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

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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