ITF announces 2016 Rio Olympics final entries

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced the final list of singles players and doubles teams that will compete for the Rio 2016 Olympic Tennis Event that will take place at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Barra Olympic Park from August 6 to 14, 2016. Fifty-two countries will compete in this prestigious sporting event.

The final list has been set after the ITF Olympic Committee went through the remaining men’s appeals on Friday, July 15.

The London 2012 Olympic singles gold medalists Andy Murray (GBR) and Serena Williams (USA) will be back to defend their titles. Brothers Bob and Mike Bryan (United States) and sisters Serena and Venus Williams (USA) will also defend their doubles golds. The entries for the mixed doubles competition will be confirmed on site, according to ITF.

Sixty-four players will contest both the men’s and women’s singles. Entries for both events are a combination of 56 direct acceptances based on the singles world rankings of 6 June, and six ITF Places (Final Qualification Places) allocated according to the Qualification System. There are also two Tripartite Commission Invitation Places. – ITF Tennis

Here’s the final entry list:

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
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
Georgia: Nikoloz Basilashvili (ITF)
Germany: Philipp Kohlschreiber, Alexander Zverev, Dustin Brown (ITF), Jan-Lennard Struff (ITF)
Great Britain: Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund (ITF)
Israel: Dudi Sela
Italy: Fabio Fognini, Andreas Seppi, Paolo Lorenzi
Japan: Kei Nishikori
Kazakhstan: Mikhail Kukushkin
Lithuania: Ricardas Berankis
Luxembourg: Gilles Muller
Netherlands: Robin Haase
Poland: Jerzy Janowicz (ITF)
Portugal: Joao Sousa, Gastao Elias (ITF)
Russia: Andrey Kuznetsov, Evgeny Donskoy
Serbia: Novak Djokovic, Viktor Troicki
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
(ITF) ITF Place (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 (ITF)
Bulgaria: Tsvetana Pironkova (ITF)
Canada: Eugenie Bouchard
China, P.R.: Peng Shuai, Zhang Shuai, Wang Qiang (ITF)
Chinese Taipei: Hsieh Su-Wei (ITF)
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
Japan: Misaki Doi, Nao Hibino (ITF)
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 (ITF)
Ukraine: Elina Svitolina, Lesia Tsurenko
USA: Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens
(ITF) ITF Place (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 (ITF)
Brazil: Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares, Thomaz Bellucci/Andre Sa (ITF)
Canada: Milos Raonic/Vasek Pospisil
Chile: Julio Peralta/Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (ITF)
Colombia: Juan Sebastian Cabal/Robert Farah
Croatia: Marin Cilic/Marin Draganja
Czech Republic: Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek, Lukas Rosol/Jiri Vesely (ITF)
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 (ITF)
India: Rohan Bopanna/Leander Paes
Italy: Fabio Fognini/Andreas Seppi
Netherlands: Robin Haase/Jean-Julien Rojer
New Zealand: Marcus Daniell/Michael Venus (ITF)
Poland: Lukasz Kubot/Marcin Matkowski
Romania: Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau
Serbia: Novak Djokovic/Nenad Zimonjic
Slovakia: Martin Klizan/Andrej Martin (ITF)
Spain: Marc Lopez/Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista Agut/David Ferrer
Switzerland: Roger Federer/Stan Wawrinka
Ukraine: Illya Marchenko/Denys Molchanov (ITF)
USA: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan, Steve Johnson/Jack Sock
(ITF) ITF Place (Final Qualification Place)

 


 

WOMEN’S DOUBLES ENTRY LIST
Australia: Daria Gavrilova/Samantha Stosur
Brazil: Paula Cristina Goncalves/Teliana Pereira (ITF)
Canada: Eugenie Bouchard/Gabriela Dabrowski (ITF)
China, P.R.: Xu Yi-Fan/Zheng Saisai, Peng Shuai/Zhang Shuai (ITF)
Chinese Taipei: Chan Hao-Ching/Chan Yung-Jan, Chuang Chia-Jung/Hiseh Su-Wei (ITF)
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 (ITF)
India: Sania Mirza/Prarthana Thombare
Italy: Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci
Japan: Misaki Doi/Eri Hozumi (ITF)
Kazakhstan: Yaroslava Shvedova/Galina Voskoboeva
Romania: Irina-Camelia Begu/Monica Niculescu, Andreea Mitu/Raluca Olaru (ITF)
Russia: Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina,Daria Kasatkina/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/Viktorija Golubic
Ukraine: Olga Savchuk/Elina Svitolina, Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok (ITF)
USA: Bethanie Mattek-Sands/CoCo Vandeweghe, Serena Williams/Venus Williams
(ITF) ITF Place (Final Qualification Place)