The nine-person Australian Olympic Tennis Team arrives in Paris hoping to secure more Olympic medals for the nation when the action begins on Saturday, 27 July 2024.
Overview
Tennis at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be played on clay at Roland Garros from Saturday 27 July to Sunday 4 August. It marks only the second time in history that tennis at the Olympic Games will be contested on clay, the only other being at Barcelona 1992.
Ones to Watch
The Australian Olympic Tennis team features five debutants including world No.6 Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin, Rinky Hijikata, world No.3 doubles player Matt Ebden and Olivia Gadecki.
Ajla Tomljanovic, top 10 women’s doubles player Ellen Perez and Daria Saville return for their second Olympic Games.
While John Peers will compete in his third Olympic Games, equalling the second most Olympic appearances for an Australian men’s tennis player.
Peers was the last Australian tennis player to win an Olympic medal when he teamed up with former world No.1 and three-time Grand Slam champion Ash Barty to win the mixed doubles in Tokyo.
In competition:
- Men’s singles – Alex de Minaur, Alexei Popyrin, Rinky Hijikata
- Women’s singles – Ajla Tomljanovic
- Men’s doubles – Matt Ebden and John Peers, Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin
- Women’s doubles – Ellen Perez and Daria Saville, Ajla Tomljanovic and Olivia Gadecki
- Mixed doubles – Matt Ebden and Ellen Perez
Sport Format
The Olympic Tennis competition includes five events – men’s singles (64 players), women’s singles (64 players), men’s doubles (32 teams), women’s doubles (32 teams) and mixed doubles (16 teams).
Each competition features a knockout draw. Singles matches are best-of-three tie break sets. In doubles, if the score is tied at one set all, a 10-point tiebreaker will be played to determine the winner.
In all events, the semifinal winners play to decide the gold and silver medals and the semi final losers play for the bronze.
The official draw for the Olympic Tennis event will be held at 11am local time, Thursday 25 July.
Competition Schedule
Play will start at 12pm on Saturday 27 July across 12 match courts including Roland Garros’ three prized stadium courts – Philippe Chatrier, Suzanne Lenglen and Simonne Matheiu.
Men’s and women’s singles and men’s and women’s doubles will commence on the first day of play. The mixed doubles will commence on Monday 29 July.
The women’s singles and men’s doubles final will be held on Saturday 3 August.
The men’s singles and women’s doubles final will be held on Sunday 4 August.
The mixed doubles final will be held on Friday 2 August.
