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Men's Olympic Tennis

Multiple gold medals (including men’s doubles): John Boland, Max Decugis, Laurie Doherty, Reggie Doherty, Arthur Gore, Andre Grobert, Nicolas Massu, Vincent Richards, Charles Winslow and Beals Wright (2).

Singles

Year   
1896 John Boland Great Britain/Ireland
1900 Laurie Doherty, Great Britain
1904 Beals Wright United States
1906 Max Decugis France
1908 Josiah Ritchie Great Britain
 (Indoor) Arthur Gore Great Britain
1912 Charles Winslow South Africa
 (Indoor) André Gobert France
1920 Louis Raymond South Africa
1924 Vincent Richards United States
1928-84 Not held  
1988 Miloslav Mecir Czechoslovakia
1992 Marc Rosset Switzerland
1996Andre AgassiUnited States
2000Yevgeny KafelnikovRussia
2004Nicolas MassuChile
2008Rafael NadalSpain
2012Andy MurrayGreat Britain

Doubles

Year  
1896 John Boland, IRE & Fritz Traun, GER
1900 Laurie and Reggie Doherty, GBR
1904 Edgar Leonard & Beals Wright, USA
1906 Max Decugis & Maurice Germot, FRA
1908 George Hillyard & Reggie Doherty, GBR
 (Indoor) Arthur Gore & Herbert Barrett, GBR
1912 Charles Winslow & Harold Kitson, S. Afr.
 (Indoor) Andre Gobert & Maurice Germot, FRA
1920 Noel Turnbull & Max Woosnam, GBR
1924 Vincent Richards & Frank Hunter, USA
1928-84  Not held
1988 Ken Flach & Robert Seguso, USA
1992 Boris Becker & Michael Stich, GER
1996Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde, AUS
2000Sebastien Lareau & Daniel Nestor, CAN
2004 Fernando Gonzalez & Nicolas Massu, CHI
2008 Roger Federer & Stanislas Wawrinka, SUI
2012 Mike Bryan & Bob Bryan, USA

Women's Olympic Tennis

Multiple gold medals (including women's doubles): Helen Wills, Gigi Fernandez, Mary Joe Fernandez, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams.

Singles

Year   
1900 Charlotte Cooper Great Britain
1906 Esmee Simiriotou Greece
1908 Dorothea Chambers Great Britain
 (Indoor) Gwen Eastlake-Smith Great Britain
1912 Marguerite Broquedis France
 (Indoor) Edith Hannam Great Britain
1920 Suzanne Lenglen France
1924 Helen Wills United States
1928-84 Not held  
1988 Steffi Graf West Germany
1992 Jennifer Capriati United States
1996Lindsay DavenportUnited States
2000Venus WilliamsUnited States
2004 Justine Henin-HardenneBelgium
2008 Elena DementievaRussia
2012Serena WilliamsUnited States

Doubles

Year  
1920 Winifred McNair & Kitty McKane, GBR
1924 Hazel Wightman & Helen Wills, USA
1928-84 Not held
1988 Pam Shriver & Zina Garrison, USA
1992 Gigi Fernandez & Mary Joe Fernandez, USA
1996Gigi Fernandez & Mary Joe Fernandez, USA
2000Serena Williams & Venus Williams, USA
2004 Li Ting & Sun Tian Tian, CHN
2008Serena Williams & Venus Williams, USA
2012Serena Williams & Venus Williams, USA

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