List of Olympic venues in tennis
For the Summer Olympics, there are 15 venues that have been or will be used for tennis. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon will become the only venue to host tennis twice at the Olympics.
| Games |
Venue |
Other sports hosted at venue for those games |
Capacity |
Ref. |
| 1896 Athens |
Athens Lawn Tennis Club |
None |
Not listed. |
[1] |
| 1900 Paris |
Puteaux |
None |
Not listed |
[2] |
| 1904 St. Louis |
Francis Field |
Archery, Athletics, Football, Gymnastics, Lacrosse, Roque, Tug of war, Weightlifting, and Wrestling |
19,000. |
[3] |
| 1908 London |
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
&
Queens Club |
Rackets (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club), Jeu de paume (Queens Club) |
Not listed. |
[4][5] |
| 1912 Stockholm |
Östermalm Athletic Grounds |
Equestrian, Fencing, Modern pentathlon (fencing) |
Not listed. |
[6] |
| 1920 Antwerp |
Beerschot Tennis Club |
None |
Not listed. |
[7] |
| 1924 Paris |
Stade de Colombes |
Athletics, Cycling (road), Equestrian, Fencing, Football (final), Gymnastics, Modern pentathlon (fencing, running), Rugby union |
22,737 |
[8] |
| 1988 Seoul |
Olympic Tennis Center |
None |
15,000 |
[9] |
| 1992 Barcelona |
Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron |
None |
8,000 |
[10] |
| 1996 Atlanta |
Stone Mountain Tennis Center |
None |
27,500 |
[11] [12] |
| 2000 Sydney |
NSW Tennis Centre |
None |
10,000 |
[13] |
| 2004 Athens |
Athens Olympic Tennis Centre |
None |
15,000 (all courts) |
[14] |
| 2008 Beijing |
Olympic Green Tennis Center |
None |
17,400 |
[15] |
| 2012 London |
All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club |
None |
30,000 |
[16] |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
Olympic Tennis Center |
None |
18,250 |
[17] |
References
- ^ History of the Athens Lawn Tennis Club. (English) & (Greek) - accessed 3 October 2010.
- ^ Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 6-11 July 1900 tennis men's singles results. Accessed 14 November 2010.
- ^ Spalding's report of the 1904 Summer Olympics. pp. 222-9, 233-47. Accessed 4 October 2010.
- ^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. p. 209. Accessed 28 April 2011.
- ^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. p. 220. Accessed 28 April 2011.
- ^ 1912 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 218–20. Accessed 5 October 2010.
- ^ Sports-reference.com profile of Tennis at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
- ^ 1924 Olympics official report. pp. 50-5, 96-7, 121, 152, 216, 222, 238, 248, 265, 318, 339, 375, 499, 503, 536. (French)
- ^ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 180. Accessed 1 December 2010.
- ^ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 246-9. Accessed 6 December 2010.
- ^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 544. Accessed 9 December 2010.
- ^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. pp. 448, 453. Accessed 9 September 2010.
- ^ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 375. Accessed 16 December 2010.
- ^ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. p. 409. Accessed 22 December 2010.
- ^ "Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Court". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. http://en.beijing2008.cn/venues/ogt/index.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ London2012.com profile of Wimbledon (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. Accessed 30 December 2010.
- ^ "Olympic Tennis Center" (PDF), Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File, 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 50–51, http://urutau.proderj.rj.gov.br/rio2016_imagens/sumario/English/Per%20Volume/Volume%202_eng.pdf, retrieved December 2, 2009.