# Tennis at the Summer Olympics

Tennis was part of the Summer Olympic Games program from the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, but was dropped after the 1924 Summer Olympics due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players. After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 (with a U-21 age limit), it returned as a full medal sport at the 1988 Summer Olympics open for all players regardless of their age and status and has been played at every summer Games since then.

## Medals

In 1896, 1900, 1904, 1988, 1992, semifinal losers shared bronze medals. In all other years, a playoff match for the bronze medal was staged. The Olympic tournaments have increased in perceived importance since their reintroduction, with some players, critics and sports pundits considering winning gold at the Olympics just as prestigious as winning a major title and some considering it even more prestigious.

### Gold medal records

Serena Williams and Venus Williams have each won a record four gold medals, three each as a doubles pairing, the only players to win the same Olympic event on three occasions. Venus Williams (four gold, one silver) and Kathleen McKane Godfree (one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes) are the all-time record holders for the most Olympic tennis medals, with five each. 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.

### Golden Slams

A player who wins an Olympic or Paralympic gold medal and all four majors in the same year is said to have won a Golden Slam, while a player that has won all four Grand Slam titles and Olympic gold during their career has a 'career Golden Slam'. As of 2021, Steffi Graf (in 1988) and Dylan Alcott (in 2021) are the only players to have won a single-year Golden Slam. Gigi Fernandez, Serena Williams and Venus Williams are the only players to complete career Golden Slam in doubles twice. In men's tennis, Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic each won career Golden Slams. Multiple doubles players have achieved the feat, with Serena Williams the only player to complete the career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. In 2021, wheelchair tennis players Diede de Groot and Dylan Alcott achieved the equivalent wheelchair tennis prize with Paralympic gold.

### Tiebreaker games

Since 2021, the deciding set (third) has a 7-point tiebreaker game to decide the match at 6-all. Should the tiebreaker game be tied at 6-all, whoever scores two straight points wins it.

## Summary

| Year | Events | Best Nation |
| 1896 | 2 | Great Britain (1) |
| 1900 | 4 | Great Britain (2) |
| 1904 | 2 | United States (1) |
| 1908 | 6 | Great Britain (3) |
| 1912 | 8 | France (1) |
| 1920 | 5 | Great Britain (4) |
| 1924 | 5 | United States (2) |
| 1968 | 10 | Mexico (1) |
| 1984 | 2 | West Germany (1) |
| 1988 | 4 | United States (3) |
| 1992 | 4 | United States (4) |
| 1996 | 4 | United States (5) |
| 2000 | 4 | United States (6) |
| 2004 | 4 | Chile (1) |
| 2008 | 4 | Russia (1) |
| 2012 | 5 | United States (7) |
| 2016 | 5 | United States (8) |
| 2020 | 5 | ROC (1) |
| 2024 | 5 | China (1) |

## Surface

The playing surface of the court varies between Olympic Games. It has been on hard court for every Olympics since 1984 except for the 1992 and 2024 Olympics (which were on a clay court) and the 2012 Olympics (which was played on a grass court). The changing playing surface gives certain players different advantages and disadvantages not seen in most other Olympic sports.

## Events

(d) = demonstration event, (e) = exhibition event
| Event | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28–64 | 68 | 72–80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Editions |
| Men's singles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | (d, e) | | (d) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 17 |
| Men's doubles | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | (d, e) | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 17 |
| Women's singles | | X | | X | X | X | X | | (d, e) | | (d) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 15 |
| Women's doubles | | | | | | X | X | | (d, e) | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 13 |
| Mixed doubles | | X | | | X | X | X | | (d, e) | Not yet reintroduced | Not yet reintroduced | Not yet reintroduced | Not yet reintroduced | Not yet reintroduced | Not yet reintroduced | Not yet reintroduced | Not yet reintroduced | X | X | X | X | 8 |
| Men's singles (indoor) | | | | X | X | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | 2 |
| Men's doubles (indoor) | | | | X | X | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | 2 |
| Women's singles (indoor) | | | | X | X | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | 2 |
| Mixed doubles (indoor) | | | | | X | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | Not occurred since | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| Surface | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 68 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | Years |
| Indoor | | | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Outdoor | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Carpet | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Clay | X | X | X | | X | | X | X | | | X | | | | | | | | X | 8 |
| Grass | | | | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | 3 |
| Hard | | | | | | | | | X | X | | X | X | X | X | | X | X | | 8 |
| Wood | | | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |

## Champions and venues

List of gold medalists and venues where the Games took place listed below.

