Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Tennis at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	ITF
Events	5 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 1)
Games
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Tennis
Grand Slam ATP World Tour Finals WTA Tour Championships ATP Masters 1000 WTA Premier tournaments Summer Olympics ATP 500 series ATP 250 series WTA International tournaments ATP Challenger Tour Finals ATP Challenger WTA 125s ITF Men's Circuit ITF Women's Circuit No ATP/WTA Rankings Davis Cup Fed Cup World Team Cup Hopman Cup

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. After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 (with a U-21 age limit), 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 edition of the Games since then.

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.

In the past, results from the Olympics used to have ranking points that the ATP and WTA added to their players annual totals in singles for that calendar year. This occurred from the 2004 Athens until the 2012 London editions. No points were awarded for the editions prior and for the 2016 Rio Olympics. While the ranking points amount did not equate with those given at the Grand Slam tournaments, the Olympic tournaments have increased in perceived importance since their reintroduction, with some players, critics and sports pundits considering winning the gold at the Olympics just as prestigious as winning a Grand Slam title.

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. Kathleen McKane Godfree (one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes) and Venus Williams (four gold, one silver) are the all-time record holders for the most Olympic medals in tennis. Andy Murray is the only player to have won two singles gold medals, and the only singles player to have retained the Olympic title. Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández and Serena and Venus Williams achieved this feat in women’s doubles in 1992 and 1996, and 2008 and 2012 respectively.

A player who wins an Olympic gold medal and all four Grand Slam events in the same year is said to have won a Golden Slam. As of 2016, Steffi Graf is the only player to have completed this achievement.

Surface

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

(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	red	•	•	•		•		•		•				•								7
Grass					•		•												•			3
Hard												•	•		•	•	•	•		•	•	8
Wood					•	•																2

Champions and venues since 1988

Year	Host city	Venue	Surface	Gold medalist
				Women's Singles	Men's Singles	Women's Doubles	Men's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
1988	Seoul	Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center	Hard	Steffi Graf	Miloslav Mečíř	Shriver & Garrison	Flach & Seguso	Not included
1992	Barcelona	Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron	Clay	Jennifer Capriati	Marc Rosset	G. Fernández & M. J. Fernández	Becker & Stich
1996	Atlanta	Stone Mountain Tennis Center	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Andre Agassi	G. Fernández & M. J. Fernández	Woodbridge & Woodforde
2000	Sydney	Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre (NSW Tennis Centre)	Hard	Venus Williams	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	V. Williams & S. Williams	Lareau & Nestor
2004	Athens	Athens Olympic Tennis Centre	Hard	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Nicolás Massú	Li & Sun	González & Massú
2008	Beijing	Olympic Green Tennis Center (National Tennis Center)	Hard	Elena Dementieva	Rafael Nadal	V. Williams & S. Williams	Federer & Wawrinka
2012	London	All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon	Grass	Serena Williams	Andy Murray	V. Williams & S. Williams	B. Bryan & M. Bryan	Azarenka & Mirnyi
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Olympic Tennis Centre, Barra da Tijuca	Hard	Monica Puig	Andy Murray	Makarova & Vesnina	López & Nadal	Mattek-Sands & Sock
2021	Tokyo	Ariake Tennis Park	Hard
2024	Paris	Stade Roland Garros	Clay
2028	Los Angeles	Tennis courts at Dignity Health Sports Park	Hard

