Tennis at the Olympic Games
Tennis · the IOC, with the International Tennis Federation
Tennis was held at every Games from Athens 1896 to Paris 1924, then left the medal programme; it returned at Seoul 1988 and has been held at every Games since. The programme since London 2012 is men's and women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles. Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992 gave two bronze medals in each event; from Atlanta 1996 each event has one bronze.
- Next
- Los Angeles 2028, 14 to 30 July
- Most golds (nation)
- United States, 21; then Great Britain, 17
- Most golds (player)
- Venus Williams and Serena Williams (United States), 4 each
- India
- 1 medal: Leander Paes, men's singles bronze, Atlanta 1996
- Cycle
- Every four years
India at the Olympic Games
Rio 20161 event
Event Players Result Mixed doubles Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna 4th London 20121 event
Event Players Result Mixed doubles Sania Mirza and Leander Paes =5 Beijing 20081 event
Event Players Result Men's doubles Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes =5 Athens 20041 event
Event Players Result Men's doubles Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes 4th Atlanta 19961 event
Event Players Result Men's singles Leander Paes Bronze Barcelona 19921 event
Event Players Result Men's doubles Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes =5 Paris 19241 event
Event Players Result Men's doubles S. M. Hadi and Donald Rutnam =5 Paris 19241 event
Event Players Result Men's singles Sydney Jacob =5
India (as British India in 1924) has played tennis at the 1924 Games and at every Games from 1984.
More about this tournament
Paris 2024 champions
| Section | Event | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| Men | Singles | Novak Djokovic (Serbia) |
| Men | Doubles | Australia (Matthew Ebden, John Peers) |
| Women | Singles | Zheng Qinwen (China) |
| Women | Doubles | Italy (Sara Errani, Jasmine Paolini) |
| Mixed | Doubles | Czech Republic (Kateřina Siniaková, Tomáš Macháč) |
Medal table (1896 to 2024, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 21 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 17 | 14 | 12 | 43 |
| 3 | France | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Spain | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
History
How it began
Athens 1896 held two events, men's singles and men's doubles; John Boland of Great Britain won the singles and, with Friedrich Traun of Germany, the doubles. Women first played at Paris 1900, when Charlotte Cooper won the singles.
Champions by era
Great Britain won 15 of its 17 golds from 1896 to 1920; Andy Murray won the other two, the men's singles of 2012 and 2016. Since 1988 the United States has won 14 golds, Venus and Serena Williams four each [from the rows].
India's story
Leander Paes won India's only Olympic tennis medal, the men's singles bronze at Atlanta 1996. India came fourth twice: Mahesh Bhupathi and Paes in the men's doubles at Athens 2004, and Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna in the mixed doubles at Rio 2016.
Firsts and facts
- First Olympic tennis champion: John Boland (Great Britain), 1896.
- Indoor and outdoor events were both held at London 1908 and Stockholm 1912.
- India's only medal: Leander Paes, 1996.