Competition Format

All Olympic tennis competitions will be conducted in a single elimination format. There will be 64 athletes in both men's and women's singles competitions and 32 teams in both men's and women's doubles competitions.

All matches will be decided by the best of three sets, except for the men's singles and doubles finals, which will be decided by the best of five sets. The tie-break (7 points) shall operate in every set, when the score reaches six games all, except for the fifth set in the final of the men's singles and doubles events and the third set in all other matches, where an advantage set will be played.

Singles

Sixteen players will be seeded and the remaining players will be drawn. The winner of each match will advance to the next round. The loser of each match will be eliminated. The winners of the two semifinal matcheswill advance to the gold medal match. The winner of this match will receive the gold medal and the loser will receive the silver medal. The losers of the two semifinal matches will compete for the bronze medal.

Doubles

Eight teams will be seeded and the remaining teams will be drawn. The winner of each match will advance to the next round. The loser of each match will be eliminated. The winners of the two semifinal matches will advance to the gold medal match. The winner of this match will receive the gold medal and the loser will receive the silver medal.

Draw

If there are two players/teams from the same NOC competing in the games, they shall be drawn in different halves of the draw. If there are three or four players from the same NOC competing in the games, they shall be drawn into different quarters of the Draw.