TEMPE – Sun Devil and four-time major champion in mixed-doubles Desirae Krawczyk will appear in her first Olympic games in Paris after being named among the 11 selections to represent the red, white, and blue announced by the USTA.
Krawczyk is the second Sun Devil women's tennis player to be named to an Olympic roster, the first tennis player since Joelle Schad was named to the Dominican Republic national team in women's tennis in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, who competed for the Sun Devils from 1992-1995.
The women's team is made up of singles world No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 11 Danielle Collins and No. 17 Emma Navarro with Krawczyk. For doubles, Krawczyk will be paired with Collins while Gauff and Pegula will make up the other doubles pair.
The mixed doubles team will be taken from the qualified players and named at a later date.
Krawczyk played at ASU from 2013-2016 and earned All-American honors in singles her senior season in 2016 after going 28-13, finishing No. 28 in the country in singles to lead the Sun Devils to a final ranking of No. 22. She graduated with a bachelor's of science in Family and Human Development in 2017. In her time as a Sun Devil, she is fourth all-time in wins with a 99-45 record and has the sixth most wins in a season with 28, which she achieved twice in 2014 and 2016.
The California native has had profound success on the WTA tour with 10 doubles titles in her career, compiling a 243-173 career record and reaching a career-high No. 8 in the world in August 2023. In grand slams she has a career record of 37-20 in doubles play, and is 37-12 in mixed-doubles.
In 2021, Krzwczyk became the first player to win three grand slam mixed-double titles in the same year, winning three straight beginning at the French Open, then Wimbledon and then the U.S. Open to reach No. 17 in the world in doubles rankings.
One year later, she won her second consecutive Wimbledon title in mixed doubles for her fourth grand slam title and was a semifinalist in the doubles draw, breaking through the top-10 in the doubles rankings on July 11, 2022.
In 2024, she's reached the mixed doubles final in the first two grand slam at the Australian Open and the French Open and is currently ranked No. 11 in the world in doubles and will return to Paris to compete for a gold medal where she won her first grand slam title at Roland Garros on clay.
For Team USA, they'll attempt to win their eighth gold medal in women's doubles which would be the first since Serena/Venus Williams won gold at the 2012 London Olympics. The United States have won the most gold medals in women's doubles tennis, winning 8 of the last 11 gold medals.
ABOUT TEAM USA IN TENNIS:
The U.S. has won a world-leading 24 Olympic medals, 14 of them gold, in tennis since it returned as a full medal sport in 1988. And it will be favorites to reach the podium again on the strength of players who've excelled on the clay courts of Roland Garros before.
HOW TO FOLLOW:
Continuing following Sun Devil Women's Tennis on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook for all the latest coverage.
Krawczyk is the second Sun Devil women's tennis player to be named to an Olympic roster, the first tennis player since Joelle Schad was named to the Dominican Republic national team in women's tennis in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, who competed for the Sun Devils from 1992-1995.
The women's team is made up of singles world No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 5 Jessica Pegula, No. 11 Danielle Collins and No. 17 Emma Navarro with Krawczyk. For doubles, Krawczyk will be paired with Collins while Gauff and Pegula will make up the other doubles pair.
Officially an Olympian! ??@desiraekrawczyk is one of 1??1?? selections to represent @TeamUSA at the Paris Olympics! ???? #ForksUp /// #O2V pic.twitter.com/GW4ZHzQBkH
— Arizona State Women's Tennis (@sundevilwtennis) June 20, 2024
The mixed doubles team will be taken from the qualified players and named at a later date.
Krawczyk played at ASU from 2013-2016 and earned All-American honors in singles her senior season in 2016 after going 28-13, finishing No. 28 in the country in singles to lead the Sun Devils to a final ranking of No. 22. She graduated with a bachelor's of science in Family and Human Development in 2017. In her time as a Sun Devil, she is fourth all-time in wins with a 99-45 record and has the sixth most wins in a season with 28, which she achieved twice in 2014 and 2016.
The California native has had profound success on the WTA tour with 10 doubles titles in her career, compiling a 243-173 career record and reaching a career-high No. 8 in the world in August 2023. In grand slams she has a career record of 37-20 in doubles play, and is 37-12 in mixed-doubles.
In 2021, Krzwczyk became the first player to win three grand slam mixed-double titles in the same year, winning three straight beginning at the French Open, then Wimbledon and then the U.S. Open to reach No. 17 in the world in doubles rankings.
One year later, she won her second consecutive Wimbledon title in mixed doubles for her fourth grand slam title and was a semifinalist in the doubles draw, breaking through the top-10 in the doubles rankings on July 11, 2022.
In 2024, she's reached the mixed doubles final in the first two grand slam at the Australian Open and the French Open and is currently ranked No. 11 in the world in doubles and will return to Paris to compete for a gold medal where she won her first grand slam title at Roland Garros on clay.
For Team USA, they'll attempt to win their eighth gold medal in women's doubles which would be the first since Serena/Venus Williams won gold at the 2012 London Olympics. The United States have won the most gold medals in women's doubles tennis, winning 8 of the last 11 gold medals.
ABOUT TEAM USA IN TENNIS:
The U.S. has won a world-leading 24 Olympic medals, 14 of them gold, in tennis since it returned as a full medal sport in 1988. And it will be favorites to reach the podium again on the strength of players who've excelled on the clay courts of Roland Garros before.
HOW TO FOLLOW:
Continuing following Sun Devil Women's Tennis on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook for all the latest coverage.