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Meet the 11 American Tennis Players Who Will Compete in the Paris Olympics
The Paris Olympics are just around the corner, and the U.S. team is beginning to take shape.
In tennis, the rankings on the professional men's and women's tours determine who will qualify, and they are taken from right after the end of the French Open (drawing on points earned from June 11, 2023 through June 10, 2024). A nation competing in the Olympics can qualify up to four players per gender in singles, and can also bring two more men and two more women to compete in doubles and mixed doubles. (Qualified singles players can also compete in the doubles tournaments.)
One wrinkle of the Paris Olympics is that they will be played on the clay courts at Roland Garros, and top players may be reluctant to play on the surface just as the U.S. hard court swing is beginning. So, even though Madison Keys, Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton, and Sebastian Korda all mathematically qualified, they decided to opt out, freeing up a space for another American player.
Here's the 11 tennis players who will represent Team USA in Paris:
Coco Gauff
Age: 20
Hometown: Delray Beach, Florida
Current Ranking: 2
Earlier this year, Gauff became the first American to qualify for the Olympics in tennis.
"For me, the Olympics is a top priority. I would say equal to the Grand Slams. I wouldn't put it above or below just because I've never played before. This is my first time. Obviously, I always want to do well, try to get a medal. Yeah, I mean, but the prep is going to be interesting because I've never done the grass-to-clay transition before," she said earlier this year.
Gauff will play singles, and doubles with Pegula.
Read an interview with Coco Gauff
Jessica Pegula
Age: 30
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Current Ranking: 5
Pegula didn't play for a few months this spring, but is in the middle of a major comeback, winning her first title on grass at the Berlin Open in late June. This will be her second Olympics, and she'll play singles and doubles with her long-time partner, Coco Gauff.
Danielle Collins
Age: 30
Hometown: St. Petersburg, Florida
Current Ranking: 10
This is Collins's final year on tour, and in her last year as a professional tennis player, she qualified for her first Olympics. "I would love nothing more to represent my country. My favorite memories on the court are honestly the weeks at the Billie Jean King Cup. There’s nothing, nothing like it," she said previously.
Emma Navarro
Age: 23
Hometown: New York, New York
Current Ranking: 19
Navarro is also making her Olympic debut, ranking a career-high No. 17 at the time of team nominations. It's been a big 2024 for the New Yorker: She won her first WTA singles title, and made it to the Round of 16 at Roland Garros.
Taylor Fritz
Age: 26
Hometown: Rancho Santa Fe, California
Ranking: 12
Currently the top-ranked American men's player, Fritz has expressed an interest in playing in the Paris Olympics, but hasn't made anything official yet.
Read an interview with Taylor Fritz
Desirae Krawczyk
Age: 30
Hometown: Palm Desert, California
Ranking (Doubles): 12
Krawczyk, a doubles specialist, is the fifth women's tennis player going to Paris. She'll play with Danielle Collins (the two have played doubles together previously, winning a title in Charleston last year). Krawczyk is a four-time Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles (Wimbledon in 2022 and the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in 2021).
Tommy Paul
Age: 27
Hometown: Voorhees, New Jersey
Ranking: 14
Paul played in the Tokyo Olympics, and is looking forward to playing in Paris. "I’m super excited to play, and hopefully take home a medal for our country. That’s always been the dream," he said in an interview earlier this year. "In a lot of other sports, you train and peak at the Olympics, and train harder to get there. Our season is constant throughout the year, so there isn’t a dedicated ramp up; you always have to be consistent in your game. It’s an interesting sport in that respect. I’m not treating it differently than any other tournaments. I want to do as well as I can, but every tournament I play, I want to win just as badly."
Chris Eubanks
Age: 28
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Ranking: 42
Eubanks will make his Olympic debut this summer in Paris. He had a breakout moment last summer at Wimbledon when he reached the quarterfinals, and reached a career high ranking of no. 29. Eubanks will compete in singles.
Marcos Giron
Age: 30 (he'll turn 31 right before the Olympics!)
Hometown: Thousand Oaks, California
Ranking: 46
This will be Giron's second Olympic games; he'll play singles in Paris. In Tokyo, he lost in the second round.
Rajeev Ram
Age: 40
Hometown: Denver, Colorado
Ranking (doubles): 6
Ram is the most experienced tennis player heading to the Olympics: He's competing in his third consecutive Olympics. In Rio in 2016, he won the mixed doubles silver medal with Venus Williams. He's a doubles specialist, winning 31 career ATP doubles titles, and four major doubles titles (Australian Open 2020 and the U.S. Open for the last three years). He's set to play doubles.
Austin Krajicek
Age: 34
Hometown: Tampa, Florida
Ranking (doubles): 19
This will be Krajicek's second Olympic Games; in Tokyo, he finished fourth in men’s doubles (with Tennys Sandgren). Last year, Krajicek won his first Grand Slam doubles title last year at the French Open, and at the U.S. Open last year, he and Jessica Pegula came in second in mixed doubles. He will play doubles with Ram.
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