Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games explained

Event:Tennis
Games:2015
Venue:Canadian Tennis Centre
Dates:July 10–16
Competitors:75
Nations:23
Num Events:5 (2 men, 2 women, 1 mixed)
Prev:2011
Next:2019

Tennis competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 10 to 16[1] at the Rexall Centre, which was known as the Canadian Tennis Centre for the duration of the games due to naming rights.[2] [3] A total of five events were contested (two each for men and women, and a mixed doubles event).[2] Argentina topped the medal table,[4] with gold medals in the men's singles and mixed doubles,[5] while hosts Canada also achieved gold in the women's doubles event.[6]

The second round of the 2015 Davis Cup was moved ahead one week to not conflict with the tennis competitions. Tennis competitions also began before the opening ceremony, to allow athletes to compete in both events.[7] [8]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the tennis competitions:[9] [10]

Event↓/Date →Fri 10 Sat 11 Sun 12 Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15 Thu 16
E E E E ½ F
E E E ½ F
E E E E ½ F
EE E ½ F
E E ½ F

Medal table

The following is the medal standings as of 16 June 2015.[4]

Medalists

Men's singles
Men's doubles

Nicolás Jarry
Hans Podlipnik

Guido Andreozzi
Facundo Bagnis

Gonzalo Escobar
Emilio Gómez

Women's doubles

Gabriela Dabrowski
Carol Zhao

Victoria Rodríguez
Marcela Zacarías

María Irigoyen
Paula Ormaechea
Mixed doubles

Guido Andreozzi
María Irigoyen

Philip Bester
Gabriela Dabrowski

Verónica Cepede Royg
Diego Galeano

Participating nations

A total of 23 countries had qualified athletes.

Qualification

See main article: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. A total of 80 tennis players qualified to compete at the Games (48 men and 32 women). Each country was allowed to enter a maximum of three male and three female athletes (with one pair maximum in each of the doubles events).[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition Schedule . 18 August 2014 . toronto2015.org . TO2015. 7 September 2014.
  2. Web site: Canadian Tennis Centre . toronto2015.org . . 15 September 2014.
  3. News: Rexall Centre announced as host venue for Toronto 2015 tennis competition . Anderson . Gary. 27 August 2014 . www.insidethegames.biz . insidethegames . 15 February 2015.
  4. Web site: Medal Standings . 16 June 2015 . toronto2015.org . TO2015. 16 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Medalists by Event . 16 June 2015 . toronto2015.org . TO2015. 16 June 2015.
  6. News: 2015 Pan Am Games daily digest: Canada picks up gold in track cycling, tennis and badminton on day six . 16 June 2015. news.nationalpost.com . National Post . 16 June 2015.
  7. News: Toronto 2015 to set record for female participation . Owen . David. 12 January 2015 . www.insidethegames.biz . insidethegames . 22 February 2015.
  8. Web site: TO2015 Games Insider . March 6, 2015 . www.uana-aquatics.org . UANA . March 6, 2015 . dead . https://archive.today/20150309140115/http://www.uana-aquatics.org/NewsShow.jsp?&id=390894&team=uana . March 9, 2015 .
  9. Web site: Tennis - Schedule & Results. 17 July 2015 . toronto2015.org . TO2015. 18 July 2015.
  10. Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide. 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . TO2015. 26 April 2015.
  11. Web site: Sport Technical Manual Tennis. www.scribd.com . TO2015. 7 June 2015.