At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, held at Stade Roland Garros from 27 July to 3 August, Zheng Qinwen of China defeated Donna Vekić of Croatia 6–2, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis gold medal. This historic win marked China's first gold in women's singles, its first Olympic tennis gold since 2004, and the first singles gold for an Asian country, while also earning Croatia its first women's singles medal. Zheng's dramatic run included saving a match point against Emma Navarro in the third round and ending Angelique Kerber's professional career in the quarterfinals. In the bronze medal match, Iga Świątek of Poland beat Slovakia's Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6–2, 6–1, securing Poland's first-ever Olympic tennis medal. Notably, defending champion Belinda Bencic was absent on maternity leave, and silver medalist Markéta Vondroušová withdrew due to injury, leaving bronze medalist Elina Svitolina as the only defending medalist, though she fell in the third round.