In the tennis tournament, Russian girls showed an outstanding result.
Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva completely occupied the podium, winning all the medals of the women's singles tournament and at the same time bringing the Russian national team victory in the overall medal standings tennis tournament... This is the first time since 1908 when the entire podium was occupied by representatives of one country (100 years before the Russians, the British succeeded in this).
Russian pedestal. Dinara Safina, Elena Dementieva, Vera Zvonareva
In the final with a score of 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3 Dementieva snatched the victory from Safina, and in the match for third place Zvonarev without special problems outplayed the hostess of the competition Na Li - 6:0, 7:5.
Elena Dementieva
The sisters took the lead in the women's doubles category Williams, echoing its 2000 Sydney success. And the eldest of the sisters, Venus, became the first woman in history to win 3 Olympic gold medals in tennis (in 2000 in Sydney, an American woman won gold in both categories).
Venus and Serena Williams
Spaniard won the men's tournament Rafael Nadal having outplayed the Chilean in the final Fernando Gonzalez.
Rafael Nadal on his way to Beijing "gold"
Gonzalez, who won bronze in Athens in 2004 and silver in Beijing, became the first tennis player since 1920 to win a singles medal at two Olympics in a row. Plus, Fernando collected full set Olympic awards - four years earlier in Athens, he won gold in doubles(with Nicholas Massou) and bronze in singles.
Pedestal of honor in the men's singles tournament. From left to right: Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) - silver, Rafael Nadal (Spain) - gold, Novak Djokovic (Serbia) - bronze.
Swiss Roger Federer, who was considered the main favorite of the tournament, sensationally lost at the stage of the quarter finals and, thus, could not compete for prizes in the singles. However, the famous Swiss did not remain without a medal. Paired with Stanislas Wawrinka Federer won the men's doubles tournament.
Stanislas Wawrinka and Roger Federer celebrate victory in men's doubles tournament
All winners:
Male singles
1. Rafael Nadal (Spain)
2. Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)
3. Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
Women's singles
1. Elena Dementieva (Russia)
2. Dinara Safina (Russia)
3. Vera Zvonareva (Russia).
Men's doubles
1. Switzerland (Roger Federer, Stanislas Wawrinka)
2. Sweden (Simon Aspelin, Thomas Johansson)
3. USA (Bob Brian, Mike Brian).
Women's doubles
1. USA (Serena Williams, Venus Williams)
2.Spain (Anabel Medina Garrigues, Virginia Ruano Pascual)
3. China (Yan Zi, Zheng Zi).
11th century beginnings
The earliest recognisable relative to tennis, as we know it, was "jeu de paume", played in 11th century France. Played in a monastery courtyard, the game used the walls and sloping roofs as part of the court and the palm of the hand to hit the ball.
Tennis overtakes croquet
By the late 19th century, the popularity of lawn tennis had overtaken croquet in England. For this reason, the All England Croquet Club embraced the sport and designated certain croquet lawns to be used for tennis. It was this natural supply of venues combined with the already existing framework for a racquet game that resulted in the birth of the modern game in England.
An international sport
In 1913, lawn tennis was becoming increasingly popular worldwide. Therefore it seemed natural that the existing National Tennis Associations should join forces to ensure the game was uniformly structured. An international conference was held between 12 nations in Paris and the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF) was created.
Professional dilemma
Tennis has a long Olympic history but withdrew from the program after 1924. It did not return as a medal sport until 1988. Professionals are now welcome to compete, and the Olympic competition includes men "s and women" s singles and men "s and women" s doubles.
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Tennis was included in the program of the Olympic Games in 1896.Since 1896, championships have been held among men, and since 1900 - among women.
However, later, in 1928, tennis as a sport that became professional was excluded by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) from the program Olympic competitions and was absent from the Olympics for several decades.
Only in 1968 in Mexico City during the Games of the XIX Olympiad a demonstration tennis tournament was held.
In 1977, the IOC, at its 79th session, held in Prague, recognized The International Federation ITF tennis as a governing sport that meets the criteria of the Olympic Charter. However, this Olympic recognition of tennis did not mean its immediate inclusion in the Olympic program.
Tennis was not presented at Games XXII Olympics in Moscow in 1980. In 1984, only demonstration tennis competitions were held at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad in Los Angeles.
Only at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad in 1988, tennis was finally returned to the program of official Olympic competitions, after a 64-year hiatus.
Athletes who have taken part in the official team competition, including for the team of their country in the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup. During the time during which tennis is included in the program of the Olympic Games from 1896 to 1924, inclusive, and from 1988 to 1996, inclusive, the largest total Olympic awards of various denominations were won by athletes:
- Great Britain - 36 medals - 14 gold, 11 silver, 11 bronze.
- This is followed by the USA - 26 medals - 14 gold, 4 silver, 8 bronze.
- France - 15 medals - 5 gold, 4 silver, 6 bronze.
- Germany - 7 medals - 2 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze.
- Spain - 7 medals - 5 silver, 2 bronze. Sweden - 7 medals - 2 silver, 5 bronze.
The youngest female tennis player Olympic champion turned out to be American Jennifer Capriati, who was just over 16 years old when she won the 1992 Games in Barcelona in singles.
The oldest was George Hillard of Great Britain, who was in his 45th year when he was awarded the gold medal in doubles at the Games of the IV Olympiad in London in 1908.
The best results of the performances of Russian tennis players in major international competitions:
Finalists of the Wimbledon tournament: O. Morozova - mixed doubles (1968, 1970) and singles (1974), A. Olkhovsky - mixed doubles (1997).Winners of 8 tournaments " Grand Slam": Australia - A. Olkhovsky (1994; mixed), E. Kafelnikov (1999; singles);
France: O. Morozova (1974; couple), E. Manyukova / A. Olkhovsky (1993; mixed), E. Kafelnikov - 1996 (singles) and a couple (1996-97);
USA: E. Kafelnikov (1997; couple).
