# The Olympics · Tennis Level 10: Professional

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The Olympics in Tennis (Level 10: Professional) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: tennis at the modern games; venues and formats; and more.

Olympic tennis today: its five events and how they are played, the venues and surfaces since 2012, the golden moments, and how the Games sit in the tour season.

## Test 1: Tennis at the modern Games

- Men's and women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Mixed doubles had last been played in 1924. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Half the size of a Grand Slam draw. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Places go by ranking, with no more than four per nation in each singles draw. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Eligibility is tied to taking part in the nations' team competitions. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Bronze was shared in 1988 and 1992; a bronze medal match has been played since 1996. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Points were given from 2000 for men and 2004 for women, and dropped before 2016. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- 1996, 2012, 2016 and Tokyo 2020. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- A 64-player draw takes six rounds, the last of them being the gold medal match. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- The losing semi-finalists meet in a bronze medal match. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)

## Test 2: Venues and formats

- The All England Club hosted the Games a few weeks after the Championships. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- The French Open's home hosted the Games two months after the major. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Rio's Olympic Tennis Centre had hard courts, as did Tokyo's Ariake Tennis Park. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- The Games were held in 2021, a year late. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Every set, including the third, had a standard seven-point tiebreak. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Doubles was played as two sets and a match tiebreak. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- The ITF cut it from five sets in 2019, before the Tokyo Games. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- At one set all, doubles went straight to a match tiebreak to 10. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)

## Test 3: Golden moments

- Murray won in London in 2012 and in Rio in 2016. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Djokovic beat Alcaraz in the final; Musetti won bronze. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Zheng beat Vekic in the final; Swiatek won bronze. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Only Steffi Graf won all five in one year, in 1988. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Agassi won gold at Atlanta 1996; Agassi, Nadal and Djokovic are the three men to complete it. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Each won one singles gold and three doubles golds together. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- She won all four majors and Olympic gold in both singles and doubles. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996, Beijing 2008 and London 2012. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Sydney 2000, London 2012 and Paris 2024. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- A nation may enter no more than four players in each singles event. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)

## Test 4: The Olympics and the tour

- Players compete for medals; some nations pay their own bonuses. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Medal contenders often play singles, doubles and mixed in the same week. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Both were played at Roland Garros, on clay. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Tennis has been on every programme since Seoul 1988. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- The Czech pair beat China's Wang and Zhang; Canada's pair took bronze. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- With no points and a crowded calendar, some players put the tour first. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Serena beat Sharapova in the final; Azarenka won bronze. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Late May, early July, late July and late August. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)
- Paris 2024 tennis ran from 27 July to 4 August, between Wimbledon and the US Open. (Source: ITF and IOC: tennis at the Olympic Games, Paris 2024 regulations)

Sources: The Grand Slam tournaments, ATP, WTA, ITF (Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, Global Tennis Report 2024), Laver Cup and IOC. Original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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