Tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

Tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Date15–21 August 2010
Edition1st
CategoryGrade A
LocationKallang Tennis Centre
Champions
Boys' singles
 Juan Sebastián Gómez (COL)
Girls' singles
 Daria Gavrilova (RUS)
Boys' doubles
International Olympic Committee Oliver Golding / Jiří Veselý (Mixed-NOCs)
Girls' doubles
 Tang Haochen / Zheng Saisai (CHN)
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Tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics lasted from August 18 until August 25. For the Singles competitions, all matches were determined through a best-of-three tie-break sets. For the Doubles competitions, all matches were determined by two tie-break sets and a match tie-break game (10 points) in place of a third set. There were competitions for boys' singles, boys' doubles, girls' singles and girls' doubles. It took place at the Kallang Tennis Centre.

The acceptance lists for the event were released by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on 29 June. 39 countries are represented in the event that involves both 32 players for the singles and 16 pairs for the doubles.[1]

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could submit a maximum of 2 boys and 2 girls to compete in both the singles and doubles events. 12 places in the singles events were given out based on a player's junior world ranking. 16 places were given out based on ranking by region, with the remaining four positions allocated by the IOC or given to the next highest ranked player.[1]

Qualifiers

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Calendar

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August 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Morning 10.30 10.30 10.00 11:00
Afternoon 14.30 14.30 15.00
Boys' singles Round of 32 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Final
Girls' singles Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Final
Boys' doubles Round of 16 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Final
Girls' doubles Round of 16 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze Final

Medal summary

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Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1102
 Russia (RUS)1102
 Mixed-NOCs (MIX)1012
3 Colombia (COL)1001
4 Slovakia (SVK)0123
5 India (IND)0101
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles
details
 Juan Sebastián Gómez (COL)  Yuki Bhambri (IND)  Damir Džumhur (BIH)
Boys' doubles
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 Oliver Golding (GBR) and
 Jiří Veselý (CZE)
 Victor Baluda (RUS) and
 Mikhail Biryukov (RUS)
 Filip Horanský (SVK) and
 Jozef Kovalík (SVK)
Girls' singles
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 Daria Gavrilova (RUS)  Zheng Saisai (CHN)  Jana Čepelová (SVK)
Girls' doubles
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 Tang Haochen (CHN) and
 Zheng Saisai (CHN)
 Jana Čepelová (SVK) and
 Chantal Škamlová (SVK)
 Tímea Babos (HUN) and
 An-Sophie Mestach (BEL)

References

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  1. ^ a b "ITF announces entries for Singapore 2010". ITF. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.