Women's singles tennis at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Gold medalist Suzanne Lenglen
Venue	Beerschot Tennis Club
Dates	16–24 August 1920
Competitors	18 from 7 nations
Medalists
Suzanne Lenglen  France Dorothy Holman  Great Britain Kathleen McKane Godfree  Great Britain
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The women's singles was atennis event held as part of theTennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. A total of 18 players from 7 nations competed in the event, which was held from 16 to 24 August 1920 at theBeerschot Tennis Club.^[1] The event was won bySuzanne Lenglen of France, defeatingDorothy Holman of Great Britain in the final. It was the second consecutive victory for a French woman, withMarguerite Broquedis winning the pre-war 1912 tournament.Kathleen McKane Godfree of Great Britain defeatedSigrid Fick of Sweden in the bronze-medal match.

Lenglen's victory was comprehensive, as she lost only 4 games in her 5 matches (1 to Fick in the semifinals, 3 to Holman in the final).^[2]

This was the fourth 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.^[2]

France'sSuzanne Lenglen was the "dominant women's player in the world, and considered by some as the greatest female player of all time." She highlighted a strong field, including top British playersDorothy Holman andKathleen McKane Godfree. Absent wereMolla Mallory (a bronze medalist for Norway in 1912 who had emigrated to the United States; in 1921, she would be theonly woman to beat Lenglen post-war),Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers of Great Britain (the 1908 Olympic gold medalist and seven-time Wimbledon winner, who had reached the Wimbledon finals in 1919 and 1920, losing both to Lenglen), andElizabeth Ryan of the United States (long-time doubles partner of Lenglen, who would reach the 1921 Wimbledon singles final against her).^[2]

Belgium, Denmark, and Italy each made their debut in the event. France and Great Britain each made their third appearance, tied for most among nations to that point.

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match. All matches were best-of-three sets.

Key

	Semifinals							Final (gold-medal match)
	Sigrid Fick (SWE)		0	1
	Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)		6	6
								Suzanne Lenglen (FRA)		6	6
								Dorothy Holman (GBR)		3	0
	Kathleen McKane (GBR)		w/o
	Dorothy Holman (GBR)							Bronze-medal match
								Sigrid Fick (SWE)		2	0
								Kathleen McKane (GBR)		6	6

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
								A de Borman (BEL)
								M Skrbková (TCH)		w/o
															A de Borman (BEL)		4	6
															S Fick (SWE)		6	8
								S Fick (SWE)		7	6
								C Dahl (NOR)		5	2
																						S Fick (SWE)		0	1
																						S Lenglen (FRA)		6	6
								L Strömberg-von Essen (SWE)		7	6
	E Brehm (DEN)		6	6				E Brehm (DEN)		5	3
	M Dupont (BEL)		3	4											L Strömberg-von Essen (SWE)		0	0
	W McNair (GBR)														S Lenglen (FRA)		6	6
	F Subirana (ESP)		w/o					W McNair (GBR)		0	0
	S Lenglen (FRA)		6	6				S Lenglen (FRA)		6	6
	M Storms (BEL)		0	0

	First round							Second round							Quarterfinals							Semifinals
	R Gagliardi (ITA)		6	0
	M Lindberg (SWE)		0	0r				R Gagliardi (ITA)		1	6	2
	K McKane (GBR)		6	6				K McKane (GBR)		6	1	6
	J Vaussard (FRA)		4	4											K McKane (GBR)		6	6
															É d'Ayen (FRA)		2	3
								A Hansen (DEN)		2	3
								É d'Ayen (FRA)		6	6
																						K McKane (GBR)		w/o
																						D Holman (GBR)
								G Ferelli (ITA)		w/o
								F Arendt (BEL)
															F Arendt (BEL)		2	3
															D Holman (GBR)		6	6
								G Beamish (GBR)		6	2
								D Holman (GBR)		8	6

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957).Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999)."Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved5 May 2008.
• ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide

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