The sport of Tennis has completed its schedule at the Paris Olympics 2024. On 4th August 2024, the last of the finals were played and all the champions were crowned. Some lifelong dreams have come true and some players have emerged as world beaters. There were the Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles.
Let’s look at the Results of Paris Olympics 2024 for the sport of Tennis
Men’s Singles
The number 1 seed in this competition was Novak Djokovic and the number 2 seed was Carlos Alcaraz. The Top 4 Players that reached the semi finals were
Novak Djokovic of Serbia
Carlos Alcaraz of Spain
Lorenzo Musetti of Italy
Felix Auger Aliassime of Canada
One of the semi finals was between Novak Djokovic vs Lorenzo Musetti. This was a one sided match in which Novak Djokovic won the match in 2 sets 6-4 and 6-2. With this win Novak Djokovic advanced to the Gold Medal Match and Lorenzo Musetti advanced to the bronze medal match. Carlos Alcaraz vs Felix Auger Aliassime was even more one sided as Carlos won by 6-1, 6-1.
The Bronze Medal Match was between Lorenzo Musetti vs Felix Auger Aliassime. This match was a 3 setter and Lorenzo Musetti won the first set 6-4 but lost the second set by 1-6. It was everything to play for and in the deciding set Lorenzo Musetti won by 6-3 and he was an Olympic Bronze Medalist. The Gold Medal Match was between Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz. This was a 2 hour and 50 minutes classic. Both the sets were 6-6 before the tie break. Novak Djokovic won both tie breaks and he completed it by winning the Career Golden Slam which means all the 4 Grand Slams and the Olympic Gold Medal in Singles.
Gold Medal – Novak Djokovic from Serbia
Silver Medal – Carlos Alcaraz from Spain
Bronze Medal – Lorenzo Musetti from Italy
Women’s Singles
The Women’s Singles was where all the shocks were coming from. The Top 4 that advanced to the semi finals were
Iga Swiatek of Poland
Qinwen Zheng of China
Donna Vekic of Croatia
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia
The first semi final was between Iga Swiatek vs Qinwen Zheng. Qinwen Zheng beat the best clay court player in the world in straight sets by 6-2 and 7-5 and she advanced to the Gold Medal Match. Iga Swiatek would play in the Bronze Medal Match. The other semi final was between Donna Vekic vs Anna Karolina Schmiedlova. Donna Vekic won the match by 6-4 and 6-0.
Iga Swiatek won the Bronze Medal Match by a commanding 6-2 and 6-1. This was her first medal at the Olympics for Poland. In the final Qinwen Zheng won the Gold Medal and she won the match by 6-2 and 6-3. Qinwen Zheng of China had created history.
Gold Medal – Qinwen Zheng from China
Silver Medal – Donna Vekic from Croatia
Bronze Medal – Iga Swiatek from Poland
Men’s Doubles
There was considerable interest in the Men’s Doubles at Paris Olympics. This was because Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz were teaming together and playing for Spain. They reached the quarter final but were eliminated. The Four teams that reached the semi finals were-
Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul of USA
Adam Pavlasek and Tomas Machac of Czechia
Matthew Edben and John Peers of Australia
Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek of USA
Tayor Fritz and Tommy Paul from the USA and the team from Czechia were playing the Bronze Medal Match. The American team won the Bronze Medal as they won the match 6-3 and 6-4. The Gold Medal Match was between the team from Australia and Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek from USA. This was an incredible match. The Australian team won the first set 7-6 but the team from the USA won the second set by 7-6. It then went to a decider and Australia were the first team to reach 10 points and thus they won the Gold Medal.
Gold Medal – Matthew Ebden and John Peers from Australia
Silver Medal – Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek from USA
Bronze Medal – Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul from USA
Mixed Doubles
Mixed Doubles was also part of the Medals program at the Olympic Games. The four teams that reached the semi finals were –
Felix Auger Aliassime and Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada
Wesley Koolhof and Deni Schuurs of Netherlands
Tomas Machac and Katerina Siniakova of Czechia
Zheng Zhichen and Wang Xinyu of China
The teams that played in the Bronze Medal Match were the teams of Canada and Netherlands. The team from Canada won the Bronze Medal as they won the match by 6-3 and the second set was decided by a tie breaker and Canada won by 7-6. The Gold Medal Match was played between the teams of Czechia and China. The team from Czechia won the match. They won the match by 6-2, 5-7 and then 10-8 in the decider. China won the Silver Medal.
Gold Medal – Tomas Machac and Katerina Siniakova from Czechia
Silver Medal – Zheng Zhichen and Wang Xinyu from China
Bronze Medal – Felix Auger Aliassime and Gabriela Dabrowski from Canada
Women’s Doubles
The final medal to be decided In the Tennis program for the Paris Olympics 2024 was the Women’s Doubles. The four teams that qualified for the semi finals are-
Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini from Italy
Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider from Russia
Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribies from Spain
Linda Noakova and Karolina Muchova from Czechia.
The teams that played the Bronze Medal Match were Spain and Czechia. This was a one sided match as Spain won the match by 6-2, 6-2 in 2 sets. The Gold Medal Match was played between Italy and Russia. This was a 3 set match. The first set was won by Russia by 6-2 but Italy made a comeback as they won the second set by 6-1. It was time for the decider and Italy won it by 10-7. This was a tight match for the Gold Medal.
Gold Medal – Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini from Italy
Silver Medal – Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider from Russia
