Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles

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Women's singles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueMusashino Forest Sport Plaza
Dates24 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors43 from 39 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chen Yufei  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tai Tzu-ying  Chinese Taipei
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) P. V. Sindhu  India
Badminton at the
2020 Summer Olympics
List of badminton players
Qualification
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed

The women's singles badminton tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 24 July to 1 August at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza at Tokyo. A total of 43 players from 37 nations competed.

The event was won by China's Chen Yufei who defeated reigning World Number 1 Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei in the final. Reigning World Champion and 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist P. V. Sindhu of India won the bronze medal, defeating China's He Bingjiao in the playoff. This was India's third consecutive medal in this discipline, and Chinese Taipei's first.

Background

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This was the 8th appearance of the event as a full medal event. Badminton was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1972, held again as an exhibition sport in 1988, and added to the full programme in 1992.[1]

The reigning champion was Carolina Marín of Spain. Marín was the 4th-ranked player during the qualifying period and would have qualified to return, but withdrew due to an injury.[2] The other two medalists from 2016, silver medalist P. V. Sindhu of India and bronze medalist Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, both qualified with Top-10 rankings. P. V. Sindhu was also the reigning world champion and the only one of the three former Olympic medalists to be medalled again where she won the bronze medal.

Qualification

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Main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The badminton qualification system was designed to ensure that 86 men and 86 women receive quota spots; the size of the women's singles field adjusts to hit that target quota. Following revisions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualifying periods were set between 29 April 2019 to 15 March 2020 and 4 January to 13 June 2021, with the ranking list of 15 June 2021 deciding qualification.

There were 38 initial quota places for the women's singles: 34 from the ranking list, 3 from Tripartite Commission invitations, and 1 host nation place. Nations with multiple players in the top 16 of the ranking list could earn 2 quota places; all others were limited to 1. Players were taken from the ranking list in order, respecting the national limits, until the places were filled. Each continent was guaranteed one spot, either through the invitational spots or by replacing the lowest-ranked player if necessary. The host nation spot was unnecessary (Japan qualified two players through the ranking list) and was reallocated to the ranking list.

Additional places beyond 38 were added where players qualified in both the women's singles and one of the doubles events. This resulted in 5 additional places added to the ranking list. One tripartite invitational place was not used. The total qualified list was thus 43 players.

Competition format

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The tournament was started with a group phase round-robin followed by a knockout stage.[3] For the group stage, the players were divided into between 12 and 16 groups of between 3 and 4 players each. Each group was played in a round-robin. Players finishing top in each group advanced to the knockout rounds. The knockout stage was a four-round single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. If there were fewer than 16 groups in the group stage, some players would receive a bye in the round of 16.[4]

Matches were played best-of-three games. Each game was played to 21, except that a player must win by 2 unless the score reached 30–29.[4]

Schedule

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The tournament was held over a 10-day period, with 9 competition days and a 1 open day.[5][6]

Legend
P Preliminaries R Round of 16 QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals M Medal matches
Date 24 Jul 25 Jul 26 Jul 27 Jul 28 Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31 Jul 1 Aug 2 Aug
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M A M E A E A E
Women's singles P R QF SF M

Seeds

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A total of 14 players were given seeds.

Group stage

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The group stage was played from 24 to 28 July. The winner of each group advanced to the knockout rounds.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Chen Yufei (CHN) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 31 +53 2 Advance to quarter-finals
2  Neslihan Yiğit (TUR) 2 1 1 2 2 0 65 52 +13 1
3  Doha Hany (EGY) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 18 84 −66 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
25 July 11:20 Chen Yufei China 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Egypt Doha Hany 21–5 21–3
27 July 11:20 Neslihan Yiğit Turkey 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Egypt Doha Hany 21–5 21–5
28 July 12:20 Chen Yufei China 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Turkey Neslihan Yiğit 21–14 21–9

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  An Se-young (KOR) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 30 +54 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Clara Azurmendi (ESP) 2 1 1 2 2 0 63 54 +9 1
3  Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (NGR) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 21 84 −63 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
24 July 20:00 An Se-young South Korea 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Spain Clara Azurmendi 21–13 21–8
26 July 12:00 Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Nigeria 0–2 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Spain Clara Azurmendi 10–21 2–21
27 July 19:20 An Se-young South Korea 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Nigeria Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan 21–3 21–6

