List of New Zealand tennis players at the Summer Olympics

Main article: New Zealand at the Summer Olympics

This is a list of New Zealander tennis players who have represented their country at the Summer Olympics, including editions where New Zealand competed with Australia as the Australasian team, with the performance of each athlete listed. ^[1]

Anthony Wilding, bronze medallist at the 1912 Olympics

1912 – Stockholm (competing as the Australasia team)

Main articles: New Zealand at the 1912 Summer Olympics and Australasia at the 1912 Summer Olympics

• Indoor mens's singles:
  • Anthony Wilding – bronze medal ^[2]

1988 – Seoul

Main article: New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics

• Mens's singles:
  • Kelly Evernden – lost in the second round
• Men's doubles:
  • Kelly Evernden / Bruce Derlin – lost in the second round ^[3]
• Women's singles:
  • Belinda Cordwell

1996 – Atlanta

Main article: New Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics

• Men's singles:
  • Brett Steven – lost in the first round

2008 – Beijing

Main article: New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Women's singles:
  • Marina Erakovic – lost in the first round ^[4]

2012 – London

Main article: New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics

• Women's singles:
  • Marina Erakovic – lost in the first round ^[5]

2016 – Rio de Janeiro

Main article: New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics

• Men's doubles:
  • Marcus Daniell / Michael Venus – lost in the first round ^[6]

2020 – Tokyo

Main article: New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics

• Men's doubles:
  • Marcus Daniell / Michael Venus – bronze medal ^{[7] [8] [9]}

2024 – Paris

Main article: New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics

• Women's singles:
  • Lulu Sun – lost in the first round ^[10]
• Women's Doubles:
  • Erin Routliffe / Lulu Sun – lost in the first round ^[11]

References

1. "Tennis | New Zealand Olympic Team". olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
2. "May 9, 1915: The day Anthony Wilding, the first tennis superstar, was killed in World War I". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
3. "Kelly Evernden | New Zealand Olympic Team". olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
4. "Olympics over for Erakovic". RNZ. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
5. "Erakovic out in first round". RNZ. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
6. "Resultados – Tênis – Duplas Masculinas – Rio 2016". olympics.com (in Portuguese). Comitê Olímpico Internacional. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
7. "Tokyo 2020 Schedule & Results | New Zealand Olympic Team". olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
8. "Tokyo Olympics: Marcus Daniell, Michael Venus create history winning bronze medal". Stuff. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
9. "Bronze medallists hopeful more New Zealanders will take up tennis". RNZ. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
10. "Paris Olympics: Lulu Sun loses first tennis match after last minute call up". RNZ. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
11. "Olympics: Kiwis Sun and Routliffe lose first round doubles match". 1News. Retrieved 8 July 2025.