Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

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Contents 1 Qualifying criteria 2 Summary 3 Qualifiers 3.1 Men's singles 3.2 Women's singles 3.3 Men's doubles 3.4 Women's doubles 4 References

[edit] Qualifying criteria

The main qualifying criteria will be the ITF Ranking list as of June 9, 2008. Each NOC can enter 6 men and 6 women athletes, with a maximum of 4 entries in the individual events, and 2 pairs in the doubles events. Athletes may compete in both single and doubles events.

Singles:

• 56 players will directly qualify for the singles event based on the recognised World Ranking of 9 June 2008. Any player qualified for the singles event will automatically be eligible for entry in the doubles event.
• 2 Invitation places in each singles event will be allocated by the Tripartite Commission
• 6 final qualification places in the singles event will be allocated by the ITF based on the recognised World Ranking and the continental/NOC representation.

Doubles:

• 10 players will directly qualify for the doubles event based on the recognised World Ranking of 9 June 2008.
• Final qualification places will be allocated by the ITF to doubles players based on the recognised World Ranking and the continental/NOC representation, until a total of 86 places have been allocated.

[edit] Summary

Nation	Men		Women		Total
	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
Argentina	4		1		5
Australia	2		1		3
Austria	2		2		4
Belarus			2		2
Belgium	2				2
Brazil	2				2
Bulgaria			2		2
Chile	1				1
China			2		2
Chinese Taipei	1				1
Croatia	4				4
Cyprus	1				1
Czech Republic	3		4		7
Denmark			1		1
Ecuador	1				1
El Salvador	1				1
Estonia			1		1
Finland	1				1
France	4		4		8
Germany	3				3
Great Britain	1				1
Greece			1		1
Hungary			1		1
India			1		1
Israel	1		1		2
Italy	3		4		7
Japan			1		1
Latvia	1				1
Liechtenstein			1		1
Netherlands	1		1		2
New Zealand			1		1
Poland			2		2
Romania	1		1		2
Russia	4		4		8
Serbia	2		2		4
Slovakia			2		2
Slovenia			1		1
South Korea	1				1
Spain	4		2		6
Sweden	2		1		3
Switzerland	2		2		4
Togo	1				1
Ukraine			4		4
United States	2		3		5
Uzbekistan			1		1
Zimbabwe			1		1
Total: 46 NOCs	58		58		116

[edit] Qualifiers

[edit] Men's singles

No.	Rank	Player	NOC
World Ranking
1	1	Roger Federer	Switzerland
2	2	Rafael Nadal	Spain
3	3	Novak Djokovic	Serbia
4	4	Nikolay Davydenko	Russia
5	5	David Ferrer	Spain
—	6	Andy Roddick[1]	United States
6	7	James Blake	United States
7	8	David Nalbandian	Argentina
8	9	Stanislas Wawrinka	Switzerland
—	10	Richard Gasquet[2]	France
9	11	Andy Murray	Great Britain
10	12	Tomas Berdych	Czech Republic
11	13	Nicolas Almagro	Spain
12	14	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	France
13	15	Fernando Gonzalez	Chile
14	16	Radek Stepanek	Czech Republic
15	17	Paul-Henri Mathieu	France
16	18	Mikhail Youzhny	Russia
17	19	Tommy Robredo	Spain
—	20	Fernando Verdasco	Spain
18	21	Juan Monaco	Argentina
19	22	Ivo Karlovic	Croatia
20	23	Marcos Baghdatis	Cyprus
—	24	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Spain
21	25	Jarkko Nieminen	Finland
—	26	Carlos Moya	Spain
22	27	Ivan Ljubicic	Croatia
23	28	Gilles Simon	France
24	29	Dmitry Tursunov	Russia
25	30	Lleyton Hewitt	Australia
26	31	Andreas Seppi	Italy
27	32	Gael Monfils	France
—	33	Feliciano Lopez	Spain
28	34	Igor Andreev	Russia
—	35	Michael Llodra	France
—	36	Mardy Fish[3]	United States
—	37	Tommy Haas[4]	Germany
29	38	Nicolas Kiefer	Germany
30	39	Janko Tipsarevic	Serbia
31	40	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Germany
32	41	Sam Querrey	United States
33	42	Robin Soderling	Sweden
—	43	Julien Benneteau	France
34	44	Mario Ancic	Croatia
35	45	Juan Ignacio Chela	Argentina
—	46	Nicolas Mahut	France
36	47	Simone Bolelli	Italy
37	48	Guillermo Canas	Argentina
—	49	Agustin Calleri	Argentina
—	50	Jose Acasuso	Argentina
38	51	Ernests Gulbis	Latvia
—	52	Fabrice Santoro	France
39	53	Steve Darcis	Belgium
—	54	Marcel Granollers	Spain
40	55	Lee Hyung-Taik	South Korea
41	56	Marin Cilic	Croatia
—	57	Marc Gicquel	France
42	58	Potito Starace	Italy
—	59	Robby Ginepri	United States
—	60	Sebastian Grosjean	France
—	61	Eduardo Schwank	Argentina
43	62	Robin Haase	Netherlands
44	63	Nicolas Lapentti	Ecuador
—	64	Juan Martin Del Potro	Argentina
45	65	Dudi Sela	Israel
46	66	Denis Gremelmayr	Germany
47	67	Olivier Rochus	Belgium
48	68	Thomaz Bellucci	Brazil
49	69	Thomas Johansson	Sweden
—	70	Albert Montanes	Spain
50	71	Ivo Minar	Czech Republic
51	72	Victor Hanescu	Romania
52	73	Lu Yen-Hsun	Chinese Taipei
53	74	Stefan Koubek	Austria
54	75	Marcos Daniel	Brazil
—	76	Marat Safin	Russia
—	77	Florent Serra	France
—	78	Igor Kunitsyn	Russia
55	79	Chris Guccione	Australia
—	80	Santiago Ventura	Spain
56	81	Jurgen Melzer	Austria
Tripartite Commission Invitation
57	447	Rafael Arevalo	El Salvador
58	438	Komlavi Loglo	Togo
Final Qualification
59
60
61
62
63
64

