Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games

Tennis competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 10 to 16[1] at the Rexall Centre, which was known as the Canadian Tennis Centre for the duration of the games due to naming rights.[2][3] A total of five events were contested (two each for men and women, and a mixed doubles event).[2] Argentina was declared the overall winner,[4] with gold medals in the men's singles and mixed doubles,[5] while hosts Canada also achieved gold in the women's doubles event.[6]

Tennis at the XVII Pan American Games
Tennis pictogram for the games
VenueCanadian Tennis Centre
DatesJuly 10–16, 2015
Competitors75 from 23 nations
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2015 Pan American Games
Qualification
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed

The second round of the 2015 Davis Cup was moved ahead one week to not conflict with the tennis competitions. Tennis competitions also began before the opening ceremony, to allow athletes to compete in both events.[7][8]

Competition schedule
The Rexall Centre (Canadian Tennis Centre), was the venue for the tennis competitions

The following is the competition schedule for the tennis competitions:[9][10]

EEliminations ½Semifinals FFinal
Event↓/Date →Fri 10Sat 11Sun 12Mon 13Tue 14Wed 15Thu 16
Men's singlesEEEE½F
Men's doublesEEE½F
Women's singlesEEEE½F
Women's doublesEEE½F
Mixed doublesEE½F

Medal table

The following is the medal standings as of 16 June 2015.[4]

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Argentina2114
2 Canada*1102
 Colombia1102
4 Chile1001
5 Mexico0202
6 Ecuador0011
 Paraguay0011
 Puerto Rico0011
 United States0011
Totals (9 nations)55515

Medalists
During the competition
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
 Facundo Bagnis
 Argentina		 Nicolás Barrientos
 Colombia		 Dennis Novikov
 United States
Men's doubles
  Chile (CHI)
Nicolás Jarry
Hans Podlipnik		  Argentina (ARG)
Guido Andreozzi
Facundo Bagnis		  Ecuador (ECU)
Gonzalo Escobar
Emilio Gómez
Women's singles
 Mariana Duque Mariño
 Colombia		 Victoria Rodríguez
 Mexico		 Monica Puig
 Puerto Rico
Women's doubles
  Canada (CAN)
Gabriela Dabrowski
Carol Zhao		  Mexico (MEX)
Victoria Rodríguez
Marcela Zacarías		  Argentina (ARG)
María Irigoyen
Paula Ormaechea
Mixed doubles
  Argentina (ARG)
Guido Andreozzi
María Irigoyen		  Canada (CAN)
Philip Bester
Gabriela Dabrowski		  Paraguay (PAR)
Verónica Cepede Royg
Diego Galeano

Participating nations

A total of 23 countries had qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Qualification
Main article: Tennis at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 80 tennis players qualified to compete at the Games (48 men and 32 women). Each country was allowed to enter a maximum of three male and three female athletes (with one pair maximum in each of the doubles events).[11]

References
  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. "Canadian Tennis Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. Anderson, Gary (27 August 2014). "Rexall Centre announced as host venue for Toronto 2015 tennis competition". www.insidethegames.biz. insidethegames. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. "Medal Standings" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. "Medalists by Event" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. "2015 Pan Am Games daily digest: Canada picks up gold in track cycling, tennis and badminton on day six". news.nationalpost.com. National Post. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. Owen, David (12 January 2015). "Toronto 2015 to set record for female participation". www.insidethegames.biz. insidethegames. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  8. "TO2015 Games Insider". www.uana-aquatics.org. UANA. March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  9. "Tennis - Schedule & Results". toronto2015.org. TO2015. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  10. "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  11. "Sport Technical Manual Tennis". www.scribd.com. TO2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
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