Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tennis, Athens 2004.png
Date15–22 August 2004
Edition14
SurfaceHard (DecoTurf)
Location Athens Olympic Tennis Centre, Athens
Champions
Men's singles
Nicolás Massú
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Women's singles
Justine Henin-Hardenne
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Men's doubles
Fernando González / Nicolás Massú
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Women's doubles
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2000  · Summer Olympics ·  2008  

Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place on ten separate courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre. The surface was hardcourt.

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172 players competed in four events. 2004 saw more of the top ranked players appearing, as this tournament saw world ranking points allocated to the players for the first time. Martina Navratilova made her first appearance at the Olympic Games where she partnered with Lisa Raymond in the ladies doubles.

Chile finished on top of the medal table with its first two Olympic gold medals in history, as Nicolás Massú won both the men's singles and doubles with Fernando González. They saved 4 consecutive championship points en route to the title in the 4th set tiebreak of the final. González also won a bronze medal in the men's singles competition. In the women's events, Justine Henin-Hardenne from Belgium secured the women's singles title while Chinese pair, Li Ting and Sun Tiantian took the women's doubles.

Medal summary

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Nicolás Massú
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Mardy Fish
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Fernando González
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Men's doubles Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)
Fernando González
Nicolás Massú
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Nicolas Kiefer
Rainer Schüttler
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)
Mario Ančić
Ivan Ljubičić
Women's singles Justine Henin-Hardenne
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Amélie Mauresmo
Flag of France.svg  France
Alicia Molik
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Women's doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Li Ting
Sun Tiantian
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Conchita Martínez
Virginia Ruano Pascual
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)
Paola Suárez
Patricia Tarabini

Medal table

Andy Roddick vs. Tommy Haas. 4-6, 6-3, 9-7 in 2nd round TennisAt2004SummerOlympics-1.jpg
Andy Roddick vs. Tommy Haas. 4–6, 6–3, 9–7 in 2nd round
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)2013
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1001
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1001
4Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0101
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0101
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0101
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)0101
8Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)0011
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)0011
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)0011
Totals (10 entries)44412

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