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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.
Andy Murray is the only player to have won two singles gold medals, and the only singles player to have retained the Olympic title. Nicolás Massú, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams are the only players in the Open Era to win both the singles and same-sex doubles tournaments at one Games, doing so in 2004, 2000, and 2012 respectively.
Zheng Qinwen (Chinese: 郑钦文; pinyin: Zhèng Qīnwén; IPA: [ʈʂə̂ŋ tɕʰínwə̌n]; born 8 October 2002) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, defeating world No. 1 Iga Swiatek en route to becoming the first Asian tennis player to win an Olympic gold in 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 ...
Only four players in tennis singles history have completed the career golden slam: winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, and Olympic gold. Novak Djokovic can become the fifth.
The tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 4 August at the Stade Roland Garros. [1] The event featured a total of 175 players across five medal events: singles and doubles for both men and women and mixed doubles.
Olympic tennis starts July 27 at Roland Garros, the site of the French Open. The American team features six first-time Olympians, the U.S. Tennis Association said in Thursday’s announcement.
The player must have won an Olympic gold medal or a Grand Slam singles final, be within the top 300 ranked players, and be from a nation that has not already qualified four players. If multiple players meet those criteria, the one with the most titles qualifies; if still tied, the highest ranked player qualifies.