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Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Date23 July–3 August
Edition12
SurfaceHard (Plexipave[1])
LocationStone Mountain Tennis Center, Atlanta
Champions
Men's Singles
Andre Agassi
United States
Women's Singles
Lindsay Davenport
United States
Men's Doubles
Todd Woodbridge / Mark Woodforde
Australia
Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández / Mary Joe Fernández
United States

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta 4 tennis events (2 for men and 2 for women) were contested. For the first time since the 1924 Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)3003
2 Australia (AUS)1001
3 Spain (ESP)0213
4 Czech Republic (CZE)0112
5 Great Britain (GBR)0101
6 Germany (GER)0011
India (IND)0011
Totals (7 nations)44412

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Andre Agassi
United States
Sergi Bruguera
Spain
Leander Paes
India
Women's singles Lindsay Davenport
United States
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Spain
Jana Novotná
Czech Republic
Men's doubles Todd Woodbridge
and Mark Woodforde (AUS)
Neil Broad
and Tim Henman (GBR)
Marc-Kevin Goellner
and David Prinosil (GER)
Women's doubles Gigi Fernández
and Mary Joe Fernández (USA)
Jana Novotná
and Helena Suková (CZE)
Conchita Martínez
and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)

References

  1. ^ "Official Report of the centennial Olympics" (PDF). 1997. p. 426. ISBN 1561451517.
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