TENNIS SEEDS ANNOUNCED FOR RIO 2016 OLYMPIC TENNIS EVENT, BIG NAMES INCLUDE RAFA NADAL, ANDY MURRAY, NOVAK DJOKOVIC, AND THE WILLIAMS SISTERS

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Olympic Games 2016 Tennis
TENNIS SEEDS ANNOUNCED FOR RIO 2016 OLYMPIC TENNIS EVENT, BIG NAMES INCLUDE RAFA NADAL, ANDY MURRAY, NOVAK DJOKOVIC, AND THE WILLIAMS SISTERS

epa05453404 Rafael Nadal of Spain performs during a training session for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Tennis events at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 03 August 2016. EPA/JOSE MENDEZ  |

ITF announces seeds for Rio 2016 Olympic Tennis Event

 

The ITF has announced the seeds for the Rio 2016 Olympic Tennis Event being held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra Olympic Park on 6-14 August.

 

The draw for the event will take place at the Olympic Tennis Centre on Thursday 4 August at 11:00 local time (14:00 GMT). Sixty-four players are contesting the men’s and women’s singles, and 32 teams are contesting the men’s and women’s doubles.

 

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, with the draw taking place the same day.

 

Men’s Singles

1. Novak Djokovic (SRB)

2. Andy Murray (GBR)

3. Rafael Nadal (ESP)

4. Kei Nishikori (JPN)

5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

6. Gael Monfils (FRA)

7. David Ferrer (ESP)

8. David Goffin (BEL)

9. Marin Cilic (CRO)

10. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)

11. Pablo Cuevas (URU)

12. Steve Johnson (USA)

13. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)

14. Jack Sock (USA)

15. Gilles Simon (FRA)

16. Benoit Paire (FRA)

 

Women’s Singles

1. Serena Williams (USA)

2. Angelique Kerber (GER)

3. Garbine Muguruza (ESP)

4. Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

5. Venus Williams (USA)

6. Roberta Vinci (ITA)

7. Madison Keys (USA)

8. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

9. Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

10. Johanna Konta (GBR)

11. Petra Kvitova (CZE)

12. Timea Bacsinszky (SUI)

13. Samantha Stosur (AUS)

14. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

15. Elina Svitolina (UKR)

16. Barbora Strycova (CZE)

 

Men’s Doubles

1. Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

2. Andy Murray/Jamie Murray (GBR)

3. Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares (BRA)

4. Gael Monfils/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

5. Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau (ROU)

6. Marc Lopez/Rafael Nadal (ESP)

7. Daniel Nestor/Vasek Pospisil (CAN)

8. Roberto Bautista Agut/David Ferrer (ESP)

 

Women’s Doubles

1. Serena Williams/Venus Williams (USA)

2. Caroline Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

3. Chan Hao-Ching/Chan Yung-Jan (TPE)

4. Garbine Muguruza/Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP)

5. Timea Bacsinszky/Martina Hingis (SUI)

6. Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka (CZE)

7. Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina (RUS)

8. Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci (ITA)

 

The Olympic Tennis Centre is seen behind flowers in the Olympic Park three days before the opening of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 02 August 2016. EPA/ZSOLT

 

 

Serena Williams (T) and Venus Williams (B) practice with one another at the Olympic Tennis Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 03 August 2016. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games take place from 05 to 21 August. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

 

 

Andy Murray of Great Britain practices at the Olympic Tennis Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 02 August 2016. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games take place from 05 to 21 August. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER

 

 

The Williams sisters, Serena (back) and Venus (front), of the USA take a break while practicing with one another at the Olympic Tennis Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 03 August 2016. The Rio 2016 Olympic Games take place from 05 to 21 August

 

 

Novak Djokovic of Serbia performs during a training session for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Tennis events at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 03 August 2016. EPA/JOSE MENDEZ

 

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