Federatia Internationala de Tenis (ITF) a anuntat sportivii calificati la Jocurile Olimpice de la Rio de Janeiro, care se vor desfasura in perioada 5-21 august. Simona Halep, Irina Begu, Monica Niculescu, Florin Mergea si Horia Tecau vor fi reprezentatii Romaniei.
Halep, Begu si Niculescu vor participa in proba de simplu. Mergea si Tecau vor face pereche la proba de dublu masculin, iar Begu si Niculescu vor evolua impreuna in proba de dublu feminin.
Cele 16 echipe de la dublu mixt, printre care se va afla probabil si cuplul Halep/Tecau, se vor decide dintre jucatorii calificati deja la simplu sau dublu, insa nu vor putea fi mai mult de doua echipe de tara, ele urmand sa fie nominalizate de comitetul olimpic national pana la data de 9 august.
Lista jucatorilor calificati la JO 2016:
Individual masculin:
Argentina: Juan Martín Del Potro, Federico Delbonis, Juan Monaco, Guido Pella
Australia: John Millman, Thanasi Kokkinakis
Barbados: Darian King
Belgia: David Goffin
Bosnia-Herțegovina: Damir Dzumhur
Brazilia: Thomaz Bellucci, Rogerio Dutra Silva
Bulgaria: Grigor Dimitrov
Canada: Milos Raonic, Vasek Pospisil
Cehia: Tomas Berdych, Jiri Vesely, Lukas Rosol
Cipru: Marcos Baghdatis
Croatia: Marin Cilic, Borna Coric
Republica Dominicană: Víctor Estrella Burgos
Elvetia: Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka
Franta: Richard Gasquet, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon
Germania: Philipp Kohlschreiber, Alexander Zverev, Dustin Brown
Israel: Dudi Sela
Italia: Fabio Fognini, Andreas Seppi, Paolo Lorenzi
Japonia: Kei Nishikori
Kazahstan: Mihail Kukușkin
Letonia: Ernests Gulbis
Lituania: Ricardas Berankis
Luxemburg: Gilles Muller
Marea Britanie: Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund
Olanda: Robin Haase
Polonia: Jerzy Janowicz
Portugalia: Joao Sousa, Gastao Elias
Rusia: Andrei Kuznețov, Evgheni Donskoi
Serbia: Novak Djokovic, Viktor Troicki, Dusan Lajovic
Slovacia: Martin Klizan
Spania: Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Roberto Bautista Agut, Albert Ramos
SUA: Jack Sock, Steve Johnson, Denis Kudla, Brian Baker
Taiwan: Lu Yen-Hsun
Tunisia: Malek Jaziri
Ucraina: Ilia Marcenko
Uruguay: Pablo Cuevas
Uzbekistan: Denis Istomin
Individual feminin:
Australia: Samantha Stosur, Daria Gavrilova
Belarus: Victoria Azarenka
Belgia: Yanina Wickmayer, Kirsten Flipkens
Brazilia: Teliana Pereira
Bulgaria: Țvetana Pironkova
Canada: Eugenie Bouchard
Cehia: Petra Kvitova, Karolina Pliskova, Lucie Safarova, Barbora Strycova
China: Peng Shuai, Zhang Shuai
Danemarca: Caroline Wozniacki
Elvetia: Belinda Bencic, Timea Bacsinszky
Franta: Kristina Mladenovic, Carolina Garcia, Alize Cornet
Germania: Angelique Kerber, Andrea Petkovic, Annika Beck, Laura Siegemund
Italia: Roberta Vinci, Sara Errani, Karin Knapp, Francesca Schiavone
Japonia: Misaki Doi, Nao Hibino
Kazahstan: Iulia Putințeva, Galina Voskoboeva
Letonia: Jelena Ostapenko
Liechtenstein: Stephanie Vogt
Marea Britanie: Johanna Konta, Heather Watson
Muntenegru: Danka Kovinic
Olanda: Kiki Bertens
Paraguay: Veronica Cepede Royg
Polonia: Agnieszka Radwanska
Porto Rico: Monica Puig