Participating nations

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		10
Armenia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	1	1	1	–	–	–		3
Australasia	–	–	–	–	1	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Australia	1	2	–	–	–	1	2		–		3	6	7	7	10	7	8	6	10		10
Austria	–	–	–	3	3	–	–		–		2	3	5	1	3	1	3	3	2		11
Bahamas	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	2	2	2	2	2	–	–		5
Barbados	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1		1
Belarus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	2	4	2	5	3	2		6
Belgium	–	–	–	–	–	16	8		–		–	–	1	3	3	3	2	5	3		9
Benin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–		1
Bermuda	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Bohemia	–	1	–	4	8	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Bolivia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–		1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	2		2
Brazil	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1		1	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	7		10
Bulgaria	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	2	3	2	–	1	1	2	2		7
Canada	–	–	–	3	–	–	–		–		2	7	5	6	4	2	3	5	4		10
Chile	–	–	–	–	–	–	2		–		–	–	1	2	2	2	2	–	2		7
China	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		1	2	5	4	3	4	8	4	5		9
Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		1	–	–	3	2	1	3	3	5		7
Colombia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	2	2	–	4	3		4
Costa Rica	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–		1
Ivory Coast	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	1	–	2	–	–	–	–	–		1
Croatia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	2	4	5	5	1	2	4		7
Cyprus	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	–		2
Czech Republic	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	4	7	8	11	8	7		6
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
El Salvador	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–		1
Estonia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	2	2	–	–		2
Finland	–	–	–	–	–	–	4		–		1	–	–	–	–	1	1	1	–		5
France	1	14	–	1	6	10	10		2		4	5	7	4	7	9	8	7	9		16
Georgia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	1		2
Germany	1	–	1	5	7	–	–		–		–	–	6	3	5	4	2	7	8		11
Great Britain	2	6	–	22	11	8	10		–		3	5	6	5	6	1	2	8	7		15
Greece	7	–	–	–	–	1	3		–		2	3	4	2	1	4	2	–	–		10
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		10
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		12
Japan	–	–	–	–	–	2	4		2		2	4	5	7	5	4	3	3	6		12
Kazakhstan	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2		2
Latvia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	2	–	–	–	1	–	1		3
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		8
Moldova	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1		1
Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1		1
Morocco	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		1	–	2	1	1	2	–	–	–		5
Netherlands	–	–	–	2	1	–	5		–		1	1	5	5	3	–	–	2	3		10
New Zealand	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	3	–	1	–	–	1	1	2		5
Nigeria	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		1	3	–	1	–	–	–	–	–		3
Norway	–	–	–	–	7	3	4		–		–	–	2	1	1	–	–	–	–		6
Paraguay	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		–	2	2	–	1	–	–	1	1		4
Peru	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		–		3	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	–		3
Philippines	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Poland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	3	2	–	2	6	7	7		7
Portugal	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	2	2	2	–	–	–	2		5
Puerto Rico	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	1	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	1		5
Romania	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	–	5	4	3	2	2	5	6		8
Russia	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	5	9	9	10	8		7
Serbia and Montenegro	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Serbia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4	6	6		3
Slovakia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	5	7	4	4	3		6
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	–	–		7
Spain	–	–	–	–	–	4	8	3	2	4	6	7	7	11	9	12	9		12
Sweden	–	–	–	4	16	8	4	1	2	3	6	4	5	4	5	3	1		14
Switzerland	–	–	–	–	–	3	4	–	2	2	4	3	3	4	5	2	2		11
Thailand	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	3	2	1	–	2		4
Togo	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–		1
Tunisia	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2	2		4
Turkey	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1		1
Ukraine	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	2	4	2	6		5
Unified Team	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
United States	–	5	35	–	1	–	9	6	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	12	11		14
Uruguay	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1		2
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		—
Players	13	26	36	50	82	75	124	45	64	129	177	176	182	170	169	184	184	184	—
Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28–64	68	72–80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years

Medal tables

All years (1896–1924, 1988–2016)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	21	6	12	39
2	Great Britain (GBR)	17	14	12	43
3	France (FRA)	5	6	8	19
4	Russia (RUS)	3	3	2	8
5	South Africa (RSA)	3	2	1	6
6	Spain (ESP)	2	7	3	12
7	Germany (GER)	2	6	2	10
8	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	0	4
9	Chile (CHI)	2	1	1	4
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
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	0	0	1
19	Sweden (SWE)	0	3	5	8
20	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	3	4	7
21	Argentina (ARG)	0	2	4	6
22	Japan (JPN)	0	2	1	3
23	Greece (GRE)	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
25	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROM)	0	1	0	1
28	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	3	3
29	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	2	2
30	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
Totals (37 nations)		66	67	82	215

1988–2016

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	14	3	7	24
2	Russia (RUS)	3	3	2	8
3	Spain (ESP)	2	7	3	12
4	Germany (GER)	2	4	2	8
5	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	0	4
	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	0	4
7	Chile (CHI)	2	1	1	4
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
13	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	0	0	1
15	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	2	4	6
16	Argentina (ARG)	0	2	3	5
17	France (FRA)	0	2	2	4
18	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
19	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROM)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
22	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	3	3
23	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	2	2
24	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia (SRB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 nations)		34	34	42	110

1896–1924

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
	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
Totals (18 nations)		32	32	39	103

Multiple medal winners (1896–2016)

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
	Josiah Ritchie	1	1	1	3
27	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
	Todd Woodbridge	1	1	0	2
	Mark Woodforde	1	1	0	2
	Max Woosnam	1	1	0	2
35	Mike Bryan	1	0	2	3
36	Victoria Azarenka	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
	43	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	0	2	2	4
Gunnar Setterwall		0	2	2	4
45	Harold Mahony	0	2	1	3
	Conchita Martínez	0	2	1	3
	Jana Novotná	0	2	1	3
48	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
57	Alphonzo Bell	0	1	1	2
	Sigrid Fick	0	1	1	2
	Juan Martín del Potro	0	1	1	2
60	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

• List 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 Paralympics

External links

• Olympic Tennis Event website (International Tennis Federation)