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Reginald Doherty, four-time Olympic medalist Venus Williams, five-time Olympic medalist. Tennis was first contested as a Summer Olympic sport in the 1896 Olympic Games until 1924 (excluding 1916 due to World War I), before going on hiatus due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.
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.
It was China's first victory in the women's singles, the country's first gold medal in Olympic tennis since the women's doubles in 2004, the first singles gold medal for an Asian country in Olympic tennis, and also the first women's singles medal for Croatia. [1] [2] [3] Zheng and Vekic each saved a match point en route to the championship ...
Coco Gauff won the WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final on Saturday. Zheng threatened a comeback but Gauff took the ...
It was Switzerland's first victory in the women's singles. [1] In the bronze medal match, Ukraine's Elina Svitolina defeated Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, 1–6, 7–6 (7–5), 6–4. It was Ukraine's first Olympic tennis medal. [2] The tournament was held at the Ariake Coliseum in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan from 24 July to 31 July 2021. There were 64 ...
These are players who achieved some form of a tennis Grand Slam. They include a Grand Slam, non-calendar year Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam, Career Golden Slam, and Career Super Slam. No player has won a single season Super Slam. The tennis Open Era began in 1968, after the Australian Open and before the French Open.
Zheng Qinwen wins China's first Olympic tennis singles gold medal by beating Donna Vekic in the women's final. CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert misspelled Qinwen.
A women's event was held only once during the first three Games (only men's tennis was played in 1896 and 1904), but has been held at every Olympics for which there was a tennis tournament since 1908. Tennis was not a medal sport from 1928 to 1984, though there were demonstration events in 1968 and 1984. [2]