How to watch Tennis at Olympics 2024: free live streams and key dates, Alcaraz plays Djokovic in men's singles final

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz on his way to winning the French Open title at Roland Garros, Paris, in 2024.
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Watch the tennis at Olympics 2024 as some of the best players in the world descend on the clay courts of Roland Garros. Below we have all the information on how to watch tennis at the 2024 Paris Olympics Game from anywhere in the world with details on worldwide TV channels, broadcasters and free streams.

China’s Qinwen Zheng secured the biggest win of her career as she overcame Donna Vekić of Croatia in straight sets to earn gold in the women’s singles. The 21-year-old dropped just five games as she cruised to victory in Paris. Elsewhere at Roland Garros, John Peers and Matthew Ebden of Australia claimed gold in the men’s doubles after defeating America’s Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek, while Lorenzo Musetti of Italy claimed bronze in the men’s singles. 

Today will see more medals up for grabs as the Italian duo of Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini chase gold in the final of the women’s doubles against Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider. Then attention turns to the men’s final where Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain takes on 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia. 

Here's where to watch the tennis and 2024 Olympics live streams online from anywhere – including FREE options.

Watch tennis at Olympics 2024 Quick Guide

Key Dates

  • Event dates: July 27 – August 4
  • Daily start: 6am ET / 11am BST
  • Finals dates: August 2 – 4

Best free streams

FREE tennis Olympics 2024 live stream broadcasters

You can watch the tennis at Olympics 2024 for free with English language commentary on the BBC and iPlayer in the UK, RTÉ in Ireland, CBC in Canada and Channel 9 in Australia.

Channel 9 and the 9Now streaming service in Australia have the most comprehensive Olympics 2024 free-to-air coverage of all.

You can watch almost every session from every single 2024 Olympic event live and on demand through dedicated channels on the 9Now streaming service, including Olympic tennis. 

Other, non-English language Olympics free streams can be found on ORF (Austria), RTBF (Belgium), VRT (Belgium), RDS (Canada), Chilevision (Chile), Caracol (Colombia), DR (Denmark), France TV (France), RAI (Italy), Yle (Finland), ARD (Germany), ZDF (Germany), RUV (Iceland), JioCinema (India), TV3 (Lithuania), NOS (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), TVP (Poland), SABC (South Africa), RTVE (Spain), SNRT (Morocco), Canal 5 (Mexico) and the SRG SSR channels (Switzerland).

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How to watch tennis Olympic 2024 live streams in the US

The tennis live streams from Olympics 2024 will be shown on Peacock as well as NBC, MSNBC and USA in the States. 

Broadcast rights to the 2024 Paris Olympics belong to NBC. All Olympics 2024 sessions are available to watch on Peacock. Select events will also be on the NBC, USA Network, E!, CNBC and Golf Channel cable channels.

If you don't have cable, Peacock is the best option. You'll need a subscription to the ad-supported Peacock Premium which is $7.99 per month, or ad-less Peacock Plus which is $13.99 per month.

How to watch tennis Olympic 2024 live streams in the UK and Europe

While many public and national TV broadcasters have the TV and live stream rights to the Paris Olympic Games in the UK and Europe, it's the Discovery Plus subscription service that offers the most comprehensive coverage across the region, with 3,800 hours of live coverage across 55 streams.

Plans usually start at £6.99 per month in the UK for the Discovery Plus Standard plan (which gets you access to all the Olympic action), but from July 17 – August 11 you can take advantage of a special Olympics offer which cuts the price to £3.99 per month. New customers will be able to take advantage of the discounted price for the rest of the year.

The BBC and RTÉ are the places for free Olympics 2024 live streams in the UK and Ireland. You can find a list of other public broadcasters with Olympics 2024 broadcast rights across Europe in the Rest of the World section below.

Official Olympic tennis broadcasters by region

Africa

Americas

Europe

Asia

Oceania

Middle East

Can I watch 2024 Olympic tennis for free?

Check your local broadcaster above but people in the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland and many other nations listed have free Olympics 2024 coverage as well as subscription broadcasters.

Those in Australia and Canada can watch almost every session of every Olympics 2024 event for free on 9Now and CBC. That will very likely include free live streams of the tennis. 

Remember that, if you're traveling away from home, you can use a VPN to watch the 2024 Olympics free from abroad on your usual streaming service.

When is the tennis at the 2024 Olympics?

The 2024 Olympic tennis takes place between Saturday, July 27 until Sunday, August 4. Start times are at approximately 11am BST each day.

The 2024 Olympic tennis medal days and finals are on August 2–4. 

Can I watch 2024 Olympic tennis on my mobile?

Of course, most broadcasters have streaming services that you can access through mobile apps or via your phone's browser.

You can also stay up-to-date with all 2024 Olympic Games events on the official social media channels on X/Twitter (@Olympics), Instagram (@Olympics), TikTok (@Olympics) and YouTube (@Olympics).

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Adrian is a freelance journalist and copywriter based in the UK. He’s written about sport for a vast range of publications including World Soccer Magazine, Newsweek, Yahoo, FourFourTwo and Red Bull. Although he has covered everything from the NBA Finals and French Open, to the London Olympics and Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi, his great passion remains football – a sport he could write and talk about all day long.