Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tennis at the Games of the Olympiad
Tennis pictogram for the 2024 Summer Olympics
Venue	Stade Roland Garros
Dates	27 July – 4 August 2024
No. of events	5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Competitors	175 from 41 nations
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Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Edition	19th
Surface	Clay
Champions
Men's singles
Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Women's singles
Zheng Qinwen (CHN)
Men's doubles
Matthew Ebden & John Peers (AUS)
Women's doubles
Sara Errani & Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
Mixed doubles
Kateřina Siniaková & Tomáš Macháč (CZE)
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The tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris happened from July 27 to August 4, 2024. They took place at the famous Stade Roland Garros, which is where the French Open is held. About 172 players competed in five different events. These events included singles and doubles for both men and women, plus a mixed doubles event.

It was a single-elimination tournament, meaning if you lost, you were out! The men's and women's singles had 64 players each. The doubles events (men's and women's) had 32 teams. The mixed doubles had 16 teams. Players who reached the semifinals were guaranteed a medal. The two players or teams who lost in the semifinals played each other for the bronze medal.

All singles matches were "best of three sets." This means a player needed to win two sets to win the match. If a set was tied, a standard tiebreak was played. In doubles, if the match was tied after two sets, a "match tiebreak" was played instead of a third set. This tiebreak was played to ten points.

This was the first time Olympic tennis was played on a clay court since the Barcelona 1992 Games. It was also the first time Olympic tennis was held at a Grand Slam venue since the London 2012 Games, which were held at Wimbledon.

Exciting Moments and Winners

The tennis events at the Paris 2024 Olympics were full of amazing matches and historic wins. Athletes from all over the world showed their best skills.

Women's Singles Champion

In the women's singles, Zheng Qinwen from China made history. She beat Donna Vekić to win the gold medal. This made her the first Asian player to win an Olympic singles tennis gold. It was also China's second tennis gold ever. Their first was in 2004 for women's doubles.

Zheng Qinwen's path to gold included a big surprise. She beat the world's number one player, Iga Swiatek, in the semifinals. Iga Swiatek had won the French Open four times and had a 25-match winning streak at Roland Garros. Swiatek still won a bronze medal by beating Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.

Men's Singles Champion

Novak Djokovic from Serbia won the men's singles gold medal. This was his first Olympic gold medal, even though he had played in five Olympic Games! He beat the French Open champion, Carlos Alcaraz, in a tough match. Djokovic won in straight sets, both decided by tiebreaks.

Djokovic is famous for winning a record 24 Grand Slam titles. He also became only the fifth player in history to achieve a "Career Golden Slam." This means winning all four major Grand Slam tournaments and an Olympic gold medal. Other players who have done this include Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, and Serena Williams.

Doubles Champions

In men's doubles, Matthew Ebden and John Peers from Australia won the gold. They were the first Australian pair to win this event since 1996. The United States won both the silver and bronze medals in this event.

For women's doubles, Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini from Italy took home the gold. In mixed doubles, Kateřina Siniaková and Tomáš Macháč from the Czech Republic were the champions.

Andy Murray's Last Olympic Match

The Paris 2024 Olympics were also special because they marked the last professional match for Andy Murray. He is a famous player from Great Britain. Murray had won gold medals in singles at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics. He also won three Grand Slam singles titles and the Davis Cup with Great Britain.

Medal Winners

Here are the players and teams who won medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics tennis events:

Event Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Novak Djokovic  Serbia	Carlos Alcaraz  Spain	Lorenzo Musetti  Italy
Men's doubles details	Australia Matthew Ebden John Peers	United States Austin Krajicek Rajeev Ram	United States Taylor Fritz Tommy Paul
Women's singles details	Zheng Qinwen  China	Donna Vekić  Croatia	Iga Świątek  Poland
Women's doubles details	Italy Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini	Individual Neutral Athletes Mirra Andreeva Diana Shnaider	Spain Cristina Bucșa Sara Sorribes Tormo
Mixed doubles details	Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková Tomáš Macháč	China Wang Xinyu Zhang Zhizhen	Canada Gabriela Dabrowski Félix Auger-Aliassime

Medal Count by Country

This table shows how many medals each country won in tennis.

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	1	1	0	2
2	Italy	1	0	1	2
3	Australia	1	0	0	1
	Czech Republic	1	0	0	1
	Serbia	1	0	0	1
6	Spain	0	1	1	2
	United States	0	1	1	2
8	Croatia	0	1	0	1
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	0	1	0	1
9	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		5	5	5	15

How Players Qualified

To play tennis at the Paris 2024 Olympics, players had to meet certain rules. One main rule was that they needed to have played for their country in events like the Davis Cup or Billie Jean King Cup.

Most players qualified based on their world rankings from June 10, 2024. For singles, 56 players got in this way. Each country (National Olympic Committee or NOC) could send a maximum of four players for singles. Some spots were saved for countries that didn't have other qualified players. The host country, France, also got a spot. Sometimes, a past Olympic gold medalist or Grand Slam champion could get a special spot too.

For doubles, 32 teams qualified. Some spots were for players ranked in the top ten in doubles. These players could choose a partner from their country who was ranked in the top 300. Other spots were given based on combined rankings. France also had a reserved spot for a doubles team if they didn't qualify otherwise.

Mixed doubles teams were made up of players who had already qualified for singles or doubles. The top 15 teams based on combined rankings got in, plus a team from France.

Event Schedule

Countries That Competed

A total of 175 tennis players from 40 different countries and the Individual Neutral Athlete team took part in the Olympics.

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