Nadal and Alcaraz set for Paris 2024 Olympics doubles
The King of Clay Rafael Nadal and French Open winner Carlos Alcaraz will team up for Spain at this year’s Paris 2024 Olympics.
The duo will compete in the men’s doubles at Roland Garros as part of a strong foursome of players in the doubles category for Spain.
Pablo Carreno-Busta and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina complete the Spanish entries.
It is expected that this calendar year will be the last on tour for 38-year-old Nadal, who is considered royalty on the clay surfaces of Roland Garros.
Nadal will miss Wimbledon next month to focus on his doubles bid. He won the 2016 Olympics gold with Marc López.
Alcaraz will be making his Olympics debut this summer and is expected to also compete in the singles on the court he won his third Grand Slam, and first French Open, this month.
The Spaniard is set to head into the quadrennial event as the favourite for the men’s singles title.
It comes amid rumours Andy Murray will head to France to compete in the doubles after a potential run at Wimbledon with his brother Jamie.
Like Nadal, Murray is expected to retire in the coming year after a number of injuries have hampered his career.
Has Nadal won the Olympics before?
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2000 | Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor Canada | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde Australia | Àlex Corretja Albert Costa Spain |
| 2004 | Fernando González Nicolás Massú Chile | Nicolas Kiefer Rainer Schüttler Germany | Mario Ančić Ivan Ljubičić Croatia |
| 2008 | Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka Switzerland | Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson Sweden | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States |
| 2012 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan United States | Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France | Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet France |
| 2016 | Marc López Rafael Nadal Spain | Florin Mergea Horia Tecău Romania | Steve Johnson Jack Sock United States |
| 2020 | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić Croatia | Marin Čilić Ivan Dodig Croatia | Marcus Daniell Michael Venus New Zealand |