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Tennis was first contested as aSummer Olympic sport in the1896 Olympic Games until1924 (excluding 1916 due toWorld War I), before going on hiatus 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 in1968 and1984 (with a U-21 age limit),[3] it was reinstated as a full medal sport in1988.[4]
Kathleen McKane Godfree (one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes) andVenus Williams (four gold, one silver) are tied as the record holders for the most Olympic medals in tennis.Serena Williams andVenus Williams won a record four gold medals.Reginald Doherty is the record holder for most medals in men's tennis (three gold and one bronze).Andy Murray is the only men's player to have won two singles gold medals.
Only on three occasions has a player defended their gold medal:Gigi Fernández andMary Joe Fernández in women's doubles in1992 and1996,Serena Williams andVenus Williams in women's doubles in2008 and2012, andAndy Murray in the men's singles in2012 and2016.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |  Beals Wright (USA) | Robert LeRoy (USA) | Alphonzo Bell (USA) Edgar Leonard (USA) |
| Men's doubles | United States (USA) Beals Wright Edgar Leonard | United States (USA) Robert LeRoy Alphonzo Bell | United States (USA) Clarence Gamble Arthur Wear United States (USA)Joseph Wear Allen West |
Players currently active inbold.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reginald Doherty |  Great Britain | 1900–1908 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Vincent Richards |  United States | 1924 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Andy Murray | Great Britain | 2008–2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Laurence Doherty | Great Britain | 1900 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Charles Winslow |  South Africa | 1912–1920 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Nicolás Massú |  Chile | 2000–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rafael Nadal |  Spain | 2004–2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Charles Dixon | Great Britain | 1908–1912 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Max Décugis |  France | 1900–1920 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fernando González | Chile | 2004–2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus Williams | United States | 2000–2016 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Serena Williams | United States | 2000–2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Gigi Fernández | United States | 1992–1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Mary Joe Fernández | United States | 1992–1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Kateřina Siniaková |  Czech Republic | 2020–2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Kathleen McKane Godfree | Great Britain | 1920–1924 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Steffi Graf |  West Germany (FRG) / | 1988-1992 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Belinda Bencic |  Switzerland | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Spain | 1992–1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Conchita Martínez | Spain | 1992–2004 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Jana Novotná | Czechoslovakia (TCH) / | 1988–1996 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 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 |
 China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13 |  Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
 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 |
 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 | |
^a TheOlympic medal table is ranked first by the number ofgold medals won and then by silver and bronze medals if there is a tie.
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