- Tennis at the Summer Olympics
Tennis (lawn tennis) was part of theSummer Olympic Games program from the inaugural1896 Summer Olympics , but was dropped after the1924 Summer Olympics . After two appearances as ademonstration sport , it returned as a full medal sport at the1988 Summer Olympics and has been played at every edition of the Games since then.In 1896, 1900, 1904, 1988, and 1992, semifinal losers shared bronze medals. In all other years, a playoff match for the bronze medal was staged.
Starting from the 2004 Athens Olympics, results from the Olympics count towards both the ATP and WTA world rankings.
Events
"(d) = demonstration event"
1988-2008
ee also
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Tennis at the Pan American Games
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