CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia women’s tennis alumnae Emma Navarro and Danielle Collins have been selected to represent the United States of America at the Paris 2024 Olympic Tennis Event, as announced today (June 20) by the USTA.
Collins and Navarro are the first players in program history named to an Olympic team. Both players have previously represented the United States at the Billie Jean King Cup, with Collins playing in 2019 and Navarro earlier this year. This will be their first Olympic appearances.
The women’s team includes singles world No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 11 Danielle Collins, No. 17 Emma Navarro, and doubles No. 11 Desirae Krawczyk. Coached by USTA Head of Women’s Tennis Kathy Rinaldi, the U.S. women’s team will feature four singles players in Paris–Gauff, Pegula, Collins and Navarro–and two doubles teams: Gauff and Pegula, Collins and Krawczyk.
The U.S. will also announce its one mixed doubles team that will compete in Paris–taken from the above-named players–at a later date.
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Meet the team representing 🇺🇸 on the tennis courts in Paris! pic.twitter.com/VppnK3dIC7
— USTA (@usta) June 20, 2024
Collins played three seasons at Virginia (2014-16), winning the NCAA Singles…
