Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Tennis
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Tennis, Tokyo 2020.svg
Tennis pictogram for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Venue Ariake Tennis Park
Dates24 July – 1 August 2021
No. of events5
Competitors191 from 42 nations
  2016
2024  
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Edition18th
SurfaceHard
Champions
Men's singles
Flag of Germany.svg  Alexander Zverev  (GER)
Women's singles
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Belinda Bencic  (SUI)
Men's doubles
Flag of Croatia.svg  Nikola Mektić & Mate Pavić  (CRO)
Women's doubles
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Krejčíková & Kateřina Siniaková  (CZE)
Mixed doubles
Flag placeholder.svg  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova & Andrey Rublev  (ROC)
  2016  · Summer Olympics ·  2024  
Ariake Tennis Park during the games Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics - venue (2).jpg
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

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

Date24 July25 July26 July27 July28 July29 July30 July31 July1 August
DaySaturdaySundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
Start time11:0011:0011:0011:0011:0015:0015:0015:0015:00
Men's singles Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronzeFinal
Women's singles Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze & final
Men's doubles Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze & final
Women's doubles QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronzeFinal
Mixed doubles Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronzeFinal

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
1Flag placeholder.svg  ROC 1203
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1102
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1102
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1102
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1001
6Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 0011
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0011
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0011
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0011
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0011
Totals (10 entries)55515

Medal events

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

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