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The tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 4 August at the Stade Roland Garros. [1] The event featured a total of 175 players across five medal events: singles and doubles for both men and women and mixed doubles.
The playing surface of the court varies between Olympic Games. It has been on hard court for every Olympics since 1984 except for the 1992 and 2024 Olympics (which were on a clay court) and the 2012 Olympics (which was played on a grass court). The changing playing surface gives certain players different advantages and disadvantages not seen in ...
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]
The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program. Demonstration events were held in 1968 and 1984. Novak Djokovic was the favourite entering the tournament having won three consecutive Grand Slam titles earlier in the year.
The win also made him the oldest Olympic singles champion since tennis returned to the Games in 1988. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Chilean sport shooter Francisca Crovetto holding the gold medal she won in the women's skeet , as well as a box with an official poster given to all medalists [ 25 ] Women's high jump medallists at the 2024 games.
2024 Paris Olympics results: Team USA wins first gold medal, Katie Ledecky wins bronze on Day 1. Ryan Young. July 27, 2024 at 9:16 PM. ... Nadal-Alcaraz rally for first win in tennis doubles.
In men's tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters tournaments, and the year-end championships are considered the top-tier events of the annual ATP Tour calendar, in addition to the quadrennial Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [a] [1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (Slams, Masters and YEC) as follows
Tennis was not a medal sport from 1928 to 1984, though there were demonstration events in 1968 and 1984. [ 5 ] This was the first Olympic tournament since 1996 not to feature the Williams sisters in the draw after Serena withdrew for family commitments and Venus 's ranking had not been high enough to qualify for the team.