Venus Williams is headed to her record fifth Olympics, and Serena Williams is going to her fourth.
The sisters who have combined to win two Olympic singles titles and three Olympic doubles titles lead 12 U.S. players on a provisional International Tennis Federation field list for Rio published Thursday.
Their presence is no surprise. ATP and WTA rankings from June 6 determined the makeup of the Olympic field. Serena is ranked No. 1. Venus is at No. 8.
Women’s Singles Men’s Singles Women’s Doubles Men’s Doubles Mixed doubles entries will be decided later, perhaps not until the Games in August.
Serena Williams (also doubles)
Venus Williams (also doubles)
Madison Keys
Sloane Stephens
Jack Sock (also doubles)
Steve Johnson (also doubles)
Denis Kudla
Brian Baker
Bethanie Mattek-Sands/CoCo Vandeweghe
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan