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China's Zheng Qinwen defeated Croatia's Donna Vekić in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics.It was China's first victory in the women's singles, the country's first gold medal in Olympic tennis since the women's doubles in 2004, the first singles gold medal for an Asian country in Olympic tennis, and also the first women's singles ...
Similar to previous editions, the Paris 2024 format was set in a single-elimination tournament with the men's and women's singles draws consisting of 64 players. The tennis tournaments featured six rounds in the men's and women's singles, five in the men's and women's doubles (draw size of 32), and four in the mixed doubles (draw size of 16).
Reginald Doherty, four-time Olympic medalist Venus Williams, five-time Olympic medalist. Tennis was first contested as a Summer Olympic sport in the 1896 Olympic Games until 1924 (excluding 1916 due to World War I), before going on hiatus due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.
Important note: by setting 1990 as the cut-off point, this list excludes many notable champions in high level tournaments from the previous years. High category tournaments equivalent to Tier 1/Premier/WTA 1000 existed before 1990, and the Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic Games and WTA Finals have been held since 1884, 1900 and 1972, respectively.
Matt Ebden's 2024 Olympics started with his first singles match in more than two years — a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Novak Djokovic as a fill-in after other players pulled out of that event. A week later ...
Women's singles – 2nd round Elina Svitolina Jessica Pegula [5] 4–6, 6–1, 6–3 [26] Matches on Court Suzanne Lenglen (Grandstand) Event Winner Loser Score Women's singles – 2nd round Jasmine Paolini [4] Magda Linette 6–4, 6–1 [22] Women's singles – 2nd round Coco Gauff [2] María Lourdes Carlé
It was her ninth career WTA Tour singles title. Gauff was the first American to win the title since Serena Williams in 2014, the youngest player to win the title since Maria Sharapova in 2004, and the youngest player to defeat both the world No. 1 and No. 2 at the same tournament since Sharapova at the 2006 US Open. [2]
It provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Billie Jean King Cup. Also notable is Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics . It was the first time since 2002, where " The Big 3 " ( Novak Djokovic , Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal ) did not win either the US Open , Wimbledon ...