### Amateur Era (1896–1924)

| Event | Venue | Surface | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1896 Athens | Athens Lawn Tennis Club | Clay | John Boland$^‡$ | Not held | John Boland$^‡$ Friedrich Traun | Not held | Not held |
| 1900 Paris | Cercle des Sports, Île de Puteaux | Clay | Laurence Doherty$^‡$ | Charlotte Cooper$^‡$ | Laurence Doherty$^‡$ Reginald Doherty$^‡$ | Not held | Charlotte Cooper$^‡$ Reginald Doherty$^‡$ |
| 1904 St. Louis | Francis Field | Clay | Beals Wright$^‡$ | Not held | Beals Wright$^‡$ Edgar Leonard | Not held | Not held |
| 1908 London | Queen's Club (indoor) | Wood | Arthur Gore$^‡$ | Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith | Herbert Roper Barrett Arthur Gore$^‡$ | Not held | Not held |
| 1908 London | All England Club | Grass | Major Ritchie | Dorothea Lambert Chambers | Reginald Doherty (2) George Hillyard | Not held | Not held |
| 1912 Stockholm | Östermalm Tennis Pavilion (indoor) | Wood | André Gobert | Edith Hannam$^‡$ | Maurice Germot André Gobert | Not held | Edith Hannam$^‡$ Charles Dixon |
| 1912 Stockholm | Östermalm Tennis Pavilion | Clay | Charles Winslow$^‡$ | Marguerite Broquedis | Harold Kitson Charles Winslow$^‡$ | Not held | Dorothea Köring Heinrich Schomburgk |
| 1920 Antwerp | Beerschot Tennis Club | Grass | Louis Raymond | Suzanne Lenglen$^‡$ | Noel Turnbull Max Woosnam | Kathleen McKane Winifred McNair | Suzanne Lenglen$^‡$ Max Decugis |
| 1924 Paris | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir | Clay | Vincent Richards | Helen Wills$^‡$ | Francis Hunter Vincent Richards | Hazel Wightman Helen Wills$^‡$ | Hazel Wightman R. Norris Williams |

