Czechia's Kateřina Siniaková and Tomáš Macháč defeated China's Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen in the final, 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] to win the gold medal in mixed doubles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] It was Czechia's first Olympic medal in mixed doubles tennis, and Siniaková's second Olympic gold medal after winning the women's doubles event in 2021.[2][3] In the bronze medal match, Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Félix Auger-Aliassime defeated Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands, 6–3, 7–6(7–2). It was Canada's second Olympic tennis medal.[4] In the event, 32 players (16 teams) from 16 nations participated in the draw.[5]
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| Venue | Stade Roland Garros | |||||||||
| Dates | 29 July – 2 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 | |||||||||
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| Champions |  Kateřina Siniaková Tomáš Macháč |
| Runners-up |  Wang Xinyu Zhang Zhizhen |
| Score | 6–2, 5–7, [10–8] |
Andrey Rublev and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were the reigning gold medalists from 2021, but neither of them chose to compete in this edition of the Summer Games.[6]
Qualification
editEach National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to one team. Qualification for the mixed doubles is primarily through the ATP and WTA ranking lists. There are 16 quota places available for mixed doubles.[5]
Competition format
editThe competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches are best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak was played in the first two sets reaching 6–6, while the third set will be a single tiebreak until one team scores ten points, while being two points clear.[7]
Schedule
editThe schedule is as follows.[8]
| R64 | Round of 64 | R32 | Round of 32 | R16 | Round of 16 | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | BM | Bronze medal match | F | Final |
| Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 | Thu 1 | Fri 2 | |
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| R16 | ¼ | ½ | BM | F | |
Seeds
editSeeds were announced by the International Tennis Federation on 24 July 2024.[9]
- 1.
Laura Siegemund (GER) / Alexander Zverev (GER) (first round) - 2.
Ellen Perez (AUS) / Matthew Ebden (AUS) (quarterfinals) - 3.
Coco Gauff (USA) / Taylor Fritz (USA) (quarterfinals) - 4.
Maria Sakkari (GRE) / Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) (first round)
Draw
editThe draw was held on 25 July 2024.[10][11]
Key
edit- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
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Draw
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References
edit- ^ "Tennis-Czech duo Siniakova and Machac win mixed doubles gold". Reuters. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Olympics tennis: Siniakova and Machac win gold but are keeping their relationship status secret". AP News. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Two points from defeat, Machac & Siniakova rally to take mixed doubles gold". Association of Tennis Professionals. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ "Auger-Aliassime, Dabrowski win Canada's 2nd-ever Olympic tennis medal with mixed doubles bronze". 2 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event Qualification System" (PDF). ITF. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Russian tennis player Rublev turns down Paris invite, Medvedev accepts". Archived from the original on 2 July 2024.
- ^ "Tennis at the Olympics: Fixtures, results, teams, format and schedule at Paris 2024". skysports.com. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games". nbcolympics.com. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "Mixed doubles entries announced for Paris 2024". itftennis.com. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Olympics Tennis 2024: Draws, Dates, History & All You Need To Know". ATP Tour. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Draws announced for the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event". ATP Tour. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.