Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Dates 23 July – 3 August 1996
Medal Events 4

The 1996 tennis program was the same as in 1988 and 1992, with four events, with men’s and women’s singles and doubles. The competition was held on hardcourts at the Stone Mountain Tennis Center, at Stone Mountain Park, in Stone Mountain, Georgia, an Atlanta suburb. The Tennis Center was built specifically for the 1996 Olympics, but was little used after the Olympics, and fell into disrepair and was closed in 2007.

The United States and Spain both won three medals in 1996 Olympic tennis, but all three of the American medals were gold, missing out only in men’s doubles, won by the Australian Woodies – Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde. Interestingly, both the men’s and women’s singles champions were the children of former Olympians in other sports. Andre Agassi’s father, Emanoul “Mike” Aghasi, had boxed for Iran at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics; while Lindsay Davenport’s father, Wink Davenport, had played volleyball for the United States at the 1968 Olympics.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Singles, Men Olympic 23 July – 3 August 1996 64 36
Doubles, Men Olympic 25 July – 2 August 1996 62 31
Singles, Women Olympic 23 July – 2 August 1996 64 34
Doubles, Women Olympic 25 July – 3 August 1996 56 28
176 (93/83) 55 (42/37)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles, Men Andre AgassiUSA Sergi BrugueraESP Leander PaesIND
Doubles, Men AustraliaAUS Great BritainGBR GermanyGER
Singles, Women Lindsay DavenportUSA Arantxa Sánchez VicarioESP Jana NovotnáCZE
Doubles, Women United StatesUSA Czech RepublicCZE SpainESP

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 3 0 0 3
Australia AUS 1 0 0 1
Spain ESP 0 2 1 3
Czechia CZE 0 1 1 2
Great Britain GBR 0 1 0 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
India IND 0 0 1 1