Fritz/Gauff, Sakkari/Tsitsipas headline Olympics mixed doubles teams
Americans Taylor Fritz and Coco Gauff are among the star-studded teams that headline the Paris Olympics mixed doubles field, which was announced Wednesday.
Gauff and Fritz are the second seeds, only behind top seeds Laura Siegemund and Alexander Zverev, who clinched Germany’s United Cup victory against Poland at the start of the season.
Other current or former Top 10 players in the PIF ATP Rankings who are competing in mixed doubles are Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (with Maria Sakkari), Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (with Gabirela Dabrowski), Daniil Medvedev (with Mirra Andreeva) and Kei Nishikori (with Ena Shibahara).
There are 16 teams in the event including four seeded pairs: top seeds Siegemund/Zverev, second seeds Gauff/Fritz, third seeds Matthew Ebden and Ellen Perez and fourth seeds Sakkari/Tsitsipas.
The draw ceremony for the Paris Olympics tennis events will take place on Thursday at Roland Garros. The full list of teams in the mixed doubles field is below:
[ATP APP]Laura Siegemund / Alexander Zverev (Germany) [1]
Coco Gauff / Taylor Fritz (USA) [2]
Ellen Perez / Matthew Ebden (Australia) [3]
Maria Sakkari / Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece) [4]
Gabriela Dabrowski / Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada)
Sara Errani / Andrea Vavassori (Italy)
Sara Sorribes Tormo / Marcel Granollers (Spain)
Elena Rybakina / Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan)
Donna Vekic / Mate Pavic (Croatia)
Caroline Garcia / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)
Mirra Andreeva / Daniil Medvedev
Zheng Qinwen / Zhang Zhizhen (China)
Katerina Siniakova / Tomas Machac (Czech Republic)
Demi Schuurs / Wesley Koolhof (Netherlands)
Heather Watson / Joe Salisbury (Great Britain)
Ena Shibahara / Kei Nishikori (Japan)