Qualification for tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was not determined by any form of qualifying tournament, but by the rankings maintained by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

Qualifying criteria The main qualifying criteria were the ATP and WTA ranking lists published on 6 June 2016. The players entering were formally submitted by the International Tennis Federation. The ATP and WTA rankings were based on performances from the previous 52 weeks, and there were several tournaments in the two-month period between the time of the rankings being frozen for entry and the beginning of the tennis events at the Olympics. Players had to be part of a nominated team for three Fed Cup (women) or Davis Cup (men) events between the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. This requirement was reduced to two Fed/Davis Cup events during the Olympic cycle from 2012 to 2016 if their nation competed at the Zone Group round robin level for three of the four years or if the player had represented their nation at least twenty times. All players were required to have been part of a nominated team for a Fed/Davis Cup event in 2015 or 2016, and to have had a good standing with their National Olympic Committee.

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter 6 male and 6 female athletes, with a maximum of 4 entries in the individual events, and 2 pairs in the doubles events. Any player in the world's top 56 was eligible, and NOC's had the option to enter players of a lower rank. Athletes were able to compete in both singles and doubles events. Doubles players within the top 10 rankings on 6 June were eligible to bring any player provided that player had any doubles or singles ranking, and the number of players of the same country did not surpass the total of six.

Qualified players This is the final list of qualified players as published by the ITF on 5 August 2016.

aPlayer did not participate as a result of injury or the choice not to competebPlayer had not met the minimal Fed/Davis Cup representation levelcPlayer was ineligible due to too many players from a certain countrydPlayer had retired from the sportePlayer was suspended from competitionfPlayer received special dispensation for the Davis Cup/Fed Cup requirements from the ITF

Men's singles No.RankPlayerNOCATP PointsNOC RankCareer Davis Cup nom.Years in Zonal RR2013–16 Davis Cup nom.2015–16 Davis Cup nom.World Ranking11Novak Djokovic1695012306222Andy Murray8915120085a3Roger Federer6655–270613f4Rafael Nadal5405117021a5Stan Wawrinka5305–2508146Kei Nishikori4290111063a7Dominic Thiem3105–30325f7PR(223)Juan Martín del Potro230111021a8Tomáš Berdych3030–29081a9Milos Raonic2965–13061a10Richard Gasquet2725–16062611David Goffin2840110095712Jo-Wilfried Tsonga2725117093813Marin Čilić2605117052914David Ferrer25602210311015Gaël Monfils22902130621116Roberto Bautista Agut215033042a17John Isner2100–120731218Gilles Simon1855311043a19Nick Kyrgios1855–5041b20Kevin Anderson1760–50001321Viktor Troicki1670219053ab22Feliciano López1630–22021a23Bernard Tomic1625–1106314f24Benoît Paire1596400001525Pablo Cuevas14501200211626Philipp Kohlschreiber14501170631727Jack Sock141513033b28Ivo Karlović1360–19000B29Lucas Pouille1311–10111830João Sousa1275119094a31Alexandr Dolgopolov1260–604119f32Albert Ramos-Viñolas119041010bc33Jérémy Chardy1175–20002034Fabio Fognini11701160932135Federico Delbonis1165250542236Grigor Dimitrov115018031a37Sam Querrey1135–9061aReuters38Alexander Zverev1130–101123f39Steve Johnson1110210112440Andreas Seppi10952240104a41Marcos Baghdatis1060–204322542Andrey Kuznetsov101814042b43Pablo Carreño Busta995–10112644Gilles Müller985126031bc45Marcel Granollers972–80302746Vasek Pospisil9551140822846PR(94)Juan Mónaco620317061b47Nicolás Almagro944–70202948Borna Ćorić93527074c49Nicolas Mahut931–303330f50Guido Pella92841022a51Martin Kližan925–15083a52Fernando Verdasco900–19031b53Guillermo García-López900–10103154Ričardas Berankis885116084b55Adrian Mannarino860–000032f56Denis Kudla8583000033f56PR(596)Brian Baker50400003457Paolo Lorenzi85539084b58Aljaž Bedene845–0000b59Ernests Gulbis836–19050b60Paul-Henri Mathieu816–6000a61Mikhail Kukushkin797–170833562Thomaz Bellucci7901170733663Malek Jaziri7871191433764Denis Istomin771125083b65Taylor Fritz768–000038f66John Millman75810000a67Jiří Veselý758–100943968Dudi Sela746123072c69Diego Schwartzman746–3033a70Ivan Dodig743–140534071Lukáš Rosol7351160134b72Rajeev Ram733–00004173Illya Marchenko726115072b74Íñigo Cervantes713–0000c75Donald Young712–3032b76Mikhail Youzhny707–300004277Evgeny Donskoy707260644378Víctor Estrella Burgos705135073b79Pierre-Hugues Herbert697–1011a80Dušan Lajović691–6052b81Tommy Robredo685–150214481PR(328)Thanasi Kokkinakis145240434582Robin Haase6851170724683Rogério Dutra Silva6842605147f84Kyle Edmund67622022c85Leonardo Mayer675–906448f86Dustin Brown670230224987Damir Džumhur6671140725088Gastão Elias65721308351f89Jan-Lennard Struff6503202152f90Jordan Thompson64330000b91Stéphane Robert638–0000b92Horacio Zeballos634–8050a93Daniel Evans621–90425394PR(120)Jerzy Janowicz506117083b95Facundo Bagnis620–00005496Teymuraz Gabashvili6163110535597Lu Yen-hsun615118033a98Karen Khachanov589–3031b99Bjorn Fratangelo583–0000a100Sergiy Stakhovsky566–2409256101Nikoloz Basilashvili56315333ITF places57f106Yūichi Sugita55121204058108Taro Daniel5443303259110Andrej Martin5371606360f112Thomas Fabbiano5364000061113Radu Albot53411608262115Sam Groth52045054Tripartite Commission Invitation63130Mirza Bašić44721907464278Darian King181113094 Aljaž Bedene has previously represented Slovenia, making him ineligible for Great Britain. His nominations for Slovenian Davis Cup team are not counted here.

