Paris Olympics: Djokovic, Nadal headline men’s entry list; Swiatek, Gauff lead women’s field


Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are set to compete at Paris Olympics, as per the final entry lists published by the International Tennis Federation on Thursday.

The 38-year-old Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, had won the men’s singles gold in Beijing in 2008 before clinching the gold in men’s doubles eight years later in Rio de Janeiro with his Spanish teammate Marc Lopez.

The 37-year-old Murray is the only man to win consecutive men’s singles gold medals – London 2012 and Rio 2016. The Brit, a three-time Major winner, plans to retire after the Olympics, which will hold tennis matches from July 27 to August 4 on the clay courts at Roland Garros, the site of the French Open.

Djokovic, also 37, is a 24-time Major champion but has never won gold medal at the Summer Games. The Serbian won a bronze in singles in Beijing.

Daniil Medvedev will be competing as a “neutral” athlete rather than representing Russia because of his country’s invasion of Ukraine.

In women’s singles, all eyes will be on Poland’s Iga Swiatek and USA’s Coco Gauff. World No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka, who represents Belarus, would have also competed as a “neutral” since Belarus has aided Russia in the war against Ukraine. However, she has opted out of this edition.

There are 64-player draws for women’s and men’s singles, and 32 teams each in women’s and men’s doubles. The 16 entries for mixed doubles will be determined on July 24. The draw to determine the brackets will be in Paris on July 25.

Among the other players announced Thursday are three-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz — who will play doubles alongside Nadal for Spain — No. 1 Jannik Sinner (Italy), Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Alexander Zverev (Germany), 2008 doubles gold medallist Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland), four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka (Japan), 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu (Canada) and 2018 Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark).

(With inputs from AP)

Men’s Singles

COUNTRY NAME
Argentina Sebastian Baez
Francisco Cerundolo
Mariano Navone
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Australia Alex De Minaur
Alexei Popyrin
Rinky Hijikata
Austria Sebastian Ofner
Belgium Zizou Bergs
Brazil Thiago Seyboth Wild
Thiago Monteiro (ITF Place)
Canada Felix Auger-Aliassime
Milos Raonic
Chile Nicolas Jarry
Alejandro Tabilo
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera (ITF Place)
China Zhizhen Zhang (ITF Place)
Czechia Tomas Machac
Jakub Mensik
Denmark Holger Rune
France Ugo Humbert
Gael Monfils
Arthur Fils
Corentin Moutet
Germany Alexander Zverev
Jan-Lennard Struff
Dominik Koepfer
Great Britain Cameron Norrie
Jack Draper
Daniel Evans
Andy Murray (ITF Place)
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas
Hungary Fabian Marozsan
Marton Fucsovics
India Sumit Nagal
Individual Neutral Athletes Daniil Medvedev
Roman Safiullin
Pavel Kotov
Italy Jannik Sinner
Lorenzo Musetti
Matteo Arnaldi
Luciano Darderi
Japan Kei Nishikori
Taro Daniel
Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik
Alexander Shevchenko
Republic of Korea Soonwoo Kwon
Lebanon Benjamin Hassan (Universality Place)
Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor
Norway Casper Ruud
Poland Hubert Hurkacz
Portugal Nuno Borges
Serbia Novak Djokovic
Dusan Lajovic
Spain Carlos Alcaraz
Rafael Nadal
Pablo Carreno Busta
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka (ITF Place)
Tunisia Moez Echargui (ITF Place)
USA Taylor Fritz
Tommy Paul
Christopher Eubanks
Marcos Giron

