DATE: July 25 - August 2, 2020
SURFACE: Hard
FIELD SIZE: 64
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Monica Puig
Seeds:
TBD
The Tournament:
Qualification for the singles competitions is based primarily on the world rankings of June 8, 2020, with 56 players in each men's and women's (limited to four per NOC) eligible to compete. To be eligible, a player must meet certain requirements related to play on Davis Cup or Fed Cup teams. Six of the remaining eight slots are to be allocated by continent for NOCs with no other qualifiers. The final two spots are reserved, one for the host nation and one for a previous Olympic gold medalist or Grand Slam champion.
In the men's and women's doubles competitions, 32 teams are scheduled to compete. Up to 10 places are reserved for players in the top 10 of the doubles ranking, who could select any player from their NOC ranked in the top 300 in either singles or doubles. The remaining slots are allocated by combined rankings, with preference given to singles players once the total player quota is met. One team per gender is to be reserved for the host nation if none has already become eligible otherwise.
No quota spots are available for mixed doubles; instead, all teams will consist of players already entered in the singles or doubles. The top 15 combined ranking teams and the host nation are eligible.
Competition Format:
The format at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be a single-elimination tournament with men's and women's singles draws consisting of 64 players. There were will be six rounds of competition in singles, five rounds in doubles (draw size of 32), and four rounds in mixed doubles (draw size of 16). Players and teams reaching the semifinals will be assured of competing for a medal with the two losing semifinalists competing for the bronze medal.
All singles matches will be best of three sets, with the exception of the men's final which will be best of five sets. There will be standard tiebreaks (first to seven points) in every set including the final set in singles competition. In all doubles competition a match tiebreak (first to 10 points) will be played in lieu of a third set.
About Tokyo:
Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It has served as the Japanese capital since 1869, its urban area housing the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture and the city of Tokyo. Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.
Tokyo is considered to be one of the world's most important and powerful global cities. The 23 Special Wards of Tokyo were formerly Tokyo City. On July 1, 1943, it merged with Tokyo Prefecture and became Tokyo Metropolis with an additional 26 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture, and the Izu islands and Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo. As of October 1, 2015, the population of Tokyo is estimated to be over 13.4 million, or about 11% of Japan's total population, making it Japan's most populous city. The latest estimate in 2019 shows the growing population of Tokyo with 13.9 million people, with the special wards 9.6 million, the Tama area 4.2 million, and the Islands 25,147. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area called the Greater Tokyo Area with over 40 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. As of 2011, Tokyo hosted 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world at that time. Tokyo ranked third (twice) in the International Financial Centres Development Index. The city is home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System.
Tourism Guide:
Olympic Broadcasting Services:
OBS is responsible for providing the international television and radio signals from the Games to all rights-holding broadcasters around the world.
The IOC established Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) in 2001 to serve as the permanent host broadcaster for the Olympic Games, eliminating the need to continually rebuild the broadcast operation for each edition of the Games.
OBS ensures that the high standards of Olympic broadcasting are consistently maintained from one edition of the Games to the next.
TV Coverage:
Armenia - APMTV
Asia - Dentsu
Australia - Seven Network
Austria - ORF
Belarus - Belteleradio
Belgium - VRT, RTBF
Bosnia and Herzegovina - BHRT
Brazil - Grupo Globo, BandSports
Bulgaria - BNT
Canada - CBC/Radio-Canada, Sportsnet, TSN, TLN
Caribbean - International Media Content Ltd., SportsMax
China - CCTV
Croatia - HRT
Czech Republic - ČT
Colombia - Caracol Televisión
Denmark - DR
Estonia - Eesti Meedia
Europe - Discovery Inc., Eurosport
Finland - Yle
France - France Télévisions, Eurosport
Georgia - GPB
Germany - ARD, ZDF
Greece - ERT
Hungary - MTVA
Iceland - RÚV
Indian subcontinent - Sony Pictures Networks
Ireland - RTÉ
Italy - RAI
Japan - Japan Consortium
Kosovo - RTK
Latin America - América Móvil, DirecTV
Latvia - LTV
Lithuania - TV3
Luxembourg - RTL
Mexico - Televisa TV, Azteca
MENA - beIN Sports
Montenegro - RTCG
Netherlands - NOS
New Zealand - Sky Television, TVNZ
North Korea - SBS
North Macedonia - MRT
Norway - TVNorge
Oceania - Sky Television
Paraguay - SNT
Peru - Grupo ATV
Poland - TVP
Portugal - RTP
Romania - TVR
Singapore - Mediacorp
Slovakia - RTVS
Slovenia - RTV
Spain - RTVE
South Africa - SABC, SuperSport
South Korea - SBS
Sub-Saharan Africa - Infront Sports & Media, SuperSport
Sweden - Kanal 5
Switzerland - SRG SSR
Thailand - Plan B, AIS
Ukraine = UA: PBC
United Kingdom - BBC Eurosport
United States - NBCUniversal
This is a calendar entry.
