Tennis at the 1999 Pan American Games

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The tennis competition at the 1999 Pan American Games was held from July 29 to August 5, 1999, at the Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Men's and women's singles and doubles events were held.

Tennis ball sport with racket and net

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to maneuver the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

1999 Pan American Games 13th edition of the Pan American Games

The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23-August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Approximately 5,000 athletes from 42 nations participated at the games. The competition was marred by a total of 7 positive drug tests.

Winnipeg Provincial capital city in Manitoba, Canada

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. Centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, it is near the longitudinal centre of North America, approximately 110 kilometres (70 mi) north of the Canada–United States border.

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Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goldstein Flag of the United States.svg Cecil Mamiit Flag of Argentina.svg David Nalbandian
Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Taicher
Women's singles
details
Flag of Venezuela.svg María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi Flag of the United States.svg Tara Snyder Flag of Argentina.svg Mariana Díaz Oliva
Flag of the United States.svg Alexandra Stevenson
Men's doubles
details
Flag of Brazil.svg André Sá
and Paulo Taicher
Flag of Mexico.svg Óscar Ortiz
and Marco Osorio
Flag of the United States.svg Bob Bryan
and Mike Bryan
Flag of Venezuela.svg Johnny Romero
and Maurice Ruah
Women's doubles
details
Flag of Brazil.svg Joana Cortez
and Vanessa Menga
Flag of Chile.svg Paula Cabezas
and Bárbara Castro
Flag of Argentina.svg Mariana Díaz Oliva
and Clarisa Fernández
Flag of Canada.svg Renata Kolbovic
and Aneta Soukup

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2 0 1 3
2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1 2 2 5
3 Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 1 0 1 2
4 Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0 1 0 1
= Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0 1 0 1
6 Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0 0 3 3
7 Flag of Canada.svg  Canada 0 0 1 1

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