Tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament.
Kateřina Siniaková is a Czech professional tennis player. She is the current world No. 1 in doubles. She also has a best singles ranking of No. 27 by the WTA, achieved in June 2024.
Barbora Krejčíková is a Czech professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 28 February 2022, and became World No. 1 in doubles on 22 October 2018. She is known for her aggressive playing style and her smooth, powerful groundstrokes.
Jasmine Paolini is an Italian professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 4, tying the record for the highest-ranked Italian singles player with Francesca Schiavone in the WTA rankings. Paolini is a three-time major finalist, contesting the singles and doubles finals of the 2024 French Open and the singles final of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. Paolini has won two singles and six doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 singles title at the 2024 Dubai Tennis Championships, two WTA 1000 doubles titles, and an Olympic gold medal in doubles, partnering Sara Errani. She is the current Italian No. 1. Paolini was part of the Italian squad which won the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup.
Aryna Siarhiejeŭna Sabalenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is the current world No. 1 in singles and former world No. 1 in doubles. Sabalenka has won three major singles titles at the 2023 and 2024 Australian Opens and the 2024 US Open, and two major doubles titles, at the 2019 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open, both partnering with Elise Mertens. She has won 23 career titles, 17 in singles and 6 in doubles.
The 2020 French Open was a major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Originally scheduled for 24 May to 7 June, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was first moved to 20 September to 4 October 2020, then later moved back a week further to 27 September to 11 October 2020. Qualifying matches, comprising singles and doubles play, began 21 September. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled. Rafael Nadal was the twelve-time and defending champion in men's singles; Ashleigh Barty was the defending champion in women's singles but chose not to defend her title following concerns over the pandemic.
Kamilla Stanislavovna Rakhimova is a Russian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of No. 61 in singles, achieved on 21 October 2024, and No. 65 in doubles, attained on 6 June 2022.
Germany's Alexander Zverev defeated Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee in the final, 6–3, 6–1, to win the gold medal in men's singles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was both countries' first medals at the event since 2000, and Germany's first victory. In the bronze medal match, Spain's Pablo Carreño Busta defeated Serbia's Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3. En route to his bronze medal, Carreño Busta defeated the world's top-two ranked players – Djokovic and the ROC's Daniil Medvedev.
This is a list of career statistics of American tennis player Coco Gauff since her professional debut in 2018. Gauff has won nine WTA Tour singles titles and nine doubles titles, as well as one ITF singles titles and one doubles title.
The 2021 French Open was a major level tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 30 May to 13 June 2021, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. The qualifiers took place from 24 May to 28 May. Junior and wheelchair tournaments also took place. Rafael Nadal was the four-time defending champion in men's singles, and Iga Świątek was the defending champion in women's singles.
Zheng Qinwen is a Chinese professional tennis player. She won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the first Asian tennis player, male or female, to win an Olympic gold in singles. On her way to the medal, she defeated top players, including world No. 1, Iga Swiatek. She reached a career-high WTA ranking of No. 5 on 11 November 2024, and is only the second Chinese player to reach the top 10 after Li Na.
The 2022 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 22 May to 5 June 2022, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments are also scheduled. Novak Djokovic was the defending champion in men's singles, and Barbora Krejčíková was the defending champion in the women's singles. Neither successfully defended their title, with Djokovic losing in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Rafael Nadal, and Krejčíková losing in the first round to Diane Parry.
The 2022 Iga Świątek tennis season officially began on 3 January 2022 as the start of the 2022 WTA Tour. Iga Świątek entered the season as world number 9. The season saw the Polish player become the twenty-eighth world number 1 player in singles. A 37-match win streak was accumulated during the season, the longest in the twenty-first century.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in the final, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2) to win the gold medal in men's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was Serbia's first gold medal in Olympic tennis. With the win, Djokovic completed the Career Golden Slam, the Career Super Slam, and became the first man to win all Big Titles in singles. By winning the gold medal, Djokovic became the oldest men's singles champion in Olympic tennis, while Alcaraz became the youngest finalist. Djokovic also became the first man to win the Olympics without dropping a set during the tournament. En route to victory, he defeated Nadal in their record-extending 60th and final professional meeting, and their 11th encounter at Stade Roland Garros, to end their head-to-head at 31–29 in his favor.
China's Zheng Qinwen defeated Croatia's Donna Vekić in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was China's first victory in the women's singles, the country's first gold medal in Olympic tennis since the women's doubles in 2004, the first singles gold medal for an Asian country in Olympic tennis, and also the first women's singles medal for Croatia. Zheng and Vekic each saved a match point en route to the championship match. By beating Iga Świątek in the semifinal, 6–2, 7–5 Zheng became the first player to beat Świątek at Stade Roland Garros since 2021 as well as the first player to beat Świątek in straight sets on clay since Maria Sakkari in 2021. In the bronze medal match, Poland's tournament No. 1 seed Iga Świątek defeated Slovakia's Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, 6–2, 6–1. It was Poland's first medal in Olympic tennis. Ranked No. 67, Schmiedlová became the lowest ranked semifinalist since tennis returned to the Olympics in 1988 and the first Slovak woman to reach that stage.
The 2024 Novak Djokovic tennis season, officially began on 31 December 2023, with the start of the 2024 United Cup, and ended 13 October 2024 after Djokovic was defeated by Sinner in the finals of the Shanghai Masters.
The 2024 Coco Gauff tennis season officially began on 1 January 2024, with the start of the Auckland Classic in Auckland.
The 2024 French Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament that was played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 26 May to 9 June 2024, comprising singles, doubles and mixed doubles play. Junior and wheelchair tournaments were also scheduled.
The 2024 Summer Olympics order of play for matches on the main courts, played from 27 July until 4 August.
Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Zheng Qinwen (CHN)
Matthew Ebden & John Peers (AUS)
Sara Errani & Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
Kateřina Siniaková & Tomáš Macháč (CZE)