Women's singles No.RankPlayerNOCCurrent WTA PointsNOC RankCareer Fed Cup Nom.Years in Zonal RR2013–16 Fed Cup Nom.2015–16 Fed Cup Nom.World Ranking11Serena Williams833011003222Angelique Kerber6500113084 33Garbiñe Muguruza54821303344Agnieszka Radwańska5335116162a5Simona Halep4792–8153a6Victoria Azarenka4221–1213357Roberta Vinci3405129062a8Belinda Bencic3260–704269Venus Williams3116212032710Timea Bacsinszky2800119074811Petra Kvitová2768119083912Svetlana Kuznetsova2755119033d13Flavia Pennetta2723–210211014Samantha Stosur27001240731115Carla Suárez Navarro26952120421216Madison Keys259233031a17Karolína Plíšková2360–50441318Johanna Konta2250153411419Elina Svitolina2226162411520Sloane Stephens215045031a21Dominika Cibulková2081–190521622Sara Errani20302200731723Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova1960210043a24Jelena Janković1940–201211825Ana Ivanovic1910212141e26Maria Sharapova1901–60221927Kiki Bertens1821181642027PR(265)Peng Shuai1691104212128Irina-Camelia Begu1765191532229Lucie Šafářová16732200712330Barbora Strýcová164031505424f31Daria Kasatkina1618330222532Kristina Mladenovic1550190742633Andrea Petkovic14852140742734Caroline Wozniacki138619133a35Yulia Putintseva1385–33322836Ekaterina Makarova1382490412937Monica Niculescu13652121533038Caroline Garcia1365270643139Jeļena Ostapenko1362144423240Anna Karolína Schmiedlová1340160543341Annika Beck13353303234f42Laura Siegemund133540000c43Coco Vandeweghe1302–4033a44Lesia Tsurenko1301–91523545Tímea Babos1260153313645PR(93)Karin Knapp764380413746Misaki Doi123018151a47Camila Giorgi1230–50533848Eugenie Bouchard1230271513949Monica Puig1220164214050Yanina Wickmayer121511624241f51Daria Gavrilova112021011bc52Anna-Lena Friedsam1100–0000c53Elena Vesnina1099–150634254Danka Kovinić1085154214355Johanna Larsson10831160514456Heather Watson108127442b57Mirjana Lučić-Baroni1058–5400c58Margarita Gasparyan1052–30224559Alizé Cornet1035316051c60Shelby Rogers1031–00004661Kirsten Flipkens10252221424762Zhang Shuai1009210422c63Sabine Lisicki1002–11052b64Kateryna Bondarenko993–13222a64PR(451)Galina Voskoboeva67–83104bc65Varvara Lepchenko993–2020bc66Mona Barthel975–1010c67Christina McHale960–8032bc68Madison Brengle950–100048f69Nao Hibino94921111bc70Irina Falconi945–00004971Tsvetana Pironkova944115442a72Hsieh Su-wei944–92225073Wang Qiang93935442bc74Louisa Chirico930–0000bc75Nicole Gibbs906–00005176Ana Konjuh89913432 5277Çağla Büyükakçay899113442 ITF places5379Mariana Duque Mariño8761124315484Polona Hercog80019033 5585Magda Linette79123011 5686Zheng Saisai79042011 5792Teliana Pereira7681804258188Ons Jabeur28714084 Tripartite Commission Invitation59136Verónica Cepede Royg42511037360274Stephanie Vogt16117442Alternates6194Yaroslava Shvedova7541835262119Aleksandra Krunić52731307363157Lucie Hradecká36241206264158Andreea Mitu36132122

