Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles

Women's doubles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Champions	Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina
Runners-up	Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis
Score	6–4, 6–4

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
Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina  Russia Timea Bacsinszky Martina Hingis  Switzerland Lucie Šafářová Barbora Strýcová  Czech Republic

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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.

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she was originally to partner with Belinda Bencic but eventually partnered with Bacsinszky instead after Bencic had withdrawn due to an ongoing wrist injury.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

• INV = Tripartite invitation
• IP = ITF place
• Alt = Alternate
• PR = Protected ranking
• w/o = Walkover
• r = Retired
• d = Defaulted

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	0r				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

External links

• Women's Doubles Drawsheet
• Olympic Tennis Event
• Entry List