fbpx
Wikipedia

Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.[1][2] After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 (with a U-21 age limit),[3] it returned as a full medal sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics open for all players regardless of their age and status and has been played at every summer Games since then.[4]

Tennis at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeTEN
Governing bodyITF
Events5 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 1)
Games
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics

In 1896, 1900, 1904, 1988, 1992, semifinal losers shared bronze medals. In all other years, a playoff match for the bronze medal was staged. From the 2004 until the 2012 Summer Olympics, results from the Olympics had ranking points that the ATP and WTA added to their players' annual totals in singles for that calendar year. This was discontinued beginning with the 2016 Summer Olympics. While the number of ranking points did not equate with those given at the majors, the Olympic tournaments have increased in perceived importance since their reintroduction, with some players, critics and sports pundits considering winning gold at the Olympics just as prestigious as winning a major title and some considering it even more prestigious.[5][6] Serena Williams and Venus Williams have each won a record four gold medals, three each as a doubles pairing, the only players to win the same Olympic event on three occasions. Venus Williams (four gold, one silver) and Kathleen McKane Godfree (one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes) are the all-time record holders for the most Olympic tennis medals, with five each. Andy Murray is the only player to have won two singles gold medals, and the only singles player to have retained the Olympic title. Nicolás Massú, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams are the only players in the Open Era to win both the singles and same-sex doubles tournaments at one Games, doing so in 2004, 2000, and 2012 respectively. A player who wins an Olympic or Paralympic gold medal and all four majors in the same year is said to have won a Golden Slam, while a player that has won all four Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold during their career has a 'career Golden Slam'. As of 2021, Steffi Graf is the only player to have won a single-year Golden Slam, in 1988. Serena Williams has won a career Golden Slam twice over, the only singles player to do so. In men's tennis, Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal have each won career Golden Slams. Multiple doubles players have achieved the feat, with Serena Williams the only player to complete the career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles.[7] In 2021, wheelchair tennis players Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott achieved the equivalent wheelchair tennis prize with Paralympic gold.[8]

2012 Women's Singles medalists, Serena Williams (center), Maria Sharapova (right) and Victoria Azarenka (left).

Since 2021, in line with all Grand Slam tournaments, the deciding set (third) has a 7-point tiebreaker game to decide the match at 6-all. Should the tiebreaker game be tied at 6-all, whoever scores two straight points wins it.

Summary edit

Games Year Events Best Nation
1 1896 2   Great Britain
2 1900 4   Great Britain
3 1904 2   United States
4 1908 6   Great Britain
5 1912 8   France
6
7 1920 5   Great Britain
8 1924 5   United States
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Games Year Events Best Nation
17
18
19 1968 10   Mexico
20
21
22
23 1984 2   West Germany
24 1988 4   United States
25 1992 4   United States
26 1996 4   United States
27 2000 4   United States
28 2004 4   Chile
29 2008 4   Russia
30 2012 5   United States
31 2016 5   United States
32 2020 5   ROC

Surface edit

The playing surface of the court varies between Olympic Games. It has been on hard court for every game since 1984 except for the 1992 Olympics (which was on a clay court), the 2012 Olympics (which was played on a grass court) and the 2024 Olympics (which will be on a clay court). The changing playing surface gives certain players different advantages and disadvantages not seen in most other Olympic sports.

Events edit

(d) = demonstration event, (e) = exhibition event

Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28–64 68 72–80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
Men's singles (d, e) (d) 16
Men's singles (indoor) 2
Men's doubles (d, e) 16
Men's doubles (indoor) 2
Women's singles (d, e) (d) 14
Women's singles (indoor) 2
Women's doubles (d, e) 11
Mixed doubles (d, e) 8
Mixed doubles (indoor) 1
Total 2 4 2 6 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
Surface 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28–64 68 72–80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
Indoor 2
Outdoor 18
Carpet 0
Clay 7
Grass 3
Hard 8
Wood 2

