McEnroe, Agassi, Navratilova Left Off U.S. Olympic Team

NEW YORK —  The U.S. Tennis Assn. on Thursday nominated three men and four women for the teams that will compete in the Barcelona Olympics. As significant as those named were those not named.

Chosen to the men’s singles team were Jim Courier, Pete Sampras and Michael Chang, with Courier and Sampras picked for doubles.

Selected for the women’s team were Jennifer Capriati, Mary Joe Fernandez and Zina Garrison in singles, and Fernandez and the unrelated Gigi Fernandez in doubles.

Among the missing American players were John McEnroe, Andre Agassi and Martina Navratilova.

Navratilova, ranked fourth in the world--higher than any women’s player chosen--was ineligible because she skipped last year’s Federation Cup tournament.

However, McEnroe, who has lobbied for a spot on the men’s team, and Agassi, ranked No. 11--higher than Chang’s No. 16 ranking--were bypassed, even though they made themselves available for international competition in 1991. The nominations are subject to the approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee.