Before the draw ceremony, world No. 1 tennis player Jannik Sinner , Holger Rune and Andy Murray all decided to withdraw from the men's singles event.
With Sinner's withdrawal, Novak Djokovic was promoted to the No. 1 seed and unintentionally led to an interesting, but also very unfortunate, split draw.
Accordingly, Djokovic may face Rafael Nadal in round 2, if these two legends pass round 1.
In round 1, Djokovic - a 24-time Grand Slam winner - plays against Australian player Matthew Ebden, while Nadal meets a rather difficult player, Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.
Nadal has had 22 Grand Slams, with 14 of them coming on clay at Roland Garros - where tennis will take place at the 2024 Olympics.
If Djokovic or Nadal reach the quarterfinals, the most likely opponent is Stefanos Tsitsipas, while in the semis, the most potential opponent is Alexander Zverev.
In the other bracket, No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz only has to meet world-ranked Lebanese player Hady Habib, ranked 275th. The Spaniard's opponent in round 2 is Cameron Norrie or Tallon Griekspoor.
If in the semi-finals, it is likely that Alcaraz will meet Alex de Minaur (seed number 5) or Tommy Paul (9), while in the semi-finals there will be potential opponents such as Daniil Medvedev (4) or Casper Ruud (6).
If Nadal is eliminated early, he will still have the men's doubles event (pairing with Alcaraz), while Murray will also compete in this event - playing with Dan Evans.
The Nadal/Alcaraz pair are not seeded in the doubles and will meet the 6th seeded Argentine pair Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Monteni.
And Murray/Evans meet two Japanese players, Taro Daniel/Kei Nishikori.
Medvedev/Roman Safiullin, Taylor Fritz/Paul, the Tsitsipas brothers, Felix Auger-Aliassime/Milos Raonic, De Minaur/Alexei Popyrin are some other notable men's pairs at the 2024 Olympics.
In the women's singles, No. 1 seed Iga Swiatek is in a not too difficult bracket, with the possibility of meeting Danielle Collins in the quarterfinals and Elena Rybakina in the semifinals.
Swiatek can meet Coco Gauff (2) in the final if the American player can overcome opponents like Maria Sakkari (7), Jasmine Paolini (4) or Jessica Pegula (5).
Swiatek - this year's French Open champion, will begin her journey at the 2024 Olympics with a match against Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu, while Gauff - who missed the Tokyo Olympics 3 years ago because of COVID, plays Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia.
Draw results for men's singles division
Draw results for women's singles division
