Tennis Qualification to Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[evil betty 82]

2 hours ago, Pasolini said:

This rule is barely inforced, only by federations to have a backing when they don't want to allow an athlete who refuses to defend the country in DC/BJKC (RSA with Kevin Anderson and CRO with Ivo Karlovic and TPE with Hsieh Su-wei with come to mind).

 

Whoever wrote/comissioned this article obviously never followed tennis Olympic qualification.

'inside the games' writers are notoriously uninformed, and often just plain wrong.  Blog posts more than news.

[Josh 11,647]

7 hours ago, FeelingVeryOlympic said:

If there are no Russians in gymnastics, track and field, swimming and team sports, and it certainly looks that way, then more media may flock to tennis for the inevitable Russia/Ukraine storyline. I could see Daniil Medvedev, Aryna Sabalenka, etc., not wanting to deal with that -- on top of the drawbacks of no rankings points and playing a clay tournament during hard-court season -- and skip the Olympics altogether. 

Medvedev is very keen on playing at the Olympics (and the prospect of an Olympic medal). If Russians and Belarussians are allowed to compete, I’d be very surprised if he chooses to skip it. That scenario probably won’t probably won’t be much of an issue anyways, as Ukraine has no tennis players near a qualifying spot in men’s singles.

Edited March 13, 2024 by Josh

[Jan Linha 597]

I am wondering how would IOC, ITF and the tennis players react if, for example, they released Women's singles draw and first round might be for example Kostyuk vs. Sabalenka . I hope the players will ignore the political part and will fight for their dreams and won't withdraw if they have to play against each other. 

[Pasolini 276]

2 hours ago, Jan Linha said:

I am wondering how would IOC, ITF and the tennis players react if, for example, they released Women's singles draw and first round might be for example Kostyuk vs. Sabalenka . I hope the players will ignore the political part and will fight for their dreams and won't withdraw if they have to play against each other. 

Ukraine and Russia never stoped playing in the tennis circuit and now are regularly facing each other in judo, fencing and some other sports. I highly doubt it will be an issue. 

Israel for me is more likely to cause concerns/issues when facing arab nations. We could have a very interesting Israel vs Morocco in football.

[Laraja 1,498]

ATP & WTA Rankings updated as of March 23rd, 2024

[Federer91 3,039]

You could cross-out Grigor Dimitrov from the list, as his ego is bigger, than the Olympics. 

 

I had abandoned tennis as a sport, where we could have a participant, but the recent good results of Viki Tomova have put her in the top 70. Still lots of tournaments to go and tennis rankings are very up and down, when you are after top 30-40, but i would be really happy for her, if she manages to sneak a quota.

[Adriano 625]

23 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

You could cross-out Grigor Dimitrov from the list, as his ego is bigger, than the Olympics. 

 

I had abandoned tennis as a sport, where we could have a participant, but the recent good results of Viki Tomova have put her in the top 70. Still lots of tournaments to go and tennis rankings are very up and down, when you are after top 30-40, but i would be really happy for her, if she manages to sneak a quota.

She has a great chance https://www.openerarankings.com/WTAHome?RankDate=01-04-2024&Race=6 she is already in qualify position

[JoshMartini007 2,769]

Looks like Angella Okutoyi is going to try and get that top 400 ranking. She's registered for 6 tournaments in April/May.

[Laraja 1,498]

ATP & WTA Rankings updated as of April 21st, 2024

Edited April 22, 2024 by Sindo

[MatiReimundo 465]

Current N°1 (Ranking) Doubles Player in the world  Horacio Zeballos will miss Paris, as Argentina selected Gonzalez and Molteni as their doubles team for the olympics.