Tennis at the Summer Olympics
Tennis at the Summer Olympics | |
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Governing body | ITF |
Events | 5 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 1) |
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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]
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. As of 2021, Steffi Graf is the only player to done so through the Olympic gold.[7] In 2021, wheelchair tennis players Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott did so through Paralympic gold. [8]
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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 |
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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 | |
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Indoor | • | • | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Outdoor | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 18 | |||
Carpet | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Red clay | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 | ||||||||||||||
Grass | • | • | • | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hard | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 8 | |||||||||||||
• | • | 2 |
Champions and venues[]
Year | Host city | Venue | Surface | Gold medalist(s) | ||||
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Men's Singles | Women's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles | Mixed Doubles | ||||
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 | Outdoor: All England Club, Wimbledon Indoor: Queen's Club, West Kensington |
Grass | Outdoor: Major Ritchie Indoor: Arthur Gore |
Outdoor: Dorothea Lambert Chambers Indoor: Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith |
Outdoor: Reginald Doherty George Hillyard Indoor: Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore | ||
1912 | Stockholm | Outdoor & Indoor: Östermalm Tennis Pavilion |
Clay | Outdoor: Charles Winslow Indoor: André Gobert |
Outdoor: Marguerite Broquedis Indoor: Edith Hannam |
Outdoor: Harold Kitson Charles Winslow Indoor: Maurice Germot André Gobert |
Outdoor: Dorothea Köring Heinrich Schomburgk Indoor: Edith Hannam Charles Dixon | |
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 |
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 (NSW 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 | Olympic Green Tennis Center (National Tennis Center) | Hard | Rafael Nadal | Elena Dementieva | Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka |
Serena Williams Venus Williams | |
2012 | London | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon | Grass | Andy Murray | Serena Williams | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
Serena Williams Venus Williams |
Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi |
2016 | Rio de Janeiro | Olympic Tennis Centre, Barra da Tijuca | 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 | 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 |
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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[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 21 | 6 | 12 | 39 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 17 | 14 | 12 | 43 |
3 | France (FRA) | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
4 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
5 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
7 | South Africa (RSA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
8 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
9 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
11 | Mixed team (ZZX) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
12 | ROC (ROC) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
13 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
14 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
15 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
16 | 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 | |
20 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
23 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
24 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
26 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
27 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
30 | Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
31 | Australasia (ANZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bohemia (BOH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Brazil (BRA) | 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 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (41 nations) | 71 | 72 | 87 | 230 |
Open Era[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
5 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
8 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
9 | ROC (ROC) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
11 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
12 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
13 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
16 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
19 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
20 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
21 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
24 | Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
25 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (31 nations) | 39 | 39 | 47 | 125 |
Amateur Era[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
8 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 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 (1896–2020)[]
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[]
- 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
References[]
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "Dylan Alcott achieves history-making 'golden slam' with US Open final victory". The Guardian. 13 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
External links[]
- Olympic Tennis Event website (International Tennis Federation)
- Tennis at the Summer Olympics
- Sports at the Summer Olympics
- Tennis at multi-sport events