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 41 +43 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Kristin Kuuba (EST) 2 1 1 2 2 0 70 74 −4 1
3  Daniela Macías (PER) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 45 84 −39 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
24 July 09:40 Busanan Ongbamrungphan Thailand 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Peru Daniela Macías 21–4 21–9
26 July 18:00 Kristin Kuuba Estonia 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Peru Daniela Macías 21–19 21–13
27 July 18:40 Busanan Ongbamrungphan Thailand 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Estonia Kristin Kuuba 21–16 21–12

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) (H) 2 2 0 2 0 +2 84 43 +41 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Evgeniya Kosetskaya (ROC) 2 1 1 2 2 0 65 77 −12 1
3  Yvonne Li (GER) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 56 85 −29 0
Source: TOCOG
(H) Host
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
25 July 11:20 Nozomi Okuhara Japan 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Germany Yvonne Li 21–17 21–4
26 July 10:00 Evgeniya Kosetskaya Russia 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Germany Yvonne Li 22–20 21–15
28 July 10:20 Nozomi Okuhara Japan 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21–6 21–16

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Michelle Li (CAN) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 51 +33 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Martina Repiská (SVK) 2 1 1 2 2 0 76 73 +3 1
3  Nikté Sotomayor (GUA) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 48 84 −36 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
25 July 12:00 Michelle Li Canada 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Guatemala Nikté Sotomayor 21–8 21–9
26 July 18:40 Martina Repiská Slovakia 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Guatemala Nikté Sotomayor 21–19 21–12
28 July 11:00 Michelle Li Canada 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Slovakia Martina Repiská 21–18 21–16

Group G

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Match between Sorayya Aghaei and Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  He Bingjiao (CHN) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 23 +61 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Sorayya Aghaei (IRI) 2 1 1 2 2 0 56 63 −7 1
3  Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq (MDV) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 30 84 −54 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
25 July 12:40 He Bingjiao China 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Maldives Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq 21–6 21–3
26 July 11:20 Sorayya Aghaei Iran 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Maldives Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq 21–14 21–7
28 July 11:00 He Bingjiao China 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Iran Sorayya Aghaei 21–11 21–3

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Beiwen Zhang (USA) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 38 +46 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Marija Ulitina (UKR) 2 1 1 2 2 0 62 76 −14 1
3  Fabiana Silva (BRA) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 53 85 −32 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
25 July 18:00 Beiwen Zhang United States 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Ukraine Marija Ulitina 21–12 21–7
26 July 12:40 Fabiana Silva Brazil 0–2 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Ukraine Marija Ulitina 14–21 20–22
28 July 10:20 Beiwen Zhang United States 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Brazil Fabiana Silva 21–9 21–10

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Mia Blichfeldt (DEN) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 34 +50 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Chen Hsuan-yu (AUS) 2 1 1 2 2 0 83 88 −5 1
3  Linda Zetchiri (BUL) 2 0 2 1 4 −3 59 104 −45 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
25 July 14:00 Mia Blichfeldt Denmark 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Australia Chen Hsuan-yu 21–7 21–14
27 July 13:20 Linda Zetchiri Bulgaria 1–2 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Australia Chen Hsuan-yu 16–21 22–20 8–21
28 July 09:40 Mia Blichfeldt Denmark 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Bulgaria Linda Zetchiri 21–10 21–3

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  P. V. Sindhu (IND) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 42 +42 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Cheung Ngan Yi (HKG) 2 1 1 2 3 −1 82 91 −9 1
3  Ksenia Polikarpova (ISR) 2 0 2 1 4 −3 66 99 −33 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
25 July 10:40 P. V. Sindhu India 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Israel Ksenia Polikarpova 21–7 21–10
27 July 12:40 Cheung Ngan Yi Hong Kong 2–1 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Israel Ksenia Polikarpova 21–12 15–21 21–16
28 July 11:00 P. V. Sindhu India 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Hong Kong Cheung Ngan Yi 21–9 21–16

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Kim Ga-eun (KOR) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 50 +34 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Yeo Jia Min (SGP) 2 1 1 2 2 0 69 59 +10 1
3  Haramara Gaitan (MEX) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 40 84 −44 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
24 July 20:40 Kim Ga-eun South Korea 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Mexico Haramara Gaitan 21–14 21–9
27 July 13:20 Yeo Jia Min Singapore 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Mexico Haramara Gaitan 21–7 21–10
28 July 09:00 Kim Ga-eun South Korea 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Singapore Yeo Jia Min 21–13 21–14

