Grand Slam (tennis) Grand Slam (tennis) The Grand Slam tournaments, also called majors, are the four most important annual tennis events. They offer the most ranking points, prize money, public and media attention, the greatest strength and size of field, and greater number of "best of" sets for men. The Grand Slam itinerary consists of the Australian Open in mid January, the French Open around late May through early June, Wimbledon in June-July, and the US Open in August-September. Each tournament is played over a period of two weeks. The Australian and United States tournaments are played on hard courts, the French on
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles 2 Angelique Kerber in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1. "(Third round)" Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles The women's singles tennis tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 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 to 13 August 2016. The draw for the event was conducted at 11 a.m. local time on Thursday, 4 August. Serena Williams was the defending gold medalist, but she lost in the third round to Elina Svitolina. Monica Puig