Mixed doubles at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Stade Roland Garros | |||||||||
Dates | 29 July – 2 August | |||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | |||||||||
Teams | 16 | |||||||||
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Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
Champions | Kateřina Siniaková Tomáš Macháč |
Runners-up | Wang Xinyu Zhang Zhizhen |
Score | 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] |
Czechia's Kateřina Siniaková and Tomáš Macháč defeated China's Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen in the final, 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] to win the gold medal in mixed doubles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [1] It was Czechia's first Olympic medal in mixed doubles tennis, and Siniaková's second Olympic gold medal after winning the women's doubles event in 2021. [2] [3] In the bronze medal match, Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Félix Auger-Aliassime defeated Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands, 6–3, 7–6(7–2). It was Canada's second Olympic tennis medal. [4] In the event, 32 players (16 teams) from 16 nations participated in the draw. [5]
Andrey Rublev and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the reigning gold medalists from 2021, but neither of them chose to compete in this edition of the Summer Games. [6]
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to one team. Qualification for the mixed doubles is primarily through the ATP and WTA ranking lists. There are 16 quota places available for mixed doubles. [5]
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches are best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak was played in the first two sets reaching 6–6, while the third set will be a single tiebreak until one team scores ten points, while being two points clear. [7]
The schedule is as follows. [8]
R64 | Round of 64 | R32 | Round of 32 | R16 | Round of 16 | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | BM | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | |
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R16 | ¼ | ½ | BM | F |
Seeds were announced by the International Tennis Federation on 24 July 2024. [9]
The draw was held on 25 July 2024. [10] [11]
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