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Tennis
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Tennis pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics
VenueAriake Tennis Park
Dates24 July – 1 August 2021
No. of events5
Competitors191 from 42 nations
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Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Edition18th
SurfaceHard
Champions
Men's singles
 Alexander Zverev (GER)
Women's singles
 Belinda Bencic (SUI)
Men's doubles
 Nikola Mektić & Mate Pavić (CRO)
Women's doubles
 Barbora Krejčíková & Kateřina Siniaková (CZE)
Mixed doubles
 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova & Andrey Rublev (ROC)
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Ariake Tennis Park during the games

Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held between 24 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Tennis Park.

The tournament featured 191 players in five events: singles and doubles for both men and women and mixed doubles. The hard-court Deco Turf surface at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was chosen by the Tokyo Organizing Committee. This marked the fifth time that this type of surface was utilized for the Olympic Games.[1]

The format at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was a single-elimination tournament with men's and women's singles draws consisting of 64 players.[2] There were six rounds of competition in singles, five rounds in doubles (draw size of 32), and four rounds in mixed doubles (draw size of 16). Players and teams reaching the semifinals were assured of competing for a medal with the two losing semifinalists competing for the bronze medal. All singles matches were best of three sets with a standard tiebreak (first to seven points) in every set, including the final set. In all doubles competition, a match tiebreak (first to ten points) was played instead of a third set.[3][4][5]

Qualification

Main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

To be eligible, a player must meet certain requirements related to play on Davis Cup or Billie Jean King Cup teams. Qualification for the singles competitions is based primarily on the world rankings of 14 June 2021, with 56 players entering each of the men's and women's events (limited to four per National Olympic Committee (NOC)). Six of the remaining eight slots are to be allocated by continent for NOCs with no other qualifiers. The final two spots are reserved, one for the host nation and one for a previous Olympic gold medalist or Grand Slam champion.[6][7] In the men's and women's doubles competitions, 32 teams are scheduled to compete. Up to 10 places are reserved for players in the top 10 of the doubles ranking, who could select any player from their NOC ranked in the top 300 in either singles or doubles. The remaining slots are allocated by combined rankings, with preference given to singles players once the total player quota is met.[8] One team per gender is to be reserved for the host nation if none has already become eligible otherwise.[6] No quota spots are available for mixed doubles; instead, all teams will consist of players already entered in the singles or doubles. The top 15 combined ranking teams and the host nation are eligible.[6][9]

Andy Murray of Great Britain was the two-time defending champion in men's singles, but withdrew before his first-round match due to a quadriceps strain.[10] Monica Puig of Puerto Rico was the defending champion in women's singles, but did not return to defend her title in order to recover from surgery.[11]

Schedule

See also: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Day-by-day summaries
Date 24 July 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31 July 1 August
Day Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Start time 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00
Men's singles Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Final
Women's singles Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals — Bronze & final —
Men's doubles Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze & final — —
Women's doubles Quarterfinals Semifinals — Bronze Final
Mixed doubles — — — — Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Final

Participating nations

*Host nation indicated in bold.

Medal summary

In men's singles, Alexander Zverev of Germany won the gold medal by defeating Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee, 6–3, 6–1.[12] In men's doubles, Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić of Croatia defeated compatriots Marin Čilić and Ivan Dodig 6–4, 3–6, 10–6.[13]

In women's singles, Belinda Bencic of Switzerland won the gold medal over Markéta Vondroušová of the Czech Republic 7–5, 2–6, 6–3.[14] In women's doubles, Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková of the Czech Republic defeated Bencic and Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland 7–5, 6–1.[15]

In mixed doubles, Andrey Rublev and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of the Russian Olympic Committee defeated compatriots Elena Vesnina and Aslan Karatsev, 6–3, 6–7 (5), [13–11].[15]

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 ROC1203
2 Croatia1102
 Czech Republic1102
 Switzerland1102
5 Germany1001
6 Australia0011
 Brazil0011
 New Zealand0011
 Spain0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (10 entries)55515

Medal events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details 		Alexander Zverev
 Germany 		Karen Khachanov
 ROC 		Pablo Carreño Busta
 Spain
Men's doubles
details 		 Croatia
Nikola Mektić
Mate Pavić 		 Croatia
Marin Čilić
Ivan Dodig 		 New Zealand
Marcus Daniell
Michael Venus
Women's singles
details 		Belinda Bencic
 Switzerland 		Markéta Vondroušová
 Czech Republic 		Elina Svitolina
 Ukraine
Women's doubles
details 		 Czech Republic
Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková 		 Switzerland
Belinda Bencic
Viktorija Golubic 		 Brazil
Laura Pigossi
Luisa Stefani
Mixed doubles
details 		 ROC
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Andrey Rublev 		 ROC
Elena Vesnina
Aslan Karatsev 		 Australia
Ashleigh Barty
John Peers

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Olympic tennis dates, entry lists, seeds and more". Women's Tennis Association. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Olympic men's final down to three sets". BBC Sport. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  4. ^ "ITF announces changes for 2020 Olympic Tennis Event". ITF. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Tennis". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITF. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. ^ "ITF announce qualification process for Tokyo 2020 Olympics". ITF.
  8. ^ "Kim Clijsters Will Need Wildcard To Participate in Olympics 2020 | Olympics 2020". 30 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  9. ^ "2021 Tokyo Olympics Live Stream Reddit Free". 16 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Andy Murray withdraws from Tokyo Olympics singles tennis tournament, remains in doubles". 25 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Monica Puig, surprise Rio Olympic tennis champion, to miss Tokyo Games". 6 June 2021.
  12. ^ Futterman, Matthew (1 August 2021). "Alexander Zverev wins gold in the men's singles tennis tournament". The New York Times. ProQuest 2557115779.
  13. ^ "Nikola Mektic & Mate Pavic Capture Olympic Gold In Tokyo Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  14. ^ Garcia, Oskar (31 July 2021). "Belinda Bencic of Switzerland wins tennis singles gold". The New York Times. ProQuest 2556895709.
  15. ^ a b Latiff, Rozanna; Grohmann, Karolos (1 August 2021). "Olympics-Tennis-Ecstatic Zverev powers to men's gold in first for Germany". National Post. Reuters. ProQuest 2557210706.
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