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Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held between 24 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Tennis Park. The tournament featured 191 players in five events: singles and doubles for both men and women and mixed doubles. The hard-court Deco Turf surface at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was chosen by the ...
v. t. e. Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players. [1][2] After two appearances as a demonstration sport in ...
Germany 's Alexander Zverev defeated Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee in the final, 6–3, 6–1, to win the gold medal in men's singles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was both countries' first medals at the event since 2000, and Germany's first victory. [1] In the bronze medal match, Spain 's Pablo Carreño Busta ...
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos alkaˈɾaθ ˈɣaɾfja]; [ 4 ] born 5 May 2003) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as World No. 1 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Alcaraz has won 15 ATP Tour -level singles titles, including four Grand Slam titles and five ...
Reginald Doherty, four-time Olympic medalist Venus Williams, five-time Olympic medalist. Tennis was first contested as a Summer Olympic sport in the 1896 Olympic Games until 1924 (excluding 1916 due to World War I), before going on hiatus due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.
Frances Tiafoe Jr. (/ t i ˈ ɑː f oʊ / tee-AH-foh; [2] born January 20, 1998) is an American professional tennis player. He reached his career high at world No. 10 in singles on 19 June 2023, becoming the first Sierra Leonean American man to be ranked in the top 10 by the ATP.
Jasmine Paolini (Italian: [ˈdʒazmim paoˈliːni]; [ a ] born 4 January 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. She has been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) as high as No. 5 in singles, achieved on 15 July 2024, and world No. 12 in doubles, achieved on 19 August 2024.
The original schedule was from 22 July to 9 August 2020. To postpone the Olympics until 2021, all events were delayed by 364 days (one day less than a full year to preserve the same days of the week), giving a new schedule of 21 July to 8 August 2021. [218] All times and dates use Japan Standard Time