2012 Olympic Tennis TV Schedule (Also Includes Badminton, Table Tennis)

The television schedule for the 2012 Olympic tennis tournament, as well as the badminton and table tennis tournaments.

Bravo will televise most of the tennis tournament, airing all singles, doubles, and mixed doubles matches through the semifinals. The NBC broadcast network will televise the gold medal matches in both women’s singles (9 AM ET on August 4) and men’s singles (9 AM on August 5).

NBC Sports Network will carry the gold medal matches in men’s doubles (11:30 AM on August 4), mixed doubles (7:00 AM on August 5), and women’s doubles (12:15 AM on August 5).

2012 Olympic Tennis TV Schedule
Telecasts on cable will typically at the same ‘time’ nationwide (e.g., an event at 12:30 PM ET will air at 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT, and 9:30 AM PT). Telecasts on the NBC broadcast network, however, will only air on a delay in the Mountain and Pacific time zones. An event at 12:30 PM ET would air at 11:30 AM CT, 11:30 AM MT, and 12:30 PM PT.

Time (ET) Sport Event Net
Start End
Saturday, July 28
7:00 AM 3:00 PM Tennis First round matches Bravo
Sunday, July 29
7:00 AM 3:00 PM Tennis First round matches Bravo
Monday, July 30
7:00 AM 3:00 PM Tennis Singles second round Bravo
Tuesday, July 31
7:00 AM 3:00 PM Tennis Singles second round and doubles quarterfinals Bravo
Wednesday, August 1
7:00 AM 3:00 PM Tennis Singles round of 16 and mixed doubles Bravo
Thursday, August 2
7:00 AM 3:00 PM Tennis Singles quarterfinals, mixed doubles quarterfinals, and doubles semifinals Bravo
Friday, August 3
7:00 AM 3:00 PM Tennis Singles and mixed doubles semifinals Bravo
Saturday, August 4
9:00 AM 11:00 AM Tennis Women’s singles gold medal match NBC
11:30 AM 2:00 PM Tennis Men’s doubles gold medal final NBC Sports Network
Sunday, August 5
7:00 AM 8:30 AM Tennis Mixed doubles final NBC Sports Network
7:00 AM 9:00 AM Tennis Men’s singles bronze medal match MSNBC
9:00 AM 11:30 AM Tennis Men’s singles gold medal match NBC
12:15 PM 2:00 PM Tennis Women’s doubles final NBC Sports Network

2012 Olympic Badminton TV Schedule

Time (ET) Sport Event Net
Start End
Saturday, July 28
3:45 PM 5:00 PM Badminton Doubles: Gunawan/Bach (USA) vs. Chung/Lee (KOR) MSNBC
Sunday, July 29
1:50 PM 2:15 PM Badminton Doubles: Gunawan/Bach (USA) v. Koo/Tan (MAS) NBC Sports Network
Monday, July 30
6:00 AM 6:30 AM Badminton Women: Rena Wang (USA) vs. Xin Wang (CHN) NBC Sports Network
3:45 PM 5:00 AM Badminton Doubles: Gunawan/Bach (USA) vs. Kawame/Soto (JPN) MSNBC
Tuesday, July 31
11:15 AM 12:15 PM Badminton Qualifying MSNBC
Wednesday, August 1
7:00 AM 7:30 AM Badminton Qualifying NBC Sports Network
Thursday, August 2
4:00 PM 4:30 PM Badminton Semifinals MSNBC
Friday, August 3
1:30 PM 2:00 PM Badminton Women’s singles semifinal MSNBC
2:30 PM 3:00 PM Badminton Men’s singles semifinal MSNBC
3:45 PM 4:15 PM Badminton Mixed doubles final MSNBC
Saturday, August 4
11:15 AM 12:00 PM Badminton Women’s singles gold medal match MSNBC
1:45 PM 2:30 PM Badminton Women’s doubles gold medal match MSNBC
Sunday, August 5
4:00 AM 5:00 AM Badminton Men’s singles bronze medal match NBC Sports Network
6:30 AM 7:00 AM Badminton Men’s doubles bronze medal match NBC Sports Network
3:00 PM 3:30 PM Badminton Men’s doubles final (JIP) NBC Sports Network
12:35 AM 1:35 AM Badminton Men’s singles gold medal final NBC*

2012 Olympic Table Tennis TV Schedule

Time (ET) Sport Event Net
Start End
Saturday, July 28
9:00 AM 9:30 AM Table Tennis Women: Lily Zhang (USA) vs. Cornelia Molnar (CRO) MSNBC
11:15 AM 12:00 PM Table Tennis Men: Timothy Wang (USA) vs. Hyok Bong Kim (PRK) NBC Sports Network
2:00 PM 2:45 PM Table Tennis Women: Ariel Hsing (USA) vs. Yadira Silva (MEX) MSNBC
Monday, July 30
1:30 PM 2:00 PM Table Tennis United States vs. TBD MSNBC
Tuesday, July 31
9:00 AM 9:30 AM Table Tennis Women’s quarterfinal MSNBC
4:30 PM 5:00 PM Table Tennis Women’s semifinal MSNBC
Wednesday, August 1
6:00 AM 7:00 AM Table Tennis Men’s singles quarterfinal NBC Sports Network
11:00 AM 12:00 PM Table Tennis Women’s singles final MSNBC
Thursday, August 2
1:30 PM 2:20 PM Table Tennis Men’s semifinals NBC Sports Network
12:35 AM 1:35 AM Table Tennis Men’s singles gold medal final NBC*
Friday, August 3
1:30 PM 2:00 PM Table Tennis United States vs. Japan MSNBC
Sunday, August 5
9:00 AM 9:45 AM Table Tennis Men’s team quarterfinals MSNBC
Monday, August 6
10:30 AM 11:15 AM Table Tennis Women’s team semifinal MSNBC
12:15 PM 1:00 PM Table Tennis Men’s team semifinal MSNBC
Tuesday, August 7
2:00 PM 2:40 PM Table Tennis Women’s team gold medal final MSNBC
Wednesday, August 8
7:45 AM 9:00 AM Table Tennis Men’s bronze medal match NBC Sports Network
1:00 PM 1:30 PM Table Tennis Men’s team gold medal final MSNBC

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