All You Need To Know About Tennis At 2024 Olympic Games: Draw, Schedule And Format

As many as 7 days are left for the start of the much-awaited 2024 Paris Olympics. The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympic Games is set to be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11 this year. Paris Olympics 2024 will showcase 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports. Tennis fans are in for an extra treat this year as the world's best compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The tennis at the 2024 Olympics will start on Saturday, July 27 and end on Sunday, August 4. Most of the top tennis players will represent their countries, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Andy Murray, Iga Swiatek, and Coco Gauff. Here's all about Tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

All you need to know about Tennis at the 2024 Olympic Games

After Wimbledon, it's typically time to shift focus to the North American hard-court summer, but not this year. The next major event on the schedule is the 2024 Olympic Games. The tennis competition at the Summer Games will feature eight gold medals across five events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. The tennis competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics will begin on Saturday, July 27, and conclude on Sunday, August 4.

The men's singles final is scheduled to take place on the last day, while the women's final will be held the day before. In the doubles, the men's gold medal game will be on Saturday, August 3, and the women's on Sunday. Bronze medal matches will also be held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Most of the top tennis players will be in action representing their countries, including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Andy Murray, Iga Swiatek, and Coco Gauff. All games will take place at the famous Roland-Garros.

1. What are the Olympic Tennis rules and format?

Tennis matches at the Olympics are all best-of-three sets. Every game in this year's Olympics will be played on clay. The competition is a straight knockout, meaning the winner or winners progress to the next round until the final. Only 12 players from each nation can qualify, but they can compete in multiple events. The host country, France, is guaranteed one spot per event. The men's and women's singles will feature 64-player draws, while the men's and women's doubles will each consist of 32 teams. The mixed doubles will have 16 teams. All singles matches are best-of-three sets with a seven-point tiebreaker in the third set. The doubles matches are also best-of-three sets, but a match tie-break will be contested instead of a third set.

2. When is the draw for the Olympic Tennis event at the Roland-Garros?

The draw for the tennis event at the Paris Olympics 2024 will take place on Thursday, July 25 at 2:30 pm IST. The opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games is on Friday, July 26 and the first day of the tennis event will follow on Saturday, July 27. However, plenty of top players are set to be involved. The 2020 men's champion Zverev is back to defend his title, while the current Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal are set to represent Spain. Novak Djokovic also hopes to add an Olympic gold to his collection of titles. Wimbledon champion 2023 Market Vondrousova is set to represent the Czech Republic on the women's side of the draw. World No. 1 and "queen of clay" Iga Swiatek will represent Poland.

3. What's the schedule for Tennis at the 2024 Olympic Games

The singles finals are scheduled for the weekend of August 3. Play will commence at 3:30 pm IST daily, with Court Philippe-Chatrier also hosting a session starting at 10:30 pm IST from July 27 to August 2.

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