# Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 7–14 October. The events took place at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 4 competitors, 2 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina is given 2 quotas, 1 per each gender should they not qualify normally and a further 6 competitors, 3 per each gender will be decided by the Tripartite Commission.
The remaining 56 places shall be decided by the ITF World Junior Rankings, ATP rankings, WTA rankings update on 16 July 2018. The first 12 spots per each gender will go to the top ranked athletes in the ITF World Junior Rankings. The next 10 spots per gender will go to any eligible athlete ranked in the top 450 in the ATP rankings for boys and the top 200 in the WTA rankings for girls. Should any spots remain they will be reallocated to the top ranked athletes in the ITF World Junior Rankings. The remaining 6 spots per gender will go to the best ranked athlete from the ITF World Junior Rankings from any of the six regional associations not yet represented. Should any spots remain they will be reallocated to the next best ranked athlete in the ITF World Rankings, regardless of region.
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. Furthermore, all qualified players will take place in the doubles and mixed doubles events.

### Boys

| Rankings | Breakdown | Date | Total places | Qualified |
| ITF World Junior Rankings | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 21 | Tseng Chun-hsin (TPE) Sebastián Báez (ARG) Nicolás Mejía (COL) Hugo Gaston (FRA) Adrian Andreev (BUL) Naoki Tajima (JPN) Facundo Díaz Acosta (ARG) Tristan Boyer (USA) Carlos López Montagud (ESP) Mu Tao (CHN) Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) Yankı Erel (TUR) Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) Dalibor Svrčina (CZE) Drew Baird (USA) Clément Tabur (FRA) Marko Miladinović (SRB) Ray Ho (TPE) Ondřej Štyler (CZE) Arnaud Bovy (BEL) Gilbert Soares Klier Júnior (BRA) |
| Reallocation place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 5 | Nicolás Álvarez Varona (ESP) Damien Wenger (SUI) Daniel Michalski (POL) Jesper de Jong (NED) Dostanbek Tashbulatov (KAZ) |
| Africa Regional place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 1 | Philip Henning (RSA) |
| Central America Regional place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 1 | Nick Hardt (DOM) |
| Oceania Regional place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 1 | Rinky Hijikata (AUS) |
| Universality place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 3 | Patrick Sydow (ARU) Delmas N'tcha (BEN) Ali Dawani (BHR) |
| TOTAL | | | 32 | |

### Girls

| Rankings | Breakdown | Date | Total places | Qualified |
| ITF World Junior Rankings | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 21 | Wang Xinyu (CHN) Liang En-shuo (TPE) Wang Xiyu (CHN) Alexa Noel (USA) Camila Osorio (COL) Iga Świątek (POL) Eléonora Molinaro (LUX) Yuki Naito (JPN) Naho Sato (JPN) María Lourdes Carlé (ARG) Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) Clara Burel (FRA) Joanna Garland (TPE) Lea Ma (USA) Viktoriia Dema (UKR) Margaryta Bilokin (UKR) Lulu Sun (SUI) Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) Diane Parry (FRA) Viktoryia Kanapatskaya (BLR) Ana Makatsaria (GEO) |
| Reallocation place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 6 | Daniela Vismane (LAT) Kaja Juvan (SLO) Oksana Selekhmeteva (RUS) Selma Ștefania Cadar (ROU) Georgia Drummy (IRL) Thasaporn Naklo (THA) |
| Africa Regional place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 1 | Sada Nahimana (BDI) |
| Central America Regional place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 1 | María Gabriela Rivera Corado (GUA) |
| Oceania Regional place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 1 | Valentina Ivanov (NZL) |
| Universality place | Top Athletes | 10 August 2018 | 2 | Francesca Curmi (MLT) Sylvie Zünd (LIE) |
| TOTAL | | | 32 | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Argentina)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Argentina* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| – | Mixed-NOCs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
* Note: Medals for mixed teams have not been counted towards their individual nation.

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' singles details | Hugo Gaston France | Facundo Díaz Acosta Argentina | Gilbert Soares Klier Júnior Brazil |
| Boys' doubles details | Sebastián Báez Argentina Facundo Díaz Acosta Argentina | Adrian Andreev Bulgaria Rinky Hijikata Australia | Hugo Gaston France Clément Tabur France |
| Girls' singles details | Kaja Juvan Slovenia | Clara Burel France | Camila Osorio Colombia |
| Girls' doubles details | Kaja Juvan Slovenia Iga Świątek Poland | Yuki Naito Japan Naho Sato Japan | Wang Xinyu China Wang Xiyu China |
| Mixed doubles details | Yuki Naito Japan Naoki Tajima Japan | Camila Osorio Colombia Nicolás Mejía Colombia | Clara Burel France Hugo Gaston France |