Olympic Esports Finals 2023: Tennis Clash finalists confirmed
The six finalists will compete in the Tennis Clash finals on 24 June 2023 in Singapore.
Six Tennis Clash players have been confirmed for the inaugural Olympic Esports Finals 2023 from 23–25 June in Singapore.
Five of the finalists in Tennis Clash were selected through a global qualifying event, with qualifiers held in the Tennis Clash game in May. The sixth finalist spot was awarded to a wildcard player from host country Singapore.
Among the world's best exponents of the game, they will duke it out at the Suntec Conference and Exhibition Centre on 24 June to be crowned Olympic Esports Finals winner.
Tennis Clash was put forward by the International Tennis Federation to represent tennis in the Olympic Esports Series 2023.
Tennis Clash finalists – Olympic Esports Finals 2023
The finalists are:
- William Foster (Fozzy), from Great Britain
- Lyu Shengquan (Fly), from People's Republic of China
- Anass Benghazi (Anteo), from France
- Brian Netter (BRUIN), from United States of America
- He Shenghao (Kafe), from People's Republic of China
- Andrew Arriola (DejaVu), from Singapore
Olympic Esports Finals 2023: Tennis Clash competition format
The finalists will be split into two groups of three in round one in a best-of-three round-robin, with the top two per group moving on to the semi-finals.
From the semi-finals, the winners will move on to the final and the losing semi-finalists playing in the third-place game. The semi-finals and third-place match will be best-of-three; the grand final will be best-of-five.
The players will play on a new Olympic Esports Series 2023 court in-game.
Alongside Tennis Clash, nine other games are part of the Olympic Esports Series and Olympic Esports Finals. They are: Tic Tac Bow (archery), WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS (baseball), Chess.com (chess), Zwift (cycling), Just Dance (dance), Gran Turismo (motorsport), Virtual Regatta (sailing), Fortnite (shooting), and Virtual Taekwondo (taekwondo).