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Andy Murray is the only men's player to have won two singles gold medals. Only on three occasions has a player defended their gold medal: Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández in women's doubles in 1992 and 1996, Serena Williams and Venus Williams in women's doubles in 2008 and 2012, and Andy Murray in the men's singles in 2012 and 2016.
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.
By losing the final and thus settling for silver, Chile's Fernando González became the sixth tennis player, and fourth male player, in history to have won gold, silver and bronze medals in Olympic tennis. Following his gold medal, Nadal would later become just the second man to win a Golden Slam - Olympic gold in addition to the Australian ...
Throughout its history, many changes in the Grand Slam tennis tournaments have affected the number of titles won by various players. These have included the opening of the French national championships to international players in 1925, the elimination of the challenge round in 1922, and the admission of professional players in 1968 (the start of the Open Era).
Today, the ultimate pursuit in tennis is to win the Grand Slam; winning all four Grand Slam tournaments in the same calendar year. [13] In 1982, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) broadened the definition of the Grand Slam as meaning any four straight major victories, including the ones spanning two calendar years that became known as the non-calendar year Grand Slam, though it later ...
At the Olympics, the Big Four have won six gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal: Murray won a record two gold medals in singles and a silver in mixed doubles, Djokovic won a gold medal and a bronze medal, both in singles, Nadal won a gold medal in singles and a gold in doubles, Federer won a silver medal in singles and a gold in ...
[citation needed] The French Championship tennis tournament at the time was a domestic competition not recognized as an international major. [ citation needed ] At the time, the major clay court event (actual precursor of the French Open in its current international format) was the World Hard Court Championships , where Suzanne Lenglen also ...
List of men's doubles Grand Slam tournament champions in tennis: [1]. Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman are the only doubles players and team to achieve a Grand Slam, doing so in 1951, [2] (the Bryans won four consecutive majors, but over the course of two calendar years), and their seven consecutive major titles remain the longest title streak in men's doubles major history.