We’ve seen a number of Grand Slam tournaments play out over the course of the year, but they all built up to the ultimate Golden Slam – the Olympics.
On Sunday, a number of gold medal competitions will take place, from seeded team Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova taking on Swiss duo Belinda Bencic and Viktorija Golubic, to an exciting men’s singles gold match.
During this time, ROC athletes Elena Vesnina, Aslan Karatsev, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Andrey Rublevare are expected to face off in the mixed doubles competition later today.
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How to watch tennis at the Olympics
Each match will be displayed on discovery + so you never miss a moment.
Check out the full order of play below, which includes all of the matches going live today.
We can give approximate times, but obviously the match times will change depending on the duration of each.
2021 Olympic Tennis Games order of play – Sunday August 1
The British just now.
Legend – WS / MS = Women’s / Men’s Singles, WD / MD / XD = Women’s / Men’s / Mixed Doubles.
Center court
From 15h
WD Gold match (1) Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v Belinda Bencic / Viktorija Golubic (SUI)
Followed by
MS Gold match (4) Alexander Zverev (GER) v (12) Karen Khachanov (ROC)
XD Gold match Elena Vesnina / Aslan Karatsev (ROC) v (4) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Andrey Rublev (ROC)
When is tennis at the Olympics?
Tennis takes place between Saturday July 24 up to Sunday August 1.
The medal finals will take place on the final three days, with five tournaments in action: Men, Women, Men Doubles, Women Doubles and Mixed.
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Olympic tennis seeds
Men’s
- Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
- Daniel Medvedev (ROC)
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
- Alexandre Zverev (Germany)
- Andrey Rublev (ROC)
- Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain)
- Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
- Diego Schwartzman (Argentina)
- Félix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
- Gaël Monfils (France)
- Aslan Karatsev (ROC)
- Karen Khachanov (ROC)
- Lorenzo Sonego (Italy)
- Ugo Humbert (France)
- Fabio Fognini (Italy)
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain)
Women’s
- Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
- Naomi Osaka (Japan)
- Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
- Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
- Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)
- Iga Swiatek (Poland)
- Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
- Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
- Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
- Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
- Jennifer Brady (United States)
- Elise Mertens (Belgium)
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ROC)
- Maria Sakkari (Greece)
- Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
- Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)
Which tennis players are at the Olympics?
Singles players only.
ARGENTINA
Men’s Singles: Diego Schwartzman, Facundo Bagnis, Federico Coria, Francisco Cerundolo
Women’s Singles: Nadia Podoroska
AUSTRALIA
Men’s Singles: John Millman, James Duckworth
Women’s Singles: Ashleigh Barty, Ajla Tomljanovic, Samantha Stosur
BELARUS
Men’s singles: Egor Gerasimov, Ilya Ivashka
Women’s Singles: Aryna Sabalenka
BELGIUM
Women’s Singles: Elise Mertens, Alison Van Uytvanck
BOLIVIA
Men’s singles: Hugo Dellien
BRAZIL
Men’s singles: Thiago Monteiro, Joao Menezes
CANADA
Men’s singles: Félix Auger-Aliassime
Women’s Singles: Leylah Fernandez
CHILE
Men’s singles: Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
CHINA
Women’s Singles: Zheng Saisai, Wang Qiang
CHINESE TAIPEI
Men’s Singles: Yen-Hsun Lu
COLOMBIA
Men’s singles: Daniel Elahi Galan
Women’s Singles: Maria Camila Osario Serrano
CROATIA
Men’s singles: Marin Cilic
Women’s Singles: Donna Vekic
CZECH REPUBLIC
Men’s singles: Tomas Machac
Women’s Singles: Karolina Pliskova, Petra Kvitova, Barbora Krejcikova, Marketa Vondrousova
EGYPT
Men’s singles: Mohamed Safwat
Women’s Singles: Mayar Sherif
ESTONIA
Women’s Singles: Anett Kontaveit
FRANCE
Men’s singles: Gaël Monfils, Ugo Humbert, Jeremy Chardy, Gilles Simon
Women’s Singles: Fiona Ferro, Kristina Mladenovic, Alize Cornet, Caroline Garcia
GEORGIA
Men’s singles: Nikoloz Basilashvili
GERMANY
Men’s Singles: Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff, Dominik Koepfer, Philipp Kohlschreiber
Women’s Singles: Laura Siegemund, Mona Barthel, Anna-Lena Friedsam
BRITAIN
Men’s Singles: Andy Murray, Liam Broady
Women’s Singles: Heather Watson
GREECE
Men’s singles: Stefanos Tsitsipas
Women’s Singles: Maria Sakkari
HUNGARY
Men’s singles: Marton Fucsovics
INDIA
Men’s Singles: Sumit Nagal
ITALY
Men’s singles: Lorenzo Sonego, Fabio Fognini, Lorenzo Musetti
Ladies’ singles: Camila Giorgi, Jasmine Paolini, Sara Errani
JAPAN
Men’s Singles: Yoshihito Nishioka, Kei Nishikori, Taro Daniel, Yuichi Sugita
Women’s Singles: Naomi Osaka, Misaki Doi, Nao Hibino
KAZAKHSTAN
Men’s Singles: Alexander Bublik, Mikhail Kukushkin
Women’s Singles: Elena Rybakina, Yulia Putintseva, Yaroslava Shvedova, Zarina Diyas
SOUTH KOREA
Men’s Singles: Soonwoo Kwon
LATVIA
Women’s Singles: Jelena Ostapenko, Anastasija Sevastova
NETHERLANDS
Women’s Singles: Kiki Bertens
PARAGUAY
Women’s Singles: Veronica Cepede Royg
PERU
Men’s Singles Juan Pablo Varillas
POLAND
Men’s singles: Hubert Hurkacz, Kamil Majchrzak
Women’s Singles: Iga Swiatek, Magda Linette
PORTUGAL
Men’s singles: Pedro Sousa, Joao Sousa
ROMANIA
Women’s Singles: Mihaela Buzarnescu
ROCK
Men’s Singles: Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Karen Khachanov
Women’s Singles: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Veronika Kudermetova, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Elena Vesnina
SERBIA
Men’s singles: Novak Djokovic, Miomir Kecmanovic
Women’s Singles: Nina Stojanovic, Ivana Jorovic
SLOVAKIA
Men’s singles: Norbert Gombos
SPAIN
Men’s singles: Pablo Carreno Busta, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Pablo Andujar, Roberto Carballes Baena
Women’s Singles: Garbine Muguruza, Paula Badosa, Sara Sorribes Tormo, Carla Suarez Navarro
SWEDEN
Women’s Singles: Rebecca Peterson
SWITZERLAND
Women’s Singles: Belinda Bencic, Viktorija Golubic
TUNISIA
Ladies’ Singles: Ons Jabeur
UKRAINE
Women’s Singles: Elina Svitolina, Dayana Yastremska
United States
Men’s Singles: Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Tennys Sandgren, Marcos Giron
Women’s Singles: Jennifer Brady, Jessica Pegula, Alison Riske
UZBEKISTAN
Men’s singles: Denis Istomin
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