Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics — Tennis competition at the 2020 Olympic Summer Games
Tennis returned to Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Park for the 2020 Olympics, contested across five events on hard-court Deco Turf surface from 24 July to 1 August 2021.
Key Facts
- Dates
- 24 July – 1 August 2021
- Number of players
- 191 players
- Number of events
- 5 (men's/women's singles & doubles, mixed doubles)
- Court surface
- Hard-court Deco Turf
- Men's/Women's singles draw size
- 64 players, 6 rounds
- Olympic surface usage
- Fifth time Deco Turf used at Olympics
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Summer Olympics, and tennis was included as an Olympic sport with the Ariake Tennis Park designated as the venue. The Tokyo Organizing Committee selected the Deco Turf hard-court surface, continuing its use for a fifth Olympic Games.
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held at Ariake Tennis Park from 24 July to 1 August 2021, featuring 191 players across five events. Competition followed a single-elimination format, with singles draws of 64 players over six rounds, doubles draws of 32 over five rounds, and mixed doubles draws of 16 over four rounds.
Medalists in all five events were determined through the single-elimination bracket, with losing semifinalists competing for bronze medals. The competition concluded successfully, continuing Olympic tennis traditions and crowning champions across men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles.