Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Date15–22 August 2004
Edition14
SurfaceHard (DecoTurf)
LocationAthens 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
← 2000 · Summer Olympics · 2008 →

172 players competed in four 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.

Chile finished on top of the medal table with its first two Olympic gold medals in history, as Nicolás Massú won both the men's singles and doubles with Fernando González. They saved 4 consecutive championship points en route to the title in the 4th set tiebreak of the final. González also won a bronze medal in the men's singles competition. In the women's events, Justine Henin-Hardenne from Belgium secured the women's singles title while Chinese pair, Li Ting and Sun Tiantian took the women's doubles.

Medal summary

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Events

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

Medal table

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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 entries)44412
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