The Olympics will be the first grass court tournament since tennis was re-introduced to the Olympics.[1]190 tennis players are expected to compete in five events; singles and doubles for both men and women and for the first time since 1924, mixed doubles will be officially included.
Players will not be requested to follow Wimbledon tradition of wearing predominantly white clothes and will be encouraged to wear the colours of their country. The grounds will also be decked out in Olympic branding.
The points distribution for the Association of Tennis Professionals and the Women's Tennis Association tours, concerning only singles competition on the 2012 Olympic games, is listed below.[5]
Stage | Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | Fourth Place | Quarterfinals | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
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Men's Singles | 750 | 450 | 340 | 270 | 135 | 70 | 35 | 5 |
Women's Singles | 685 | 470 | 340 | 260 | 175 | 95 | 55 | 1 |
Seed | Rank | Player | Status |
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1 | 1 | Roger Federer | |
2 | 2 | Novak Djokovic | |
3 | 3 | Rafael Nadal | |
4 | 4 | Andy Murray | |
5 | 5 | David Ferrer | |
6 | 6 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | |
7 | 7 | Tomáš Berdych | |
8 | 8 | Janko Tipsarević | |
9 | 9 | Juan Martín del Potro | |
10 | 10 | ||
11 | 11 | ||
12 | 12 | ||
13 | 13 | ||
14 | 14 | ||
15 | 15 | ||
16 | 16 |
Seed | Rank | Player | Status |
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1 | 1 | Victoria Azarenka | |
2 | 2 | Agnieszka Radwańska | |
3 | 3 | Maria Sharapova | |
4 | 4 | Serena Williams | |
5 | 5 | Samantha Stosur | |
6 | 6 | Petra Kvitová | |
7 | 7 | Angelique Kerber | |
8 | 8 | Caroline Wozniacki | |
9 | 9/10 | Sara Errani | |
10 | 11 | Li Na | |
11 | 12 | Ana Ivanović | |
12 | 13 | ||
13 | 14 | ||
14 | 15 | Maria Kirilenko | |
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My picks to win the Olympics are Federer for the men and Serena for the women. In other words, the Wimbledon champs. lol
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