Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics — Competitive event at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games
Chile won its first two Olympic gold medals in history through Nicolás Massú's victories in men's singles and doubles at Athens 2004.
Key Facts
- Players competed
- 172
- Events held
- 4
- Courts used
- 10
- Surface type
- Hardcourt
- Chile gold medals
- 2 (first ever Olympic golds for Chile)
- Ranking points
- First Olympics to allocate world ranking points
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The introduction of world ranking points for Olympic tennis in 2004 incentivized top-ranked players to compete, producing a stronger field than previous Games. This change made the tournament more attractive to elite professionals who had previously skipped it.
Tennis at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics was contested across ten hardcourt surfaces at the Olympic Tennis Centre, with 172 players competing in four events. Nicolás Massú won both men's singles and doubles alongside Fernando González, while Justine Henin won women's singles and China's Li Ting and Sun Tiantian took women's doubles.
Chile made history by claiming its first two Olympic gold medals through Massú and González. The allocation of ranking points raised the tournament's prestige permanently, and Martina Navratilova's debut at age 47 drew attention to the event's broadened participation.
Result
at Olympic Tennis Centre, Athens