Champions and venues edit

Year Host city Venue Surface Gold medalist(s)
Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles
Amateur era (1896–1924)
1896   Athens Athens Lawn Tennis Club Clay   John Boland Not held   John Boland
  Friedrich Traun
Not held Not held
1900   Paris Cercle des Sports, Île de Puteaux Clay   Laurence Doherty   Charlotte Cooper   Laurence Doherty
  Reginald Doherty
  Charlotte Cooper
  Reginald Doherty
1904   St. Louis Francis Field Clay   Beals Wright Not held   Beals Wright
  Edgar Leonard
Not held
1908   London Queen's Club (indoor) Wood   Arthur Gore   Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith   Herbert Roper Barrett
  Arthur Gore
All England Club (outdoor) Grass   Major Ritchie   Dorothea Lambert Chambers   Reginald Doherty
  George Hillyard
1912   Stockholm Östermalm Tennis Pavilion (indoor) Wood   André Gobert   Edith Hannam   Maurice Germot
  André Gobert
  Edith Hannam
  Charles Dixon
Östermalm Tennis Pavilion (outdoor) Clay   Charles Winslow   Marguerite Broquedis   Harold Kitson
  Charles Winslow
  Dorothea Köring
  Heinrich Schomburgk
1920   Antwerp Beerschot Tennis Club Grass   Louis Raymond   Suzanne Lenglen   Noel Turnbull
  Max Woosnam
  Kathleen McKane
  Winifred McNair
  Suzanne Lenglen
  Max Decugis
1924   Paris Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Clay   Vincent Richards   Helen Wills   Francis Hunter
  Vincent Richards
  Hazel Wightman
  Helen Wills
  Hazel Wightman
  R. Norris Williams
Open era (1988–)
1988   Seoul Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center Hard   Miloslav Mečíř   Steffi Graf   Ken Flach
  Robert Seguso
  Pam Shriver
  Zina Garrison
Not held
1992   Barcelona Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron Clay   Marc Rosset   Jennifer Capriati   Boris Becker
  Michael Stich
  Gigi Fernández
  Mary Joe Fernández
1996   Atlanta Stone Mountain Tennis Center Hard   Andre Agassi   Lindsay Davenport   Todd Woodbridge
  Mark Woodforde
  Gigi Fernández
  Mary Joe Fernández
2000   Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre Hard   Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Venus Williams   Sébastien Lareau
  Daniel Nestor
  Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
2004   Athens Athens Olympic Tennis Centre Hard   Nicolás Massú   Justine Henin-Hardenne   Fernando González
  Nicolás Massú
  Li Ting
  Sun Tiantian
2008   Beijing National Tennis Center Hard   Rafael Nadal   Elena Dementieva   Roger Federer
  Stanislas Wawrinka
  Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
2012   London All England Club Grass   Andy Murray   Serena Williams   Bob Bryan
  Mike Bryan
  Serena Williams
  Venus Williams
  Victoria Azarenka
  Max Mirnyi
2016   Rio de Janeiro Olympic Tennis Centre Hard   Andy Murray   Monica Puig   Marc López
  Rafael Nadal
  Ekaterina Makarova
  Elena Vesnina
  Bethanie Mattek-Sands
  Jack Sock
2020   Tokyo Ariake Tennis Park Hard   Alexander Zverev   Belinda Bencic   Nikola Mektić
  Mate Pavić
  Barbora Krejčíková
  Kateřina Siniaková
  Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (ROC)
  Andrey Rublev (ROC)
2024   Paris Stade Roland Garros Clay
2028   Los Angeles Dignity Health Sports Park Hard
2032   Brisbane Queensland Tennis Centre Hard

Participating nations edit

Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28–64 68 72–80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years
  Algeria 1 1 2
  Argentina 5 1 5 6 8 8 9 6 7 6 7 11
  Armenia 1 1 1 3
  Australasia 1 1
  Australia 1 2 1 2 3 6 7 7 10 7 8 6 10 10 14
  Austria 3 3 2 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 2 2 12
  Bahamas 2 2 2 2 2 5
  Barbados 1 1
  Belarus 2 4 2 5 3 2 3 7
  Belgium 16 8 1 3 3 3 2 5 3 4 10
  Benin 1 1
  Bermuda 1 1
  Bohemia 1 4 8 3
  Bolivia 1 1 2
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 2 2
  Brazil 1 1 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 7 7 11
  Bulgaria 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 7
  Canada 3 2 7 5 6 4 2 3 5 4 4 11
  Chile 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 8
  China 1 2 5 4 3 4 8 4 5 5 10
  Chinese Taipei 1 3 2 1 3 3 5 5 8
  Colombia 2 2 4 3 4 5
  Costa Rica 1 1
  Ivory Coast 1 2 2
  Croatia 2 4 5 5 1 2 4 6 8
  Cyprus 1 1 2
  Czech Republic 4 7 8 11 8 7 6 7
  Czechoslovakia 7 5 5 5 4
  Denmark 10 3 5 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 12
  Dominican Republic 1 1 2
  Ecuador 4 3 1 3
  Egypt 2 1
  El Salvador 1 1
  Estonia 2 2 1 3
  Finland 4 1 1 1 1 5
  France 1 14 1 6 10 10 2 4 5 7 4 7 9 8 7 9 10 17
  Georgia 2 1 1 3
  Germany 1 1 5 7 6 3 5 4 2 7 8 9 12
  Great Britain 2 6 22 11 8 10 3 5 6 5 6 1 2 8 7 6 16
  Greece 7 1 3 2 3 4 2 1 4 2 2 11
  Haiti 1 1 1 1 4
  Hong Kong 1 1
  Hungary 1 3 6 5 2 1 5 5 4 2 2 2 12
  India 6 1 3 2 2 4 2 4 7 4 3 11
  Indonesia 1 3 5 2 2 2 6
  Ireland 4 2 2 2 4
  Israel 1 4 1 3 4 3 1 7
  Italy 4 8 3 4 5 8 8 6 6 8 7 7 6 13
  Japan 2 4 2 2 4 5 7 5 4 3 3 6 11 13
  Kazakhstan 3 2 7 3
  Latvia 2 1 1 2 4
  Liechtenstein 1 1 2
  Lithuania 1 1
  Luxembourg 1 1 1 2 1 1 6
  Madagascar 2 2 1 3
  Mexico 2 6 1 5 4 3 2 2 2 9
  Moldova 1 1
  Montenegro 1 1
  Morocco 1 2 1 1 2 5
  Netherlands 2 1 5 1 1 5 5 3 2 3 4 11
  New Zealand 3 1 1 1 2 2 6
  Nigeria 1 3 1 3
  Norway 7 3 4 2 1 1 6
  Paraguay 2 2 1 1 1 1 6
  Peru 3 2 1 1 4
  Philippines 1 1
  Poland 1 3 2 2 6 7 7 6 8
  Portugal 1 2 2 2 2 2 6
  Puerto Rico 3 1 2 1 1 5
  ROC 8 1
  Romania 3 5 4 3 2 2 5 6 3 9
  Russia 2 4 5 9 9 10 8 7
  Serbia and Montenegro 1 1
  Serbia 4 6 6 5 4
  Slovakia 5 5 7 4 4 3 3 7
  Slovenia 4 3 4 4 1 5
  South Africa 3 3 5 4 6 6 5 2 8
  Soviet Union 4 7 2
  South Korea 1 5 4 5 4 2 1 1 8
  Spain 4 8 3 2 4 6 7 7 11 9 12 9 8 13
  Sweden 4 16 8 4 1 2 3 6 4 5 4 5 3 1 1 15
  Switzerland 3 4 2 2 4 3 3 4 5 2 2 2 12
  Thailand 2 2 3 2 1 2 6
  Togo 1 1
  Tunisia 1 1 2 2 1 5
  Turkey 1 1
  Ukraine 2 2 4 2 6 4 6
  Unified Team 5 1
  United States 5 35 1 9 6 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 12 11 11 15
  Uruguay 1 1 1 3
  Uzbekistan 2 1 1 1 1 5
  Venezuela 3 4 1 1 4
  West Germany 4 3 5 3
  Yugoslavia 1 2 3 3
  Zimbabwe 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 7
Nations 6 4 2 10 14 14 27 15 34 38 48 55 52 52 48 44 56 45
Players 13 26 36 50 82 75 124 45 64 129 177 176 182 170 169 184 199 191
Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 68 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years

