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Serena Williams has dominated Olympic tennis, winning 3 gold medals.
Tennis or lawn tennis is currently part of the Summer Olympic Games program, and has been intermittently since the 1896 Summer Olympics . It was eventually dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics because of an ongoing dispute between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Tennis Federation over allowing amateur players to compete.[ 1] It was formally reinstated in the 1988 Summer Olympics following two appearances as a demonstration sport, and a Mixed doubles event was added at the 2012 Summer Olympics .
Ever since the 2004 Summer Olympics , results from the Olympics have counted towards both ATP and WTA world rankings. A gold medal in singles is particularly sought after by high-profile players as they wish to complete a 'Career Golden Slam' - only two players have done this thus far, Steffi Graf (1988) and Serena Williams (2012).
Outcome
Year
Location
Surface
Winner
Score
Gold
1896
Athens , Greece
Unknown
John Pius Boland
Unknown
Gold
1900
Paris , France
Unknown
Lawrence Doherty
Unknown
Gold
1904
St. Louis , United States
Unknown
Beals Wright
Unknown
Gold
1908
London , United Kingdom
Unknown
Josiah Ritchie
Unknown
Gold
1912
Stockholm , Sweeden
Unknown
Charles Winslow
Unknown
Gold
1920
Antwerp , Belgium
Unknown
Louis Raymond
Unknown
Gold
1924
Paris , France
Unknown
Vincent Richards
Unknown
Gold
1988
Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center , Seoul , South Korea
Hardcourt
Miloslav Mečíř
Unknown
Gold
1992
Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron , Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Marc Rosset
Unknown
Gold
1996
Stone Mountain Tennis Center , Atlanta , USA
Hardcourt
Andre Agassi
Unknown
Gold
2000
NSW Tennis Centre , Sydney , Australia
Hardcourt
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Unknown
Gold
2004
Athens Olympic Tennis Centre , Athens , Greece
Hardcourt
Nicolás Massú
Unknown
Gold
2008
Olympic Green Tennis Center , Beijing , China
Hardcourt
Rafael Nadal
Unknown
Gold
2012
Wimbledon , London , United Kingdom
Grass
, Andy Murray
Unknown
Outcome
Year
Location
Surface
Winner
Score
Gold
1900
Paris , France
Unknown
Charlotte Cooper
Unknown
1904*
Gold **
1908
London , United Kingdom
Indoor
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith
Unknown
Gold **
1908
London , United Kingdom
Outdoor
Dorothea Chambers
Unknown
Gold **
1912
Stockholm , Sweeden
Indoor
Edith Hannan
Unknown
Gold **
1912
Stockholm , Sweeden
Outdoor
Marguerite Brocquedis
Unknown
Gold
1920
Antwerp , Belgium
Unknown
Suzanne Lenglen
Unknown
Gold
1924
Paris , France
Unknown
Helen Wills Moody
Unknown
Gold
1988
Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center , Seoul , South Korea
Hardcourt
Steffi Graf
6-3, 6-3
Gold
1992
Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron , Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Jennifer Capriati
6-3, 3-6, 4-6
Gold
1996
Stone Mountain Tennis Center , Atlanta , USA
Hardcourt
Lindsay Davenport
7–6(10–8), 6–2
Gold
2000
NSW Tennis Centre , Sydney , Australia
Hardcourt
Venus Williams
6–2, 6–4
Gold
2004
Athens Olympic Tennis Centre , Athens , Greece
Hardcourt
Justine Henin-Hardenne
6–3, 6–3
Gold
2008
Olympic Green Tennis Center , Beijing , China
Hardcourt
Elena Dementieva
3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Gold
2012
Wimbledon , London , United Kingdom
Grass
Serena Williams
6-0, 6-1
**
Two gold medals were awarded in a singles event, one for an outdoor event and one for an indoor event.