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Andy Murray is the only men's player to have won two singles gold medals. Only on three occasions has a player defended their gold medal: Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández in women's doubles in 1992 and 1996, Serena Williams and Venus Williams in women's doubles in 2008 and 2012, and Andy Murray in the men's singles in 2012 and 2016.
Venus Williams (four gold, one silver) and Kathleen McKane Godfree (one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes) are the all-time record holders for the most Olympic tennis medals, with five each. Andy Murray is the only player to have won two singles gold medals, and the only singles player to have retained the Olympic title.
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 competitors from 35 countries. Puerto Rico's Monica Puig was the reigning gold medalist in 2016, but she withdrew in order to recover from shoulder surgery. [3]
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 ...
Important note: by setting 1990 as the cut-off point, this list excludes many notable champions in high level tournaments from the previous years. 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.
Olympic medalists for the United States in tennis (3 C) Pages in category "Olympic medalists in tennis" The following 118 pages are in this category, out of 118 total.
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The table is pre-sorted by the name of each Olympic Committee, but can be displayed as sorted by any other column, such as the total number of gold medals or total number of overall medals. To sort by gold, silver, and then bronze, sort first by the bronze column, then the silver, and then the gold.