When are Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic playing at the Olympics? Dates, start time and format

Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are all playing at the 2024 Olympic Games tennis tournament in Paris – but when can you watch them?

Fans want to know the date, start time, fixtures, teams, format and schedule as the Big Three stars fight for gold – with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner also in action.

British sporting icon Murray, 37, is aiming for his third gold medal in singles in what is set to be his final event in the sport before he finally hangs up his racket.

Nadal, 38, is also featuring in singles and has teamed up with Wimbledon 2024 champion Alcaraz for the doubles as the duo look to bring home gold for Spain.

Djokovic, 37, is the only Big Three star to have never won a gold medal and he is desperate to secure one for Serbia in what is almost certain to be his last chance to do so given his age. Here’s everything you need to know about Olympic tennis.

When is Andy Murray playing at the Olympic Games in Paris?

Andy Murray is set to retire from tennis after the Olympic Games in Paris and is playing in both the singles and doubles with his compatriot Dan Evans.

The Olympic tennis schedule is packed into one week – running from July 27 to August 4 – meaning that Murray could possibly face a pretty congested schedule.

The draw is being made on Thursday, July 25 and Murray will play his first-round singles match on Saturday, July 27 or Sunday, July 28.

The first-round men’s singles matches at Roland-Garros begin at 11am UK time, although some of them will not start until a little later at 6pm UK time.

The first-round men’s doubles matches also will be played on Saturday, July 27 or Sunday, July 28 – and like the singles – they will take place from 11am or 6pm.

When is Rafael Nadal playing at the Olympic Games in Paris?

Rafael Nadal is playing at the Olympics for the last time before his retirement from professional men’s tennis, despite recently being named on the US Open entry list.

He is playing singles and doubles and like Andy Murray, the Spanish icon will discover his first-round opponents when the draw is made on Thursday, July 25.

His first-round matches in the singles and doubles will be played on Saturday, July 27 or Sunday, July 28 from 11am or 6pm UK time.

When is Novak Djokovic playing at the Olympic Games in Paris?

Novak Djokovic bagged Serbia’s first Olympic tennis medal in 2008 when he clinched bronze but he hasn’t landed once since and is very much craving gold.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion is only playing in singles and decided not to enter the doubles tournament after his recent heartbreaking Wimbledon defeat.

Djokovic’s first-round match in the Olympic tennis singles will take place on Saturday, July 27 or Sunday, July 28 from 11am or 6pm UK time.

What is the full schedule for the Olympic tennis tournament?

Here is the full schedule for the Olympic tennis tournament, which is being played on the Paris clay, usually home to the iconic French Open.

• : The draw is made
• : Men’s and women’s singles first round, men’s and women’s doubles first round
• : Men’s and women’s singles first round, men’s and women’s doubles first round
• : Men’s and women’s singles second round, men’s and women’s doubles second round, mixed doubles first round
• : Men’s singles second round, women’s singles third round, men’s doubles quarter-finals, women’s doubles second round and quarter-finals, mixed doubles first round
• : Men’s singles third round, women’s singles quarter-finals, men’s doubles semi-finals, women’s doubles quarter-finals, mixed doubles quarter-finals
• : Men’s singles quarter-finals, women’s singles semi-finals, women’s doubles semi-finals, mixed doubles semi-finals
• : Men’s singles semi-finals, women’s singles bronze medal match, men’s doubles bronze medal match, mixed doubles bronze medal match, mixed doubles final
• : Women’s singles final, men’s singles bronze medal match, men’s doubles final
• : Men’s singles final, women’s doubles bronze medal match, women’s doubles final

Who is competing as a Individual Neutral Athlete?

Russian and Belarusian tennis players will compete under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) flag.

This includes recent Wimbledon semi-finalist Daniil Medvedev, with the the International Tennis Federation (ITF) confirming their stance in June statement.

‘The International Olympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee will allow qualified and eligible athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as Individual Neutral Athletes (“AIN”) and Paralympic Games as Neutral Paralympic Athletes (“NPA”),’ the ITF said.

‘The ITF confirms that tennis players from these nations will be allowed to enter the Olympic and Paralympic tennis competitions in an individual and neutral capacity if they comply with the IOC’s AIN and the IPC’s NPA principles. Neutral athletes will need to meet the selection and eligibility requirements as set out in the applicable ITF Regulations.’

