Russia
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's
Ekaterina Makarova
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She is a four-time Gra ...
and
Elena Vesnina
Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player who was List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles.
Vesnina is a four-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam champion, h ...
defeated
Switzerland
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Timea Bacsinszky
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and
Martina Hingis
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in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles
tennis
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at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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. In the bronze-medal match, the
Czech Republic
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Lucie Šafářová
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She is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles ...
and
Barbora Strýcová
Barbora Strýcová (; born 28 March 1986), formerly known as Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, is a Czech former professional tennis player who was ranked List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles.
She won two Gra ...
defeated compatriots
Andrea Hlaváčková
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and
Lucie Hradecká
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, 7–5, 6–1.
The tournament was held at the
Olympic Tennis Centre in the
Barra Olympic Park
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in
Barra da Tijuca
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in the west zone of
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil from 6–14 August 2016.
The United States'
Serena Williams
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and
Venus Williams
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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
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' 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
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; she was originally to partner with
Belinda Bencic
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but eventually partnered with Bacsinszky instead after Bencic had withdrawn due to an ongoing wrist injury.
Schedule
Seeds
/ ''(first round)''
/ ''(first round)''
/ ''(quarterfinals)''
/ ''(quarterfinals)''
/ ''(final, silver medalists)''
/ ''(semifinals, fourth place)''
/ (champions, gold medalists)
/ ''(quarterfinals)''
Draw
Key
* INV =
Tripartite invitation
* IP =
ITF place
* Alt =
Alternate
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* PR =
Protected ranking
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A
* Ace (tennis), Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the ''#service box, service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces a ...
* w/o =
Walkover
John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest.
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* r =
Retired
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* d =
Defaulted
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
References
External links
Women's Doubles DrawsheetOlympic Tennis EventEntry List
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Women's Doubles
2016
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* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
Women's doubles
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