<P> 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 11am local time on Thursday, 4 August . </P> <P> Serena Williams was the defending champion, but she lost in the third round to Elina Svitolina . </P> <P> Monica Puig won Puerto Rico's first ever Olympic gold medal, defeating Angelique Kerber in the final, 6--4, 4--6, 6--1 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="8"> August </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Th> 7 </Th> <Th> 8 </Th> <Th> 9 </Th> <Th> 10 </Th> <Th> 11 </Th> <Th> 12 </Th> <Th> 13 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11: 00 </Th> <Th> 11: 00 </Th> <Th> 11: 00 </Th> <Th> 11: 00 </Th> <Th>--</Th> <Th> 11: 00 </Th> <Th> 12: 00 </Th> <Th> 12: 00 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Round of 64 </Td> <Td> Round of 32 </Td> <Td> Round of 16 </Td> <Td> Play cancelled due to rain </Td> <Td> Quarter - finals </Td> <Td> Semi-finals </Td> <Td> Bronze medal match Gold medal match </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Who won the women's singles gold medal in tennis at the rio olympics