The Tokyo Olympics tennis tournament promises plenty of drama, with the world’s best players in action. We have all the TV schedule details and the Order of Play

By Michael Potts

Published: Friday, 23 July 2021 at 12:00 am


Tennis may have already enjoyed a golden month with Wimbledon wowing the crowds upon their return to Centre Court, but fans have double delight this summer with the Olympics 2020 set to serve up a treat.

Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Daniil Medvedev and more are all gearing up to take part in their first matches of the Men’s Singles tournament, while Naomi Osaka is gunning for glory in the Women’s Singles in her home nation.

RadioTimes.com brings you the full guide to watching tennis at the Olympics including a full TV schedule and regularly updated Order of Play for the women’s and men’s tournaments. Plus find out what else is on with our guide to the Olympics on TV today.

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How to watch tennis at the Olympics

Every single match will be shown on discovery+ so you’ll never miss a moment.

Check out the full Order of Play below, which includes all the matches happening live today.

We can give loose timings, but obviously match schedules will change depending on how long each takes.

Olympics tennis 2021 Order of Play – Saturday 24th July

All starting at 3am UK time. Selected matches in bold.

Ariake Tennis Park Centre Court

[2] OSAKA Naomi (JPN) v ZHENG Saisai (CHN)
[2] MEDVEDEV Daniil (RUS) v BUBLIK Alexander (KAZ)
[8] KREJCIKOVA Barbora (CZE) v DIYAS Zarina (KAZ)
[1] DJOKOVIC Novak (SRB) v DELLIEN Hugo (BOL)

Court 1

[6] SWIATEK Iga (POL) v BARTHEL Mona (GER)
[13] SONEGO Lorenzo (ITA) v DANIEL Taro (JPN)
[9] BENCIC Belinda v PEGULA Jessica (USA)
[11] CARRENO BUSTA Pablo (ESP) v SANDGREN Tennys (USA)

Court 2

[16] DAVIDOVICH FOKINA Alejandro (ESP) v SOUSA Pedro (POR)
[15] RYBAKINA Elena (KAZ) v STOSUR Samantha (AUS)(ITF)
[11] KARATSEV Aslan (RUS) v PAUL Tommy (USA)
[16] BERTENS Kiki (NED) v VONDROUSOVA Marketa (CZE)

Court 3

[13] PAVLYUCHENKOVA Anastasia (ROC) v Sara Errani (ITA)(ITF)
[14] SAKKARI Maria (GRE) v KONTAVEIT Anett (EST)
[15] FOGNINI Fabio (ITA) v SUGITA Yuichi (JPN)
CILIC Marin (CRO) v MENEZES Joao (BRA)(ITF)

Court 4

STOJANOVIC Nina v HIBINO Nao (JPN)
BASILASHVILI Nikoloz (GEO) v CARBALLES BAENA Roberto (ESP)
[14] HUMBERT Ugo (FRA) v ANDUJAR Pablo (ESP)
DOI Misaki (JPN) v ZARAZUA Renata (MEX)

Court 5

KRAWIETZ Kevin / PUETZ Tim (GER) v BAGNIS Facundo / SCHWARTZMAN Diego (ARG)
[2] HERBERT Pierre-Hugues / MAHUT Nicolas (FRA) v MURRAY Andy / SALISBURY Joe (GBR)
[6] BARTY Ashleigh / SANDERS Storm (AUS) v HIBINO Nao / NINOMIYA Makoto (JPN)
McLACHLAN Ben / NISHIKORI Kei (JPN) v SOUSA Joao / SOUSA Pedro (POR)

Court 6

FERNANDEZ Leylah Annie (CAN) v YASTREMSKA Dayana (UKR)
STRUFF Jan-Lennard (GER) v MONTEIRO Thiago (BRA)
SVITOLINA Elina / YASTREMSKA Dayana (UKR) v CORNET Alizé / FERRO Fiona (FRA)
[5] HURKACZ Hubert / KUBOT Lukasz (POL) v STRUFF Jan-Lennard / ZVEREV Alexander (GER)

Court 7

WATSON Heather (GBR) v FRIEDSAM Anna-Lena (GER)(ITF)
SHERIF Maiar (EGY)(ITF) v PETERSON Rebecca (SWE)
MAJCHRZAK Kamil (POL) v KECMANOVIC Miomir (SRB)
XU Yifan / YANG Zhaoxuan (CHN) v KRUNIC Aleksandra / STOJANOVIC Nina (SRB)

