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she was originally to partner with Belinda Bencic but eventually partnered with Bacsinszky instead after Bencic had withdrawn due to ongoing wrist injury.
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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 Safarova and Barbora Strycova defeated compatriots Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7 5 6 1 Women s doublesTennis at the 2016 Summer OlympicsFinalChampionsEkaterina Makarova Elena VesninaRunners upTimea Bacsinszky Martina HingisScore6 4 6 4EventsSingles men women Doubles men women mixedQualification 2012 Summer Olympics 2020 Women s doubles tennisat the Games of the XXXI OlympiadVenueOlympic Tennis CentreDate6 14 August 2016Competitors32 teams from 22 nationsMedalistsEkaterina MakarovaElena Vesnina RussiaTimea BacsinszkyMartina Hingis SwitzerlandLucie SafarovaBarbora Strycova Czech Republic 20122020 Main article Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics 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 Safarova and Strycova 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she was originally to partner with Belinda Bencic but eventually partnered with Bacsinszky instead after Bencic had withdrawn due to ongoing wrist injury Contents 1 Schedule 2 Seeds 3 Draw 3 1 Key 3 2 Finals 3 3 Top half 3 4 Bottom half 4 References 5 External linksSchedule editAugust 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 matchSeeds edit0 1 nbsp Serena Williams USA nbsp Venus Williams USA first round 0 2 nbsp Caroline Garcia FRA nbsp Kristina Mladenovic FRA first round 0 3 nbsp Chan Hao ching TPE nbsp Chan Yung jan TPE quarterfinals 0 4 nbsp Garbine Muguruza ESP nbsp Carla Suarez Navarro ESP quarterfinals 0 5 nbsp Timea Bacsinszky SUI nbsp Martina Hingis SUI final silver medalists 0 6 nbsp Andrea Hlavackova CZE nbsp Lucie Hradecka CZE semifinals fourth place 0 7 nbsp Ekaterina Makarova RUS nbsp Elena Vesnina RUS champions gold medalists 0 8 nbsp Sara Errani ITA nbsp Roberta Vinci ITA quarterfinals Draw editKey edit INV Tripartite invitation IP ITF place Alt Alternate PR Protected ranking w o Walkover r Retired d Defaulted Finals edit SemifinalsFinal gold medal match nbsp Lucie Safarova CZE nbsp Barbora Strycova CZE 6747 nbsp Ekaterina Makarova RUS nbsp Elena Vesnina RUS 7967 nbsp Ekaterina Makarova RUS nbsp Elena Vesnina RUS 665 nbsp Timea Bacsinszky SUI nbsp Martina Hingis SUI 445 nbsp Timea Bacsinszky SUI nbsp Martina Hingis SUI 57766 nbsp Andrea Hlavackova CZE nbsp Lucie Hradecka CZE 7632Bronze medal match nbsp Lucie Safarova CZE nbsp Barbora Strycova CZE 766 nbsp Andrea Hlavackova CZE nbsp Lucie Hradecka CZE 51 Top half edit First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals1 nbsp S Williams USA nbsp V Williams USA 34 nbsp L Safarova CZE nbsp B Strycova CZE 66 nbsp L Safarova CZE nbsp B Strycova CZE 6466IP nbsp K Jans Ignacik POL nbsp P Kania POL 473IP nbsp E Bouchard CAN nbsp G Dabrowski CAN 7724IP nbsp E Bouchard CAN nbsp G Dabrowski CAN 656 nbsp L Safarova CZE nbsp B Strycova CZE 466IP nbsp L Kichenok UKR nbsp N Kichenok UKR 038 nbsp S Errani ITA nbsp R Vinci ITA 644 nbsp Y Xu CHN nbsp S Zheng CHN 66 nbsp Y Xu CHN nbsp S Zheng CHN 23 nbsp A Kerber GER nbsp A Petkovic GER 228 nbsp S Errani ITA nbsp R Vinci ITA 668 nbsp S Errani ITA nbsp R Vinci ITA 66 nbsp L Safarova CZE nbsp B Strycova CZE 6744 nbsp G Muguruza ESP nbsp C Suarez Navarro ESP 7867 nbsp E Makarova RUS nbsp E Vesnina RUS 796IP nbsp PC Goncalves BRA nbsp T Pereira BRA 6624 nbsp G Muguruza ESP nbsp C Suarez Navarro ESP 726 nbsp Y Shvedova KAZ nbsp G Voskoboeva KAZ 10rAlt nbsp K Flipkens BEL nbsp Y Wickmayer BEL 562Alt nbsp K Flipkens BEL nbsp Y Wickmayer BEL 604 nbsp G Muguruza ESP nbsp C Suarez Navarro ESP 34IP nbsp T Babos HUN nbsp RL Jani HUN 347 nbsp E Makarova RUS nbsp E Vesnina RUS 66IP nbsp A Mitu ROU nbsp R Olaru ROU 66IP nbsp A Mitu ROU nbsp R Olaru ROU 14IP nbsp An Rodionova AUS nbsp Ar Rodionova AUS 127 nbsp E Makarova RUS nbsp E Vesnina RUS 667 nbsp E Makarova RUS nbsp E Vesnina RUS 66 Bottom half edit First roundSecond roundQuarterfinalsSemifinals5 nbsp T Bacsinszky SUI nbsp M Hingis SUI 646 nbsp D Gavrilova AUS nbsp S Stosur AUS 4625 nbsp T Bacsinszky SUI nbsp M Hingis SUI 66 nbsp A Medina Garrigues ESP nbsp A Parra Santonja ESP 11 nbsp B Mattek Sands USA nbsp C Vandeweghe USA 44 nbsp B Mattek Sands USA nbsp C Vandeweghe USA 665 nbsp T Bacsinszky SUI nbsp M Hingis SUI 66 nbsp J Konta GBR nbsp H Watson GBR 663 nbsp H c Chan TPE nbsp Y j Chan TPE 30 nbsp J Jankovic SRB nbsp A Krunic SRB 21 nbsp J Konta GBR nbsp H Watson GBR 604 nbsp I C Begu ROU nbsp M Niculescu ROU 7433 nbsp H c Chan TPE nbsp Y j Chan TPE 3663 nbsp H c Chan TPE nbsp Y j Chan TPE 5665 nbsp T Bacsinszky SUI nbsp M Hingis SUI 57766 nbsp A Hlavackova CZE nbsp L Hradecka CZE 77166 nbsp A Hlavackova CZE nbsp L Hradecka CZE 7632 nbsp O Savchuk UKR nbsp E Svitolina UKR 61646 nbsp A Hlavackova CZE nbsp L Hradecka CZE 66PR nbsp S Peng CHN nbsp S Zhang CHN 7857PR nbsp S Peng CHN nbsp S Zhang CHN 44 nbsp S Mirza IND nbsp P Thombare IND 66756 nbsp A Hlavackova CZE nbsp L Hradecka CZE 647 nbsp D Kasatkina RUS nbsp S Kuznetsova RUS 66 nbsp D Kasatkina RUS nbsp S Kuznetsova RUS 165 nbsp A L Gronefeld GER nbsp L Siegemund GER 14 nbsp D Kasatkina RUS nbsp S Kuznetsova RUS 616IP nbsp M Doi JPN nbsp E Hozumi JPN 606IP nbsp M Doi JPN nbsp E Hozumi JPN 4612 nbsp C Garcia FRA nbsp K Mladenovic FRA 064References edit Williams sisters lose in first round doubles match in Rio Los Angeles Times 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