# Tennis at the Youth Olympic Games
Tennis at the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is a junior tennis competition held as part of the Summer Youth Olympic Games, staged at Singapore 2010, the 2014 Games, and Buenos Aires 2018.[1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf) • [2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN) • [3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN)
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Editions held | Singapore 2010, 2014, Buenos Aires 2018[1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf) |
| Events in 2010 | Four: boys' and girls' singles and doubles[2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN) |
| Mixed doubles | Added in 2014; five medal events by 2018[1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf) • [3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN) |
| Field size | 64 players in 2010 and 2018 (32 boys, 32 girls)[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN) • [2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN) |
| 2010 venue | Kallang Tennis Centre, Singapore[2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN) |
| 2018 venue | Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Green Park, Palermo[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN) |
| Notable alumni | Iga Świątek (2018 girls' doubles gold), Andrey Rublev (2014 medalist)[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN) • [1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf) |
## Editions, events and formats
The inaugural tennis competition at Singapore 2010 ran from 15 to 21 August with four medal events: boys' singles, girls' singles, boys' doubles, and girls' doubles. There was no mixed doubles.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN)
Mixed doubles was introduced at the 2014 Games, where it was won by Jil Teichmann of Switzerland and Jan Zieliński of Poland.[1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf) By Buenos Aires 2018 the program had reached five medal events, with tennis played from 7 to 14 October.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN) The 2018 mixed youth doubles was a 64-participant draw with entries from 40 NOCs, contested from 9 to 14 October, in which Yuki Naito and Naoki Tajima of Japan beat Colombia's Camila Osorio and Nicolás Mejía in the final.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN) • [1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf)
## Venues and participation
Singapore 2010 used the Kallang Tennis Centre in the Kallang Sports Complex.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN) Buenos Aires 2018 was held at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in the Green Park, Palermo cluster.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN)
Participation was held at a consistent scale across the editions for which figures are available. Each edition fielded 64 players: in 2010, 32 boys from 26 NOCs and 32 girls from 24 NOCs;[2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN) in 2018, 32 boys from 26 NOCs and 32 girls from 25 NOCs, with the mixed doubles draw drawing its 64 participants from 40 NOCs.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN)
## Medalists and notable alumni
**Boys' singles champions** were Juan Sebastián Gómez of Colombia (2010), Kamil Majchrzak of Poland (2014), and Hugo Gaston of France (2018).[1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf) In 2010, Yuki Bhambri of India took silver and Damir Džumhur of Bosnia and [Herzegovina](https://www.edgepedia.org/herzegovina) bronze;[1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf) in 2014, Orlando Luz of Brazil and Andrey Rublev of Russia also medaled.[1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf)
**Girls' singles** in 2010 went to Daria Gavrilova of Russia, with Zheng Saisai of China taking silver and Jana Čepelová of Slovakia bronze.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN) The 2010 doubles titles went to Tang Haochen and Zheng Saisai of China in girls' doubles, and to a mixed-NOC team of Oliver Golding of Great Britain and Jiří Veselý of the Czech Republic in boys' doubles.[2](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN)
At Buenos Aires 2018, Kaja Juvan of Slovenia won girls' singles over Clara Burel of France, with Camila Osorio of Colombia taking bronze.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN) Juvan then partnered Iga Świątek of Poland to win girls' doubles gold; Świątek went on to become a senior Grand Slam champion.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN)
## By the numbers
The 2018 tennis medal table was led by France with 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze (4 total), ahead of Argentina, Japan, and a mixed-NOC team, each with 1 gold.[3](https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN)
For comparison, the ITF's junior majors (Junior Finals) crowned Holger Rune of Denmark and Diane Parry of France as 2019 champions, a circuit distinct from the YOG event.[1](https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf)
## References
1. Youth Olympic Games – ITF Junior Finals Rolls of Honour, ITF. https://www.itftennis.com/media/5207/youth-olympic-games-itf-junior-finals-rols-of-honour.pdf
2. Olympedia – Tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. https://www.olympedia.org/editions/65/sports/TEN
3. Olympedia – Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. https://www.olympedia.org/editions/69/sports/TEN
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