Tennis at the Summer Olympics

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Tennis at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	ITF
Events	5 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 1)
	Games
	Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
	Medalists

Tennis (lawn 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 Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over allowing amateur players to compete.^[1]^[2] After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984,^[3] it returned as a full medal sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics and has been played at every edition of the Games since then.^[4]

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

In 1896, 1900, 1904, 1988, and 1992, semifinal losers shared bronze medals. In all other years, a playoff match for the bronze medal was staged.

Starting from the 2004 Athens Olympics, results from the Olympics count towards both the ATP and WTA world rankings in singles.

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) and the 2012 Olympics (which was played on a grass court). The changing playing surface gives certain players different advantages and disadvantages not seen in most other Olympic sports.

Events [edit]

(d) = demonstration event

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Men's singles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•									(d)				(d)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
Men's singles (indoor)				•	•																							2
Men's doubles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•									(d)					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
Men's doubles (indoor)				•	•																							2
Women's singles		•		•	•	•	•									(d)				(d)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	12
Women's singles (indoor)				•	•																							2
Women's doubles						•	•									(d)					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	9
Mixed doubles		•			•	•	•									(d)											•	5
Mixed doubles (indoor)					•																							1
Total Events	2	4	2	6	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	61

Participating nations [edit]

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Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
Algeria	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–	•				•			2
Argentina	–	–	–	–	–	–	5											1	•	•	•	•	•	•	7	9
Armenia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–			•	•	•			3
Australasia	–	–	–	–	1	–	–									–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Australia	1	–	–	–	–	1	2											3	•	•	•	•	•	•	6	9
Austria	–	–	–	3	3	–	–											2	•			•	•	•	3	8
Bahamas	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–		•	•	•	•	•		5
Belarus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–			•	•	•	•	3	5
Belgium	–	–	–	–	–	16	8											–		•	•	•	•	•	5	6
Benin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–				•				1
Bermuda	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–	•							1
Bohemia	–	1	–	4	8	–	–									–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Bolivia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–				•				1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–					•			1
Brazil	–	–	–	–	–	–	–									•		1	•	•	•	•	•	•	4	9
Bulgaria	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–	•	•	•		•	•	2	6
Canada	–	–	–	3	–	–	–											2	•	•	•	•	•	•	5	9
Chile	–	–	–	–	–	–	2											–		•		•	•	•		4
China	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1	•	•	•	•	•	•	4	8
Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1		•	•		•	•	3	6
Colombia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–				•	•		4	3
Costa Rica	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–				•				1
Ivory Coast	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–	•							1
Croatia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–		•	•	•	•	•	2	6
Cyprus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–					•		1	2
Czech Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–			•	•	•	•	8	5
Czechoslovakia	–	–	–	–	–	7	5											–	•	•						3
Denmark	–	–	–	–	10	3	5											1	•	•	•	•		•	1	7
Dominican Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–			•					1
Ecuador	–	–	–	–	–	–	–									•		–			•			•		3
Estonia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–					•	•		2
Finland	–	–	–	–	–	–	4											1					•	•	1	4
France	1	14	–	1	6	10	10									•		4	•	•	•	•	•	•	7	15
Georgia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–							2	1
Germany	1	–	1	5	7	–	–											–		•	•	•	•	•	7	10
Great Britain	2	6	–	22	11	8	10											3	•	•	•	•	•	•	8	14
Greece	7	–	–	–	–	1	3											1	•	•	•	•	•	•		8
Haiti	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1	•		•	•				4
Hong Kong	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1								1
Hungary	1	–	–	3	6	–	5											–	•		•	•	•	•	2	9
India	1	–	–	–	–	–	6											1	•	•	•	•	•	•	7	8
Indonesia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1	•	•	•	•	•			6
Ireland	–	–	–	–	–	–	4											–	•	•						2
Israel	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1	•	•			•	•	3	6
Italy	–	–	–	–	–	4	8									•		4	•	•	•	•	•	•	7	10
Japan	–	–	–	–	–	2	4											2	•	•	•	•	•	•	3	9
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–							3	1
Latvia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–		•				•		2
Liechtenstein	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–							1	1
Luxembourg	–	–	–	–	–	–	1											–			•	•	•		1	4
Madagascar	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–		•	•		•			3
Mexico	–	–	–	–	–	–	2									•		1	•	•	•	•				6
Morocco	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1		•	•	•	•			5
Netherlands	–	–	–	2	1	–	5											1	•	•	•	•			2	9
New Zealand	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–	•		•			•	1	4
Nigeria	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1	•		•					3
Norway	–	–	–	–	7	3	4											–		•	•	•				3
Paraguay	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–	•			•			1	3
Peru	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											3		•			•			3
Philippines	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1								1
Poland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											–	•	•	•		•	•	7	6
Portugal	–	–	–	–	–	–	1											–		•	•	•				3
Puerto Rico	–	–	–	–	–	–	–											1		•			•			3
Romania	–	–	–	–	–	–	3											–		•	•	•	•	•	5	6
Russia	–	–	–	–	2	–	–		–			•	•	•	•	10	6
Serbia and Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–					•			1
Serbia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–						•	6	2
Slovakia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–			•	•	•	•	4	5
Slovenia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–				•	•		4	3
South Africa	–	–	–	3	3	5	4		–		•	•	•		•		7
Soviet Union	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	•	–	•							2
Spain	–	–	–	–	–	4	8	•	2	•	•	•	•	•	•	12	9
South Korea	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1	•	•	•	•	•	•		7
Sweden	–	–	–	4	16	8	4		2	•	•	•	•	•	•	3	10
Switzerland	–	–	–	–	–	3	4		2	•	•	•	•	•	•	2	8
Thailand	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–				•	•	•		3
Togo	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–						•		1
Tunisia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–			•			•	2	3
Ukraine	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–				•	•	•	2	3
Unified Team	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		•						1
United States	–	5	35	–	1	–	9	•	7	•	•	•	•	•	•	12	13
Uruguay	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–			•					1
Uzbekistan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–			•	•		•	1	4
Venezuela	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–			•	•	•	•		4
West Germany	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	•	4	•							3
Yugoslavia	–	–	–	–	–	–	1		2	•	•		•				4
Zimbabwe	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1	•		•	•	•	•		6
Nations	6	4	2	10	14	14	27	9	34	38	42	50	51	51	48	44
Players	13	26	36	50	82	75	124		64							184
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	68	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12