Group L

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) (H) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 38 +46 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Kirsty Gilmour (GBR) 2 1 1 2 2 0 69 70 −1 1
3  Mahoor Shahzad (PAK) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 39 84 −45 0
Source: TOCOG
(H) Host
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
24 July 09:40 Akane Yamaguchi Japan 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Pakistan Mahoor Shahzad 21–3 21–8
27 July 14:00 Kirsty Gilmour United Kingdom 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Pakistan Mahoor Shahzad 21–14 21–14
28 July 09:00 Akane Yamaguchi Japan 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine United Kingdom Kirsty Gilmour 21–9 21–18

Group M

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (INA) 2 2 0 4 0 +4 84 47 +37 2 Advance to elimination round
2  Lianne Tan (BEL) 2 1 1 2 2 0 70 56 +14 1
3  Thet Htar Thuzar (MYA) 2 0 2 0 4 −4 33 84 −51 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
25 July 10:00 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Indonesia 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Myanmar Thet Htar Thuzar 21–11 21–8
27 July 12:40 Lianne Tan Belgium 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Myanmar Thet Htar Thuzar 21–6 21–8
28 July 09:40 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Indonesia 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Belgium Lianne Tan 21–11 21–17

Group N

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Ratchanok Intanon (THA) 1 1 0 2 1 +1 61 49 +12 1 Advance to elimination round
2  Soniia Cheah Su Ya (MAS) 1 0 1 1 2 −1 49 61 −12 0
3  Laura Sárosi (HUN) (Z) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: TOCOG
(Z) Withdrew after one match
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
25 July 19:20 Ratchanok Intanon Thailand 2–0 Archived 26 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
(voided) 		Hungary Laura Sárosi 21–5 21–10
27 July 14:00 Soniia Cheah Su Ya Malaysia N/P Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Hungary Laura Sárosi Cancelled
28 July 11:40 Ratchanok Intanon Thailand 2–1 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Malaysia Soniia Cheah Su Ya 19–21 21–18 21–10

Group P

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Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Tai Tzu-ying (TPE) 3 3 0 6 0 +6 126 70 +56 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2  Nguyễn Thùy Linh (VIE) 3 2 1 4 2 +2 111 89 +22 2
3  Qi Xuefei (FRA) 3 1 2 2 4 −2 87 108 −21 1
4  Sabrina Jaquet (SUI) 3 0 3 0 6 −6 69 126 −57 0
Source: TOCOG
Date Time Player 1 Score Player 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
24 July 09:00 Qi Xuefei France 0–2 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Vietnam Nguyễn Thùy Linh 11–21 11–21
13:00 Tai Tzu-ying Chinese Taipei 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Switzerland Sabrina Jaquet 21–7 21–13
26 July 10:00 Qi Xuefei France 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Switzerland Sabrina Jaquet 21–10 21–14
14:00 Tai Tzu-ying Chinese Taipei 2–0 Archived 25 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Vietnam Nguyễn Thùy Linh 21–16 21–11
28 July 09:00 Tai Tzu-ying Chinese Taipei 2–0 Archived 28 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine France Qi Xuefei 21–10 21–13
09:40 Nguyễn Thùy Linh Vietnam 2–0 Archived 27 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine Switzerland Sabrina Jaquet 21–8 21–17

Finals

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The knockout stage was played from 29 July to 1 August. One round was held per day. This stage was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.[7]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
                    
A1  Chen Yufei (CHN) 21 21
C1  An Se-young (KOR) 18 19
C1  An Se-young (KOR) 21 21
D1  Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA) 15 15
A1  Chen Yufei (CHN) 21 13 21
G1  He Bingjiao (CHN) 16 21 12
E1  Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) 21 21
F1  Michelle Li (CAN) 9 7
E1  Nozomi Okuhara (JPN) 21 13 14
G1  He Bingjiao (CHN) 13 21 21
G1  He Bingjiao (CHN) 14 9
H1  Beiwen Zhang (USA) 21 7r
A1  Chen Yufei (CHN) 21 19 21
P1  Tai Tzu-ying (TPE) 18 21 18
I1  Mia Blichfeldt (DEN) 15 13
J1  P. V. Sindhu (IND) 21 21
J1  P. V. Sindhu (IND) 21 22
L1  Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) 13 20
K1  Kim Ga-eun (KOR) 17 18
L1  Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) 21 21
J1  P. V. Sindhu (IND) 18 12
P1  Tai Tzu-ying (TPE) 21 21
M1  Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (INA) 12 19 Bronze medal match
N1  Ratchanok Intanon (THA) 21 21
N1  Ratchanok Intanon (THA) 21 18 18 G1  He Bingjiao (CHN) 13 15
P1  Tai Tzu-ying (TPE) 14 21 21 J1  P. V. Sindhu (IND) 21 21

References

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