### Open Era (1988–present)

| Event | Venue | Surface | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1988 Seoul | Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center | Hard | Miloslav Mečíř | Steffi Graf | Ken Flach Robert Seguso | Pam Shriver Zina Garrison | Not held |
| 1992 Barcelona | Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron | Clay | Marc Rosset | Jennifer Capriati | Boris Becker Michael Stich | Gigi Fernández Mary Joe Fernández | Not held |
| 1996 Atlanta | Stone Mountain Tennis Center | Hard | Andre Agassi | Lindsay Davenport | Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde | Gigi Fernández (2) Mary Joe Fernández (2) | Not held |
| 2000 Sydney | Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre | Hard | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | Venus Williams$^‡$ | Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor | Serena Williams Venus Williams$^‡$ | Not held |
| 2004 Athens | Athens Olympic Tennis Centre | Hard | Nicolás Massú$^‡$ | Justine Henin | Fernando González Nicolás Massú$^‡$ | Li Ting Sun Tiantian | Not held |
| 2008 Beijing | National Tennis Center | Hard | Rafael Nadal | Elena Dementieva | Roger Federer Stanislas Wawrinka | Serena Williams (2) Venus Williams (2) | Not held |
| 2012 London | All England Club | Grass | Andy Murray | Serena Williams$^‡$ | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | Serena Williams$^‡$ (3) Venus Williams (3) | Victoria Azarenka Max Mirnyi |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Olympic Tennis Centre | Hard | Andy Murray (2) | Monica Puig | Marc López Rafael Nadal | Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina | Bethanie Mattek-Sands Jack Sock |
| 2020 Tokyo | Ariake Tennis Park | Hard | Alexander Zverev | Belinda Bencic | Nikola Mektić Mate Pavić | Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Andrey Rublev |
| 2024 Paris | Stade Roland Garros | Clay | Novak Djokovic | Zheng Qinwen | Matthew Ebden John Peers | Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini | Kateřina Siniaková Tomáš Macháč |
| 2028 Los Angeles | Dignity Health Sports Park | Hard | | | | | |
| 2032 Brisbane | Queensland Tennis Centre | Hard | | | | | |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 28–64 | 68 | 72–80 | 84 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | 16 | 20 | Editions |
| Algeria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Argentina | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | | – | | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 |
| Armenia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Australasia | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Australia | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | | – | | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 14 |
| Austria | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | – | – | | – | | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Bahamas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 5 |
| Barbados | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Belarus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | 8 | | – | | – | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Benin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Bermuda | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Bohemia | – | 1 | – | 4 | 8 | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Bolivia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Brazil | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| Bulgaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 7 |
| Canada | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | | – | | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Chile | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | | – | | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| China | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Chinese Taipei | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | – | – | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Colombia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Costa Rica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Croatia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Cyprus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 5 | | – | | – | 5 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Denmark | – | – | – | – | 10 | 3 | 5 | | 2 | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 12 |
| Dominican Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Ecuador | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 4 | | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Egypt | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
| El Salvador | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Estonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| Finland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | | – | | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 5 |
| France | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | 6 | 10 | 10 | | 2 | | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 17 |
| Georgia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Germany | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | 7 | – | – | | – | | – | – | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
| Great Britain | 2 | 6 | – | 22 | 11 | 8 | 10 | | – | | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Greece | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | | – | | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | 2 | 11 |
| Haiti | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Hong Kong | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 | – | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | | – | | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 12 |
| India | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | | – | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Indonesia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | | – | | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Israel | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 7 |
| Italy | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | | 3 | | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Japan | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | | 2 | | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 |
| Kazakhstan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Latvia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Liechtenstein | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Lithuania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Luxembourg | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | | – | | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 |
| Madagascar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Mexico | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | | 6 | | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Moldova | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Montenegro | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Morocco | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Netherlands | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | | – | | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Nigeria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Norway | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3 | 4 | | – | | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Paraguay | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Peru | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 |
| Philippines | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Poland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Portugal | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | | – | | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Puerto Rico | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 3 | | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 5 |
| ROC | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 |
| Romania | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | | – | | – | – | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Russia | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | – | 7 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Serbia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Slovenia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | 4 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
| South Africa | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | | – | | – | – | 6 | 6 | 5 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 8 |
| Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 4 | | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| South Korea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 8 |
| Spain | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 8 | | 3 | | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| Sweden | – | – | – | 4 | 16 | 8 | 4 | | 1 | | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Switzerland | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | | – | | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Thailand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 6 |
| Togo | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Tunisia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Ukraine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| Unified Team | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| United States | – | 5 | 35 | – | 1 | – | 9 | | 6 | | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 |
| Uruguay | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 |
| Venezuela | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 |
| West Germany | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 4 | | 3 | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Yugoslavia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | | – | | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | – | | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 7 |
| Nations total | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 27 | - | 15 | - | 34 | 38 | 48 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 56 | 45 | — |
| Players total | 13 | 26 | 36 | 50 | 82 | 75 | 124 | - | 45 | - | 64 | 129 | 177 | 176 | 182 | 170 | 169 | 184 | 199 | 191 | — |

## Medal tables
### All-time

Sources:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 21 | 7 | 13 | 41 |
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Mixed team (ZZX) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 15 | ROC (ROC) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 25 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 26 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Australasia (ANZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Bohemia (BOH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (42 entries) | Totals (42 entries) | 76 | 76 | 91 | 243 |

### Open Era

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 14 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | ROC (ROC) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 23 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Unified Team (EUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (34 entries) | Totals (34 entries) | 44 | 44 | 52 | 140 |

### Amateur Era

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 15 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | South Africa (RSA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Mixed team (ZZX) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Australasia (ANZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Bohemia (BOH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 32 | 32 | 39 | 103 |

