2024 Olympic Games, Paris - Men’s Tennis (27 July - 4 Aug)

Who wins Gold?

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Rattie

Rattie

G.O.A.T.
Do not vote for Hurkacz or Sinner in the poll - they have pulled out due to injury/illness

Seeds:
1. Novak Djokovic - Serbia
2. Carlos Alcaraz - Spain
3. Alexander Zverev - Germany (defending champion)
4. Daniil Medvedev - Individual Neutral Athlete
5. Alex de Minaur - Australia
6. Casper Ruud - Norway
7. Taylor Fritz - USA
8. Stefanos Tsitsipas - Greece
9. Tommy Paul - USA
10. Ugo Humbert - France
11. Lorenzo Musetti - Italy
12. Sebastian Baez - Argentina
13. Felix AA - Canada
14. Arthur Fils - France
15. Alejandro Tabilo
16. Nicolas Jarry - Chile

Khachanov and PCB won the silver and bronze in Tokyo 2020 but are not participating in this event.

If there are 2 players from the same country they will be drawn into different halves.
If there are 3/4 players from the same country they will be drawn into different quarters.

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. The qualification system isn’t straightforward, so if you are wondering why some players have been selected over others, you can use this link to work it out lol


All entries have now been officially confirmed as below:



To see a more user friendly version where you can select either singles or doubles use this link:


Notable absentees, either as a result of failing to qualify, injury or personally deciding not to participate are:

Rublev, Dimitrov, Shelton, Khachanov, Korda, Lehecka, Tiafoe, Mannarino, Thompson, GMP, Kecmanovic, Sonego, Berrettini, Coric and Shapovalov (list is not exhaustive)

Notable doubles pairings:
Alcaraz/Nadal
Cerundolo/Etcheverry
De Minaur/Popyrin
FAA/Raonic
Jarry/Tabilo
Humbet/Fils
Evans/Murray
The Tsitsipas brothers
Medvedev/Safiullin
Sinner/Musetti
Fritz/Paul

The selection of seeds for the Singles events shall be made by the Referee based on the Singles Rankings as of Monday 22nd July

The draw takes place at 11am on Thursday 25th July for both the 64 player singles and the 32 player doubles events.

Daily schedule:



Side note: There is no coaching allowed at the Olympics, unlike during the rest of the tennis tour.





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Do you know how seedings for singles work? I presume they work off rankings? Yes I am asking in the hope Rafa might get a seeding based on clay results over last 20 years or so :) I appreciate I am being obvious and cheeky here :)
 
irishnadalfan1983 said:
Do you know how seedings for singles work? I presume they work off rankings? Yes I am asking in the hope Rafa might get a seeding based on clay results over last 20 years or so :) I appreciate I am being obvious and cheeky here :)
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I presume they work as per the ATP official rankings but I’ve no idea if there are some differences as it is the OG although looking at the Tokyo games it doesn’t appear so.
I doubt he will be ranked as he is an ITF entry based on the fact that he’s a former singles gold medalist and a Grand Slam champion.
 
"All the draws for the 2024 Olympic tennis events will be made on Thursday 25 July at 11:00 Paris time."
 
Hitman said:
Crazy to think you have multiple masters tournaments with bigger draws than the Olympics now.

This is the size of Monte Carlo, with 64 man draw.

Looking forward to the action.

My prediction is Alcaraz takes Gold.
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Who takes silver and bronze and fourth place?
 
Hitman said:
Sinner takes silver. Ruud takes bronze. Zverev takes fourth.
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You’re assuming Sinner and Alcaraz are on opposite halves. Remember Alcaraz is the third seed and Sinner is first. If they land in the same half, one will get Gold/Silver and the other will have at best a bronze. Let’s wait on the draw. Also in best of 3 clay, I favor Sinner. If their 5 set match was a 3 set match at Roland Garros, Sinner surely would’ve won.
 
Hitman said:
Crazy to think you have multiple masters tournaments with bigger draws than the Olympics now.

This is the size of Monte Carlo, with 64 man draw.

Looking forward to the action.

My prediction is Alcaraz takes Gold.
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I have one niggling concern about Carlos. He is playing doubles with Rafa and the chances are Rafa doesn’t progress in singles. Should Rafa go out early Carlos will feel the pressure of remaining in the doubles if he goes deep in the singles and could feel like he would be letting Rafa down if he pulls out of doubles.
This has been in my head for a while now.

