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Despite debate being re-ignited about tennis's place at the Olympics, [20] [21] and the attestations of some players (such as Andy Roddick, who chose to play an American tournament in order to prepare for the U.S. Open), that the Grand Slams remained the pre-eminent tennis tournaments, [20] [22] the 2008 Games saw the strongest field of ...
It was Serbia's first Olympic tennis medal. The tournament was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing, China. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt competition. There were 64 players from 33 nations. [2] Chile's Nicolás Massú was the reigning gold medalist from 2004.
Pages in category "Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics" The following 174 pages are in this category, out of 174 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Reginald Doherty, four-time Olympic medalist Venus Williams, five-time Olympic medalist. Tennis was first contested as a Summer Olympic sport in the 1896 Olympic Games until 1924 (excluding 1916 due to World War I), before going on hiatus due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.
Andy Murray is the only player to have won two singles gold medals, and the only singles player to have retained the Olympic title. Nicolás Massú , Venus Williams, and Serena Williams are the only players in the Open Era to win both the singles and same-sex doubles tournaments at one Games, doing so in 2004 , 2000 , and 2012 respectively.
Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics (174 P) Pages in category "Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Paris Olympics are about to begin! In tennis, the rankings on the professional men's and women's tours determine who will qualify, and they are taken from right after the end of the French ...
This is a list of top international male singles tennis players, both past and present. It includes players who have met one or more of the following criteria in singles: Officially ranked among the top 25 players by the Association of Tennis Professionals (since 1973) Ranked among the top 10 by an expert (e.g. A. Wallis Myers) before 1973