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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.[1][2] After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 (with a U-21 age limit),[3] it was reinstated as a full medal sport in 1988.[4]
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Kathleen McKane Godfree (one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes) and Venus Williams (four gold, one silver) are tied as the record holders for the most Olympic medals in tennis. Serena Williams and Venus Williams won a record four gold medals. Reginald Doherty is the record holder for most medals in men's tennis (three gold and one bronze). 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.
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Amateur Era
1896
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | John Boland Great Britain |
Dionysios Kasdaglis Greece |
Konstantinos Paspatis Greece |
Momčilo Tapavica Hungary | |||
| Men's doubles |  Mixed team (ZZX) John Boland (GBR) Friedrich Traun (GER) |
 Greece (GRE)Demetrios Petrokokkinos Dionysios Kasdaglis |
Mixed team (ZZX) Edwin Flack (AUS) George Robertson (GBR) |
1900
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Laurence Doherty (GBR) |
Harold Mahony (GBR) |
Reginald Doherty (GBR) |
| Arthur Norris (GBR) | |||
| Men's doubles | Great Britain (GBR) Laurence Doherty Reginald Doherty |
Mixed team (ZZX) Max Decugis (FRA)  Basil Spalding de Garmendia (USA) |
France (FRA) Guy de la Chapelle André Prévost |
| Great Britain (GBR) Harold Mahony Arthur Norris | |||
| Women's singles | Charlotte Cooper (GBR) |
Hélène Prévost (FRA) |
Marion Jones Farquhar (USA) |
 Hedwiga Rosenbaumová (BOH) | |||
| Mixed doubles | Great Britain (GBR) Charlotte Cooper Reginald Doherty |
Mixed team (ZZX) Hélène Prévost (FRA) Harold Mahony (GBR) |
Mixed team (ZZX) Marion Jones Farquhar (USA) Laurence Doherty (GBR) |
| Mixed team (ZZX) Hedwiga Rosenbaumová (BOH) Archibald Warden (GBR) |
1904
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles | Beals Wright (USA) |
Robert LeRoy (USA) |
Alphonzo Bell (USA) Edgar Leonard (USA) |
| Men's doubles | United States (USA) Beals Wright Edgar Leonard |
United States (USA) Robert LeRoy Alphonzo Bell |
United States (USA) Clarence Gamble Arthur Wear United States (USA)Joseph Wear Allen West |
1908
Outdoor
Indoor
1912
Outdoor
Indoor
1920
1924
Open Era
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
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Players currently active in bold.
Men leaders
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reginald Doherty | Great Britain |
1900–1908 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Vincent Richards |  United States |
1924 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Andy Murray | Great Britain |
2008–2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Laurence Doherty | Great Britain |
1900 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Charles Winslow |  South Africa |
1912–1920 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Nicolás Massú |  Chile |
2000–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rafael Nadal |  Spain |
2004–2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Charles Dixon | Great Britain |
1908–1912 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Max Décugis | France |
1900–1920 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fernando González | Chile |
2004–2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Men's singles leaders
† Multiple singles medalist.
| # | Bronze medals |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Momčilo Tapavica Konstantinos Paspatis |
 Reginald Doherty Arthur Norris | |
 Alphonzo Bell Edgar Leonard | |
| Wilberforce Eaves | |
 Oscar Kreuzer | |
 Charles Winslow | |
 Umberto De Morpurgo | |
 Stefan Edberg Brad Gilbert | |
 Andrei Cherkasov Goran Ivanišević | |
 Leander Paes | |
 Arnaud Di Pasquale | |
 Fernando González† | |
 Novak Djokovic† | |
 Juan Martin Del Potro† | |
 Kei Nishikori | |
 Pablo Carreño Busta | |
| Lorenzo Musetti |
Women leaders
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venus Williams | United States |
2000–2016 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Serena Williams | United States |
2000–2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Kateřina Siniaková |  Czech Republic |
2020–2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Kathleen McKane Godfree | Great Britain |
1920–1924 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Belinda Bencic |  Switzerland |
2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Spain |
1992–1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Conchita Martínez | Spain |
1992–2004 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Women's singles leaders
† Multiple singles medalist.
| # | Silver medals |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hélène Prévost |
| Dora Boothby | |
 Dorothea Köring | |
| Dorothy Holman | |
| Julie Vlasto | |
| Gabriela Sabatini | |
| Steffi Graf | |
| Arantxa Sánchez Vicario† | |
 Elena Dementieva | |
| Amélie Mauresmo | |
| Dinara Safina | |
| Maria Sharapova | |
| Angelique Kerber | |
 Markéta Vondroušová | |
| Donna Vekić |
| # | Bronze medals |
|---|---|
| 2 | Kitty McKane† |
| 1 | Marion Jones Hedwiga Rosenbaumová |
| Ruth Winch | |
 Molla Bjurstedt | |
Zina Garrison Manuela Maleeva | |
| Mary Joe Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | |
| Jana Novotná | |
| Monica Seles | |
 Alicia Molik | |
| Vera Zvonareva | |
 Victoria Azarenka | |
| Petra Kvitová | |
 Elina Svitolina | |
 Iga Świątek |
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 21 | 6 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 17 | 14 | 12 | 43 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 |  Germany (GER) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 |  Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 |  South Africa (RSA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 12 | Mixed team (ZZX) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 |  ROC (ROC) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 |  Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 |  Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 |  Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 24 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 25 |  Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 27 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 | Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 |  Australasia (ANZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bohemia (BOH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (41 entries) | 74 | 72 | 88 | 234 | |
- Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games — these Intercalated Games are no longer regarded as official Games by the International Olympic Committee
- Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics#Medalists
^a The Olympic medal table is ranked first by the number of gold medals won and then by silver and bronze medals if there is a tie.
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