The Month Ahead - August 2024

2024's summer of tennis continues with the Olympic Games in Paris, followed by the start of the US hard court swing.

Alcaraz, Swiatek, Djokovic and more bid for first Olympic Gold Medals

The Olympic Tennis events will be hosted at Roland Garros this year, the site of the clay court Grand Slam. An Olympic gold is the one prize in tennis that has eluded Djokovic in his career. Aged 37, this may well be his last chance to get it.

Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz is the favourite, and Rafael Nadal will hope to replicate some of his past success at this venue. The two Spaniards will also team up in the Men’s Doubles. Two-time Gold Medallist Andy Murray announced that the Olympics will be his last ever tournament, withdrawing from the singles to focus on the Doubles with Dan Evans. World number 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew due to tonsillitis, and Alex Zverev is the defending champion, having won Gold in Tokyo in 2021.

In the women’s draw, Iga Swiatek has been impossible to stop at this venue, and she is hot favourite to take home a gold medal for Poland. Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina are not playing, but the likes of Jasmine Paolini and Jessia Pegula will try to stop Swiatek, as well as Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova. Coco Gauff has already been knocked out of contention by Donna Vekic, and three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber announced that she would be retiring after the event.

Canada and Cincinnati host strong fields

This year, the men will play in Montreal, and the women play in Toronto, in the Canadian 1000-level events. Djokovic will not play Montreal, but is still entered into Cincinnati, which he won last year in a dramatic Final against Alcaraz. The Spaniard is entered into both, as is last year’s champion in Toronto Sinner, Zverev, and Daniil Medvedev. Alex de Minaur, Hubert Hurkacz and Grigor Dimitrov all sustained injuries at Wimbledon, and haven’t played since, so they will hope to recover in time for these events.

Swiatek, Gauff, Sabalenka and Rybakina are all entered into Toronto and Cincinnati. Pegula won in Montreal last year, and Gauff will defend her Cincinnati title. However, with the Canadian events starting only a few days after the conclusion of the Olympics, it wouldn’t be surprising to see those competing for the medals in Paris withdrawing from the events in Montreal and Toronto.

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