Medal tables edit

All years edit

Sources:[9]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)2161239
2  Great Britain (GBR)17141243
3  France (FRA)56819
4  Germany (GER)36211
5  Russia (RUS)3328
6  Switzerland (SUI)3306
7  South Africa (RSA)3216
8  Spain (ESP)27413
9  Chile (CHI)2114
10  Czech Republic (CZE)1348
11  Mixed team (ZZX)1236
12  ROC1203
13  Australia (AUS)1146
14  Croatia (CRO)1135
15  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1124
16  Belarus (BLR)1012
  Belgium (BEL)1012
  China (CHN)1012
  West Germany (FRG)1012
20  Canada (CAN)1001
  Puerto Rico (PUR)1001
22  Sweden (SWE)0358
23  Argentina (ARG)0235
24  Greece (GRE)0213
  Japan (JPN)0213
26  Netherlands (NED)0112
27  Austria (AUT)0101
  Denmark (DEN)0101
  Romania (ROM)0101
30  Unified Team (EUN)0022
31  Australasia (ANZ)0011
  Bohemia (BOH)0011
  Brazil (BRA)0011
  Bulgaria (BUL)0011
  Hungary (HUN)0011
  India (IND)0011
  Italy (ITA)0011
  New Zealand (NZL)0011
  Norway (NOR)0011
  Serbia (SRB)0011
  Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (41 entries)717186228

Open Era edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)143724
2  Germany (GER)3429
3  Russia (RUS)3328
4  Switzerland (SUI)3306
5  Spain (ESP)27413
6  Great Britain (GBR)2204
7  Chile (CHI)2114
8  Czech Republic (CZE)1348
9  ROC (ROC)1203
10  Australia (AUS)1146
11  Croatia (CRO)1135
12  Czechoslovakia (TCH)1113
13  Belarus (BLR)1012
  Belgium (BEL)1012
  China (CHN)1012
16  Canada (CAN)1001
  Puerto Rico (PUR)1001
18  Argentina (ARG)0235
19  France (FRA)0224
20  Sweden (SWE)0123
21  Netherlands (NED)0101
  Romania (ROM)0101
  South Africa (RSA)0101
24  Unified Team (EUN)0022
25  Brazil (BRA)0011
  Bulgaria (BUL)0011
  India (IND)0011
  Japan (JPN)0011
  New Zealand (NZL)0011
  Serbia (SRB)0011
  Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (31 entries)393947125

Amateur Era edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)15121239
2  United States (USA)73515
3  France (FRA)54615
4  South Africa (RSA)3115
5  Mixed team (ZZX)1236
6  Germany (GER)1214
7  Sweden (SWE)0235
8  Greece (GRE)0213
9  Japan (JPN)0202
10  Austria (AUT)0101
  Denmark (DEN)0101
12  Australasia (ANZ)0011
  Bohemia (BOH)0011
  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
  Hungary (HUN)0011
  Italy (ITA)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
  Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (18 entries)323239103

