Tennis at the Olympics

Tennis was alreadyon the programat the 1st Olympic Games in 1896 , but was removed from the programafter the 1924 Summer Olympics . After tennis demonstration competitions were held twice in 1968 and 1984, tennis wasre-included in the programat the 1988 Summer Olympics and has been an integral part of the summer games ever since. In 2012, the mixed doubles were reintroduced.

In the years 1896, 1900, 1904, 1988 and 1992, the losers in the semi-finals shared the bronze medal. In all other years the bronze medal was played in a small final .

The Summer Olympics in 2004 in Athens , in 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London were also part of the ATP - and WTA - world ranking .

Competitions

• = official competition , D = held as a demonstration

Overview competitions for men

Tennis - Current competitions
competition	96	00	04	06	08	12	20th	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Men
singles	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•									D.				D.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
Double	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•									D.					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	16
Tennis - Former Competitions
competition	96	00	04	06	08	12	20th	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Men
Single (hall)					•	•																									2
Double (hall)					•	•																									2
Number of competitions	2	2	2	2	4th	4th	2	2														2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Overview competitions for women

Tennis - Current competitions
competition	96	00	04	06	08	12	20th	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Women
singles		•		•	•	•	•	•									D.				D.	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	14th
Double							•	•									D.					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	11
Tennis - Former Competitions
competition	96	00	04	06	08	12	20th	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Women
Single (hall)					•	•																									2
Number of competitions		1		1	2	2	2	2														2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Overview of the mixed competitions

Tennis - Current competitions
competition	96	00	04	06	08	12	20th	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Mixed
Double		•		•		•	•	•									D.											•	•	•	7th
Tennis - Former Competitions
competition	96	00	04	06	08	12	20th	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20th	Games
	Mixed
Double (hall)						•																									1
Number of competitions		1		1		2	1	1																				1	1	1

Medal table (nation ranking)

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	United States	21st	7th	13	41
2	United Kingdom	18th	15th	15th	48
3	France	5	8th	8th	21st
4th	Germany	4th	6th	3	13
5	Russia (with United Team )	3	3	4th	10
6th	South Africa	3	2	1	6th
7th	Spain	2	7th	3	12
8th	Switzerland	2	2	0	4th
9	Chile	2	1	1	4th
10	Czech Republic (with Bohemia and Czechoslovakia )	1	3	8th	12
11	Australia	1	1	4th	6th
12	Belgium	1	0	1	2
12	People's Republic of China	1	0	1	2
12	Belarus	1	0	1	2
15th	Canada	1	0	0	1
15th	Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1
17th	Sweden	0	3	5	8th
18th	Greece	0	2	1	3
19th	Japan	0	2	1	3
20th	Argentina	0	2	3	5
21st	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
22nd	Denmark	0	1	0	1
22nd	Romania	0	1	0	1
22nd	Austria	0	1	0	1
25th	Croatia	0	0	2	2
26th	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
26th	India	0	0	1	1
26th	Italy	0	0	1	1
26th	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
26th	Norway	0	0	1	1
26th	Serbia	0	0	1	1
26th	Hungary	0	0	1	1

Remarks

1. ↑ The New Zealand tennis player Anthony Wilding started for the Australasia team, the medal is attributed to New Zealand.