The International Tennis Federation and the Association of National Olympic Committees have today announced the entry lists for the beach tennis event at the inaugural ANOC World Beach Games in Qatar on 12-16 October 2019.

Sixteen pairs will contest both the men’s and women’s competitions, with the confirmed entries featuring some of the world’s top beach tennis stars. Both draws comprise 11 pairs via direct acceptance, plus up to four pairs via regional representation and one wild card. A maximum of two pairs per nation is permitted in both the men’s and women’s draws.

The Games will also feature a mixed doubles competition, with up to 24 pairs set to battle for the title. The entry list for the mixed doubles will be finalised on site.

Following consultation with ANOC, the ITF is pleased to announce that a team from the host nation will take part in the mixed doubles competition. These players will not participate in the men’s and women’s doubles events. However, the participation of a host nation team in the World Beach Games is an important first step in realising the legacy plan that the ITF, together with the Qatari Tennis Federation, envisages for the development of Beach Tennis in Qatar and the wider West Asia region.

Venues including Katara Beach, Katara Cultural Village and the Al-Gharrafa Sports Club will host beach and water sports action in 13 sports during the Games.

Farivar Tanhai, ITF Beach Tennis Manager, said: “The ITF is thrilled that beach tennis will feature at the first edition of the ANOC World Beach Games, and we congratulate the players who will compete for the honour of becoming the first ever World Beach Games champions.”

Haider Farman, ANOC World Beach Games Technical Director, added: “It is fantastic to see that the ANOC World Beach Games Qatar 2019 will feature some of the world’s top beach tennis stars from 14 different countries. Beach tennis is one of 13 exciting and dynamic sports on the Games programme and we have no doubt it will deliver thrilling matches for fans in Qatar and around the world.”

2019 ANOC World Beach Games Tennis Event Entry Lists:

MEN:

Pair	Nation	Combined ranking (24/06/19)	Status
Michele Cappelletti/Alessandro Calbucci	ITA	7	Direct Acceptance
Tommaso Giovannini/Luca Cramarossa	ITA	8	Direct Acceptance
Vinicius Font/Andre Ricardo Baran	BRA	27	Direct Acceptance
Marcus Vinicius Ferreira/Thales Oliveira Santos	BRA	31	Direct Acceptance
Mathieu Guegano/Theo Irigaray	FRA	38	Direct Acceptance
Antonio Ramos-Viera/Gerard Rodriguez	ESP	43	Direct Acceptance
Nikita Burmakin/Sergey Kuptsov	RUS	44	Direct Acceptance
Nicolas Gianotti/Guillaume Leruste	FRA	58	Direct Acceptance
Ramon Guedez/Ali Colmenares	VEN	64	Direct Acceptance
Aksel Samardzic/Sander Castro	ARU	77	Direct Acceptance
Nikolai Gurev/Ivan Syrov	RUS	87	Direct Acceptance
Satoshi Goda/Naoki Yamamoto	JPN	105	Regional Representation
Pedro Maio/Henrique Freitas	POR	114	Reallocation Place*
Javier Mendez/Vladimir Helmut	PUR	128	Reallocation Place*
Maksimilians Niklass Andersons/Nikita Ribakovs	LAT	131	Reallocation Place*
Mark Bonfigli/Carlos Rivera	USA	176	Wild Card

 

WOMEN:

Pair	Nation	Combined ranking (24/09/19)	Status
Flaminia Daina/Nicole Nobile	ITA	8	Direct Acceptance
Joana Cortez/Rafaella Miilller	BRA	8	Direct Acceptance
Sofia Cimatti/Giulia Gasparri	ITA	10	Direct Acceptance
Daria Churakova/Irina Glimakova	RUS	32	Direct Acceptance
Lorena Melo/Marcela Vita	BRA	33	Direct Acceptance
Patricia Diaz/Lady Correa	VEN	46	Direct Acceptance
Liudmila Nikoyan/Ekaterina Kirgizova	RUS	50	Direct Acceptance
Sabrina Lopez/Eva Fernandez	ESP	65	Direct Acceptance
Magali Garnier/Julie Labrit	FRA	76	Direct Acceptance
Mathilde Hoarau/Marie-Eve Hoarau	FRA	80	Direct Acceptance
Erina Otsuka/Aoi Shibayama	JPN	84	Regional Representation
Alice Grandi/Marika Colonna	SMR	85	Reallocation Place*
Beatriz Rivera/Claudia Lopez	PUR	118	Wild Card
Iosune Roncal/Valentina Persad	VEN	133	Reallocation Place*
Manuela Cunha/Catarina Alexandrino	POR	139	Reallocation Place*
Camelia Benabdeljalil/Sarah Benabdeljalil	MAR	481	Regional Representation

 

*when a regional quota is not filled (if a region is already represented via direct acceptance, or a region does not have a nominated pair which meets the ranking requirement), or if a pair has withdrawn, the quota place is reallocated to the team with the next highest combined ranking not yet qualified from any region.