Medal tables [edit]

All years (1896–1924, 1988–2012) [edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	20	5	11	36
2	Great Britain (GBR)	17	15	12	42
3	France (FRA)	5	6	8	19
4	South Africa (RSA)	3	2	1	6
5	Germany (GER)	2	5	2	9
6	Russia (RUS)	2	3	2	7
7	Chile (CHI)	2	1	1	4
8	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	0	4
9	Spain (ESP)	1	7	3	11
10	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	3	3	7
11	Australia (AUS)	1	1	3	5
12	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	2	4
13	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
	China (CHN)	1	0	1	2
	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	1	2
17	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
18	Sweden (SWE)	0	3	5	8
19	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	3	1	2
20	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
21	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	4	5
22	Greece (GRE)	0	1	1	2
22	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
24	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
24	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
26	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	3	3
27	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	2	2
28	Australasia (ANZ)	0	0	1	1
	Bohemia (BOH)	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1

1988–2012 [edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	2	6	21
2	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
3	Russia (RUS)	2	3	2	7
4	Chile (CHI)	2	1	1	4
5	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	0	3
6	Spain (ESP)	1	7	3	11
7	Great Britain (GBR)	1	2	0	3
8	Australia (AUS)	1	1	3	5
9	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	1	3
10	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
	China (CHN)	1	0	1	2
12	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
13	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	3	4
13	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
15	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	1	2
15	France (FRA)	0	2	2	4
17	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
17	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
19	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	3	3
20	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	2	2
21	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1

1896–1924 [edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	15	12	12	39
2	United States (USA)	7	3	5	15
3	France (FRA)	5	4	6	15
4	South Africa (RSA)	3	1	1	5
5	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	3	3	7
6	Germany (GER)	1	2	1	4
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	3	5
8	Japan (JPN)	0	2	0	2
9	Greece (GRE)	0	1	1	2
10	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
10	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
12	Australasia (ANZ)	0	0	1	1
	Bohemia (BOH)	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1

Multiple medal winners (1896–2012) [edit]

Rank	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Serena Williams	4	0	0	4
1	Venus Williams	4	0	0	4
3	Reginald Doherty	3	0	1	4
4	Vincent Richards	2	1	0	3
5	Lawrence Doherty	2	0	1	3
	Mary Joe Fernandez	2	0	1	3
	Suzanne Lenglen	2	0	1	3
	Charles Winslow	2	0	1	3
9	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
19	Kathleen McKane Godfree	1	2	2	5
20	Charles Dixon	1	1	2	4
21	Max Décugis	1	1	1	3
	Fernando González	1	1	1	3
	Steffi Graf	1	1	1	3
	Josiah Ritchie	1	1	1	3
25	Herbert Barrett	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
	Andy Murray	1	1	0	2
	Todd Woodbridge	1	1	0	2
	Mark Woodforde	1	1	0	2
	Max Woosnam	1	1	0	2
34	Mike Bryan	1	0	2	3
35	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
	Miloslav Mečíř	1	0	1	2
41	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	0	2	2	4
41	Gunnar Setterwall	0	2	2	4
43	Harold Mahony	0	2	1	3
	Conchita Martínez	0	2	1	3
	Jana Novotná	0	2	1	3
46	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
	Hélène Prévost	0	2	0	2
	Virginia Ruano Pascual	0	2	0	2
	Helena Suková	0	2	0	2
55	Alphonzo Bell	0	1	1	2
55	Sigrid Fick	0	1	1	2
57	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

References [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.

External links [edit]

Olympic Tennis Event website (International Tennis Federation)

[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.

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Surface [edit]

Events [edit]

Participating nations [edit]

Medal tables [edit]

All years (1896–1924, 1988–2012) [edit]

1988–2012 [edit]

1896–1924 [edit]

Multiple medal winners (1896–2012) [edit]

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