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Tennis Women’s Singles and Doubles Winners at Olympics

List of Tennis Women’s Singles and Doubles Winners at Olympics

List of Tennis Women's Singles and Doubles Winners in the Olympics...

Tennis was first played in England, United Kingdom in the 19th century. The first modern Olympic women's match began in the year 1900. Women were allowed to compete in singles and mixed doubles tennis events at the 1900 Olympic Games. Between 1928 and 1984, tennis was not included in the official Olympic programme. However, demonstration tennis competitions were held twice, first in 1968 and later in 1984. It was reinstated as a medal sport in 1988.

Kathleen McCain Godfree (one gold, two silver and two bronze) and Venus Williams (four gold, one silver) are the all-time record holders for the most Olympic medals in tennis. Serena Williams and Venus Williams won a record four gold medals.

Only on three occasions has an athlete won the title in the same event at two Olympic Games: Gigi Fernandez and Mary Jo Fernandez in women's doubles in 1992 and 1996, Serena Williams and Venus Williams in women's doubles in 2008 and 2012, in single.

Here is a list of tennis women's singles and doubles winners at the Olympics, including the winners.

Tennis Women's Singles Winner at the Olympics
YEAR	HOST	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
1900	Paris	Charlotte Cooper	Helene Prevost	Marion Jones, Hedwiga Rosenbaumova
1908	London	Dorothea Lambert Chambers	Dora Boothby	Ruth Winch
1912	Sweden	Marguerite Broquedis	Dorothea Koring	Molla Bjurstedt
1920	Belgium	Suzanne Lenglen	Dorothy Holman	Kitty McKane
1924	Paris	Helen Wills	Julie Vlasto	Kitty McKane
1988	Seoul	Steffi Graf	Gabriela Sabatini	Zina Garrison, Manuela Maleeva
1992	Barcelona	Jennifer Capriati	Steffi Graf	Mary Joe Fernandez, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
1996	Atlanta	Lindsay Davenport	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Jana Novotna
2000	Sydney	Venus Williams	Elena Dementieva	Monica Seles
2004	Athens	Justine Henin-Hardenne	Elena Dementieva	Alicia Molik
2008	Beijing	Elena Dementieva	Dinara Safina	Vera Zvonareva
2012	London	Serena Williams	Maria Sharapova	Victoria Azarenka
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Monica Puig	Angelique Kerber	Petra Kvitova
2020	Tokyo	Belinda Bencic	Marketa Vondrousova	Elina Svitolina

Women's Doubles Winner:

Tennis women's doubles was first introduced at the Olympic Games in 1920 at the Belgian Olympics. Great Britain's Margaret McNair and Kitty McCain (GBR) previously won gold at the 1920 Olympics. Russia's Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the gold medal in the year 2016.

Tennis Women's Doubles Winner in Olympics
YEAR	HOST	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
1920	Belgium	Margaret McNair, Kitty McKane	Geraldine Beamish, Dorothy Holman	Suzanne Lenglen, Elisabeth d’Ayen
1924	Paris	Hazel Wightman, Helen Wills	Phyllis Covell, Kitty McKane	Dorothy Shepherd-Barron, Evelyn Colyer
1988	Seoul	Pam Shriver, Zina Garrison	Jana Novotna, Helena Sukova	Steffi Graf and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Liz Smylie and Wendy Turnbull
1992	Barcelona	Gigi Fernandez, Mary Joe Fernandez	Conchita Martinez, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	Rachel McQuillan, Nicole Provis
1996	Atlanta	Gigi Fernandez, Mary Joe Fernandez	Jana Novotna, Helena Sukova	Conchita Martinez, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario
2000	Sydney	Serena Williams, Venus Williams	Kristie Boogert, Miriam Oremans	Els Callens, Dominique Van Roost
2004	Athens	Li Ting, Sun Tiantian	Conchita Martinez, Virginia Ruano Pascual	Paola Suarez, Patricia Tarabini
2008	Beijing	Serena Williams, Venus Williams	Anabel Medina Garrigues, Virginia Ruano Pascual	Yan Zi, Zheng Jie
2012	London	Serena Williams, Venus Williams	Andrea Hlavackova, Lucie Hradecka	Maria Kirilenko, Nadia Petrova
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Ekaterina Makarova, Elena Vesnina	Timea Bacsinszky, Martina Hingis	Lucie Safarova, Barbora Strycova
2020	Tokyo	Barbora Krejcikova, Katerina Siniakova	Belinda Bencic, Viktorija Golubic	Laura Pigossi, Luisa Stefani

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