Garrison-Jackson (USA) 5 1   5   C Martínez (ESP) 4 4  
10   N Tauziat (FRA) 6 6   2   A Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 6 6  
WC   R Zrubáková (TCH) 3 2   10   N Tauziat (FRA) 3 2  
    F Labat (ARG) 3 3   WC   B Rittner (GER) 6 6  
WC   B Rittner (GER) 6 6   WC   B Rittner (GER) 6 3 1
Q   E Pampoulova (BUL) 64 66   2   A Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 4 6 6
Q   M Endo (JPN) 7 7   Q   M Endo (JPN) 0 1  
Q   I Spîrlea (ROM) 1 3   2   A Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 6 6  
2   A Sánchez Vicario (ESP) 6 6  

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Singles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  • ITF Olympic Site

January 01, 1970
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The United States Jennifer Capriati defeated the defending gold medalist Germany s Steffi Graf in the final 3 6 6 3 6 4 to win the gold medal in Women s Singles tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics It was the first victory for the United States in the event since 1924 and the first medal in the event for united Germany rather than West Germany since 1912 The United States Mary Joe Fernandez and Spain s Arantxa Sanchez Vicario won the bronze medals It was Spain s first medal in the women s singles Women s singlesTennis at the 1992 Summer OlympicsFinalChampion Jennifer Capriati USA Runner up Steffi Graf GER Score3 6 6 3 6 4EventsSingles men women Doubles men women 1988 Summer Olympics 1996 Women s singles tennisat the Games of the XXV OlympiadGold medalist Jennifer Capriati 2004 VenueTennis de la Vall d HebronDates28 July 7 August 1992Competitors64 from 30 nationsMedalistsJennifer Capriati United StatesSteffi Graf GermanyMary Joe Fernandez United StatesArantxa Sanchez Vicario Spain 19881996 Main article Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics The tournament was held from 28 July to 7 August at the Tennis de la Vall d Hebron in Barcelona Spain 1 There were 64 competitors from 30 nations with each nation having up to 3 players 1 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Seeds 5 Draw 5 1 Key 5 2 Finals 5 3 Top half 5 3 1 Section 1 5 3 2 Section 2 5 4 Bottom half 5 4 1 Section 3 5 4 2 Section 4 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the seventh 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 1 Germany s Steffi Graf was the defending Olympic champion who had achieved the Golden version of the Grand Slam in 1988 and the 1 seed again in 1992 Two of her top competitors Martina Navratilova of the United States and Monica Seles of Yugoslavia were ineligible because they had not played in the Billie Jean King Cup The 2 seed was home crowd favorite Arantxa Sanchez Vicario The United States had the 3 seed and 4 seed in young phenom Jennifer Capriati and Mary Joe Fernandez 1 Chile the People s Republic of China Latvia Madagascar Poland Romania South Africa and Switzerland each made their debut in the event some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team France and Great Britain each made their sixth appearance tied for most among nations to that point Competition format editThe competition was a single elimination tournament Unlike previous Olympic tournaments no bronze medal match was held All matches were best of three sets The 12 point tie breaker was used in any set except the third that reached 6 6 Schedule editAll times are Central European Summer Time UTC 2 Date Time Round Tuesday 28 July 1992Wednesday 29 July 1992 Round of 64 Thursday 30 July 1992Friday 31 July 1992 Round of 32 Saturday 1 August 1992 Round of 16 Monday 3 August 1992 Quarterfinals Wednesday 5 August 1992 11 00 Semifinals Friday 7 August 1992 14 00 FinalSeeds edit nbsp Steffi Graf GER final silver medalist nbsp Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP semifinals bronze medalist nbsp Jennifer Capriati USA champion gold medalist nbsp Mary Joe Fernandez USA semifinals bronze medalist nbsp Conchita Martinez ESP quarterfinals nbsp Manuela Maleeva Fragniere SUI quarterfinals nbsp Anke Huber GER quarterfinals nbsp Katerina Maleeva BUL second round nbsp Jana Novotna TCH first round nbsp Nathalie Tauziat FRA second round nbsp Helena Sukova TCH second round nbsp Zina Garrison Jackson USA first round nbsp Mary Pierce FRA second round nbsp Kimiko Date JPN second round nbsp