Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles the first tennis player, male or female, to hold a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. Matches took place between 28 July and 4 August. Women's singles Draw Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles The women's singles tennis tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon from 28 July to 4 August 2012, and was the first Olympic grass court tournament since tennis was re-introduced to the Games. Elena Dementieva was the reigning champion having won gold at the 2008 Olympics in
Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Exhibition Women's Singles of the tournament, no third place match was played, and both semifinal losers received bronze medals. American Peaches Bartkowicz won the title by defeating her compatriot Julie Heldman 6–3, 6–2 in the final. Both Brazilian Suzana Petersen and Ecuatorian María Eugenia Guzmán won bronze medals. Both seeds received a bye into the quarterfinals. Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Exhibition Women's Singles Since the 1968 Summer Olympics did not feature tennis as an official sport, two unofficial tournaments were held during the Games: a Demonstration tournament and an Exhibition tournament. The Exhibition tournament was played from 24 to 26