Following are the women's singles medalists from previous Olympic Games tennis since 1988 when the sport came backed to the Olympic family as a medal event:
2004 Athens
Gold: Justine henin-Hardenne, Belgium
Silver: Amelie Mauresmo, France
Bronze: Alicia Molik, Australia
2000 Sydney
Gold: Venus Williams, United States
Silver: Elena Dementieva, Russia
Bronze: Monica Seles, United States
1996 Atlanta
Gold: Lindsay Davenport, United States
Silver: Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain
Bronze: Jana Novotna, Czech Republic
1992 Barcelona
Gold: Jennifer Capriati, United States
Silver: Steffi Graf, Germany
Bronze: Mary Joe Fernandez, United States
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spain
1988 Seoul
Gold: Steffi Graf, West Germany
Silver: Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina
Bronze: Zina Garrison, United States
Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, Bulgaria
(Xinhua News Agency August 10, 2008)