Tennis_at_the_2014_Summer_Youth_Olympics

Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Tennis tournament

Tennis at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 24 August at the Nanjing Sport Institute in Nanjing, China.

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Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender. As hosts, China is given 2 quotas, 1 per each gender should they not qualify normally, however they normally qualified two female athletes and chose not to use their male quota and a further 6 competitors, 3 per each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission. Only four of those spots were used, the other two were reallocated to the World Junior rankings. The remaining 56 places shall be decided by the ATP rankings, WTA rankings and ITF World Junior rankings update on 9 June 2014. The first 12 spots per each gender will go to any eligible athlete ranked in the top 450 in the ATP rankings for boys and the top 200 in the WTA rankings for girls. Should any spots remain they will be reallocated to the top ranked athletes in the ITF World Junior rankings. The remaining 16 spots per each gender will be broken down into zones and given to the next best ranked athlete in the ITF World Junior rankings.[1][2]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1999. Furthermore, all qualified players will take place in the doubles and mixed doubles events.[1]

Boys

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Girls

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Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[5]

All times are CST (UTC+8)
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Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

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  • Note: Medals for mixed teams have not been counted towards their individual nation.

Events

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References

  1. [1]
    "Qualification System: Tennis" (PDF). ITF. May 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. [2]
    "USTA Athlete Selection Procedure" (PDF). United States Tennis Association. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  3. [3]
    "2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Boys Acceptance List by Country" (PDF). ITF. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    "2014 Youth Olympic Tennis Event – Girls Acceptance List by Country" (PDF). ITF. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
  5. [5]
    "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Tennis" (PDF). Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
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