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After a busy European summer on clay and grass, we are back to the clay of Roland Garros, the home of tennis at Paris 2024.
Dovetailing into an already eventful European clay and grass season, 41 nations will be represented in the tennis event, with 184 players competing across five events (men’s and women’s singles and doubles, and mixed doubles).
The singles events will comprise of a 64-player draw, with a 32-team draw for the doubles events. The mixed doubles will be made up of 16 entries.
Australian Open champion and men’s world No 1 Jannik Sinner, and Roland Garros champion and women’s world No 1 Iga Swiatek are leading the pack.
Grand Slam champions Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Carlos Alcaraz (Spain), Coco Gauff (USA) and Elena Rybakina are also confirmed on the entry list.
Returning to defend their Olympic titles will be Alexander Zverev (Germany), Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic (Croatia) and Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic).
ITF places have been awarded to former Olympic Champions including two-time singles gold medallist Andy Murray (Great Britain) and doubles gold medallist Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland), together with singles and doubles gold medallist Rafael Nadal (Spain).
Who qualifies for Olympic Tennis?
Players will have met their national federations’ Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup participation requirements, along with any exemptions requested. The ATP and WTA rankings of June 10 were used for entry.
There is a limit of four singles players per gender per country, and up to two doubles teams per event, with a maximum of six players per gender per country in total.
For men’s and women’s doubles, the top 24 teams were selected on a combined singles or doubles ranking, with Top 10 doubles players eligible for direct entry with any partner with a Top 300 ranking.
Entries for the mixed doubles will be determined from those players participating in singles or doubles.
Athletes competing as Individual Neutral Athletes
Russian and Belarusian athletes are not permitted to compete in this year’s Olympic Games, but former US Open champion Daniil Medvedev is part of a contingent of Russian tennis players who will compete under the IOC flag.
Who is representing Great Britain?
Jack Draper is one of four players competing for Team GB in the men’s singles at Roland Garros
Men’s Singles: Cameron Norrie, Jack Draper, Dan Evans, Andy Murray
Women’s Singles: Katie Boulter
Men’s Doubles: Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski, Dan Evans/Andy Murray
Katie Boulter is Team GB’s sole representative in the women’s singles
Women’s Doubles: Katie Boulter/Heather Watson
Who will be missing?
Not everyone will be heading back over the English Channel to Paris. Among some of the big names who have decided to pull out include two-time Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka, Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, and Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu.
Sabalenka struggled with illness at Roland Garros, and withdrew from Wimbledon with a shoulder injury while Jabeur cited the difficulties in transitioning from grass back to clay, ahead of the hard court season.
Emma Raducanu declined the opportunity to compete at the Paris Olympics
Raducanu also rejected the offer of a place as a Grand Slam champion, preferring to prioritise the hard court preparations for the US Open.
What’s coming up on Sky Sports Tennis?
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- Hamburg Open (ATP 500) 15-21 July
- Newport Hall of Fame Open (ATP 250) 15-21 July
- Swiss Open (ATP 250) 15-21 July
- Bastad Open (ATP 250) 15-21 July
- Palermo Ladies Open (WTA 250) 15-21 July
- Hungarian Grand Prix (WTA 250) 15-21 July
- Prague Open (WTA 250) 21-26 July
- Iasi Open (WTA 250) 21-26 July
- Umag Open (ATP 250) 21-26 July
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