Elena Rybakina the pole vaulter? Reilly Opelka the fencer? Tennis stars tip gold medal winners

Olympic fever is alive in Paris, with the upcoming Summer Games less than two months out from completely taking over the French capital.

Tennis will feature prominently at Roland Garros, where players are currently vying for the second Grand Slam trophy of the season. But if not standing on top of the podium inside Court Philippe Chatrier, who would hypothetically have a shot at taking home a gold medal elsewhere?

Tennis Channel wanted to find out and did so by gathering insight from some of your favorite WTA and ATP stars.

For pole vault, Elena Rybakina led the pack with four votes—tipped by Paula Badosa, Aryna Sabalenka, Jelena Ostapenko and Ons Jabeur. Jannik Sinner was just behind with three nominations courtesy of Casper Ruud, Zheng Qinwen and Arthur Fils. Novak Djokovic and Chris Eubanks received two votes, with five players rounding out the selections with one.

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While the above discipline had a few common choices emerge, the same can’t be said for three sports players were polled about. In table tennis, Andrey Rublev finished first with three votes (Carlos Alcaraz, Sabalenka, Coco Gauff), followed by Alexander Bublik (Andy Murray, Rublev) and Nadal (Daniil Medvedev, Sebastian Korda). Mirra Andreeva was the lone competitor to put herself forward.

That tactic was more frequent with boxing. Sabalenka, Gauff, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton all backed themselves. Rublev (Medvedev, Caroline Garcia) and Reilly Opelka (Tommy Paul, Rublev) ultimately tied with a modest two votes.

Opelka also came joint-first in fencing with a pair of votes (Jannik Sinner, Fritz), along with Alex de Minaur (Ruud, Korda). The rest of the tabulation were all solo picks, ranging from Gauff and Ons Jabeur choosing each other, Medvedev going for Garcia, Andreeva leaning towards Jasmine Paolini and Sabalenka choosing Iga Swiatek.

Rounding out the series was a popular go-to for gymnastics. To zero surprise, Djokovic dominated with 9.5 votes. Gauff landed three backers (herself, Ostapenko, Garcia), Sabalenka’s besties Badosa and Jabeur put her forth, while Matteo Arnaldi received the final 1.5 votes (Fils was split with Djokovic, along with a nod from Shelton).