TENNIS STARS TO PLAY IN RIO OLYMPICS / SINGLES & DOUBLES ENTRY LIST – INCLUDING CAROLINE WOZNIACKI AND SERENA WILLIAMS, ANDY MURRAY, ROGER FEDERER, MAX MIRNYI, THE BRYAN BROS & JAMIE MURRAY

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TENNIS STARS TO PLAY IN RIO OLYMPICS / SINGLES & DOUBLES ENTRY LIST - INCLUDING CAROLINE WOZNIACKI AND SERENA WILLIAMS, ANDY MURRAY, ROGER FEDERER, MAX MIRNYI, THE BRYAN BROS & JAMIE MURRAY

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ITF announces entries for Rio 2016 Olympic Tennis Event

 

The ITF today announced the provisional 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-one countries will compete in this year’s event.

 

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 direct acceptances and final qualification places based on the singles world rankings of 6 June, plus two Tripartite Commission Invitation Places.

 

Thirty-two teams will contest both the men’s and women’s doubles, with entries a combination of direct acceptances and 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. The ITF Olympic Committee will discuss any outstanding men’s appeals on Friday 15 July on behalf of any player who still has the opportunity to compete in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas ties on 15-17 July.

 

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 Olympic 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 (*) (FP)

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

Germany                         Philipp Kohlschreiber, Alexander Zverev, Dustin Brown (FP)

Great Britain                    Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund (*) (FP)

Israel                              Dudi Sela

Italy                                Fabio Fognini, Andreas Seppi, Paolo Lorenzi

Japan                             Kei Nishikori

Kazakhstan                     Mikhail Kukushkin

Latvia                             Ernests Gulbis (*)

Lithuania                         Ricardas Berankis

Luxembourg                   Gilles Muller

Netherlands                    Robin Haase (FP)

Poland                           Jerzy Janowicz (FP)

Portugal                         Joao Sousa, Gastao Elias (FP)

Russia                            Andrey Kuznetsov, Evgeny Donskoy

Serbia                            Novak Djokovic, Viktor Troicki, Dusan Lajovic

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

 

(*) Subject to July Davis Cup participation or ITF Olympic Committee appeal

(FP) 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 (FP)

Bulgaria                          Tsvetana Pironkova (FP)

Canada                           Eugenie Bouchard

China, P.R.                     Peng Shuai, Zhang Shuai

Chinese Taipei                Hsieh Su-Wei (FP)

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, Francesca Schiavone (FP)

Japan                             Misaki Doi, Nao Hibino (FP)

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 (FP)

Ukraine                           Elina Svitolina, Lesia Tsurenko

USA                               Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens

(FP) Final Qualification Place

(TRI) Tripartite Commission Invitation Place

It’s been a long wait BUT I am officially going to Rio!! Can’t wait to represent my country in my 3rd Olympics #roadtorio rocking the Danish colors on court!! – Photo by @carowozniacki via Instagram.

 

 

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 (FP)

Brazil                            Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares, Thomaz Bellucci/Andre Sa (*) (FP)

Canada                         Milos Raonic/Vasek Pospisil

Chile                             Julio Peralta (*)/Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (FP)

Colombia                      Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah

Croatia                          Marin Cilic/Marin Draganja

Czech Republic             Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek, Lukas Rosol/Jiri Vesely (FP)

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 (FP)

India                             Rohan Bopanna/Leander Paes

Italy                              Fabio Fognini/Andreas Seppi

Netherlands                   Robin Haase/Jean-Julien Rojer

New Zealand                 Marcus Daniell/Michael Venus (FP)

Poland                          Lukasz Kubot/Marcin Matkowski

Romania                       Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau

Serbia                           Novak Djokovic/Nenad Zimonjic

Slovakia                       Martin Klizan/Andrej Martin (FP)

Spain                            Marc Lopez/Rafael Nadal (*), Roberto Bautista Agut/David Ferrer

Switzerland                   Roger Federer/Stan Wawrinka

Ukraine                         Illya Marchenko/Denys Molchanov (FP)

USA                             Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan, Steve Johnson (*)/Jack Sock (*)

(*) Subject to July Davis Cup participation or ITF Olympic Committee appeal

(FP) Final Qualification Place

 

 

WOMEN’S DOUBLES ENTRY LIST

 

Australia                         Daria Gavrilova/Samantha Stosur

Brazil                              Paula Cristina Goncalves/Teliana Pereira (FP)

Canada                           Eugenie Bouchard/Gabriela Dabrowski (FP)

China, P.R.                     Xu Yi-Fan/Zheng Saisai, Peng Shuai/Zhang Shuai (FP)

Chinese Taipei                Chan Hao-Ching/Chan Yung-Jan, Chuang Chia-Jung/Hiseh Su-Wei (FP)

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 (FP)

India                             Sania Mirza/Prarthana Thombare

Italy                              Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci, Karin Knapp/Francesca Schiavone (FP)

Japan                           Misaki Doi/Eri Hozumi (FP)

Kazakhstan                   Yaroslava Shvedova/Galina Voskoboeva

Romania                       Irina-Camelia Begu/Monica Niculescu

Russia                          Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina, Margarita Gasparyan/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/Xenia Knoll

Ukraine                         Olga Savchuk/Elina Svitolina, Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok (FP)

USA                             Bethanie Mattek-Sands/CoCo Vandeweghe, Serena Williams/Venus Williams

(FP) Final Qualification Place

 

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