Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Tennis at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline Code	TEN
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 2024 Note: demonstration or exhibition sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

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. 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, 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 is the only player to have won a single-year Golden Slam, in 1988. Serena Williams has won a career Golden Slam twice over, the only singles player to do so. In men's tennis, Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal have each won career Golden Slams. Multiple doubles players have achieved the feat, with Serena Williams the only player to complete the career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles. ^[7] In 2021, wheelchair tennis players Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott achieved the equivalent wheelchair tennis prize with Paralympic gold. ^[8]

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

Since 2021, the deciding set (third) has a 7-point tiebreaker game to decide the match at 6-all. Should the tiebreaker game be tied at 6-all, whoever scores two straight points wins it.

Summary

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

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), the 2012 Olympics (which was played on a grass court) and the 2024 Olympics (which will be on a clay 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 (indoor)				•	•																2
Men's doubles (indoor)				•	•																2
Women's singles (indoor)				•	•																2
Mixed doubles (indoor)					•																1
Men's singles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		(d, e)		(d)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
Men's doubles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		(d, e)			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
Women's singles		•		•	•	•	•		(d, e)		(d)	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14
Women's doubles						•	•		(d, e)			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11
Mixed doubles		•			•	•	•		(d, e)									•	•	•	8
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		•	•	•		•		•		•				•								7
Grass					•		•												•			3
Hard												•	•		•	•	•	•		•	•	8
Wood					•	•																2

Champions and venues

For list of Olympic champions, see List of Olympic medalists in tennis.

For list of Olympic tennis venues, see List of Olympic venues in tennis.

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

‡ Players who won two events at the same Games.

Period	Year	Host city	Venue	Surface	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Amateur Era (1896– 1924)	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		Laurence Doherty ‡	Charlotte Cooper ‡	Laurence Doherty ‡ Reginald Doherty ‡		Charlotte Cooper ‡ Reginald Doherty ‡
	1904	St. Louis	Francis Field		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 ‡
			All England Club (outdoor)	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
			Östermalm Tennis Pavilion (outdoor)	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–)	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		Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Venus Williams ‡	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	Serena Williams Venus Williams ‡
	2004	Athens	Athens Olympic Tennis Centre		Nicolás Massú ‡	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Fernando González Nicolás Massú ‡	Li Ting Sun Tiantian
	2008	Beijing	National Tennis Center		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		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	Dignity Health Sports Park	Hard
	2032	Brisbane	Queensland Tennis Centre

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

Medal tables

All years

Sources: ^[9]

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	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	3	4	8
11	Mixed team  (ZZX)	1	2	3	6
12	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	3	5
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 entries)		71	71	86	228

Open Era

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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 entries)		39	39	47	125

Amateur Era

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
	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 (1896–2020)

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	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	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	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

Point distribution

From the 2004 until the 2012 Summer Olympics, the ATP and the WTA Tours awarded ranking points, for singles players only, who competed at the Summer Olympics. This was discontinued beginning with the 2016 Summer Olympics. ^{[10] [11]}

2004

See also: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles § Ranking points

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

ATP Entry Ranking points Gold medallist: 400 Silver medallist: 280 Bronze medallist: 205 Other semi-finalist: 155 Quarter-finalist: 100 Third round: 50 Second round: 25 First round: 5

ATP Champions Race points Gold medallist: 80 Silver medallist: 56 Bronze medallist: 41 Other semi-finalist: 31 Quarter-finalist: 20 Third round: 10 Second round: 5 First round: 1

2008

See also: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics § Ranking points

Rankings points determine the position of a player in the ATP (men's) and WTA (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 prestigious International Series Gold tournaments, 100 less than a Masters Series win, and 600 less than a triumph at one of the four Grand Slam tournaments. ^[14]

	Men's ATP ranking points	Women's WTA ranking points
Gold Medal	400	353
Silver Medal	280	245
Bronze Medal	205	175
Loser 3rd/4th	155	135
Quarterfinals	100	90
Round of 16	50	48
Round of 32	25	28
1st round	5	1

2012

See also: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics § Points distribution

The points distribution for the Association of Tennis Professionals and the Women'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

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

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11. "Ranking Points". itftennis.com. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
12. "Ranking Points". International Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 23 August 2004. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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External links

• Olympic Tennis Event website (International Tennis Federation)