Southern California natives No. 12-ranked Taylor Fritz and No. 53 Martin Giron were among the USTA's selections Friday for the U.S. Olympic men's tennis teams for the Paris Olympic Games.
Fritz is from San Diego and Giron is from Thousand Oaks.
The women’s team, which also was announced, includes world No. 2 Cocoa Gauff, No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 11 Danielle Collins, No. 17 Emma Navarro and doubles No. 11 Desirae Krawczyk. Coached by USTA Head of Women’s Tennis Kathy Rinaldi, the women’s team will feature four singles players in Paris (Gauff, Pegula, Collins and Navarro) and two doubles teams (Gauff and Pegula, Collins and Krawczyk).
The men’s team includes Fritz, Giron, world singles No. 13 Tommy Paul, No. 44 Chris Eubanks and world doubles No. 6 Rajeev Ram and No. 15 Austin Krajicek. Coached by 2012 Olympic doubles gold medalist and Davis Cup captain Bob Bryan, the men’s team will feature four singles players (Fritz, Paul, Eubanks and Giron) and two doubles teams (Ram and Krajicek, Fritz and Paul).
The U.S. will also announce its one mixed doubles team that will compete in Paris — taken from the rosters — at a later date.
Team nominations are subject to approval by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and the International Tennis Federation.
The Olympic tennis competition is scheduled for July 27-Aug. 4 at Roland Garros Stadium. The U.S. has won 24 Olympic medals (14 gold) in men’s and women’s tennis since it returned as a medal sport in 1988, more than any other nation.
Ram, a mixed doubles silver medalist in 2016 in Rio, will compete in his third consecutive Olympics. Competing in their second Games are 2021 Tokyo Olympians Pegula, Paul, Giron and Krajicek.
Eligible singles players have the opportunity to accept or decline the nomination to the team. If a player declines, the next highest-ranked American singles tennis player has the nomination extended to them.
