Draw for Olympic Tennis Event to be held on Thursday, July 26

Written by: Staff on 19th July 2012

Draw for Olympic Tennis Event to be held on Thursday, July 26 |

The ITF announced that the draw for the 2012 Olympic Tennis Event will be held at the All England Club, Wimbledon on Thursday 26 July at 11:00 in the Debenture Holders Lounge. Seeds for the draw will be based on the latest ATP and WTA world rankings of Monday July 23. Any accredited media for the London 2012 Olympics are able to attend the draw.

The 2012 Olympic Tennis Event will be held at the All England Club, Wimbledon from 28 July until 5 August. Forty-five countries will compete in this year’s event. Sixty-four players will contest the men’s and women’s singles, with 16 players seeded in both events. Thirty-two teams will contest the men’s and women’s doubles, with eight teams seeded in both events. The draw for the 16-team mixed doubles event will be held during the Olympic Tennis Event on Tuesday 31 July.

If there are two players or doubles teams from the same country, they will be drawn in opposite halves of the draw. If there are three or more players/teams from the same country, they will be drawn in different quarters of the draw.

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