Olympic Games

Canadian Tennis Team Nominated For Tokyo 2020

MONTREAL, June 29, 2021 (Tennis Canada Press Release) The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Tennis Canada announced on Tuesday the names of six athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in tennis at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games from July 23 to […]

History Making Australia’s Olympic Tennis Team For Tokyo Announced

TENNIS AUSTRALIA Press Release, June 29, 2021 The Australian Olympic Committee has named Australia’s biggest ever Olympic tennis team, with the 11 athletes eclipsing the 10-strong teams from Sydney 2000 and Rio 2016, and Sam Stosur becoming the first Australian […]

ITF Revises Entry Ranking Date For Tokyo Olympic Tennis Event

ITF Press Release, April 15, 2021 The ITF Board of Directors has approved the revised date of the world rankings used to determine direct entries for the Tokyo Olympic Tennis Event at the Ariake Tennis Park on Saturday 24 July […]

Tokyo Summer Olympics On Minds Of Tennis Players

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The Summer Olympics in Tokyo are only six months away, but today they are in a fog of doubt due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Optimism of putting on the Olympics in July […]

Revised Qualification Dates For Tokyo 2020 Olympic Tennis Event

ITF Press Release, June 11, 2020 The ITF has published revised qualification dates for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Tennis Event and Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis Event, after both Games were moved to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the qualification […]

ITF President And Three ITF Board Members Appointed To IOC Commissions

ITF Press Release, May 28, 2020 The International Tennis Federation has announced that ITF President David Haggerty and three ITF Board members have been appointed as members of International Olympic Committee (IOC) commissions. Haggerty will continue as a member of […]

IOC Confirms New 2021 Dates For Tokyo Olympic Games

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) The International Olympic Committee has confirmed new dates for the Tokyo Olympic Games. They will be contested beginning July 23, 2021 and continue until August 8. The Games were postponed for a year […]

Olympics Postponement Leaves Gap In Tennis Calendar

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) With the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee releasing a joint statement Tuesday announcing the postponement of this year’s Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games to “a date beyond 2020 but not […]

Neither Feasible Nor Desirable, 2020 Summer Olympics Are Now Postponed

WASHINGTON, March 24, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Late Sunday evening, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC), backed by their Athletes’ Commissions, National Sports Organizations and the Government of Canada, announced they would not send Canadian teams […]

ITF President David Haggerty Elected IOC Member

ITF Press Release, January 11, 2020 The International Tennis Federation (ITF) President, David Haggerty has been elected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 135th IOC Session in Lausanne, Switzerland. Haggerty was sworn in as a member at the […]