Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics — Tennis events during the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 2008 Beijing Olympics produced historic sweeps and firsts, including Russia's clean sweep of women's singles medals and Switzerland's first Olympic tennis medal.
Key Facts
- Dates
- August 10–17, 2008
- Venue
- Olympic Green Tennis Centre
- Surface
- DecoTurf hardcourt
- Women's singles medals
- All three won by Russian players
- Last same-country women's sweep
- 1908 Olympics
- Switzerland's doubles medal
- First Olympic tennis medal for Switzerland
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Tennis was reintroduced to the Summer Olympics in 1988 after a long absence, and by 2008 the sport had grown in depth and international competition. The Beijing Games assigned tennis to the Olympic Green Tennis Centre, played on a DecoTurf hardcourt surface, bringing together top-ranked players from across the world.
Tennis events at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place August 10–17 in Beijing. Russian women dominated the singles draw, sweeping all three medals — a feat last achieved at the 1908 Games. In men's events, one player medaled in consecutive Olympiads for the first time since 1920, and the Swiss men's doubles team claimed their country's first-ever Olympic tennis medal.
The tournament highlighted Russia's depth in women's tennis at the time and placed Switzerland on the Olympic tennis medals table for the first time. The results drew attention to individual consistency in Olympic tennis, with consecutive-Games medaling recognized as a benchmark not reached since the pre-Open era of Olympic competition.
Result
at Olympic Green Tennis Centre, Beijing