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Tennis at the Summer Olympics

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Tennis at the Summer Olympics

IOC Code	TEN
Governing body	ITF
Events	5 (men: 2; women: 2; mixed: 1)
Summer Olympics
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 2024 2028 2032 Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated initalics
Medalists

For a list of Olympic tennis medalists, seeList of Olympic medalists in tennis.

Tennis
Grand Slam tournaments ATP Tour ATP Finals ATP 1000 ATP 500 ATP 250 ATP Challenger ATP rankings WTA Tour WTA Finals WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 WTA 125 WTA rankings Team competitions Men's Davis Cup Laver Cup Women's Billie Jean King Cup Mixed Hopman Cup United Cup ITF Men's Circuit ITF Women's Circuit ITF Wheelchair's Circuit Wheelchair Tennis Masters Summer Olympics Summer Paralympics
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Tennis was part of theSummer Olympic Games program from the inaugural1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between theInternational Lawn Tennis Federation and theInternational Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.^[1]^[2] After two appearances as ademonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 (with a U-21 age limit),^[3] it returned as a full medal sport at the1988 Summer Olympics open for all players regardless of their age and status and has been played at every summer Games since then.^[4]

Medals

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

Laura Pigossi andLuisa Stefani from Brazil, winners of the women’s doubles bronze medal at the2020 Summer Olympic Games

UkraineElina Svitolina with her bronze Olympic medal

Gold medal records

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BothSerena andVenus 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) andKathleen 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 theOpen Era to win both the singles and same-sex doubles tournaments at one Games, doing so in2004,2000, and2012 respectively.

Golden Slams

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A player who wins an Olympic orParalympic gold medal and all four majors in the same year is said to have won aGolden 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 (in 1988) andDylan Alcott (in 2021) are the only players to have won a single-year Golden Slam.Gigi Fernandez,Serena Williams andVenus Williams are the only players to complete career Golden Slam in doubles twice. In men's tennis,Andre Agassi,Rafael Nadal andNovak Djokovic each won career Golden Slams. Multiple doubles players have achieved the feat, with Serena Williams the only player to complete the career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.^[7] In 2021, wheelchair tennis playersDiede de Groot andDylan Alcott achieved the equivalent wheelchair tennis prize with Paralympic gold.^[8]

Tiebreaker games

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

Since 2021, the deciding set (third) has a 7-pointtiebreaker game to decide the match at 6-all. Should the tiebreaker game be tied at 6-all, whoever first establishes a clear two point lead wins the set and the match.

Summary

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Year	Events	Best Nation
1896	2	Great Britain(1)
1900	4	Great Britain(2)
1904	2	United States(1)
1908	6	Great Britain(3)
1912	8	France(1)
1920	5	Great Britain(4)
1924	5	United States(2)
1968	10	Mexico(1)
1984	2	West Germany(1)
1988	4	United States(3)
1992	4	United States(4)
1996	4	United States(5)
2000	4	United States(6)
2004	4	Chile(1)
2008	4	Russia(1)
2012	5	United States(7)
2016	5	United States(8)
2020	5	ROC(1)
2024	5	China(1)

Surface

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The playing surface of the court varies between Olympic Games. It has been onhard court for every Olympics since 1984 except for the1992 and2024 Olympics (which were on aclay court) and the2012 Olympics (which was played on agrass court). The changing playing surface gives certain players different advantages and disadvantages not seen in most other Olympic sports. On three occasions, the event has been held, wholly or partly, at a Grand Slam venue - twice at theAll-England Tennis Club at Wimbledon (1908 and 2012) and once atRoland Garros in Paris (2024). In both 2012 and 2024, the Olympic men's singles final was a repeat of the recent Grand Slam final at the same venue (Andy Murray vRoger Federer in2012,Carlos Alcaraz vNovak Djokovic in2024), and on both occasions the defeated Grand Slam finalist (Murray in 2012, Djokovic in 2024) gained revenge in the Olympic final.