Women’s Singles

COUNTRY NAME
Argentina Nadia Podoroska
Maria Lourdes Carle (ITF Place)
Australia Ajla Tomljanovic
Austria Julia Grabher
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia
Laura Pigossi (ITF Place)
Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova
Canada Bianca Andreescu
Leylah Fernandez
China Qinwen Zheng (ITF Place)
Yue Yuan
Xinyu Wang
Xiyu Wang
Colombia Camila Osorio
Croatia Donna Vekic
Petra Martic
Czechia Marketa Vondrousova
Karolina Muchova
Barbora Krejcikova
Linda Noskova
Denmark Clara Tauson
Caroline Wozniacki (ITF Place)
Egypt Mayar Sherif Ahmed Abdel-Aziz (ITF Place)
France Caroline Garcia
Clara Burel
Diane Parry
Varvara Gracheva
Germany Angelique Kerber
Tatjana Maria
Tamara Korpatsch
Laura Siegemund
Great Britain Katie Boulter
Greece Maria Sakkai
Individual Neutral Athletes Ekaterina Alexandrova
Mirra Andreeva
Diana Shnaider
Italy Jasmine Paolini
Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Lucia Bronzetti
Japan Naomi Osaka
Moyuka Uchijima
Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina
Yulia Putintseva
Latvia Jelena Ostapenko
Montenegro Danka Kovinic (Universality Place)
Netherlands Arantxa Rus
Poland Iga Swiatek
Magda Linette
Magdalena Frech
Romania Ana Bogdan
Irina-Camelia Begu
Jaqueline Cristian
Slovakia Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo
Cristina Bucsa
Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
Elina Svitolina
Dayana Yastremska
Anhelina Kalinina
USA Coco Gauff
Jessica Pegula
Danielle Collins
Emma Navarro

Men’s Doubles

COUNTRY PAIR
Argentina Francisco Cerundolo/Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Molteni
Australia Alex De Minaur/Alexei Popyrin
Matthew Ebden/John Peers
Belgium Sander Gille/Joran Vliegen
Brazil Thiago Seyboth Wild/Thiago Monteiro
Canada Felix Auger-Aliassime/Milos Raonic
Chile Nicolas Jarry/Alejandro Tabilo
Croatia Nikola Mektic/Mate Pavic
Czechia Tomas Machac/Adam Pavlasek
France Ugo Humbert/Arthur Fils
Edouard Roger-Vasselin/Fabien Reboul
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff/Dominik Koepfer
Kevin Krawietz/Tim Puetz
Great Britain Daniel Evans/Andy Murray
Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas/Petros Tsitsipas
Hungary Fabian Marozsan/Marton Fucsovics
India Rohan Bopanna/N. Sriram Balaji
Individual Neutral Athletes Daniil Medvedev/Roman Safiullin
Italy Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori
Jannik Sinner/Lorenzo Musetti
Kazakhstan Alexander Bublik/Alexander Shevchenko
Lebanon Benjamin Hassan/Hady Habib
Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor/Wesley Koohlof
Jean-Julien Rojer/Robin Haase
Poland Hubert Hurkacz/Jan Zielinski
Portugal Nuno Borges/Francisco Cabral
Spain Carlos Alcaraz/Rafael Nadal
Pablo Carreno Busta/Marcel Granollers
USA Taylor Fritz/Tommy Paul
Rajeev Ram/Austin Krajicek

Women’s Doubles

COUNTRY PAIR
Argentina Nadia Podoroska/Maria Lourdes Carle
Australia Ajla Tomljanovic/Olivia Gadecki
Ellen Perez/Daria Saville
Brazil Beatriz Haddad Maia/Luisa Stefani
Canada Leylah Fernandez/Gabriela Dabrowski
China Yue Yuan/Shuai Zhang
Xinyu Wang/Saisai Zheng
Chinese Taipei Su-Wei Hsieh/Chia Yi Tsao
Hao-Ching Chan/Latisha Chan
Czechia Marketa Vondrousova/Karolina Muchova
Barbora Krejcikova/Katerina Siniakova
France Caroline Garcia/Diane Parry
Clara Burel/Varvara Gracheva
Germany Angelique Kerber/Laura Siegemund
Tatjana Maria/Tamara Korpatsch
Great Britain Katie Boulter/Heather Watson
Greece Maria Sakkari/Despina Papamichail
Individual Neutral Athletes Ekaterina Alexandrova/Elena Vesnina
Mirra Andreeva/Diana Shnaider
Italy Jasmine Paolini/Sara Errani
Elisabetta Cocciaretto/Lucia Bronzetti
Japan Ena Shibahara/Shuko Aoyama
Netherlands Arantxa Rus/Demi Schuurs
New Zealand Erin Routliffe/Lulu Sun
Poland Magda Linette/Alicja Rosolska
Romania Ana Bogdan/Jaqueline Cristian
Irina-Camelia Begu/Monica Niculescu
Spain Sara Sorribes Tormo/Cristina Bucsa
Ukraine Marta Kostyuk/Dayana Yastremska
Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok
USA Coco Gauff/Jessica Pegula
Danielle Collins/Desirae Krawczyk





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