Olympic Tennis Winners List

The Olympic Games are where the best athletes of the world come to mark their names in history, trying to win an Olympic medal. Throughout the history of tennis in the Olympics, some of the sport's greatest of all time have won gold medals. Keep reading for a complete list of all of the gold medal winners in tennis at the Olympics.

Tennis has five events in the Olympics, which are:

• Men's Singles
• Women's Singles
• Men's Doubles
• Women's Doubles
• Mixed Doubles

In addition to those, between 1908 and 1912 there were indoor tennis events, which also gave out medals. With five different events, athletes have the chance to win more than one gold medal in the same edition of the Olympic Games.

Men’s Singles Tennis Gold Medalists By Year

• 1896 Athens: John Pius Boland, Great Britain
• 1900 Paris: Laurence Doherty, Great Britain
• 1904 St. Louis: Beals Wright, United States
• 1908 London: Josiah Ritchie, Great Britain
• 1912 Stockholm: Charles Winslow, South Africa
• 1920 Antwerp: Louis Raymond, South Africa
• 1924 Paris: Vincent Richards, United States
• 1928-1984: Tennis was not included in the Olympic program in these years
• 1988 Seoul: Miloslav Mečíř, Czechoslovakia
• 1992 Barcelona: Marc Rosset, Switzerland
• 1996 Atlanta: Andre Agassi, United States
• 2000 Sydney: Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia
• 2004 Athens: Nicolás Massú, Chile
• 2008 Beijing: Rafael Nadal, Spain
• 2012 London: Andy Murray, Great Britain
• 2016 Rio de Janeiro: Andy Murray, Great Britain
• 2020 Tokyo: Alexander Zverev, Germany

Women’s Singles Tennis Gold Medalists By Year

• 1900 Paris: Charlotte Cooper, Great Britain
• 1908 London: Dorothea Lambert Chambers, Great Britain
• 1912 Stockholm: Marguerite Broquedis, France
• 1920 Antwerp: Suzanne Lenglen, France
• 1924 Paris: Helen Willis, United States
• 1928-1984: Tennis was not included in the Olympic program in these years
• 1988 Seoul: Steffi Graf, West Germany
• 1992 Barcelona: Jennifer Capriati, United States
• 1996 Atlanta: Lindsay Davenport, United States
• 2000 Sydney: Venus Williams, United States
• 2004 Athens: Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgium
• 2008 Beijing: Elsa Dementieva, Russia
• 2012 London: Serena Williams, United States
• 2016 Rio de Janeiro: Monica Puig, Puerto Rico
• 2020 Tokyo: Balinda Bencic, Switzerland

Men’s Doubles Tennis Gold Medalists By Year

• 1896 Athens: Mixed team of John Pius Boland, Great Britain and Friedrich Traun, Germany
• 1900 Paris: Laurence Doherty and Reginald Doherty, Great Britain        
• 1904 St. Louis: Edgar Leonard and Beals Wright, United States        
• 1908 London: George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty, Great Britain
• 1912 Stockholm: Harry Kitson and Charles Winslow, South Africa
• 1920 Antwerp: Oswald Turnbull and Maxwell Woosnam, Great Britain
• 1924 Paris: Vincent Richards and Francis Hunter, United States
• 1928-1984: Tennis was not included in the Olympic program in these years
• 1988 Seoul: Ken Flach and Robert Seguso, United States
• 1992 Barcelona: Boris Becker and Michael Stich, Germany
• 1996 Atlanta: Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, Australia
• 2000 Sydney: Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor, Canada
• 2004 Athens: Fernando González and Nicolás Massú, Chile
• 2008 Beijing: Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland
• 2012 London: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, United States
• 2016 Rio de Janeiro: Marc López and Rafael Nadal, Spain
• 2020 Tokyo: Nikola Mektić and Mate Pavić, Croatia

Women’s Doubles Tennis Gold Medalists By Year

• 1920 Antwerp: Kathleen McKane and Winifred McNair, England
• 1924 Paris: Hazel Wightman and Helen Willis, United States
• 1928-1984: Tennis was not included in the Olympic program in these years
• 1988 Seoul: Pam Shriver and Zina Garrison, United States
• 1992 Barcelona: Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández, United States
• 1996 Atlanta:  Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández, United States
• 2000 Sydney: Serena Williams and Venus Williams, United States
• 2004 Athens: Li Ting and Sun Tiantian, China
• 2008 Beijing: Serena Williams and Venus Williams, United States
• 2012 London: Serena Williams and Venus Williams, United States
• 2016 Rio de Janeiro: Ekaterina Makarova and Elana Vesnina, Russia
• 2020 Tokyo: Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková, Czech Republic

Mixed Doubles Tennis Gold Medalists By Year

• 1900 Paris: Charlotte Cooper and Reginald Doherty, Great Britain
• 1904-1908: Mixed doubles was not included in the Olympic program in these years.
• 1912 Stockholm: Dorothea Köring and Heinrich Schomburgk, Germany
• 1920 Antwerp: Suzanne Lenglen and Max Decugis, France
• 1924 Paris: Hazel Wightman and Norris Williams, United States
• 1928-2008: Mixed doubles was not included in the Olympic program in these years.
• 2012 London: Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi, Belarus
• 2016 Rio de Janeiro: Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jack Sock, United States
• 2020 Tokyo: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Andrey Rublev, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)

Men’s Tennis Gold Medal Leaders

The following athletes are gold medal leaders in the various categories of Olympic Men’s Tennis:

Overall Leader(s): Reginald Doherty, Great Britain (3 gold medals)

Men’s Singles: Andy Murray, Great Britain (2 gold medals)

Women’s Tennis Gold Medal Leaders

The following athletes are gold medal leaders in the various categories of Olympic Women’s Tennis:

Overall Leader(s):

• Venus Williams, USA (4 gold medals)
• Serena Williams, USA (4 gold medals)

Women’s Singles:

• Charlotte Cooper, Great Britain (1 gold medal)
• Dorothea Douglass, Great Britain (1 gold medal)
• Marguerite Broquedis, France (1 gold medal)
• Suzanne Lenglen, France (1 gold medal)
• Helen Wills, USA (1 gold medal)
• Steffi Graf, Germany (1 gold medal)
• Jennifer Capriati, USA (1 gold medal)
• Lindsay Davenport, USA (1 gold medal)
• Venus Williams, USA (1 gold medal)
• Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgium (1 gold medal)
• Elena Dementieva, Russia (1 gold medal)
• Serena Williams, USA (1 gold medal)
• Monica Puig, Puerto Rico (1 gold medal)
• Belinda Bencic, Switzerland (1 gold medal)

Most Gold Medals in Tennis By Country

• United States (USA) - 21 gold medals
• Great Britain (GBR) - 17 gold medals
• France (FRA) - 5 gold medals
• Russia (RUS) - 3 gold medals
• Switzerland (SUI) - 3 gold medals
• South Africa (RSA) - 3 gold medals
• Spain (ESP) - 2 gold medals
• Germany (GER) - 2 gold medals
• Chile (CHI) - 2 gold medals
• Mixed team (ZZX) - 1 gold medal
• Australia (AUS) - 1 gold medal
• Croatia (CRO) - 1 gold medal
• Czechoslovakia (TCH) - 1 gold medal
• Belarus (BLR) - 1 gold medal
• Belgium (BEL) - 1 gold medal
• China (CHN) - 1 gold medal
• West Germany (FRG) - 1 gold medal
• Canada (CAN) - 1 gold medal
• Puerto Rico (PUR) - 1 gold medal

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