Events

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(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	24	Editions
Men's singles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		(d,e)		(d)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17
Men's doubles	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		(d,e)			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	17
Women's singles		X		X	X	X	X		(d,e)		(d)	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	15
Women's doubles						X	X		(d,e)			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
Mixed doubles		X			X	X	X		(d,e)	Not yet reintroduced								X	X	X	X	8
Men's singles (indoor)				X	X	Not occurred since																2
Men's doubles (indoor)				X	X	Not occurred since																2
Women's singles (indoor)				X	X	Not occurred since																2
Mixed doubles (indoor)					X	Not occurred since																1
Total	2	4	2	6	8	5	5	—	0	—	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	17

Surface	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	68	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24	Years
Indoor				X	X															2
Outdoor	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Carpet																				0
Clay	X	X	X		X		X	X			X								X	8
Grass				X		X										X				3
Hard									X	X		X	X	X	X		X	X		8
Wood				X	X															2

Champions and venues

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For a detailed list of Olympic tennis venues, seeList of Olympic venues in tennis.

‡ Players who won two events at the same Games.

Further information:§ Double crown

List of gold medalists and venues where the Games took place listed below.

Amateur Era (1896–1924)

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Event	Venue	Surface	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	Queen's Club (indoor)	Wood	Arthur Gore^‡	Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith	Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore^‡
1908 London	All England Club	Grass	Major Ritchie	Dorothea Lambert Chambers	Reginald Doherty(2) George Hillyard
1912 Stockholm	Östermalm Tennis Pavilion (indoor)	Wood	André Gobert^‡	Edith Hannam^‡	Maurice Germot André Gobert^‡		Edith Hannam^‡ Charles Dixon
1912 Stockholm	Östermalm Tennis Pavilion	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–present)

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Event	Venue	Surface	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
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(2) Mary Joe Fernández(2)
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	Fernando González Nicolás Massú^‡	Li Ting Sun Tiantian
2008 Beijing	National Tennis Center	Hard	Rafael Nadal	Elena Dementieva	Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka	Serena Williams(2) Venus Williams(2)
2012 London	All England Club	Grass	Andy Murray	Serena Williams^‡	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Serena Williams^‡(3) Venus Williams(3)	Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Olympic Tennis Centre	Hard	Andy Murray(2)	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 Andrey Rublev
2024 Paris	Stade Roland Garros	Clay	Novak Djokovic	Zheng Qinwen	Matthew Ebden John Peers	Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini	Kateřina Siniaková Tomáš Macháč
2028 Los Angeles	Dignity Health Sports Park	Hard
2032 Brisbane	Queensland Tennis Centre	Hard

Participating nations

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Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28–64	68	72–80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Editions
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 total	6	4	2	10	14	14	27	-	15	-	34	38	48	55	52	52	48	44	56	45	—
Players total	13	26	36	50	82	75	124	-	45	-	64	129	177	176	182	170	169	184	199	191	—

Medal tables

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All-time

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Sources:^[9]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	21	7	13	41
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	8	5	15
9	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	3	4	9
10	Australia (AUS)	2	1	4	7
11	Chile (CHI)	2	1	1	4
11	China (CHN)	2	1	1	4
13	Croatia (CRO)	1	2	3	6
13	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	2	3	6
15	ROC(ROC)	1	2	0	3
16	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	2	4
17	Italy (ITA)	1	0	2	3
18	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	1	2
	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	1	2
23	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	0	0	1
24	Sweden (SWE)	0	3	5	8
25	Argentina (ARG)	0	2	3	5
26	Greece (GRE)	0	2	1	3
26	Japan (JPN)	0	2	1	3
28	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
29	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
–	Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)	0	1	0	1
32	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	2	2
33	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
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	1	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 entries)		76	76	91	243