### Multiple medal winners (1896–present)

| Total | Name | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5 | Venus Williams | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Serena Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Reginald Doherty | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Vincent Richards | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Andy Murray | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Laurence Doherty | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Mary Joe Fernández | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Suzanne Lenglen | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Charles Winslow | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Kateřina Siniaková | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rafael Nadal | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | John Pius Boland | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Charlotte Cooper | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Gigi Fernández | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | André Gobert | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Arthur Gore | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Edith Hannam | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Nicolás Massú | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hazel Wightman | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Helen Wills Moody | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Beals Wright | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Kathleen McKane Godfree | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Charles Dixon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Max Décugis | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Fernando González | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Steffi Graf | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Major Ritchie | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Herbert Barrett | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Belinda Bencic | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Elena Dementieva | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Roger Federer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Harold Kitson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Dorothea Köring | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | / Elena Vesnina | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Todd Woodbridge | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Mark Woodforde | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Max Woosnam | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Mike Bryan | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Novak Djokovic | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | John Peers | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Victoria Azarenka | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Jack Sock | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Marguerite Broquedis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Bob Bryan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Zina Garrison | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Edgar Leonard | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Miloš Mečíř | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Jack Sock | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Harold Mahony | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Conchita Martínez | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Jana Novotná | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Rajeev Ram | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | George Caridia | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Henri Cochet | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Dorothy Holman | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Dionysios Kasdaglis | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Ichiya Kumagae | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Robert LeRoy | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Yvonne Prévost | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Helena Suková | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Alphonzo Bell | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Sigrid Fick | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Juan Martín del Potro | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Lucie Hradecká | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Albert Canet | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Stefan Edberg | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Goran Ivanišević | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Marion Jones | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Arthur Norris | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Hedwiga Rosenbaumová | 0 | 0 | 2 |

## Double crown

Players who won two events at the same Games listed below.
| Year | Men's singles & men's doubles |
| 1896 | John Boland |
| 1900 | Laurence Doherty |
| 1904 | Beals Wright |
| 1908 | Arthur Gore |
| 1912 | Charles Winslow |
| 2004 | Nicolás Massú |
| Year | Women's singles & women's doubles |
| 1924 | Helen Wills |
| 2000 | Venus Williams |
| 2012 | Serena Williams |
| Year | Men's doubles & mixed doubles |
| 1900 | Reginald Doherty |
| Year | Women's singles & mixed doubles |
| 1900 | Charlotte Cooper |
| 1912 | Edith Hannam |
| 1920 | Suzanne Lenglen |

## Point distribution

From the 2004 until the 2012 Summer Olympics, the ATP and the WTA Tours awarded ranking points, for singles players only, who competed at the Summer Olympics. This was discontinued beginning with the 2016 Summer Olympics.

### 2004

The breakdown of ranking points towards the ATP rankings is shown below:
| Stage | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place | Quarterfinals | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
| ATP Entry Ranking points | 400 | 280 | 205 | 155 | 100 | 50 | 25 | 5 |
| ATP Champions Race points | 80 | 56 | 41 | 31 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 |

### 2008

Rankings points determine the position of a player in the ATP (men's) and WTA (women's) rankings, which are based on players' performances in the previous 52-weeks. For the Olympics, the men's player who won received 400 ranking points—put in perspective, this was 100 more than a win at the most prestigious International Series Gold tournaments, 100 less than a Masters Series win, and 600 less than a triumph at one of the four Grand Slam tournaments.
| Stage | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place | Quarterfinals | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
| Men's singles | 400 | 280 | 205 | 155 | 100 | 50 | 25 | 5 |
| Women's singles | 353 | 245 | 175 | 135 | 90 | 48 | 28 | 1 |

### 2012

The points distribution for the Association of Tennis Professionals and the Women's Tennis Association tours, concerning only singles competition on the 2012 Olympic Games, is listed below. These points can be added to a player's world ranking for the 2012 season.
| Stage | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Fourth place | Quarterfinals | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 |
| Men's singles | 750 | 450 | 340 | 270 | 135 | 70 | 35 | 5 |
| Women's singles | 685 | 470 | 340 | 260 | 175 | 95 | 55 | 1 |