SURFACE: Hard
FIELD SIZE: 64
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Monica Puig
Seeds:
TBD
The Tournament:
Qualification for the singles competitions is based primarily on the world rankings of June 8, 2020, with 56 players in each men's and women's (limited to four per NOC) eligible to compete. To be eligible, a player must meet certain requirements related to play on Davis Cup or Fed Cup teams. Six of the remaining eight slots are to be allocated by continent for NOCs with no other qualifiers. The final two spots are reserved, one for the host nation and one for a previous Olympic gold medalist or Grand Slam champion.
In the men's and women's doubles competitions, 32 teams are scheduled to compete. Up to 10 places are reserved for players in the top 10 of the doubles ranking, who could select any player from their NOC ranked in the top 300 in either singles or doubles. The remaining slots are allocated by combined rankings, with preference given to singles players once the total player quota is met. One team per gender is to be reserved for the host nation if none has already become eligible otherwise.
No quota spots are available for mixed doubles; instead, all teams will consist of players already entered in the singles or doubles. The top 15 combined ranking teams and the host nation are eligible.
Competition Format:
The format at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will be a single-elimination tournament with men's and women's singles draws consisting of 64 players. There were will be six rounds of competition in singles, five rounds in doubles (draw size of 32), and four rounds in mixed doubles (draw size of 16). Players and teams reaching the semifinals will be assured of competing for a medal with the two losing semifinalists competing for the bronze medal.
All singles matches will be best of three sets, with the exception of the men's final which will be best of five sets. There will be standard tiebreaks (first to seven points) in every set including the final set in singles competition. In all doubles competition a match tiebreak (first to 10 points) will be played in lieu of a third set.
About Tokyo:
Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. It has served as the Japanese capital since 1869, its urban area housing the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese government. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture and the city of Tokyo. Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.
Tokyo is considered to be one of the world's most important and powerful global cities. The 23 Special Wards of Tokyo were formerly Tokyo City. On July 1, 1943, it merged with Tokyo Prefecture and became Tokyo Metropolis with an additional 26 municipalities in the western part of the prefecture, and the Izu islands and Ogasawara islands south of Tokyo. As of October 1, 2015, the population of Tokyo is estimated to be over 13.4 million, or about 11% of Japan's total population, making it Japan's most populous city. The latest estimate in 2019 shows the growing population of Tokyo with 13.9 million people, with the special wards 9.6 million, the Tama area 4.2 million, and the Islands 25,147. The prefecture is part of the world's most populous metropolitan area called the Greater Tokyo Area with over 40 million people and the world's largest urban agglomeration economy. As of 2011, Tokyo hosted 51 of the Fortune Global 500 companies, the highest number of any city in the world at that time. Tokyo ranked third (twice) in the International Financial Centres Development Index. The city is home to various television networks such as Fuji TV, Tokyo MX, TV Tokyo, TV Asahi, Nippon Television, NHK and the Tokyo Broadcasting System.
Tourism Guide:
Olympic Broadcasting Services:
OBS is responsible for providing the international television and radio signals from the Games to all rights-holding broadcasters around the world.
The IOC established Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) in 2001 to serve as the permanent host broadcaster for the Olympic Games, eliminating the need to continually rebuild the broadcast operation for each edition of the Games.
OBS ensures that the high standards of Olympic broadcasting are consistently maintained from one edition of the Games to the next.
TV Coverage:
Armenia - APMTV
Asia - Dentsu
Australia - Seven Network
Austria - ORF
Belarus - Belteleradio
Belgium - VRT, RTBF
Bosnia and Herzegovina - BHRT
Brazil - Grupo Globo, BandSports
Bulgaria - BNT
Canada - CBC/Radio-Canada, Sportsnet, TSN, TLN
Caribbean - International Media Content Ltd., SportsMax
China - CCTV
Croatia - HRT
Czech Republic - ČT
Colombia - Caracol Televisión
Denmark - DR
Estonia - Eesti Meedia
Europe - Discovery Inc., Eurosport
Finland - Yle
France - France Télévisions, Eurosport
Georgia - GPB
Germany - ARD, ZDF
Greece - ERT
Hungary - MTVA
Iceland - RÚV
Indian subcontinent - Sony Pictures Networks
Ireland - RTÉ
Italy - RAI
Japan - Japan Consortium
Kosovo - RTK
Latin America - América Móvil, DirecTV
Latvia - LTV
Lithuania - TV3
Luxembourg - RTL
Mexico - Televisa TV, Azteca
MENA - beIN Sports
Montenegro - RTCG
Netherlands - NOS
New Zealand - Sky Television, TVNZ
North Korea - SBS
North Macedonia - MRT
Norway - TVNorge
Oceania - Sky Television
Paraguay - SNT
Peru - Grupo ATV
Poland - TVP
Portugal - RTP
Romania - TVR
Singapore - Mediacorp
Slovakia - RTVS
Slovenia - RTV
Spain - RTVE
South Africa - SABC, SuperSport
South Korea - SBS
Sub-Saharan Africa - Infront Sports & Media, SuperSport
Sweden - Kanal 5
Switzerland - SRG SSR
Thailand - Plan B, AIS
Ukraine = UA: PBC
United Kingdom - BBC Eurosport
United States - NBCUniversal
This is a calendar entry.