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Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Date7–14 October
Edition3rd
LocationBuenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
Champions
Mixed doubles
 Yuki Naito / Naoki Tajima (JPN)
Boys' singles
 Hugo Gaston (FRA)
Girls' singles
 Kaja Juvan (SLO)
Boys' doubles
 Sebastián Báez (ARG) /
 Facundo Díaz Acosta (ARG)
Girls' doubles
 Kaja Juvan (SLO) /
 Iga Świątek (POL)
← 2014 · Youth Olympic Games · 2026 →

Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 7–14 October. The events took place at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina is given 2 quotas, 1 per each gender should they not qualify normally and a further 6 competitors, 3 per each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission.

The remaining 56 places shall be decided by the ITF World Junior Rankings, ATP rankings, WTA rankings update on 16 July 2018. The first 12 spots per each gender will go to the top ranked athletes in the ITF World Junior Rankings. The next 10 spots per gender will go to any eligible athlete ranked in the top 450 in the ATP rankings for boys and the top 200 in the WTA rankings for girls. Should any spots remain they will be reallocated to the top ranked athletes in the ITF World Junior Rankings. The remaining 6 spots per gender will go to the best ranked athlete from the ITF World Junior Rankings from any of the six regional associations not yet represented. Should any spots remain they will be reallocated to the next best ranked athlete in the ITF World Rankings, regardless of region.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, all qualified players will take place in the doubles and mixed doubles events.[1]

Boys

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Rankings Breakdown Date Total places Qualified
ITF World Junior Rankings[2] Top Athletes 10 August 2018 21  Tseng Chun-hsin (TPE)
 Sebastián Báez (ARG)
 Nicolás Mejía (COL)
 Hugo Gaston (FRA)
 Adrian Andreev (BUL)
 Naoki Tajima (JPN)
 Facundo Díaz Acosta (ARG)
 Tristan Boyer (USA)
 Carlos López Montagud (ESP)
 Mu Tao (CHN)
 Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU)
 Yankı Erel (TUR)
 Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
 Dalibor Svrčina (CZE)
 Drew Baird (USA)
 Clément Tabur (FRA)
 Marko Miladinović (SRB)
 Ray Ho (TPE)
 Ondřej Štyler (CZE)
 Arnaud Bovy (BEL)
 Gilbert Soares Klier Júnior (BRA)
Reallocation place 5  Nicolás Álvarez Varona (ESP)
 Damien Wenger (SUI)
 Daniel Michalski (POL)
 Jesper de Jong (NED)
 Dostanbek Tashbulatov (KAZ)
Africa Regional place 1  Philip Henning (RSA)
Central America Regional place 1  Nick Hardt (DOM)
Oceania Regional place 1  Rinky Hijikata (AUS)
Universality place 3  Patrick Sydow (ARU)
 Delmas N'tcha (BEN)
 Ali Dawani (BHR)
TOTAL 32

Girls

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Rankings Breakdown Date Total places Qualified
ITF World Junior Rankings[3] Top Athletes 10 August 2018 21  Wang Xinyu (CHN)
 Liang En-shuo (TPE)
 Wang Xiyu (CHN)
 Alexa Noel (USA)
 Camila Osorio (COL)
 Iga Świątek (POL)
 Eléonora Molinaro (LUX)
 Yuki Naito (JPN)
 Naho Sato (JPN)
 María Lourdes Carlé (ARG)
 Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)
 Clara Burel (FRA)
 Joanna Garland (TPE)
 Lea Ma (USA)
 Viktoriia Dema (UKR)
 Margaryta Bilokin (UKR)
 Lulu Sun (SUI)
 Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS)
 Diane Parry (FRA)
 Viktoryia Kanapatskaya (BLR)
 Ana Makatsaria (GEO)
Reallocation place 6  Daniela Vismane (LAT)
 Kaja Juvan (SLO)
 Oksana Selekhmeteva (RUS)
 Selma Ștefania Cadar (ROU)
 Georgia Drummy (IRL)
 Thasaporn Naklo (THA)
Africa Regional place 1  Sada Nahimana (BDI)
Central America Regional place 1  María Gabriela Rivera Corado (GUA)
Oceania Regional place 1  Valentina Ivanov (NZL)
Universality place 2  Francesca Curmi (MLT)
 Sylvie Zünd (LIE)
TOTAL 32

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Argentina)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France1124
2 Argentina*1102
 Japan1102
 Mixed-NOCs1102
4 Slovenia1001
5 Colombia0112
6 Brazil0011
 China0011
Totals (7 entries)55515
  • Note: Medals for mixed teams have not been counted towards their individual nation.

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' singles
details
Hugo Gaston
 France
Facundo Díaz Acosta
 Argentina
Gilbert Soares Klier Júnior
 Brazil
Boys' doubles
details
Sebastián Báez
 Argentina
Facundo Díaz Acosta
 Argentina
Adrian Andreev
 Bulgaria
Rinky Hijikata
 Australia
Hugo Gaston
 France
Clément Tabur
 France
Girls' singles
details
Kaja Juvan
 Slovenia
Clara Burel
 France
Camila Osorio
 Colombia
Girls' doubles
details
Kaja Juvan
 Slovenia
Iga Świątek
 Poland
Yuki Naito
 Japan
Naho Sato
 Japan
Wang Xinyu
 China
Wang Xiyu
 China
Mixed doubles
details
Yuki Naito
 Japan
Naoki Tajima
 Japan
Camila Osorio
 Colombia
Nicolás Mejía
 Colombia
Clara Burel
 France
Hugo Gaston
 France

References

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  1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Tennis" (PDF). ITF. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Boys Combined Rollover Ranking" (PDF). ITF. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Girls Combined Rollover Ranking" (PDF). ITF. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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