Multiple medal winners (1896–2020) edit

Rank Name Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Venus Williams 4 1 0 5
2   Serena Williams 4 0 0 4
3   Reginald Doherty 3 0 1 4
4   Vincent Richards 2 1 0 3
  Andy Murray 2 1 0 3
6   Laurence Doherty 2 0 1 3
  Mary Joe Fernández 2 0 1 3
  Suzanne Lenglen 2 0 1 3
  Charles Winslow 2 0 1 3
10   Rafael Nadal 2 0 0 2
  John Pius Boland 2 0 0 2
  Charlotte Cooper 2 0 0 2
  Gigi Fernández 2 0 0 2
  André Gobert 2 0 0 2
  Arthur Gore 2 0 0 2
  Edith Hannam 2 0 0 2
  Nicolás Massú 2 0 0 2
  Hazel Wightman 2 0 0 2
  Helen Wills Moody 2 0 0 2
  Beals Wright 2 0 0 2
21   Kathleen McKane Godfree 1 2 2 5
22   Charles Dixon 1 1 2 4
23   Max Décugis 1 1 1 3
  Fernando González 1 1 1 3
  Steffi Graf 1 1 1 3
  Major Ritchie 1 1 1 3
27   Herbert Barrett 1 1 0 2
  Belinda Bencic 1 1 0 2
  Elena Dementieva 1 1 0 2
  Roger Federer 1 1 0 2
  Harold Kitson 1 1 0 2
  Dorothea Köring 1 1 0 2
  /   Elena Vesnina 1 1 0 2
  Todd Woodbridge 1 1 0 2
  Mark Woodforde 1 1 0 2
  Max Woosnam 1 1 0 2
37   Mike Bryan 1 0 2 3
38   Victoria Azarenka 1 0 1 2
  Marguerite Broquedis 1 0 1 2
  Bob Bryan 1 0 1 2
  Zina Garrison 1 0 1 2
  Edgar Leonard 1 0 1 2
  Miloš Mečíř 1 0 1 2
  Jack Sock 1 0 1 2
45   Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 0 2 2 4
  Gunnar Setterwall 0 2 2 4
47   Harold Mahony 0 2 1 3
  Conchita Martínez 0 2 1 3
  Jana Novotná 0 2 1 3
50   George Caridia 0 2 0 2
  Henri Cochet 0 2 0 2
  Dorothy Holman 0 2 0 2
  Dionysios Kasdaglis 0 2 0 2
  Ichiya Kumagae 0 2 0 2
  Robert LeRoy 0 2 0 2
  Yvonne Prévost 0 2 0 2
  Virginia Ruano Pascual 0 2 0 2
  Helena Suková 0 2 0 2
59   Alphonzo Bell 0 1 1 2
  Sigrid Fick 0 1 1 2
  Juan Martín del Potro 0 1 1 2
  Lucie Hradecká 0 1 1 2
63   Albert Canet 0 0 2 2
  Stefan Edberg 0 0 2 2
  Goran Ivanišević 0 0 2 2
  Marion Jones 0 0 2 2
  Arthur Norris 0 0 2 2
  Hedwiga Rosenbaumová 0 0 2 2

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Soltis, Greg (July 27, 2012). "Olympic Events Through History". LiveScience. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  2. ^ Williams, Wythe (July 27, 1928). "SOCCER AND TENNIS BARRED IN OLYMPICS". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  3. ^ "Olympic Tennis Event – History: Overview". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  4. ^ "2 More Olympic Games". The New York Times. October 2, 1981. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  5. ^ "Olympics or Slams – What's More Important For Tennis Players?". Let, Second Serve. July 12, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  6. ^ Paul Fein (September 20, 2012). "How Important Is an Olympic Gold Medal in Tennis?". World Tennis Magazine. Retrieved October 29, 2013.
  7. ^ Tignor, Steve (30 July 2015). "1988: Steffi Graf wins the Golden Slam". Tennis.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Dylan Alcott achieves history-making 'golden slam' with US Open final victory". The Guardian. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

External links edit

  • (International Tennis Federation)

