Olympic Tennis 2012: Dates, Deets, Players and Ranking Points

All the details you need about tennis at the Olympics.

Draw

The draw will be held on Thursday 26 July.

Schedule of Play

The Olympics tennis event runs from 28 July to 5 August.

Play starts at 11.30am BST from 28 July until 2 August and 12pm from 3 to 5 August.

View the schedule

Singles Format

• All matches are best of three sets except for the men’s final which is best of five sets
• Each set is a tiebreak except for the final set
• The tournament is a knockout format
• There are 64 players in the singles draw, with entry to a maximum of four players from each country
• There are three rounds and then the quarter finals, semi finals and final
• 16 players are seeded, based on the world rankings.

Sourced from Yahoo

Top 10 Players

Men

1. Roger Federer

2. Novak Djokovic

3. Andy Murray

4. David Ferrer

5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

6. Tomas Berdych

7. Janko Tipsarevic

8. Juan Martin Del Potro

9. Nicolas Almagro

10. John Isner

Women

1. Victoria Azarenka

2. Aga Radwanska

3. Maria Sharapova

4. Serena Williams

5. Sam Stosur

6. Petra Kvitova

7. Angie Kerber

8. Caro Wozniaki

9. Sara Errani

10. Li Na

View the full list of players

Ranking Points

ATP Ranking Points (singles)

750     Gold medal
450     Silver medal
340     Bronze medal
270     Fourth place
135     Quarterfinals
70       Third round
35       Second round
5         First round

WTA Ranking Points (singles)

685     Gold medal
470     Silver medal
340     Bronze medal
260     Fourth place
175     Quarterfinals
95       Third round
55       Second round
1         First round

Sourced from ITF Website

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It’s nice to have some more grass court tennis to watch from Wimbledon before the players move back to hard courts at the US Open. I hope the UK weather improves!

Until next time

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