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The tennis tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics will be staged at the Olympic Tennis Center, from 6 to 14 August.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rio 2016: Tennis )〕 The competition will be played on a fast hardcourt surface used in numerous North American tournaments that aims to minimize disruption for players. A total of 172 players are expected to compete in five events: singles and doubles for both men and women and the return of the mixed doubles for the second consecutive time. The Olympic tennis events are run and organized by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and are part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tours. The 2016 Olympic tournament will be the fifteenth edition of tennis at the Olympics (excluding the two Olympics, 1968 and 1984, when tennis was a demonstration event), and the eighth since 1988, when the sport was officially brought back into the Games. ==Qualification== (詳細はDavis Cup or Fed Cup for two of the following years: 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, with one of the years being either 2015 or 2016. Of the remaining eight slots, six of them will be determined by the ITF's Olympic Committee, taking into account ranking and spread of nations represented, while the final two slots are awarded by the IOC to players from small nations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=International Tennis Federation: Qualification Details )〕 In the doubles competitions, twenty four teams are automatically qualified for the Games based on the rankings to be published on June 6, 2016, subject to a maximum of two teams per NOC. Players in the top ten of the doubles rankings could reserve a place, provided they have a partner to compete with. Meanwhile, the remaining eight teams will be decided by the ITF's Olympic Committee.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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