tennis, summer, olympics, tennis, part, summer, olympic, games, program, from, inaugural, 1896, summer, olympics, dropped, after, 1924, summer, olympics, disputes, between, international, lawn, tennis, federation, international, olympic, committee, over, defin. Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players 1 2 After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 with a U 21 age limit 3 it returned as a full medal sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics open for all players regardless of their age and status and has been played at every summer Games since then 4 Tennis at the Summer OlympicsIOC Discipline CodeTENGoverning bodyITFEvents5 men 2 women 2 mixed 1 Games1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 19201924 1928 1932 1936 1948 19521956 1960 1964 1968 1972 19761980 1984 1988 1992 1996 20002004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024Note demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italicsMedalistsIn 1896 1900 1904 1988 1992 semifinal losers shared bronze medals In all other years a playoff match for the bronze medal was staged From the 2004 until the 2012 Summer Olympics results from the Olympics had ranking points that the ATP and WTA added to their players annual totals in singles for that calendar year This was discontinued beginning with the 2016 Summer Olympics While the number of ranking points did not equate with those given at the majors the Olympic tournaments have increased in perceived importance since their reintroduction with some players critics and sports pundits considering winning gold at the Olympics just as prestigious as winning a major title and some considering it even more prestigious 5 6 Serena Williams and Venus Williams have each won a record four gold medals three each as a doubles pairing the only players to win the same Olympic event on three occasions Venus Williams four gold one silver and Kathleen McKane Godfree one gold two silvers and two bronzes are the all time record holders for the most Olympic tennis medals with five each Andy Murray is the only player to have won two singles gold medals and the only singles player to have retained the Olympic title Nicolas Massu Venus Williams and Serena Williams are the only players in the Open Era to win both the singles and same sex doubles tournaments at one Games doing so in 2004 2000 and 2012 respectively A player who wins an Olympic or Paralympic gold medal and all four majors in the same year is said to have won a Golden Slam while a player that has won all four Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold during their career has a career Golden Slam As of 2021 Steffi Graf is the only player to have won a single year Golden Slam in 1988 Serena Williams has won a career Golden Slam twice over the only singles player to do so In men s tennis Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal have each won career Golden Slams Multiple doubles players have achieved the feat with Serena Williams the only player to complete the career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles 7 In 2021 wheelchair tennis players Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott achieved the equivalent wheelchair tennis prize with Paralympic gold 8 2012 Women s Singles medalists Serena Williams center Maria Sharapova right and Victoria Azarenka left Since 2021 in line with all Grand Slam tournaments the deciding set third has a 7 point tiebreaker game to decide the match at 6 all Should the tiebreaker game be tied at 6 all whoever scores two straight points wins it Contents 1 Summary 2 Surface 3 Events 4 Champions and venues 5 Participating nations 6 Medal tables 6 1 All years 6 2 Open Era 6 3 Amateur Era 6 4 Multiple medal winners 1896 2020 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksSummary editGames Year Events Best Nation1 1896 2 nbsp Great Britain2 1900 4 nbsp Great Britain3 1904 2 nbsp United States4 1908 6 nbsp Great Britain5 1912 8 nbsp France67 1920 5 nbsp Great Britain8 1924 5 nbsp United States910111213141516 Games Year Events Best Nation171819 1968 10 nbsp Mexico20212223 1984 2 nbsp West Germany24 1988 4 nbsp United States25 1992 4 nbsp United States26 1996 4 nbsp United States27 2000 4 nbsp United States28 2004 4 nbsp Chile29 2008 4 nbsp Russia30 2012 5 nbsp United States31 2016 5 nbsp United States32 2020 5 nbsp ROCSurface editThe playing surface of the court varies between Olympic Games It has been on hard court for every game since 1984 except for the 1992 Olympics which