The top five men’s and women’s seeds for the Olympics in Paris have been revealed

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The Paris Olympic games is fast-approaching with Alexander Zverev hoping to defend his Olympic gold.

Paris 2024 has come around incredibly fast, with the transition back to clay so soon after Wimbledon causing a number of high-profile Olympic absentees, with Aryna Sabalenka and Emma Raducanu both opting to skip it.

Staged at Roland Garros, the ‘King of Clay’ Rafael Nadal is back to compete on the court that saw him earn 14 French Open titles, with the Spaniard set to partner Carlos Alcaraz in the doubles.

Alexander Zverev will return to Paris after his agonizing defeat in the French Open final in June, with the German hoping to retain the gold he earned himself in Tokyo.

The winner and runner-up of the women’s event in Tokyo will however not be attending with Belinda Bencic having given birth earlier this year, and Marketa Vondrousova pulling out through injury.

Who are the men’s and women’s seeds?

In line with the ATP rankings, world number one Jannik Sinner tops the seeds for the men’s singles, with Novak Djokovic and Alcaraz assuming second and third.

Reigning champion Zverev comes in at fourth, just ahead of Daniil Medvedev who comes off an impressive Wimbledon campaign.

Team USA’s Olympic team feature twice in the top five seeds for the women’s singles event, with debutant Coco Gauff in second and Jessica Pegula in fifth.

Four-time French Open champion Iga Swiatek is seeded first and comes in the hot favorite having bulldozed her way to clay titles in Madrid, Rome, and Paris already this year.

The 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina sits in third, with this year’s finalist in SW19 Jasmine Paolini in fourth.

Can anyone stop Iga Swiatek at the Olympics?

Swiatek looks an unstoppable force on the red stuff at the moment having scooped up her third consecutive French Open title in June in 68 minutes.

Her natural movement on the clay matched with such relentless shot-making singles her out as the player to beat.

Rivals may find solace in the fact that Swiatek has only ever reached the second round at the Olympic Games.

Moreover, she was dumped out of Wimbledon in quite some style by Yulia Putintseva, and having not played since the defeat, her competitors can only hope she’s feeling a bit rusty.