Court 8

[7] DABROWSKI Gabriela / FICHMAN Sharon (CAN) v PIGOSSI Laura / STEFANI Luisa (BRA)
CHARDY Jeremy (FRA) v BARRIOS VERA Tomas (CHI)(ITF)
GERASIMOV Egor (BLR) v SIMON Gilles (FRA)
BUBLIK Alexander / GOLUBEV Andrey (KAZ) v CHARDY Jeremy / MONFILS Gael (FRA)

Court 9

MUSETTI Lorenzo (ITA) v MILLMAN John (AUS)
BADOSA Paula (ESP) v MLADENOVIC Kristina (FRA)
MERTENS Elise / van UYTVANCK Alison (BEL) v MUGURUZA Garbine / SUAREZ NAVARRO Carla (ESP)
RISKE Alison (USA) v BUZARNESCU Mihaela (ROU)(ITF)

Court 10

OSORIO SERRANO Maria Camila (COL) v GOLUBIC Viktorija (SUI)
NAGAL Sumit (IND)(ITF) v ISTOMIN Denis (UZB)(ITF)
[6] KHACHANOV Karen / RUBLEV Andrey (ROC) v RAM Rajeev / TIAFOE Frances (USA)
[1] MEKTIC Nikola / PAVIC Mate (SRB) v DEMOLINER Marcelo / MELO Marcelo (BRA)

Court 11

[8] KOOLHOF Wesley / ROJER Jean-Julien (NED) v GILLE Sander / VLIEGEN Joran (BEL)
[5] CHAN Hao-Ching / CHAN Latisha (TPE) v NICULESCU Monica / OLARU Raluca (ROU)
[7] MURRAY Jamie / SKUPSKI Neal (GBR) v MOLTENI Andres / ZEBALLOS Horacio (ARG)
KUDERMETOVA Veronika / VESNINA Elena (ROC) v FRIEDSAM Anna-Lena / SIEGEMUND Laura (GER)

When is tennis on at the Olympics?

Tennis runs between Saturday 24th July until Sunday 1st August.

Medal finals will take place on the final three days, with five tournaments in action: Men’s, Women’s, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed.

Check out our guide on how to watch Olympics 2020 or see Olympics on TV today for more details, timings, and exclusive expert analysis from some of the biggest names in world sport over the coming weeks.

Sir Chris Hoy, Beth Tweddle, Rebecca Adlington, Matthew Pinsent and Dame Jess Ennis-Hill are among the stars we have to being their esteemed opinions, so don’t miss what they have to say.

Olympics tennis seeds

Men’s

  1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
  2. Daniil Medvedev (ROC)
  3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)
  4. Alexander Zverev (Germany)
  5. Andrey Rublev (ROC)
  6. Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain)
  7. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)
  8. Diego Schwartzman (Argentina)
  9. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
  10. Gael Monfils (France)
  11. Aslan Karatsev (ROC)
  12. Karen Khachanov (ROC)
  13. Lorenzo Sonego (Italy)
  14. Ugo Humbert (France)
  15. Fabio Fognini (Italy)
  16. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spain)

Women’s

  1. Ashleigh Barty (Australia)
  2. Naomi Osaka (Japan)
  3. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
  4. Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
  5. Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)
  6. Iga Swiatek (Poland)
  7. Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
  8. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
  9. Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
  10. Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
  11. Jennifer Brady (USA)
  12. Elise Mertens (Belgium)
  13. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ROC)
  14. Maria Sakkari (Greece)
  15. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
  16. Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)

Which tennis players are at the Olympics?

Singles players only.

ARGENTINA
Men’s Singles: Diego Schwartzman, Facundo Bagnis, Federico Coria, Francisco Cerundolo
Women’s Singles: Nadia Podoroska

AUSTRALIA
Men’s Singles: John Millman, James Duckworth
Women’s Singles: Ashleigh Barty, Ajla Tomljanovic, Samantha Stosur

BELARUS
Men’s Singles: Egor Gerasimov, Ilya Ivashka
Women’s Singles: Aryna Sabalenka