was on a clay court the 2012 Olympics which was played on a grass court and the 2024 Olympics which will be on a clay court The changing playing surface gives certain players different advantages and disadvantages not seen in most other Olympic sports Events edit d demonstration event e exhibition event Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 64 68 72 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 YearsMen s singles d e d 16Men s singles indoor 2Men s doubles d e 16Men s doubles indoor 2Women s singles d e d 14Women s singles indoor 2Women s doubles d e 11Mixed doubles d e 8Mixed doubles indoor 1Total 2 4 2 6 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5Surface 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 64 68 72 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 YearsIndoor 2Outdoor 18Carpet 0Clay 7Grass 3Hard 8Wood 2Champions and venues editYear Host city Venue Surface Gold medalist s Men s singles Women s singles Men s doubles Women s doubles Mixed doublesAmateur era 1896 1924 1896 nbsp Athens Athens Lawn Tennis Club Clay nbsp John Boland Not held nbsp John Boland nbsp Friedrich Traun Not held Not held1900 nbsp Paris Cercle des Sports Ile de Puteaux Clay nbsp Laurence Doherty nbsp Charlotte Cooper nbsp Laurence Doherty nbsp Reginald Doherty nbsp Charlotte Cooper nbsp Reginald Doherty1904 nbsp St Louis Francis Field Clay nbsp Beals Wright Not held nbsp Beals Wright nbsp Edgar Leonard Not held1908 nbsp London Queen s Club indoor Wood nbsp Arthur Gore nbsp Gwendoline Eastlake Smith nbsp Herbert Roper Barrett nbsp Arthur GoreAll England Club outdoor Grass nbsp Major Ritchie nbsp Dorothea Lambert Chambers nbsp Reginald Doherty nbsp George Hillyard1912 nbsp Stockholm Ostermalm Tennis Pavilion indoor Wood nbsp Andre Gobert nbsp Edith Hannam nbsp Maurice Germot nbsp Andre Gobert nbsp Edith Hannam nbsp Charles DixonOstermalm Tennis Pavilion outdoor Clay nbsp Charles Winslow nbsp Marguerite Broquedis nbsp Harold Kitson nbsp Charles Winslow nbsp Dorothea Koring nbsp Heinrich Schomburgk1920 nbsp Antwerp Beerschot Tennis Club Grass nbsp Louis Raymond nbsp Suzanne Lenglen nbsp Noel Turnbull nbsp Max Woosnam nbsp Kathleen McKane nbsp Winifred McNair nbsp Suzanne Lenglen nbsp Max Decugis1924 nbsp Paris Stade Olympique Yves du Manoir Clay nbsp Vincent Richards nbsp Helen Wills nbsp Francis Hunter nbsp Vincent Richards nbsp Hazel Wightman nbsp Helen Wills nbsp Hazel Wightman nbsp R Norris WilliamsOpen era 1988 1988 nbsp Seoul Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center Hard nbsp Miloslav Mecir nbsp Steffi Graf nbsp Ken Flach nbsp Robert Seguso nbsp Pam Shriver nbsp Zina Garrison Not held1992 nbsp Barcelona Tennis de la Vall d Hebron Clay nbsp Marc Rosset nbsp Jennifer Capriati nbsp Boris Becker nbsp Michael Stich nbsp Gigi Fernandez nbsp Mary Joe Fernandez1996 nbsp Atlanta Stone Mountain Tennis Center Hard nbsp Andre Agassi nbsp Lindsay Davenport nbsp Todd Woodbridge nbsp Mark Woodforde nbsp Gigi Fernandez nbsp Mary Joe Fernandez2000 nbsp Sydney Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre Hard nbsp Yevgeny Kafelnikov nbsp Venus Williams nbsp Sebastien Lareau nbsp Daniel Nestor nbsp Serena Williams nbsp Venus Williams2004 nbsp Athens Athens Olympic Tennis Centre Hard nbsp Nicolas Massu nbsp Justine Henin Hardenne nbsp Fernando Gonzalez nbsp Nicolas Massu nbsp Li Ting nbsp Sun Tiantian2008 nbsp Beijing National Tennis Center Hard nbsp Rafael Nadal nbsp Elena Dementieva nbsp Roger Federer nbsp Stanislas Wawrinka nbsp Serena Williams nbsp Venus Williams2012 nbsp London All England Club Grass nbsp Andy Murray nbsp Serena Williams nbsp Bob Bryan nbsp Mike Bryan nbsp Serena Williams nbsp Venus Williams nbsp Victoria Azarenka nbsp Max Mirnyi2016 nbsp Rio de Janeiro Olympic Tennis Centre Hard nbsp Andy Murray nbsp Monica Puig nbsp Marc Lopez nbsp Rafael Nadal nbsp Ekaterina Makarova nbsp Elena Vesnina nbsp Bethanie Mattek Sands nbsp Jack Sock2020 nbsp Tokyo Ariake Tennis Park Hard nbsp Alexander Zverev nbsp Belinda Bencic nbsp Nikola Mektic nbsp Mate Pavic nbsp Barbora Krejcikova nbsp Katerina Siniakova nbsp Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova ROC nbsp Andrey Rublev ROC 2024 nbsp Paris Stade Roland Garros Clay2028 nbsp Los Angeles Dignity Health Sports Park Hard2032 nbsp Brisbane Queensland Tennis Centre HardParticipating nations editNation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 64 68 72 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years nbsp Algeria 1 1 2 nbsp Argentina 5 1 5 6 8 8 9 6 7 6 7 11 nbsp Armenia 1 1 1 3 nbsp Australasia 1 1 nbsp Australia 1 2 1 2 3 6 7 7 10 7 8 6 10 10 14 nbsp Austria 3 3 2 3 5 1 3 1 3 3 2 2 12 nbsp Bahamas 2 2 2 2 2 5 nbsp Barbados 1 1 nbsp Belarus 2 4 2 5 3 2 3 7 nbsp Belgium 16 8 1 3 3 3 2 5 3 4 10 nbsp Benin 1 1 nbsp Bermuda 1 1 nbsp Bohemia 1 4 8 3 nbsp Bolivia 1 1 2 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 2 2 nbsp Brazil 1 1 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 7 7 11 nbsp Bulgaria 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 7 nbsp Canada 3 2 7 5 6 4 2 3 5 4 4 11 nbsp Chile 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 8 nbsp China 1 2 5 4 3 4 8 4 5 5 10 nbsp Chinese Taipei 1 3 2 1 3 3 5 5 8 nbsp Colombia 2 2 4 3 4 5 nbsp Costa Rica 1 1 nbsp Ivory Coast 1 2 2 nbsp Croatia 2 4 5 5 1 2 4 6 8 nbsp Cyprus 1 1 2 nbsp Czech Republic 4 7 8 11 8 7 6 7 nbsp Czechoslovakia 7 5 5 5 4 nbsp Denmark 10 3 5 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 12 nbsp Dominican Republic 1 1 2 nbsp Ecuador 4 3 1 3 nbsp Egypt 2 1 nbsp El Salvador 1 1 nbsp Estonia 2 2 1 3 nbsp Finland 4 1 1 1 1 5 nbsp France 1 14 1 6 10 10 2 4 5 7 4 7 9 8 7 9 10 17 nbsp Georgia 2 1 1 3 nbsp Germany 1 1 5 7 6 3 5 4 2 7 8 9 12 nbsp Great Britain 2 6 22 11 8 10 3 5 6 5 6 1 2 8 7 6 16 nbsp Greece 7 1 3 2 3 4 2 1 4 2 2 11 nbsp Haiti 1 1 1 1 4 nbsp Hong Kong 1 1 nbsp Hungary 1 3 6 5 2 1 5 5 4 2 2 2 12 nbsp India 6 1 3 2 2 4 2 4 7 4 3 11 nbsp Indonesia 1 3 5 2 2 2 6 nbsp Ireland 4 2 2 2 4 nbsp Israel 1 4 1 3 4 3 1 7 nbsp Italy 4 8 3 4 5 8 8 6 6 8 7 7 6 13 nbsp Japan 2 4 2 2 4 5 7 5 4 3 3 6 11 13 nbsp Kazakhstan 3 2 7 3 nbsp Latvia 2 1 1 2 4 nbsp Liechtenstein 1 1 2 nbsp Lithuania 1 1 nbsp Luxembourg 1 1 1 2 1 1 6 nbsp Madagascar 2 2 1 3 nbsp Mexico 2 6 1 5 4 3 2 2 2 9 nbsp Moldova 1 1 nbsp Montenegro 1 1 nbsp Morocco 1 2 1 1 2 5 nbsp Netherlands 2 1 5 1 1 5 5 3 2 3 4 11 nbsp New Zealand 3 1 1 1 2 2 6 nbsp Nigeria 1 3 1 3 nbsp Norway 7 3 4 2 1 1 6 nbsp Paraguay 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 nbsp Peru 3 2 1 1 4 nbsp Philippines 1 1 nbsp Poland 1 3 2 2 6 7 7 6 8 nbsp Portugal 1 2 2 2 2 2 6 nbsp Puerto Rico 3 1 2 1 1 5 nbsp ROC 8 1 nbsp Romania 3 5 4 3 2 2 5 6 3 9 nbsp Russia 2 4 5 9 9 10 8 7 nbsp Serbia and Montenegro 1 1 nbsp Serbia 4 6 6 5 4 nbsp Slovakia 5 5 7 4 4 3 3 7 nbsp Slovenia 4 3 4 4 1 5 nbsp South Africa 3 3 5 4 6 6 5 2 8 nbsp Soviet Union 4 7 2 nbsp South Korea 1 5 4 5 4 2 1 1 8 nbsp Spain 4 8 3 2 4 6 7 7 11 9 12 9 8 13 nbsp Sweden 4 16 8 4 1 2 3 6 4 5 4 5 3 1 1 15 nbsp Switzerland 3 4 2 2 4 3 3 4 5 2 2 2 12 nbsp Thailand 2 2 3 2 1 2 6 nbsp Togo 1 1 nbsp Tunisia 1 1 2 2 1 5 nbsp Turkey 1 1 nbsp Ukraine 2 2 4 2 6 4 6 nbsp Unified Team 5 1 nbsp United States 5 35 1 9 6 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 12 11 11 15 nbsp Uruguay 1 1 1 3 nbsp Uzbekistan 2 1 1 1 1 5 nbsp Venezuela 3 4 1 1 4 nbsp West Germany 4 3 5 3 nbsp Yugoslavia 1 2 3 3 nbsp Zimbabwe 1 3 2 2 3 3 1 7Nations 6 4 2 10 14 14 27 15 34 38 48 55 52 52 48 44 56 45 Players 13 26 36 50 82 75 124 45 64 129 177 176 182 170 169 184 199 191 Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 68 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 YearsMedal tables editAll years edit Sources 9 RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp United States USA 21612392 nbsp Great Britain GBR 171412433 nbsp France FRA 568194 nbsp Germany GER 362115 nbsp Russia RUS 33286 nbsp Switzerland SUI 33067 nbsp South Africa RSA 32168 nbsp Spain ESP 274139 nbsp Chile CHI 211410 nbsp Czech Republic CZE 134811 nbsp Mixed team ZZX 123612 nbsp ROC120313 nbsp Australia AUS 114614 nbsp Croatia CRO 113515 nbsp Czechoslovakia TCH 112416 nbsp Belarus BLR 1012 nbsp Belgium BEL 1012 nbsp China CHN 1012 nbsp West Germany FRG 101220 nbsp Canada CAN 1001 nbsp Puerto Rico PUR 100122 nbsp Sweden SWE 035823 nbsp Argentina ARG 023524 nbsp Greece GRE 0213 nbsp Japan JPN 021326 nbsp Netherlands NED 011227 nbsp Austria AUT 0101 nbsp Denmark DEN 0101 nbsp Romania ROM 010130 nbsp Unified Team EUN 002231 nbsp Australasia ANZ 0011 nbsp Bohemia BOH 0011 nbsp Brazil BRA 0011 nbsp Bulgaria BUL 0011 nbsp Hungary HUN 0011 nbsp India IND 0011 nbsp Italy ITA 0011 nbsp New Zealand NZL 0011 nbsp Norway NOR 0011 nbsp Serbia SRB 0011 nbsp Ukraine UKR 0011Totals 41 entries 717186228Open Era edit RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp United States USA 1437242 nbsp Germany GER 34293 nbsp Russia RUS 33284 nbsp Switzerland SUI 33065 nbsp Spain ESP 274136 nbsp Great Britain GBR 22047 nbsp Chile CHI 21148 nbsp Czech Republic CZE 