Open Era

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	14	4	8	26
2	Russia (RUS)	3	3	2	8
3	Switzerland (SUI)	3	3	0	6
4	Spain (ESP)	2	8	5	15
5	Germany (GER)	2	4	1	7
6	Czech Republic (CZE)	2	3	4	9
7	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	0	4
8	Australia (AUS)	2	1	4	7
9	Chile (CHI)	2	1	1	4
9	China (CHN)	2	1	1	4
11	Croatia (CRO)	1	2	3	6
12	ROC(ROC)	1	2	0	3
13	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	1	1	3
14	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	1	2
	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
	Italy (ITA)	1	0	1	2
	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	1	2
	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	1	2
20	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	0	0	1
21	Argentina (ARG)	0	2	3	5
22	France (FRA)	0	2	2	4
23	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	2	3
24	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
–	Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)	0	1	0	1
27	Unified Team (EUN)	0	0	2	2
28	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
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (34 entries)		44	44	52	140

Amateur Era

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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	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
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
Totals (18 entries)		32	32	39	103

Multiple medal winners

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Total	Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5	Venus Williams	4	1	0
4	Serena Williams	4	0	0
4	Reginald Doherty	3	0	1
3	Vincent Richards	2	1	0
3	Andy Murray	2	1	0
3	Laurence Doherty	2	0	1
3	Mary Joe Fernández	2	0	1
3	Suzanne Lenglen	2	0	1
3	Charles Winslow	2	0	1
2	Kateřina Siniaková	2	0	0
2	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
5	Kathleen McKane Godfree	1	2	2
4	Charles Dixon	1	1	2
3	Max Décugis	1	1	1
3	Fernando González	1	1	1
3	Steffi Graf	1	1	1
3	Major Ritchie	1	1	1
2	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
3	Mike Bryan	1	0	2
2	Novak Djokovic	1	0	1
2	John Peers	1	0	1
2	Victoria Azarenka	1	0	1
2	Jack Sock	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
4	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	0	2	2
3	Harold Mahony	0	2	1
3	Conchita Martínez	0	2	1
3	Jana Novotná	0	2	1
2	Rajeev Ram	0	2	0
2	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	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	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

Double crown

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Players who won two events at the same Games listed below.

Year	Men's singles & men's doubles
1896	John Boland
1900	Laurence Doherty
1904	Beals Wright
1908	Arthur Gore
1912	Charles Winslow
2004	Nicolás Massú

Year	Women's singles & women's doubles
1924	Helen Wills
2000	Venus Williams
2012	Serena Williams

Year	Men's doubles & mixed doubles
1900	Reginald Doherty

Year	Women's singles & mixed doubles
1900	Charlotte Cooper
1912	Edith Hannam
1920	Suzanne Lenglen

Point distribution

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From the2004 until the2012 Summer Olympics, theATP and theWTA Tours awarded ranking points, for singles players only, who competed at the Summer Olympics. This was discontinued beginning with the2016 Summer Olympics.^[10]^[11]

2004

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Main article:Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles § Ranking points

The breakdown of ranking points towards theATP rankings is shown below:^[12]

Stage	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Fourth place	Quarterfinals	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64
ATP Entry Ranking points	400	280	205	155	100	50	25	5
ATP Champions Race points	80	56	41	31	20	10	5	1

2008

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Main article:Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics § Ranking points

Rankings points determine the position of a player in theATP (men's) andWTA (women's) rankings, which are based on players' performances in the previous 52-weeks. For the Olympics, the men's player who won received 400 ranking points^[13]—put in perspective, this was 100 more than a win at the most prestigiousInternational Series Gold tournaments, 100 less than aMasters Series win, and 600 less than a triumph at one of the fourGrand Slam tournaments.^[14]

Stage	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Fourth place	Quarterfinals	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64
Men's singles	400	280	205	155	100	50	25	5
Women's singles	353	245	175	135	90	48	28	1

2012

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Main article:Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics § Points distribution

The points distribution for theAssociation of Tennis Professionals and theWomen's Tennis Association tours, concerning only singles competition on the 2012 Olympic Games, is listed below.^[15]^[16] These points can be added to a player's world ranking for the 2012 season.

Stage	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal	Fourth place	Quarterfinals	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64
Men's singles	750	450	340	270	135	70	35	5
Women's singles	685	470	340	260	175	95	55	1

References

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External links

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Olympic Tennis Event website – International Tennis Federation (archived 15 July 2012)

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