BELGIUM
Women’s Singles: Elise Mertens, Alison Van Uytvanck

BOLIVIA
Men’s Singles: Hugo Dellien

BRAZIL
Men’s Singles: Thiago Monteiro, Joao Menezes

CANADA
Men’s Singles: Felix Auger-Aliassime
Women’s Singles: Leylah Fernandez

CHILE
Men’s Singles: Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera

CHINA
Women’s Singles: Zheng Saisai, Wang Qiang

CHINESE TAIPEI
Men’s Singles: Yen-Hsun Lu

COLOMBIA
Men’s Singles: Daniel Elahi Galan
Women’s Singles: Maria Camila Osario Serrano

CROATIA
Men’s Singles: Marin Cilic
Women’s Singles: Donna Vekic

CZECH REPUBLIC
Men’s Singles: Tomas Machac
Women’s Singles: Karolina Pliskova, Petra Kvitova, Barbora Krejcikova, Marketa Vondrousova

EGYPT
Men’s Singles: Mohamed Safwat
Women’s Singles: Mayar Sherif

ESTONIA
Women’s Singles: Anett Kontaveit

FRANCE
Men’s Singles: Gael Monfils, Ugo Humbert, Jeremy Chardy, Gilles Simon
Women’s Singles: Fiona Ferro, Kristina Mladenovic, Alize Cornet, Caroline Garcia

GEORGIA
Men’s Singles: Nikoloz Basilashvili

GERMANY
Men’s Singles: Alexander Zverev, Jan-Lennard Struff, Dominik Koepfer, Philipp Kohlschreiber
Women’s Singles: Laura Siegemund, Mona Barthel, Anna-Lena Friedsam

GREAT BRITAIN
Men’s Singles: Andy Murray, Liam Broady
Women’s Singles: Heather Watson

GREECE
Men’s Singles: Stefanos Tsitsipas
Women’s Singles: Maria Sakkari

HUNGARY
Men’s Singles: Marton Fucsovics

INDIA
Men’s Singles: Sumit Nagal

ITALY
Men’s Singles: Lorenzo Sonego, Fabio Fognini, Lorenzo Musetti
Women’s Singles: Camila Giorgi, Jasmine Paolini, Sara Errani

JAPAN
Men’s Singles: Yoshihito Nishioka, Kei Nishikori, Taro Daniel, Yuichi Sugita
Women’s Singles: Naomi Osaka, Misaki Doi, Nao Hibino

KAZAKHSTAN
Men’s Singles: Alexander Bublik, Mikhail Kukushkin
Women’s Singles: Elena Rybakina, Yulia Putintseva, Yaroslava Shvedova, Zarina Diyas

SOUTH KOREA
Men’s Singles: Soonwoo Kwon

LATVIA
Women’s Singles: Jelena Ostapenko, Anastasija Sevastova

NETHERLANDS
Women’s Singles: Kiki Bertens

PARAGUAY
Women’s Singles: Veronica Cepede Royg

PERU
Men’s Singles Juan Pablo Varillas

POLAND
Men’s Singles: Hubert Hurkacz, Kamil Majchrzak
Women’s Singles: Iga Swiatek, Magda Linette

PORTUGAL
Men’s Singles: Pedro Sousa, Joao Sousa

ROMANIA
Women’s Singles: Mihaela Buzarnescu

ROC
Men’s Singles: Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Aslan Karatsev, Karen Khachanov
Women’s Singles: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Veronika Kudermetova, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Elena Vesnina

SERBIA
Men’s Singles: Novak Djokovic, Miomir Kecmanovic
Women’s Singles: Nina Stojanovic, Ivana Jorovic

SLOVAKIA
Men’s Singles: Norbert Gombos

SPAIN
Men’s Singles: Pablo Carreno Busta, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Pablo Andujar, Roberto Carballes Baena
Women’s Singles: Garbine Muguruza, Paula Badosa, Sara Sorribes Tormo, Carla Suarez Navarro

SWEDEN
Women’s Singles: Rebecca Peterson

SWITZERLAND
Women’s Singles: Belinda Bencic, Viktorija Golubic

TUNISIA
Women’s Singles: Ons Jabeur

UKRAINE
Women’s Singles: Elina Svitolina, Dayana Yastremska

USA
Men’s Singles: Tommy Paul, Frances Tiafoe, Tennys Sandgren, Marcos Giron
Women’s Singles: Jennifer Brady, Jessica Pegula, Alison Riske

UZBEKISTAN
Men’s Singles: Denis Istomin

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