13489 nbsp ROC ROC 120310 nbsp Australia AUS 114611 nbsp Croatia CRO 113512 nbsp Czechoslovakia TCH 111313 nbsp Belarus BLR 1012 nbsp Belgium BEL 1012 nbsp China CHN 101216 nbsp Canada CAN 1001 nbsp Puerto Rico PUR 100118 nbsp Argentina ARG 023519 nbsp France FRA 022420 nbsp Sweden SWE 012321 nbsp Netherlands NED 0101 nbsp Romania ROM 0101 nbsp South Africa RSA 010124 nbsp Unified Team EUN 002225 nbsp Brazil BRA 0011 nbsp Bulgaria BUL 0011 nbsp India IND 0011 nbsp Japan JPN 0011 nbsp New Zealand NZL 0011 nbsp Serbia SRB 0011 nbsp Ukraine UKR 0011Totals 31 entries 393947125Amateur Era edit RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Great Britain GBR 151212392 nbsp United States USA 735153 nbsp France FRA 546154 nbsp South Africa RSA 31155 nbsp Mixed team ZZX 12366 nbsp Germany GER 12147 nbsp Sweden SWE 02358 nbsp Greece GRE 02139 nbsp Japan JPN 020210 nbsp Austria AUT 0101 nbsp Denmark DEN 010112 nbsp Australasia ANZ 0011 nbsp Bohemia BOH 0011 nbsp Czechoslovakia TCH 0011 nbsp Hungary HUN 0011 nbsp Italy ITA 0011 nbsp Netherlands NED 0011 nbsp Norway NOR 0011Totals 18 entries 323239103Multiple medal winners 1896 2020 edit Rank Name Gold Silver Bronze Total1 nbsp Venus Williams 4 1 0 52 nbsp Serena Williams 4 0 0 43 nbsp Reginald Doherty 3 0 1 44 nbsp Vincent Richards 2 1 0 3 nbsp Andy Murray 2 1 0 36 nbsp Laurence Doherty 2 0 1 3 nbsp Mary Joe Fernandez 2 0 1 3 nbsp Suzanne Lenglen 2 0 1 3 nbsp Charles Winslow 2 0 1 310 nbsp Rafael Nadal 2 0 0 2 nbsp John Pius Boland 2 0 0 2 nbsp Charlotte Cooper 2 0 0 2 nbsp Gigi Fernandez 2 0 0 2 nbsp Andre Gobert 2 0 0 2 nbsp Arthur Gore 2 0 0 2 nbsp Edith Hannam 2 0 0 2 nbsp Nicolas Massu 2 0 0 2 nbsp Hazel Wightman 2 0 0 2 nbsp Helen Wills Moody 2 0 0 2 nbsp Beals Wright 2 0 0 221 nbsp Kathleen McKane Godfree 1 2 2 522 nbsp Charles Dixon 1 1 2 423 nbsp Max Decugis 1 1 1 3 nbsp Fernando Gonzalez 1 1 1 3 nbsp Steffi Graf 1 1 1 3 nbsp Major Ritchie 1 1 1 327 nbsp Herbert Barrett 1 1 0 2 nbsp Belinda Bencic 1 1 0 2 nbsp Elena Dementieva 1 1 0 2 nbsp Roger Federer 1 1 0 2 nbsp Harold Kitson 1 1 0 2 nbsp Dorothea Koring 1 1 0 2 nbsp nbsp Elena Vesnina 1 1 0 2 nbsp Todd Woodbridge 1 1 0 2 nbsp Mark Woodforde 1 1 0 2 nbsp Max Woosnam 1 1 0 237 nbsp Mike Bryan 1 0 2 338 nbsp Victoria Azarenka 1 0 1 2 nbsp Marguerite Broquedis 1 0 1 2 nbsp Bob Bryan 1 0 1 2 nbsp Zina Garrison 1 0 1 2 nbsp Edgar Leonard 1 0 1 2 nbsp Milos Mecir 1 0 1 2 nbsp Jack Sock 1 0 1 245 nbsp Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 0 2 2 4 nbsp Gunnar Setterwall 0 2 2 447 nbsp Harold Mahony 0 2 1 3 nbsp Conchita Martinez 0 2 1 3 nbsp Jana Novotna 0 2 1 350 nbsp George Caridia 0 2 0 2 nbsp Henri Cochet 0 2 0 2 nbsp Dorothy Holman 0 2 0 2 nbsp Dionysios Kasdaglis 0 2 0 2 nbsp Ichiya Kumagae 0 2 0 2 nbsp Robert LeRoy 0 2 0 2 nbsp Yvonne Prevost 0 2 0 2 nbsp Virginia Ruano Pascual 0 2 0 2 nbsp Helena Sukova 0 2 0 259 nbsp Alphonzo Bell 0 1 1 2 nbsp Sigrid Fick 0 1 1 2 nbsp Juan Martin del Potro 0 1 1 2 nbsp Lucie Hradecka 0 1 1 263 nbsp Albert Canet 0 0 2 2 nbsp Stefan Edberg 0 0 2 2 nbsp Goran Ivanisevic 0 0 2 2 nbsp Marion Jones 0 0 2 2 nbsp Arthur Norris 0 0 2 2 nbsp Hedwiga Rosenbaumova 0 0 2 2See also editList of Olympic venues in tennis Tennis at the Youth Olympic Games Tennis at the Mediterranean Games Tennis at the Pan American Games List of Olympic medalists in tennis Wheelchair tennis at the Summer ParalympicsReferences edit Soltis Greg July 27 2012 Olympic Events Through History LiveScience Retrieved 2012 08 01 Williams Wythe July 27 1928 SOCCER AND TENNIS BARRED IN OLYMPICS The New York Times Retrieved 2012 08 01 Olympic Tennis Event History Overview International Tennis Federation Retrieved 2012 08 01 2 More Olympic Games The New York Times October 2 1981 Retrieved 2012 08 01 Olympics or Slams What s More Important For Tennis Players Let Second Serve July 12 2012 Retrieved April 5 2015 Paul Fein September 20 2012 How Important Is an Olympic Gold Medal in Tennis World Tennis Magazine Retrieved October 29 2013 Tignor Steve 30 July 2015 1988 Steffi Graf wins the Golden Slam Tennis com Retrieved 17 September 2017 Dylan Alcott achieves history making golden slam with US Open final victory The Guardian 13 September 2021 Retrieved 28 September 2021 Olympic Analytics Medals by Countries olympanalyt com Retrieved 2022 01 31 External links editOlympic Tennis Event website International Tennis Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tennis at the Summer Olympics amp oldid 1179650976, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.