Romania: Simona Halep, Irina-Camelia Begu, Monica Niculescu
Rusia: Svetlana Kuznețova, Anastasia Pavliucenkova, Daria Kasatkina, Ekaterina Makarova
Serbia: Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic
Slovacia: Dominika Cibulkova, Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Spania: Garbine Muguruza, Carla Suarez Navarro
SUA: Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens
Suedia: Johanna Larsson
Taiwan: Hsieh Su-Wei
Tunisia: Ons Jabeur
Ucraina: Elina Svitolina, Lesia Țurenko
Ungaria: Timea Babos
Dublu masculin:
Argentina: Juan Martín Del Potro/Maximo Gonzalez, Federico Delbonis/Guillermo Duran
Australia: Chris Guccione/John Peers
Austria: Oliver Marach/Alexander Peya
Belarus: Aleksandr Burîi/Max Mirnîi
Brazilia: Marcelo Melo/Bruno Soares, Thomaz Bellucci/Andre Sa
Canada: Milos Raonic/Vasek Pospisil
Cehia: Tomas Berdych/Radek Stepanek, Lukas Rosol/Jiri Vesely
Chile: Julio Peralta/Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
Columbia: Juan Sebastián Cabal/Robert Farah
Croatia: Marin Cilic/Marin Draganja
Elvetia: Roger Federer/Stan Wawrinka
Franta: Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Nicolas Mahut, Richard Gasquet/Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Germania: Philipp Kohlschreiber/Philipp Petzschner
India: Rohan Bopanna/Leander Paes
Italia: Fabio Fognini/Andreas Seppi
Marea Britanie: Andy Murray/Jamie Murray, Colin Fleming/Dominic Inglot
Noua Zeelandă: Marcus Daniell/Michael Venus
Olanda: Robin Haase/Jean-Julien Rojer
Polonia: Lukasz Kubot/Marcin Matkowski
Romania: Florin Mergea/Horia Tecau
Serbia: Novak Djokovic/Nenad Zimonjic
Slovacia: Martin Klizan/Andrej Martin
Spania: Rafel Nadal/Marc Lopez, Roberto Bautista Agut/David Ferrer
SUA: Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan, Steve Johnson/Jack Sock
Ucraina: Ilia Marcenko/Denis Molceanov
Dublu feminin:
Australia: Daria Gavrilova/Samantha Stosur
Brazilia: Paula Cristina Goncalves/Teliana Pereira
Canada: Eugenie Bouchard/Gabriela Dabrowski
China: Xu Yi-Fan/Zheng Saisai, Peng Shuai/Zhang Shuai
Cehia: Andrea Hlavackova/Lucie Hradecka, Karolina Pliskova/Lucie Safarova
Elvetia: Belinda Bencic/Martina Hingis, Timea Bacsinszky/Xenia Knoll
Franta: Carolina Garcia/Kristina Mladenovic
Germania: Angelique Kerber/Andrea Petkovic, Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Laura Siegemund
India: Sania Mirza/Prarthana Thombare
Italia: Sara Errani/Roberta Vinci, Karin Knapp/Francesca Schiavone
Japonia: Misaki Doi/Eri Hozumi
Kazahstan: Iaroslava Șvedova/Galina Voskoboeva
Marea Britanie: Johanna Konta/Heather Watson
Romania: Irina-Camelia Begu/Monica Niculescu
Rusia: Ekaterina Makarova/Elena Vesnina, Margarita Gasparian/Svetlana Kuznețova
Serbia: Jelena Jankovic/Aleksandra Krunic
Slovacia: Dominika Cibulkova/Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
Spania: Garbine Muguruza/Carla Suarez Navarro, Anabel Medina Garrigues/Arantxa Parra-Santonja
SUA: Bethanie Mattek-Sands/Coco Vandeweghe, Serena Williams/Venus Williams
Taiwan: Chan Hao-Ching/Chan Yung-Jan, Chuang Chia-Jung/Hiseh Su-Wei
Ucraina: Olga Savciuk/Elina Svitolina, Liudmila Kicenok/Nadia Kicenok
Ungaria: Timea Babos/Reka-Luca Jani