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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 ...
The event featured a total of 175 players across five medal events: singles and doubles for both men and women and mixed doubles. [2] [3] 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 ...
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
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 , Australian Open , or French Open .
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.
Zheng became the second Chinese player to reach the final, after Li Na in 2013, the first player to reach the final on tournament debut since Anett Kontaveit in 2021, and youngest to reach the final on debut since Petra Kvitová in 2011. [9] Paolini was the only player in this edition to qualify for both the singles and doubles tournaments. [10]
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula in the final, 7–5, 7–5 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2024 US Open. [1] It was her third major singles title. . Sabalenka was the first Belarusian to win the singles title, and the fifth player to win both hardcourt majors (Australian Open and US Open) in the same calendar year, after Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis and ...
The men's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 4 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France. [6] There were 64 players from 27 nations. [7] Alexander Zverev was the defending gold medalist from 2021, [8] but lost in the quarterfinals to Musetti. [9]