Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Date 25 July – 2 August[1]
Edition 18th
Surface hard
Location Ariake Tennis Park[2]

The tennis tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics will feature 172 players in five events: singles and doubles for both men and women and the return of the mixed doubles for the third consecutive time.[2]

Qualification

Qualification for the singles competitions is based primarily on the world rankings of June 8, 2020, with 56 players in each men's and women's (limited to four per NOC) eligible to compete. To be eligible, a player must meet certain requirements related to play on Davis Cup or Fed Cup teams. Six of the remaining eight slots are to be allocated by continent for NOCs with no other qualifiers. The final two spots are reserved, one for the host nation and one for a previous Olympic gold medalist or Grand Slam champion.[3][4]

In the men's and women's doubles competitions, 32 teams are scheduled to compete. Up to 10 places are reserved for players in the top 10 of the doubles ranking, who could select any player from their NOC ranked in the top 300 in either singles or doubles. The remaining slots are allocated by combined rankings, with preference given to singles players once the total player quota is met. One team per gender is to be reserved for the host nation if none has already become eligible otherwise.[3]

No quota spots are available for mixed doubles; instead, all teams will consist of players already entered in the singles or doubles. The top 15 combined ranking teams and the host nation are eligible.[3]

Competition format

The tennis competition at the Olympic Games consisted of a single elimination tournament with singles draws of 64 players.[4] The size of the singles draw, 64, meant that there were six rounds of competition in total, with five in the doubles owing to its smaller draw size of 32, and 4 for mixed with its draw size only being 16. Players reaching the semifinal were assured of an opportunity to compete for a medal, with the two losing semifinalists contesting a bronze medal match.

All matches were the best of three sets, except for the men's singles final which was the best of five sets. The tiebreak operated in every set, including the final one (a first for the Olympics). In the mixed doubles the third set was played as a match tie-break (10 points).

Schedule

Date 25 July 26 July 27 July 28 July 29 July 30 July 31 July 1 August 2 August
Day Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Start time 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 12:00

Medal summary


Medal events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Women's singles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Competition Schedule".
  2. 1 2 "Tokyo 2020: Tennis".
  3. 1 2 3 "Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITF. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 "ITF announce qualification process for Tokyo 2020 Olympics".
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