Years spent exclusively in the Zonal Round robin format during the four-year Olympic cycle

Including the 2012 Fed Cup World Group Final

Men's doubles No.Player APlayer BNOCNameNameWorld Ranking 14793Pierre-Hugues Herbertf491Nicolas Mahut242142Andy Murray–2Jamie Murray317–11Florin Mergea–6Horia Tecău48982170Robin Haase–7Jean-Julien Rojer517–8Marcelo Melo–9Bruno Soares656–10Rohan Bopanna–46Leander PaesOther entrants7224144Rafael Nadalf–18Marc López8241154Novak Djokovic–23Nenad Zimonjić92715593Gael Monfils12360Jo-Wilfried Tsonga103016291Roberto Bautista Agut14–David Ferrer1133-13Daniel Nestor4620Vasek Pospisil124359522Łukasz Kubot–21Marcin Matkowski134913357Marin Čilić–36PRMarin Draganja1454–27Juan Sebastián Cabal–27Robert Farah1561–49Chris Guccione–12John Peers1663–44Oliver Marachf–19Alexander Peya17633942Steve Johnsonf2724Jack Sock18657PR588Juan Martín del Potro14058Máximo Gonzálezf19743460Fabio Fognini4079Andreas Seppi208556PR259Brian Bakerf7229Rajeev Ramf218635153Federico Delbonis124851Guillermo Duránf2286–54Colin Flemingf–32Dominic Inglot2389–63Aliaksandr Bury–26Max Mirnyia11526186Philipp Kohlschreiber89177Jan-Lennard StruffITF places2410271104Lukáš Rosol12931Radek Štěpánek25107–64Marcus Daniell91543Michael Venus261156284Thomaz Bellucci–53André Sá27127–61Julio Peraltaf21066Hans Podlipnik-Castillo2814311074Andrej Martin–69Igor Zelenay2914873601Illya Marchenko22975Denys Molchanov30179–50Santiago González–129Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela31210–105Sanchai Ratiwatana–105Sonchat RatiwatanaAlternates321183099João Sousa88158Gastão Elias

Combined Ranking. The best ranking (singles or doubles) of Player A is added to that of Player B to calculate the Combined Ranking.

Singles Ranking

Doubles Ranking

Women's doubles No.Player APlayer BNOCNameNameWorld Ranking 112–1Martina Hingis11363Timea Bacsinszky2191–1Sania Mirza587190Prarthana Thombare37383Caroline Garcia324Kristina Mladenovic4117155Chan Yung-jan–6Chan Hao-ching519537Elena Vesnina3512Ekaterina Makarova6191948Yaroslava Shvedova458183Galina Voskoboeva729889Bethanie Mattek-Sandsf3020Coco Vandeweghe82115710Lucie Hradecká20711Andrea HlaváčkováOther entrants991251Serena Williams8251Venus Williams1014240Garbiñe Muguruza1221Carla Suárez Navarro1128778Roberta Vinci2125Sara Errani12347916Zheng Saisai27718Xu Yifan13391061Svetlana Kuznetsova2952Daria Kasatkina14424204Angelique Kerber38126Andrea Petkovic15442914Lucie Šafářová3042Barbora Strýcová16532742Irina-Camelia Begu3726Monica Niculescu1760–30Anabel Medina Garrigues–30Arantxa Parra Santonja1869–27Anna-Lena Grönefeld4246Laura Siegemund197120176Elina Svitolina18651Olga Savchuk207216168Samantha Stosur56201Daria Gavrilova217419120Johanna Konta55119Heather Watson22802486Jelena Janković12056Aleksandra Krunića89–39Chuang Chia-jung7250Hsieh Su-wei239063456Zhang Shuai27PR147Peng ShuaiITF places249249644Gabriela Dabrowski48380Eugenie Bouchard2511049117Misaki Doi20061Eri Hozumi2613236063Lyudmyla Kichenok37769Nadiia Kichenok27135–55Raluca Olaru15880Andreea Mitu28135–64Klaudia Jans-Ignacik19671Paula Kania2913648538Anastasia Rodionova20598Arina Rodionova302094413Tímea Babos242196Réka Luca Jani3123988–Teliana Pereira174151Paula Cristina GonçalvesAlternates3211150512Yanina Wickmayer61111Kirsten Flipkens

Combined Ranking. The best ranking (singles or doubles) of Player A is added to that of Player B to calculate the Combined Ranking.

Singles Ranking

Doubles Ranking

Mixed doubles