Full list of Olympic doubles teams for the tennis tournament in Paris

There will be 32 teams in the both men’s and women’s doubles at the Olympic Games in Paris, with 16 in the mixed doubles.

The mixed doubles pairings are set be revealed on Wednesday, July 24.

• Francisco Cerundolo & Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Argentina)
• Maximo Gonzalez & Andres Molteni (Argentina)
• Alex de Minaur & Alexei Popyrin (Australia)
• Matthew Ebden & John Peers (Australia)
• Joran Vliegen & Sander Gille (Belgium)
• Thiago Seyboth Wild & Thiago Monteiro (Brazil)
• Felix Auger-Aliassime & Milos Raonic (Canada)
• Nicolas Jarry & Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)
• Nikola Mektic & Mate Pavic (Croatia)
• Tomas Machac & Adam Pavlasek (Czech Republic)
• Ugo Humbert & Arthur Fils (France)
• Edouard Roger-Vasselin & Fabien Reboul (France)
• Jan Lennard-Struff & Dominik Koepfer (Germany)
• Kevin Krawietz & Tim Puetz (Germany)
• Dan Evans & Andy Murray (Great Britain)
• Neal Skupski & Joe Salisbury (Great Britain)
• Stefanos Tsitsipas & Petros Tsitsipas (Greece)
• Fabian Marozsan & Marton Fucsovics (Hungary)
• Rohan Bopanna & Sririam Balaji (India)
• Daniil Medvedev & Roman Safiullin (Neutral athletes)
• Jannik Sinner & Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)
• Andrea Vavassori & Simone Bolelli (Italy)
• Alexander Bublik & Aleksandr Nedovyesov (Kazakhstan)
• Benjamin Hassan & Hady Habib (Lebanon)
• Tallon Griekspoor & Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands)
• Jean-Julien Rojer & Robin Haase (Netherlands)
• Hubert Hurkacz & Jan Zielinski (Poland)
• Nuno Borges & Francisco Cabral (Portugal)
• Carlos Alcaraz & Rafael Nadal (Spain)
• Pablo Carreno Busta & Marcel Granollers (Spain)
• Taylor Fritz & Tommy Paul (USA)
• Rajeev Ram & Austin Krajicek (USA)

• Nadia Podoroska & Maria Lourdes Carle (Argentina)
• Ajla Tomljanovic & Olivia Gadecki (Australia)
• Ellen Perez & Daria Saville (Australia)
• Beatriz Haddad Maia & Luisa Stefani (Brazil)
• Leylah Fernandez & Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada)
• Yue Yuan & Shuai Zhang (China)
• Xinyu Wang & Saisai Zheng (China)
• Su-Wei Hsieh & Chia Yi Tsai (Chinese Taipei)
• Hao-Ching Chan & Latisha Chan (Chinese Taipei)
• Marketa Vondrousova & Karolina Muchova (Czech Republic)
• Barbora Krejcikova & Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic)
• Caroline Garcia & Diane Parry (France)
• Clara Burel & Varvara Gracheva (France)
• Angelque Kerber & Laura Siegemund (Germany)
• Tatjana Maria & Tamara Korpatsch (Germany)
• Katie Boulter & Heather Watson (Great Britain)
• Maria Sakkari & Despina Papamichail (Greece)
• Ekaterina Alexandrova & Elena Vesina (Neutral athletes)
• Mirra Andreeva & Diana Shnaider (Neutral athletes)
• Jasmine Paolini & Sara Errani (Italy)
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto & Lucia Bronzetti (Italy)
• Ena Shibahara & Shuko Aoyama (Japan)
• Arantxa Rus & Demi Schuurs (Netherlands)
• Erin Routliffe & Lulu Sun (New Zealand)
• Magda Linette & Alicja Rosolska (Poland)
• Ana Bogdan & Jaqueline Adina Cristian (Romania)
• Irina-Camelia Begu & Monica Niculescu (Romania)
• Sara Sorribes Tormo & Cristina Bucsa (Spain)
• Marta Kostyuk & Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine)
• Lyudmyla Kichenok & Nadiia Kichenok (Ukraine)
• Coco Gauff & Jessica Pegula (USA)
• Danielle Collins & Desirae Krawczyk (USA)