World No. 2 Coco Gauff and No. 5 Jessica Pegula will lead the five-player contingent of Team USA at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris 2024. In addition to Gauff and Pegula, Miami Open champion Danielle Collins, world No. 17 Emma Navarro and No. 11 doubles player Desiree Krafcek are also qualified for Paris.
The U.S. Olympic tennis team, with its full roster announced Thursday, will consist of four men’s and women’s singles players, two men’s doubles teams, two women’s doubles teams and one mixed doubles team.
Gauff, Pegula, Collins and Navarro will play singles, while Gauff, Pegula and Collins and Krawczek will play doubles. The mixed doubles team will be made up of selected players and will be announced at a later date.
Gauff, Collins, Navarro and Kravcek will be making their Olympic debuts.
Gauff, Pegula, Collins, Navarro and Kravcek join six other ATP Tour players — Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Chris Eubanks, Marcos Giron, Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram — in making the 11-man U.S. team.
Coco Gauff, 20 years old
Career-highest PIF WTA singles ranking: 2nd
Hologic WTA Tour titles: 7 (singles), 9 (doubles)
First Olympic appearance (qualified in 2020 but withdrew due to COVID-19)
Jessica Pegula
Career-highest PIF WTA singles ranking: 3rd
Hologic WTA Tour titles: 4 (singles), 7 (doubles)
Her second Olympic appearance (Left: Bencic, 1st round, Tokyo 2020)
Danielle Collins, 30
Career-highest PIF WTA singles ranking: 7th
Hologic WTA Tour titles: 4 (singles), 1 (doubles)
Olympic debut
Emma Navarro, 23
Career-highest PIF WTA singles ranking: 17th
Hologic WTA Tour titles: 1 (singles), 0 (doubles)
Olympic debut
Desiree Krafcik, 30
PIF WTA Doubles Ranking Highest: 8th
Hologic WTA Tour titles: 0 (singles), 10 (doubles)
Olympic debut
The tennis tournament will take place on the clay courts of Roland Garros from July 27 to August 4.
