The gold medal is on the line, and it will be heading back to either China or Croatia as the women's singles tennis final gets underway at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Both Zheng Qinwen and Donna Vekic have beaten higher-seeded opposition to reach the decider, and will now face off at Roland-Garros to decide who will be the Olympic champion.
China's Qinwen came into the Olympics as the sixth seed, following a breakout year in which she reached her first major final at the 2024 Australian Open. Despite losing to Aryna Sabalenka in Melbourne, Qinwen has continued her strong 2024 form at the Paris Games, defeating Emma Navarro and Angelique Kerber on her way to the semifinals.
In the last four, she faced world number one Iga Swiatek, who having won her third-straight French Open title on the very same court just a few weeks ago, went into the semifinal as the clear favourite. However, Qinwen produced arguably her best performance of the year so far to win in straight sets, with a 6-2 7-5 scoreline taking her into the decider.
Likewise, Vekic has also had the best year of her career to date in 2024, reaching the Wimbledon semifinals and coming into the Olympics as the 13th seed. She produced one of the biggest upsets of the tournament with a 7-6 6-2 win over USA hopeful and second seed Coco Gauff in the third round, before getting past 12th seed Marta Kostyuk and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the quarters and semifinals respectively.
That sets up a final between two players who've already pulled off major victories at this year's Games, both of whom reached the third round at Roland-Garros in June's French Open. With Paris' iconic home of tennis set to take centre stage again, trying to determine who will win the gold medal is far too close to call!
The curtain comes down on the women's tennis singles at the 2024 Olympic Games with what should be an enthralling final, and The Sporting News has all your TV and streaming details to follow all the action from Qinwen and Vekic's match.
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2024 Olympics women's tennis final date, location
- Date: Saturday, August 3, 2024
- Location: Paris, France
- Venue: Court Philippe-Chatrier, Stade Roland-Garros
The women's singles tennis final at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris takes place on Saturday, August 3, from the home of the French Open, Roland-Garros. Qinwen and Vekic will face off over three sets on Court Philippe Chatrier to decide who claims the gold and silver medals.
As well as the decider in the women's singles competition at this year's Olympics, the men's singles bronze medal match and double's gold medal match will also take place concurrently from Roland-Garros.
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2024 Olympics women's tennis final start time, order of play
The 2024 Olympic Games women's singles tennis final takes place on Saturday, August 3, with both Qinwen and Vekic looking to win their first-ever Olympic medals in Paris.
Qinwen and Vekic will be the third match on Philippe Chatrier with the men's doubles gold and bronze medal matches taking place first. It means the women's singles final should begin at approximately 4 p.m. local time.
Here's how that start time translates across all of the USA timezones:
| US Time Zone | Date | Start Time |
| Eastern Time | Saturday, August 3 | 10:00 a.m. |
| Central Time | Saturday, August 3 | 9:00 a.m. |
| Mountain Time | Saturday, August 3 | 8:00 a.m. |
| Pacific Time | Saturday, August 3 | 7:00 a.m. |
| Alaskan Time | Saturday, August 3 | 6:00 a.m. |
| Hawaiian Time | Saturday, August 3 | 4:00 a.m. |
2024 Olympics women's tennis final TV channel, live stream
- TV Channel – USA (catchup only)
- Live Stream – Fubo, Peacock
Unfortunately for US viewers who want to tune into the women's singles tennis final at the 2024 Olympics despite the early start Stateside, there are no live broadcasts of the match between Qinwen and Vekic on free-to-air or cable TV. USA Network are showing the decider in full, but that will only be shown from 4:30 p.m. ET, well after the gold and silver medals have been awarded.
Therefore, the best place to go to catch all the action live is on Peacock, who are showing coverage of every single event at this year's Olympics for subscribers in the US. Fubo will also be showing the match on delay and are offering a free trial for new customers, which you can gain access to via this link.