Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles explained

Event:Women's doubles
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Stade Roland Garros
Dates:27 July – 4 August
Competitors:64
Teams:32
Nations:21
Gold:Sara Errani
Jasmine Paolini
Goldnoc:ITA
Silver:Mirra Andreeva
Diana Shnaider
Silvernoc:AIN
Bronze:Cristina Bucșa
Sara Sorribes Tormo
Bronzenoc:ESP
Prev:2020
Next:2028
Champ: Sara Errani
Jasmine Paolini
Runner: Mirra Andreeva
Diana Shnaider
Score:2–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Quadrennial:yes
Multi:yes
Type:mixed
Qual Type:qual

Italy's Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini defeated the Individual Neutral Athletes' Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider in the final, 2–6, 6–1, [10–7] to win the gold medal in women's doubles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] It was Italy's first Olympic gold medal in tennis, and Errani completed the career Golden Slam (becoming the seventh woman to do so, after the Williams sisters, Pam Shriver, Gigi Fernández, Barbora Krejčíková, and Kateřina Siniaková) and became the oldest player to win an Olympic tennis gold.[2] In the bronze medal match, Spain's Cristina Bucșa and Sara Sorribes Tormo defeated Czechia's Karolína Muchová and Linda Nosková, 6–2, 6–2. It was Spain's first Olympic medal in women's tennis since 2008.[3]

The women's doubles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 4 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France.[4] There were 64 players (32 teams) from 21 nations.[5]

Krejčíková and Siniaková were the defending champions from 2020, but lost in the quarterfinals to Andreeva and Shnaider.[6] Andreeva went on to become the second youngest player to win an Olympic tennis medal at the age of 17 years, 3 months and 6 days (after Jennifer Capriati, who won Olympic gold at the women's singles event in 1992 at the age of 16 years and 132 days).

Qualification

See main article: Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to two teams. Qualification for the women's doubles is primarily through the WTA ranking list. There are 32 quota places available for women's doubles.

Competition format

The 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 was be a single tiebreak until one team scores ten points, while being two points clear.[7]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.[8]

Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4
R32 R16 ¼ ½ BM F

Seeds

The seeds were released on 23 July 2024.[9]

See also: 1. / (second round)

See also: 2. / (quarterfinals)

See also: 3. / (champions, gold medalists)

See also: 4. / (second round)

See also: 5. / (second round)

See also: 6. / (second round)

See also: 7. / (second round, withdrew)

See also: 8. / (semifinals, bronze medalists)

Draw

The draw was held on 25 July 2024.[10] [11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sara Errani, Jasmine Paolini win women’s doubles gold medal for Italy at Paris Olympics. . https://archive.today/20240804180011/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5679944/2024/08/04/errani-paolini-gold-medal-womens-doubles/. 4 August 2024.
  2. Web site: Tennis: Italy's Errani and Paolini win gold in women's doubles. . https://archive.today/20240804202709/https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/tennis-italys-errani-paolini-win-gold-womens-doubles-2024-08-04/. 4 August 2024.
  3. Web site: Errani, Paolini prevail from a set down to claim Olympic doubles gold medal. . 4 August 2024.
  4. News: Roland Garros to host Paris 2024 tennis. Sports Business Journal. 8 August 2022. 28 January 2023.
  5. News: Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event Qualification System . ITF. 17 May 2022. 28 January 2023.
  6. News: Russian tennis players Andreeva and Shnaider reach the semifinals as AIN athletes at the Olympics. AP News. 2 August 2024. 3 August 2024.
  7. News: Tennis at the Olympics: Fixtures, results, teams, format and schedule at Paris 2024. skysports.com. 17 July 2024. 17 July 2024.
  8. News: Tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. nbcolympics.com. 1 June 2022. 1 June 2022.
  9. News: 2024 Paris Olympics: These will be the top seeds in the doubles draws. Puntodebreak.com. 23 July 2024.
  10. News: Olympics Tennis 2024: Draws, Dates, History & All You Need To Know. ATP Tour. 24 July 2024. 24 July 2024.
  11. News: Draws announced for the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event. ATP Tour. 25 July 2024. 25 July 2024.