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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.
This is a list of female tennis players who meet one or more of the following criteria: Singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 by the Women's Tennis Association (since 1975) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1975; Reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament; Reached the finals of or won the year ...
China's Zheng Qinwen defeated Croatia's Donna Vekić in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the gold medal in women's singles tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics.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 ...
The Paris Olympics are about to begin! In tennis, the rankings on the professional men's and women's tours determine who will qualify, and they are taken from right after the end of the French ...
Similar to previous editions, the Paris 2024 format was set in a single-elimination tournament with the men's and women's singles draws consisting of 64 players. The tennis tournaments featured six rounds in the men's and women's singles, five in the men's and women's doubles (draw size of 32), and four in the mixed doubles (draw size of 16).
Players who won all four Grand Slam titles, the Olympic gold medal and the year-end championship over the course of their careers. The event at which the Career Super Slam was completed indicated in bold.
Name Sport Event Date Gold: Nelson Diebel: Swimming: Men's 100 meter breaststroke: July 26 Gold: Pablo Morales: Swimming: Men's 100 meter butterfly: July 27 Gold: Nicole Haislett: Swimming: Women's 200 meter freestyle: July 27 Gold: Crissy Ahmann-Leighton * Nicole Haislett Angel Martino Ashley Tappin* Jenny Thompson Dara Torres: Swimming: Women ...
Lists of female tennis players (2 C, 9 P) 0–9. 19th-century female tennis players (69 P) B. ... College women's tennis players in the United States (100 C, 55 P) G.