Julie Halard FRA second round nbsp Sabine Appelmans BEL quarterfinals Draw editKey edit Q Qualifier WC Wild card LL Lucky loser Alt Alternate SE Special exempt PR Protected ranking ITF ITF entry JE Junior exempt w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted SR Special ranking Finals edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal 1 nbsp Steffi Graf GER 66 16 nbsp Sabine Appelmans BEL 10 1 nbsp Steffi Graf GER 66 4 nbsp Mary Joe Fernandez USA 42 4 nbsp Mary Joe Fernandez USA 5666 nbsp Manuela Maleeva Fragniere SUI 7101 nbsp Steffi Graf GER 6343 nbsp Jennifer Capriati USA 3667 nbsp Anke Huber GER 361 3 nbsp Jennifer Capriati USA 67 3 nbsp Jennifer Capriati USA 6362 nbsp Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP 3615 nbsp Conchita Martinez ESP 442 nbsp Arantxa Sanchez Vicario ESP 66 Top half edit Section 1 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals1 nbsp S Graf GER 66 LL nbsp L Novelo MEX 11 1 nbsp S Graf GER 66 nbsp B Schultz NED 7646 nbsp B Schultz NED 10 Q nbsp F Li CHN 5741 nbsp S Graf GER 66 nbsp E Zardo SUI 24 nbsp Mag Maleeva BUL 34 nbsp Mag Maleeva BUL 66 nbsp Mag Maleeva BUL 66 Q nbsp R Simpson Alter CAN 51 14 nbsp K Date JPN 24 14 nbsp K Date JPN 76 1 nbsp S Graf GER 66 16 nbsp S Appelmans BEL 66 16 nbsp S Appelmans BEL 10 nbsp R McQuillan AUS 33 16 nbsp S Appelmans BEL 66 nbsp N Provis AUS 66 nbsp N Provis AUS 21WC nbsp K Piccolini ITA 10 16 nbsp S Appelmans BEL 66 Alt nbsp P Ritter AUT 164 Q nbsp E Maniokova EUN 13 Q nbsp E Maniokova EUN 67 Q nbsp E Maniokova EUN 746 nbsp L Savchenko LAT 632 8 nbsp K Maleeva BUL 65608 nbsp K Maleeva BUL 76 Section 2 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals4 nbsp M J Fernandez USA 66 Q nbsp L L Chen CHN 23 4 nbsp M J Fernandez USA 6112 nbsp P Hy CAN 66 nbsp P Hy CAN 2610Q nbsp D Randriantefy MAD 21 4 nbsp M J Fernandez USA 76 Alt nbsp S Gomer GBR 631 nbsp N Zvereva EUN 691 Alt nbsp S Smith GBR 266Alt nbsp S Smith GBR 12 nbsp N Zvereva EUN 66 nbsp N Zvereva EUN 66 9 nbsp J Novotna TCH 10 4 nbsp M J Fernandez USA 56611 nbsp H Sukova TCH 66 6 nbsp Man Maleeva Fragniere SUI 710Q nbsp N Randriantefy MAD 01 11 nbsp H Sukova TCH 643rQ nbsp A Gavaldon MEX 66 Q nbsp A Gavaldon MEX 465 nbsp C Lindqvist SWE 43 Q nbsp A Gavaldon MEX 03 WC nbsp J Byrne AUS 462 6 nbsp Man Maleeva Fragniere SUI 66 nbsp R Reggi Concato ITA 67 nbsp R Reggi Concato ITA 24 Q nbsp A Vieira BRA 23 6 nbsp Man Maleeva Fragniere SUI 66 6 nbsp Man Maleeva Fragniere SUI 66 Bottom half edit Section 3 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals7 nbsp A Huber GER 646 nbsp N Sawamatsu JPN 0627 nbsp A Huber GER 66 nbsp M Javer GBR 743 nbsp B Paulus AUT 41 nbsp B Paulus AUT 69667 nbsp A Huber GER 77 Q nbsp I S Kim KOR 44 Q nbsp N Muns Jagerman NED 563 Q nbsp N Muns Jagerman NED 66 Q nbsp N Muns Jagerman NED 77 Q nbsp K Nowak POL 461 15 nbsp J Halard FRA 6365 15 nbsp J Halard FRA 67 7 nbsp A Huber GER 361 13 WC nbsp M Pierce FRA 77 3 nbsp J Capriati USA 67 nbsp L Meskhi EUN 655 13 WC nbsp M Pierce FRA 638WC nbsp M Paz ARG 14 nbsp Y Basuki INA 0610 nbsp Y Basuki INA 66 nbsp Y Basuki INA 34 Alt nbsp P Tarabini ARG 66 3 nbsp J Capriati USA 66 nbsp M de Swardt RSA 42 Alt nbsp P Tarabini ARG 41 WC nbsp E Reinach RSA 10 3 nbsp J Capriati USA 66 3 nbsp J Capriati USA 66 Section 4 edit First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinals5 nbsp C Martinez ESP 466 nbsp J Wiesner AUT 6125 nbsp C Martinez ESP 66 Q nbsp P Sepulveda CHI 23 nbsp S Cecchini ITA 43 nbsp S Cecchini ITA 66 5 nbsp C Martinez ESP 66 LL nbsp C Papadaki GRE 612 nbsp A Coetzer RSA 43 LL nbsp A Blumberga LAT 466LL nbsp A Blumberga LAT 24 nbsp A Coetzer RSA 76 nbsp A Coetzer RSA 66 12 WC nbsp Z Garrison Jackson USA 51 5 nbsp C Martinez ESP 44 10 nbsp N Tauziat FRA 66 2 nbsp A Sanchez Vicario ESP 66 WC nbsp R Zrubakova TCH 32 10 nbsp N Tauziat FRA 32 nbsp F Labat ARG 33 WC nbsp B Rittner GER 66 WC nbsp B Rittner GER 66 WC nbsp B Rittner GER 631Q nbsp E Pampoulova BUL 6466 2 nbsp A Sanchez Vicario ESP 466Q nbsp M Endo JPN 77 Q nbsp M Endo JPN 01 Q nbsp I Spirlea ROM 13 2 nbsp A Sanchez Vicario ESP 66 2 nbsp A Sanchez Vicario ESP 66 References edit a b c d Singles Women Olympedia Retrieved 15 July 2021 ITF Olympic Site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tennis at the 1992 Summer 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