No quota spots are available for mixed doubles instead, all teams will consist of players already entered in the singles or doubles. One team per gender is to be reserved for the host nation if none has already become eligible otherwise. The remaining slots are allocated by combined rankings, with preference given to singles players once the total player quota is met. Up to 10 places are reserved for players in the top 10 of the doubles ranking, who could select any player from their NOC ranked in the top 300 in either singles or doubles. In the men's and women's doubles competitions, 32 teams are scheduled to compete. The final two spots are reserved, one for the host nation and one for a previous Olympic gold medalist or Grand Slam champion. Six of the remaining eight slots are to be allocated by continent for NOCs with no other qualifiers. Qualification for the singles competitions is based primarily on the world rankings of 14 June 2021, with 56 players entering each of the men's and women's events (limited to four per National Olympic Committee (NOC)). To be eligible, a player must meet certain requirements related to play on Davis Cup or Billie Jean King Cup teams. Main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification In all doubles competition, a match tiebreak (first to ten points) was played instead of a third set. All singles matches were best of three sets with a standard tiebreak (first to seven points) in every set, including the final set. Players and teams reaching the semifinals were assured of competing for a medal with the two losing semifinalists competing for the bronze medal. There were six rounds of competition in singles, five rounds in doubles (draw size of 32), and four rounds in mixed doubles (draw size of 16). The format at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was a single-elimination tournament with men's and women's singles draws consisting of 64 players. This marked the fifth time that this type of surface was utilized for the Olympic Games. The hard-court Deco Turf surface at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was chosen by the Tokyo Organizing Committee.

The tournament featured 191 players in five events: singles and doubles for both men and women and mixed doubles. Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held between 24 July and 1 August 2021 at the Ariake Tennis Park.

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