[edit] Women's singles

No.	Rank	Player	NOC
World Ranking
1	1	Ana Ivanovic	Serbia
2	2	Maria Sharapova	Russia
3	3	Jelena Jankovic	Serbia
4	4	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Russia
5	5	Elena Dementieva	Russia
6	6	Serena Williams	United States
7	7	Venus Williams	United States
8	8	Anna Chakvetadze	Russia
—	9	Dinara Safina	Russia
9	10	Marion Bartoli	France
10	11	Daniela Hantuchova	Slovakia
11	12	Patty Schnyder	Switzerland
—	13	Vera Zvonareva	Russia
12	14	Agnieszka Radwanska	Poland
13	15	Agnes Szavay	Hungary
14	16	Victoria Azarenka	Belarus
15	17	Alize Cornet	France
16	18	Francesca Schiavone	Italy
17	19	Nicole Vaidisova	Czech Republic
18	20	Tatiana Golovin	France
—	21	Nadia Petrova	Russia
19	22	Flavia Pennetta	Italy
—	23	Maria Kirilenko	Russia
20	24	Katarina Srebotnik	Slovenia
21	25	Shahar Peer	Israel
22	26	Lindsay Davenport	United States
23	27	Virginie Razzano	France
24	28	Sybille Bammer	Austria
25	29	Alona Bondarenko	Ukraine
—	30	Amelie Mauresmo	France
26	31	Dominika Cibulkova	Slovakia
27	32	Caroline Wozniacki	Denmark
28	33	Sania Mirza	India
29	34	Kaia Kanepi	Estonia
30	35	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Spain
31	36	Olga Govortsova	Belarus
32	37	Eleni Daniilidou	Greece
33	38	Ai Sugiyama	Japan
34	39	Karin Knapp	Italy
35	40	Tsvetana Pironkova	Bulgaria
36	41	Casey Dellacqua	Australia
37	42	Gisela Dulko	Argentina
38	43	Yan Zi	China
—	44	Elena Vesnina	Russia
39	45	Li Na	China
—	46	Alisa Kleybanova	Russia
40	47	Lucie Safarova	Czech Republic
41	48	Iveta Benesova	Czech Republic
42	49	Carla Suarez Navarro	Spain
43	50	Peng Shuai	China
44	51	Klara Zakopalova	Czech Republic
—	52	Petra Cetkovska	Czech Republic
45	53	Michaella Krajicek	Netherlands
46	54	Akgul Amanmuradova	Uzbekistan
47	55	Tamira Paszek	Austria
—	56	Pauline Parmentier	France
48	57	Sofia Arvidsson	Sweden
—	58	Vera Dushevina	Russia
—	59	Aravane Rezai	France
—	60	Petra Kvitova	Czech Republic
49	61	Sara Errani	Italy
—	62	Ekaterina Makarova	Russia
50	63	Tatiana Perebiynis	Ukraine
51	64	Marina Erakovic	New Zealand
52	65	Marta Domachowska	Poland
53	66	Sorana Cirstea	Romania
54	67	Timea Bacsinszky	Switzerland
55	68	Mariya Koryttseva	Ukraine
56	69	Kateryna Bondarenko	Ukraine
Tripartite Commission Invitation
57	—	Cara Black	Zimbabwe
58	227	Stephanie Vogt	Liechtenstein
Final Qualification
59
60
61
62
63
64

[edit] Men's doubles

No.	Rank	Player	NOC
World Ranking
1	1	Bob Bryan	United States
2	1	Mike Bryan	United States
3	3	Daniel Nestor	Canada
4	4	Nenad Zimonjic	Serbia
5	5	Mark Knowles	Bahamas
6	6	Pavel Vizner	Czech Republic
7	7	Jonathan Erlich	Israel
8	7	Andy Ram	Israel
9	9	Simon Aspelin	Sweden
10	10	Julian Knowle	Austria

[edit] Women's doubles

No.	Rank	Player	NOC
World Ranking
1	1	Cara Black	Zimbabwe
2	1	Liezel Huber	United States
3	3	Ai Sugiyama	Japan
4	4	Katarina Srebotnik	Slovenia
5	5	Kveta Peschke	Czech Republic
6	6	Rennae Stubbs	Australia
7	7	Chuang Chia-Jung	Chinese Taipei
8	8	Chan Yung-Jan	Chinese Taipei
9	9	Victoria Azarenka	Belarus
10	10	Dinara Safina	Russia

[edit] References

• Olympic Tri-Partite Invitation places announced
• ITF begins Olympic entry process