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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.
All-time tennis records – Women's singles; Open Era tennis records – Women's singles; World number 1 ranked female tennis players; Top ten ranked female tennis players; Top ten ranked female tennis players (1921–1974) List of Billie Jean King Cup champions; WTA 1000 Series singles records and statistics; WTA 1000 Series doubles records ...
The oldest of these three professional majors, was the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, played at a variety of different venues and on a variety of different surfaces, between 1925 and 1999, although it was no longer a major after 1967. Between 1954 and 1962, the U.S. Pro was played indoors in Cleveland and was billed as the World Professional ...
As the tennis tournament's official history notes, "From 2000-2010, the Williams sisters made SW19 their own back yard. Venus won five singles titles, Serena four.
The only grass-court tournament scheduled after the Championships is the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships at Newport, Rhode Island, USA, which takes place the week after Wimbledon. Since 2015, the championships have begun one week later than in previous years, extending the gap between the tournament and the French Open from two to three weeks ...
The playing surface of the court varies between Olympic Games. It has been on hard court for every Olympics since 1984 except for the 1992 Olympics (which was on a clay court), the 2012 Olympics (which was played on a grass court) and the 2024 Olympics (which was played on a clay court). The changing playing surface gives certain players ...
These are records for Grand Slam tournaments, also known as majors, which are the four most prestigious annual tennis events: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. All records are based on official data from the majors. In the case of ties, players are listed in chronological order of reaching the record.
Winning the four majors and a gold medal in tennis at the Summer Olympics has been called a "Golden Slam" since 1988. [1] Winning all four plus gold at some point in a career, even if not consecutively, is referred to as a "Career Golden Slam". Winning the Year-end Championship also having won a Golden Slam is referred to as a "Super Slam".