Conflicted much :censored:
 
Rattie said:
I have one niggling concern about Carlos. He is playing doubles with Rafa and the chances are Rafa doesn’t progress in singles. Should Rafa go out early Carlos will feel the pressure of remaining in the doubles if he goes deep in the singles and could feel like he would be letting Rafa down if he pulls out of doubles.
This has been in my head for a while now.

Conflicted much :censored:
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he's young...has the chance to do something special, win the singles and doubles...and it's best of three
 
Rattie said:
I have one niggling concern about Carlos. He is playing doubles with Rafa and the chances are Rafa doesn’t progress in singles. Should Rafa go out early Carlos will feel the pressure of remaining in the doubles if he goes deep in the singles and could feel like he would be letting Rafa down if he pulls out of doubles.
This has been in my head for a while now.

Conflicted much :censored:
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That could cost him the SOG, because I feel he would not want to disappoint Rafa in what could be his last true competitive event. Lets hope that doesn't factor in in any way win or lose.
 
dking68 said:
You’re assuming Sinner and Alcaraz are on opposite halves. Remember Alcaraz is the third seed and Sinner is first. If they land in the same half, one will get Gold/Silver and the other will have at best a bronze. Let’s wait on the draw. Also in best of 3 clay, I favor Sinner. If their 5 set match was a 3 set match at Roland Garros, Sinner surely would’ve won.
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Of course, its just my picks without seeing the draw.
 
dking68 said:
But you know Sinner is going to be at a massive advantage if it’s a best of three, right? Alcaraz is more beatable in this format
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I wouldn't say massive advantage, more like Alcaraz loses his trump card here and it is a lot more even.
 
Hitman said:
I wouldn't say massive advantage, more like Alcaraz loses his trump card here and it is a lot more even.
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Sinner is the best best of three player these days

Also in Sinners five set losses to Alcaraz, he always led by 2-1. So the best of three format will put him at a bigger advantage.
 
@Hitman Sinner has only lost 2 Bo3 matches this year and both involved injury. I wouldn’t be so sure of Alcaraz winning this title. Sinner has won 7 titles in the last 12 months, 6 are best of three.
 
dking68 said:
Id go with Musetti as a surprise winner. But I think Sinner can win gold as well. It will be interesting. Sinner goes in as the best bo3 player while Alcaraz comes off fresh from a channel slam. I favor Sinner in the best of three format.
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Sinner is going to comeback strong. He’s had longer to get over his hip injury. I think Raz channel double will motivate him. He’s going to be dangerous at Olympics and us open season. We want Sinner to rise so we get some epic rivalry here.

Musetti is a good shout for dark horse and he loves clay. He’s playing well at moment and that Fils looks good too.
 
Djokovic_is_the_best#1 said:
Sinner is going to comeback strong. He’s had longer to get over his hip injury. I think Raz channel double will motivate him. He’s going to be dangerous at Olympics and us open season. We want Sinner to rise so we get some epic rivalry here.

Musetti is a good shout for dark horse and he loves clay. He’s playing well at moment and that Fils looks good too.
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I honestly don’t care much about the Olympics. I want to see Sinner win the USO. I actually don’t want him to play. He’s the best hard court player and it will be a real shame if he doesn’t get the USO this year seeing how he had match point on Alcaraz 2 years ago
 
dking68 said:
I honestly don’t care much about the Olympics. I want to see Sinner win the USO. I actually don’t want him to play. He’s the best hard court player and it will be a real shame if he doesn’t get the USO this year seeing how he had match point on Alcaraz 2 years ago
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I think he will comeback well but yes his priority should be hard courts and us open where he’s most likely to win.
 
I want Alcaraz to win doubles gold with Nadal. I remember Fed winning with Wawrinka, I think that meant more to him than singles gold would have ever done. Same might be the case here, although doing both would also be great ... And keep alive the, still remote, possibility of holding all four GS and Olympic Gold after the AO.
 
I'd love for Alcaraz to win singles Olympic gold and double Olympics gold with Rafa.

Nicolas Massu won both singles and doubles Olympic gold with Gonzalez 20 years ago.
 
dking68 said:
@Hitman Sinner has only lost 2 Bo3 matches this year and both involved injury. I wouldn’t be so sure of Alcaraz winning this title. Sinner has won 7 titles in the last 12 months, 6 are best of three.
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I'mt not saying Sinner cannot win here, but Alcaraz is the better clay courter of the two.
 
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