(July 15, 2016) The ITF announced the final list of singles and doubles entries for the Rio 2016 Olympic Tennis Event at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra Olympic Park on 6-14 August. Fifty-two countries will compete in this year’s event.
The final list has been confirmed after the ITF Olympic Committee discussed the remaining men’s appeals on Friday.
Andy Murray (GBR) and Serena Williams (USA) will defend their London 2012 singles titles, while Bob and Mike Bryan (USA), and Venus and Serena Williams (USA) will defend their doubles titles. Entries for the mixed doubles will be confirmed on site during the Olympic Tennis Event.
Sixty-four players will contest both the men’s and women’s singles. Entries for both events are a combination of 56 direct acceptances based on the singles world rankings of 6 June, and six ITF Places (Final Qualification Places) allocated according to the Qualification System (click here). There are also two Tripartite Commission Invitation Places.
Thirty-two teams will contest both the men’s and women’s doubles, with entries a combination of 24 direct acceptances and eight ITF Places (Final Qualification Places). Entries are based on the combined world rankings of each team on 6 June, with each player using the better of their singles and doubles world ranking. Any player ranked in the doubles Top 10 on 6 June was eligible for direct acceptance with a partner of any ranking.
There is a limit of four singles players per gender per country. Nations were also able to nominate up to two doubles teams per event, with a maximum of six players per gender per country in total. Entries are also subject to players being in good standing with their National Association and meeting the minimum participation requirements in Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
Entries for the 16-team mixed doubles event will be determined on site from those players already participating in singles or doubles, with a maximum of two teams per country. Teams have to be nominated by their National Olympic Committee by the deadline of 9 August.
The Olympic Tennis Event will be played on hard court, with ten match courts and six practice courts, including a 10,000-capacity centre court, and two additional show courts seating 5,000 and 3,000 spectators respectively.
The Draw for the Olympic Tennis Event will be held on site at the OIympic Tennis Centre on Thursday 4th August at 11:00 local time.
ITF President David Haggerty said: “We are delighted to welcome another outstanding field to the Olympic Tennis Event. Since the return of tennis to the Olympics in 1988, the event has continued to grow at each Games, with the current generation of players embracing this unique opportunity in our sport. We expect that the competition in each discipline will be fierce, and look forward to some memorable matches.”
MEN’S SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Argentina Juan Martin del Potro, Federico Delbonis, Juan Monaco, Guido Pella
Australia John Millman, Thanasi Kokkinakis
Barbados Darian King (TRI)
Belgium David Goffin
Bosnia/Herzegovina Damir Dzumhur (TRI)
Brazil Thomaz Bellucci, Rogerio Dutra Silva
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov
Canada Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil
Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-Hsun
Croatia Marin Cilic, Borna Coric
Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis
Czech Republic Tomas Berdych, Jiri Vesely, Lukas Rosol
Dominican Republic Victor Estrella Burgos
France Richard Gasquet, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon
Georgia Nikoloz Basilashvili (ITF)
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber, Alexander Zverev, Dustin Brown (ITF), Jan-Lennard Struff (ITF)
Great Britain Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund (ITF)
Israel Dudi Sela
Italy Fabio Fognini, Andreas Seppi, Paolo Lorenzi
Japan Kei Nishikori
Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin
Lithuania Ricardas Berankis
Luxembourg Gilles Muller
Netherlands Robin Haase
Poland Jerzy Janowicz (ITF)
Portugal Joao Sousa, Gastao Elias (ITF)
Russia Andrey Kuznetsov, Evgeny Donskoy
Serbia Novak Djokovic, Viktor Troicki
Slovakia Martin Klizan
Spain Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Roberto Bautista Agut, Albert Ramos-Vinolas
Switzerland Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka
Tunisia Malek Jaziri
Ukraine Illya Marchenko
Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
USA Jack Sock, Steve Johnson, Denis Kudla, Brian Baker
Uzbekistan Denis Istomin
(ITF) ITF Place (Final Qualification Place)
(TRI) Tripartite Commission Invitation Place
WOMEN’S SINGLES ENTRY LIST
Australia Samantha Stosur, Daria Gavrilova
Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer, Kirsten Flipkens
Brazil Teliana Pereira (ITF)
Bulgaria Tsvetana Pironkova (ITF)
Canada Eugenie Bouchard
China, P.R. Peng Shuai, Zhang Shuai, Wang Qiang (ITF)
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-Wei (ITF)
Czech Republic Petra Kvitova, Karolina Pliskova, Lucie Safarova, Barbora Strycova
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
France Kristina Mladenovic, Carolina Garcia, Alize Cornet
Germany Angelique Kerber, Andrea Petkovic, Annika Beck, Laura Siegemund
Great Britain Johanna Konta, Heather Watson
Hungary Timea Babos
Italy Roberta Vinci, Sara Errani, Karin Knapp
Japan Misaki Doi, Nao Hibino (ITF)
Kazakhstan Yulia Putintseva, Galina Voskoboeva
Latvia Jelena Ostapenko
Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt (TRI)
Montenegro Danka Kovinic
Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Paraguay Veronica Cepede Royg (TRI)
Poland Agnieszka Radwanska
Puerto Rico Monica Puig
Romania Simona Halep, Irina-Camelia Begu, Monica Niculescu
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Daria Kasatkina,
Ekaterina Makarova
Serbia Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic
Slovakia Dominika Cibulkova, Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Spain Garbine Muguruza, Carla Suarez Navarro
Sweden Johanna Larsson
Switzerland Belinda Bencic, Timea Bacsinszky
Tunisia Ons Jabeur (ITF)
Ukraine Elina Svitolina, Lesia Tsurenko
USA Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens
(ITF) ITF Place (Final Qualification Place)
(TRI) Tripartite Commission Invitation Place
MEN’S DOUBLES ENTRY LIST
Argentina Juan Martin del Potro/Maximo Gonzalez,
Federico Delbonis/Guillermo Duran
Australia Chris Guccione/John Peers
Austria Oliver Marach/Alexander Peya
Belarus Aliaksandr Bury/Max Mirnyi (ITF)
Brazil Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares, Thomaz Bellucci/Andre Sa (ITF)
Canada Milos Raonic/Vasek Pospisil
Chile Julio Peralta/Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (ITF)
Colombia Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah
Croatia Marin Cilic/Marin Draganja
Czech Republic Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek, Lukas Rosol/Jiri Vesely (ITF)
France Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut,
Richard Gasquet/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Germany Philipp Kohlschreiber/Philipp Petzschner
Great Britain Andy Murray/Jamie Murray, Colin Fleming/Dominic Inglot (ITF)
India Rohan Bopanna/Leander Paes
Italy Fabio Fognini/Andreas Seppi
Netherlands Robin Haase/Jean-Julien Rojer
New Zealand Marcus Daniell/Michael Venus (ITF)
Poland Lukasz Kubot/Marcin Matkowski
Romania Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau
Serbia Novak Djokovic/Nenad Zimonjic
Slovakia Martin Klizan/Andrej Martin (ITF)
Spain Marc Lopez/Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut/David Ferrer
Switzerland Roger Federer/Stan Wawrinka
Ukraine Illya Marchenko/Denys Molchanov (ITF)
USA Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan, Steve Johnson/Jack Sock
(ITF) ITF Place (Final Qualification Place)
WOMEN’S DOUBLES ENTRY LIST
Australia Daria Gavrilova/Samantha Stosur
Brazil Paula Cristina Goncalves/Teliana Pereira (ITF)
Canada Eugenie Bouchard/Gabriela Dabrowski (ITF)
China, P.R. Xu Yi-Fan/Zheng Saisai, Peng Shuai/Zhang Shuai (ITF)
Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-Ching/Chan Yung-Jan, Chuang Chia-Jung/Hiseh Su-Wei (ITF)
Czech Republic Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka, Karolina Pliskova/Lucie Safarova
France Carolina Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic
Germany Angelique Kerber/Andrea Petkovic, Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Laura Siegemund
Great Britain Johanna Konta/Heather Watson
Hungary Timea Babos/Reka-Luca Jani (ITF)
India Sania Mirza/Prarthana Thombare
Italy Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci
Japan Misaki Doi/Eri Hozumi (ITF)
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova/Galina Voskoboeva
Romania Irina-Camelia Begu/Monica Niculescu, Andreea Mitu/Raluca Olaru (ITF)
Russia Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina,
Daria Kasatkina/Svetlana Kuznetsova
Serbia Jelena Jankovic/Aleksandra Krunic
Slovakia Dominika Cibulkova/Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Spain Garbine Muguruza/Carla Suarez Navarro,
Anabel Medina Garrigues/Arantxa Parra-Santonja
Switzerland Belinda Bencic/Martina Hingis, Timea Bacsinszky/Viktorija Golubic
Ukraine Olga Savchuk/Elina Svitolina, Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok (ITF)
USA Bethanie Mattek-Sands/CoCo Vandeweghe, Serena Williams/Venus Williams
(ITF) ITF Place (Final Qualification Place)