Tennis at the 2012 Simmer Olympics
2012 Simmer Olympics | ||||
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Date: | 28 Julie – 5 August | |||
Edeetion: | 16t | |||
Surface: | Gress | |||
Location: | All England Club, Wimbledon | |||
Champions | ||||
Men's Singles | ||||
Andy Murray | ||||
Weemen's Singles | ||||
Serena Williams | ||||
Men's Doubles | ||||
Mike Bryan & Bob Bryan | ||||
Weemen's Doubles | ||||
Serena Williams & Venus Williams | ||||
Mixed Doubles | ||||
Victoria Azarenka & Max Mirnyi | ||||
Simmer Olympics
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The tennis tournaments at the 2012 Simmer Olympics in Lunnon wur staged at the Aw Ingland Club in Wimbledon, frae 28 Julie tae 5 August, the first grass court tournament syne tennis wis reintroduced tae the Olympics.[1] A tot o 190 players competit in five events: singles an doubles for baith men an weemen an, for the first time syne 1924, mixed doubles wur offeecially includit. The Olympic tennis events wur run an organised bi the Lunnon Organising Committee o the Olympic Gemmes (LOCOG) an the Internaitional Tennis Federation (ITF), an wur pairt o the Association o Tennis Professionals an Weemen's Tennis Association's tours.
Neither o the defendin singles champions competit, syne Elena Dementieva ha retired frae professional tennis in 2010[2] an Rafael Nadal withdrew due tae tendinitis.[3] Andy Murray beat Roger Federer. Serena Williams defeatit Maria Sharapova an alang wi her sister Venus Williams defendit her Weemen's doubles title. The Bryan brothers teuk the Men's doubles title also.
Serena Williams acame the seicont female player tae win a career Gowden Grand Slam efter winnin the gowd medal an the first player in history, male or female, tae win the career Gowden Grand Slam in baith singles an doubles.[4]
Pynts distribution
[eedit | eedit soorce]The pynts distribution for the Association o Tennis Professionals an the Weemen's Tennis Association tours, anent anly singles competition on the 2012 Olympic Gemmes, is leetit below.[5]
Stage | Gowd Medal | Siller Medal | Bronze Medal | Fowerth Place | Quarterfinals | Roond o 16 | Roond o 32 | Roond o 64 |
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Men's singles | 750 | 450 | 340 | 270 | 135 | 70 | 35 | 5 |
Weemen's singles | 685 | 470 | 340 | 260 | 175 | 95 | 55 | 1 |
Medal summary
[eedit | eedit soorce]Medal table
[eedit | eedit soorce]Rank | Naition | Gowd | Siller | Bronze | Tot |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | ![]() |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Grand Tot | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Medal events
[eedit | eedit soorce]Singles seeds
[eedit | eedit soorce]Seedins are based on the rankins as o 23 Julie 2012.
Men's singles
[eedit | eedit soorce]Seed | Rank | Player | Status |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Finals lost tae ![]() |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
Semifinals lost tae ![]() Bronze medal lost tae ![]() |
3 | 4 | ![]() |
Finals defeatit ![]() |
4 | 5 | ![]() |
Third Roond lost tae ![]() |
5 | 6 | ![]() |
Quarterfinals lost tae ![]() |
6 | 7 | ![]() |
First Roond lost tae ![]() |
7 | 8 | ![]() |
Third Roond lost tae ![]() |
8 | 9 | ![]() |
Semifinals lost tae ![]() Bronze medal defeated ![]() |
9 | 10 | ![]() |
Seicont Round lost tae ![]() |
10 | 11 | ![]() |
Quarterfinals lost tae ![]() |
11 | 12 | ![]() |
Quarterfinals lost tae ![]() |
12 | 14 | ![]() |
Third Roond lost tae ![]() |
13 | 15 | ![]() |
Seicont Roond lost tae ![]() |
14 | 16 | ![]() |
First Roond lost tae ![]() |
15 | 18 | ![]() |
Quarterfinals lost tae ![]() |
16 | 21 | ![]() |
Seicont Roond lost tae ![]() |
Widrawn Players
[eedit | eedit soorce]Rank | Player | Pynts | Pynts defendin | Points Won | New pynts | Widrew due tae |
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4 | ![]() |
8,905
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750
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0
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8,155
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Knee tendinitis[6] |
Weemen's singles
[eedit | eedit soorce]Seed | Rank | Player | Status |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Semifinals lost tae ![]() Bronze medal defeatit ![]() |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
First Roond lost tae ![]() |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
Finals lost tae ![]() |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
Finals defeatit ![]() |
5 | 5 | ![]() |
First Roond lost tae ![]() |
6 | 6 | ![]() |
Quarterfinals lost tae ![]() |
7 | 7 | ![]() |
Quarterfinals lost tae ![]() |
8 | 8 | ![]() |
Quarterfinals lost tae ![]() |
9 | 9 | ![]() |
First Roond lost tae ![]() |
10 | 11 | ![]() |
First Roond lost tae ![]() |
11 | 12 | ![]() |
Third Roond lost tae ![]() |
12 | 13 | ![]() |
First Roond lost tae ![]() |
13 | 14 | ![]() |
Third Roond lost tae ![]() |
14 | 15 | ![]() |
Semifinal lost tae ![]() Bronze medal lost tae ![]() |
15 | 17 | ![]() |
Third Roond lost tae ![]() |
16 | 19 | ![]() |
Third Roond lost tae ![]() |
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Tennis". London 2012 Organization Committee. Archived frae the original on 24 Mey 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
- ↑ "Elena Dementieva retiring from tour". ESPN Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "London 2012: Rafael Nadal withdraws from Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ Wine, Steven (4 August 2012). "Serena Williams Wins Gold Medal In Olympic Singles Tennis, Beats Maria Sharapova In Final". Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 Mairch 2013.
- ↑ "Ranking Points". itftennis.com. Retrieved 17 Julie 2012.
- ↑ "Nadal withdraws from Olympics with knee injury". www.globalpost.com. 19 Julie 2012.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. |
- Olympic Tennis Event website Archived 2012-07-15 at the Wayback Machine (International Tennis Federation)
- IOC Media Tennis at London 2012 video