Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Date 15 – 22 August 2004
Edition 14
Surface DecoTurf
Location Athens Olympic Tennis Centre, Athens
Champions
Men's Singles
Nicolás Massú
 Chile
Women's Singles
Justine Henin-Hardenne
 Belgium
Men's Doubles
Fernando González / Nicolás Massú
 Chile
Women's Doubles
Li Ting / Sun Tiantian
 China

Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place on ten separate courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre. The surface was hardcourt.

172 players competed in 4 events. 2004 saw more of the top ranked players appearing, as this tournament saw world ranking points allocated to the players for the first time. Martina Navratilova made her first appearance at the Olympic Games where she partnered with Lisa Raymond in the ladies doubles event. Venus Williams was defending her title in the ladies singles as was Daniel Nestor in the men's doubles although with a different partner.

Medal summary

Medal table

Andy Roddick vs. Tommy Haas. 4-6, 6-3, 9-7 in 2nd round
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Chile (CHI)2013
2 Belgium (BEL)1001
 China (CHN)1001
4 France (FRA)0101
 Germany (GER)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
 United States (USA)0101
8 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Australia (AUS)0011
 Croatia (CRO)0011
Totals (10 nations)44412

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Nicolás Massú
 Chile
Mardy Fish
 United States
Fernando González
 Chile
Men's doubles  Fernando González
and Nicolás Massú (CHI)
 Nicolas Kiefer
and Rainer Schüttler (GER)
 Mario Ančić
and Ivan Ljubičić (CRO)
Women's singles Justine Henin-Hardenne
 Belgium
Amélie Mauresmo
 France
Alicia Molik
 Australia
Women's doubles  Li Ting
and Sun Tiantian (CHN)
 Conchita Martínez
and Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)
 Paola Suárez
and Patricia Tarabini (ARG)

References

Coordinates: 38°2′24″N 23°47′26″E / 38.04000°N 23.79056°E / 38.04000; 23.79056

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