Tennis Takes Center Stage at the Paris Olympics:
Coco Gauff carries the flag for tennis and all of Team USA amid unprecedented gender equity at this year’s games. Why some players elect to skip the Olympics and, of course, some pickleball controversy.
Coco Gauff Becomes the Youngest Olympic Flag Bearer in American History: On Friday, Coco Gauff joined LeBron James in hoisting the flag to lead the nearly 600-strong American team into the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. It marked the first time a tennis player has held the flag for the ceremonies. Full Story: Vogue
Billie Jean King hails extraordinary progress in women’s sports: The Paris Games are the first to see an equal split of the quota places between female and male athletes, a landmark moment for the Olympic movement that the International Olympic Committee has been chasing for years. Full Story: ESPN
Olympic Tennis Preview: Five takeaways from the singles, doubles and mixed draws
With well-known players competing in all three disciplines, tennis not only belongs in the Games, it thrives there. Full Story: Tennis
Tennis at 2024 Paris Olympics: How it works, Team USA stars, what else to know. Full Story: USA Today
To go or not to go? How the Olympic tennis participation decision affects the sport: The Mubadala Citi DC Open, an ATP/WTA 500 hard-court tournament, is being contested while the biggest names in tennis fight it out on clay at Roland Garros during the Olympic Games. Two singles players are going to pick up a wheelbarrow’s worth of rankings points and prize money for electing to spend the week in the steamy mid-Atlantic instead of sweltering Paris. Full Story: Tennis
Rohan Bopanna’s path to the Olympics, via a Grand Slam and doubles world No 1: At 44 Rohan Bopanna is among the oldest Olympians at the 2024 Paris Olympics whose sport does not allow him to compete while sitting (equestrian) or standing still (shooting, archery). Full Story: The Athletic
Two-time gold medalist Andy Murray to retire from tennis after Paris Olympics: Two-time Olympic men’s singles champion Andy Murray confirmed Tuesday he will end his career next week at the Paris Games. “Arrived in Paris for my last ever tennis tournament,” the 37-year-old Murray posted on the X social media platform. Full Story: NBC
‘Gods of Tennis: Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe’ Review: Rivals Reminisce: In this PBS documentary, the two athletes—whose rivalry riveted audiences in the ’80s and beyond—reflect on their legendary Wimbledon showdown and their aftermath. Full Story: WSJ
More tennis courts damaged after someone added unauthorized pickleball lines: The public tennis courts at a high school have been closed indefinitely after someone damaged the court by adding pickleball lines. The pickleball lines were taped to the court’s surface, pulling up the competition tennis lines when removed. Full Story: The Charlotte Observer
Tennis vs. pickleball players: needing a tiebreak as tensions rise: After a spate of vandalism and confrontations with tennis players, San Francisco’s pickleball community is proposing a new way forward. “Separate but equal” is the way to go. Full Story: KCBS
The Volvo Volley: The Volvo Volley consisted of vodka, grapefruit juice and grenadine. Reminiscing about a professional tournament that used to be. Full Story: The Conway Daily Sun
This Week in Professional Tennis
| Date | Tournament | Tour/Level | Location |
| 7/27-8/4 | The Olympics | – | Paris |
| 7/29-8/4 | Mubadala Citi DC Open | WTA 500 ATP 500 | Wasnington, DC |
