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| Tennis at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Olympic Sports Park - Tennis Center |
| Dates | 15–19 July |
Tennis at the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival was held at Olympic Sports Park, Utrecht, Netherlands from 15 to 19 July 2013.
Tennis had doubles and singles events for men and women competition.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys singles | Marko Osmakcic  Switzerland | Matthias Haim  Austria | Stefanos Tsitsipas  Greece |
| Boys doubles |  Germany Jannik Giesse Louis Wessels |  Estonia Kristofer Siimar Mattias Siimar |  Sweden Filip Malbasic Mikael Ymer |
| Girls singles | Viktória Kužmová  Slovakia | Daria Kruzhkova  Russia | Anastasia Dețiuc  Moldova |
| Girls doubles | Slovakia Viktória Kužmová Tereza Mihalíková | Germany Anna Gabric Vivian Wolff |  Georgia Ana Akhalkatsi Mariam Bolkvadze |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Moldova (MLD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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