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The Olympic tennis events were run and organized by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and were part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tours. The 2016 Olympic tournament was the fifteenth edition of tennis at the Olympics (excluding the two ...
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]
The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 6–14 August 2016. The United States' Serena Williams and Venus Williams were the two-time reigning gold medalists and top seeds, but they lost in the first round to Šafářová and Strýcová.
The "Oscars of Sports" recognized many moments in athletic competition this year and the men and women who achieved success. Laureus Awards 2016: All the winners from Novak Djokovic to Nikki Lauda ...
The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August 2016 to 21 August 2016. Approximately 11,000 athletes from 206 nations [1] participated in 306 events in 42 Olympic sport disciplines. [2]
2024 LOSERS Misogynistic sports fans. If you hate women's sports, you probably had a tough year watching WNBA interest boom and the U.S. women dominate (again) at the Olympics. Louisville and ...
High category tournaments equivalent to Tier 1/Premier/WTA 1000 existed before 1990, and the Grand Slam tournaments, Olympic Games and WTA Finals have been held since 1884, 1900 and 1972, respectively. See the all-time records article for records spanning the sport's history. Totals including titles won before 1990 are in brackets.
March 22 – April 3: 2016 Miami Open in the United States [9] Women's Singles: Victoria Azarenka; Women's Doubles: Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Šafářová; April 30 – May 7: 2016 Mutua Madrid Open in Spain [11] Women's Singles: Simona Halep; Women's Doubles: Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic; October 3 – 9: 2016 China Open in ...