E. Kafelnikov - Grand Slam Cup semi-finalist (1995-96).
Winners of 61 Crand-Prix and ATP-Tours in singles and doubles (1987-98).
Winners of 29 WITA and WTA Tour tournaments in singles and doubles (1974-98).
Davis Cup finalists (1994-95).
Finalists of the Federation Cup (1999).
A. Kournikova - world champion among girls (1995).
A. Cherkasov - 5-time European champion among youths (1982, 1985-87).
"ETA Players of the Year": 14 years old - A. Kournikova, A. Derepasko (1994), L. Krasnorutskaya (1997); 16 years old - E. Bovina (1997).
How did the name of the game "tennis" come about?
It is believed that this name is based on the French word "tenne", meaning "take, grab." With this appeal, the players drew the opponent's attention to the beginning of the ball game.
Why is the term "service", which means "service", used in the submission?
The service actually existed in the game. Some high-ranking members of the nobility, in particular Henry VIII, king of England in the 16th century, did not serve the ball themselves, but preferred to use the "services" of servants.
Why is the successful end of a point scoring in a special way in tennis?
Scoring, known since the old French game, is based on dividing the day by 24 hours (up to 24 games were played). The hours, in turn, were divided into four quarters; each successful ball equated to one quarter of an hour, i.e. 15 minutes corresponded to 15 points. Thus, one game lasted up to 60 points, and the counting was carried out as follows: 15, 30, 45, 60. Over time, the number of games decreased to 6 in one set, and every third successful ball is now counted for 10 points, i.e. instead of 45, 40 is declared.
(information from the site www.sportstar.ru was used)
Who has won the most medals in the Olympic tennis tournament? What kind Russian players were the first at the Olympics? What record is Leander Paes preparing to break in London and what Olympic anti-record will never be corrected by Elena Dementieva? Which Swiss won the Olympics on Federer's birthday? On this and more - in the list of fifty facts about tennis at the Olympics.
1. For the first time, tennis competitions were held at the first Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.
2. Tennis was one of the nine sports, along with swimming, athletics, wrestling, cycling, shooting, weightlifting, artistic gymnastics and fencing, in which the participants of the first Olympiad competed.
3. Of the 13 participants in the singles tennis tournament at the first Olympics, seven represented Greece, the host of the Games.
4. At the first Olympiads in doubles, many players were grouped into teams, whose members played for different countries.
5. Gold medalist of the first Olympic Games in singles and doubles, Briton John Boland (on the picture), from 1900 to 1918 was a member of the British House of Commons.
6. George Robertson, who won bronze in doubles at the 1896 Olympics, took part in the shot put and discus throw at the same time. His result in discus throwing, 25 m and 20 cm, remains worst result ever shown at the Olympics in this discipline in men. Robertson's partner in doubles, Australian Teddy Flack, was much more successful - he won gold in the 800 and 1500 meters.
7. Players on first three The Olympics competed on a dirt surface.
8. Tennis competitions in the Olympic Games were held 9 times on clay courts, 6 times on hard courts, 3 times on grass (including the 2012 Olympics) and 2 times on wooden courts.
9. The famous Docherty brothers have won seven medals in tennis for two. Lawrence took gold in singles and doubles (with his brother) and bronze in mixed doubles in 1900. Reginald in 1900, in addition to a medal in pairs, received gold in mixed doubles, and at the 1908 Olympics won bronze in singles and gold in pairs.
10. The first women's competition was held in 1900. The champion was the representative of Great Britain, five-time winner of Wimbledon, Charlotte Cooper. She also won gold in the mixed category, paired with Reginald Docherty.
11. At the 1904 Olympics, 35 out of 36 participants represented the United States and one Germany. The competition was held in the American St. Louis, so the European athletes, in general, did not want to travel a whole week across the ocean on a ship.
12. In 1908 and 1912 at the Olympics, indoor competitions were added as separate disciplines, along with outdoor competitions. The games in the hall were played on a wooden floor.
13. In 1912, at the Stockholm Olympics, representatives of Russia first appeared among the participants. They are Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston and Alexander Alenitsyn (on the picture)... The draw brought them together already in the first round of the tennis tournament, but the team's management decided to let Sumarokov-Elston go ahead without a fight and removed Alenitsyn from the competition. Sumarokov-Elston did not win medals - he lost in the third round to the German Oscar Kreutzer.
14. In 1920, the famous Frenchwoman Susan Lenglen won two gold medals.
15. After the 1924 Olympics, tennis ceases to be an Olympic sport. This is due to the disagreement between the International Tennis Federation and the International the Olympic Committee... The first wanted to have a representative in the IOC leadership in order to ensure normal conditions for tennis players (the 1924 Games were badly organized), in addition, the status of the players was in question - who is considered an amateur and who is a professional.
16. There was no tennis at the Olympics for 64 years - only in 1988, in the year of the 75th anniversary of the ITF, in Seoul, he made his triumphant return.
17. Exhibition tennis tournaments were held in Mexico City in 1968 and in Los Angeles in 1984 at the Olympic Games. In Los Angeles, about 6,000 people attended matches every day - more than many other sports.
18. At the 1984 exhibition tournament, only tennis players under the age of 21 were allowed to play. The virtual gold medals were then won by 15-year-old Steffi Graf and 18-year-old Stefan Edberg - both future first rackets of the world and multiple champions Grand Slam tournaments.
19. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the entire podium for women was taken by representatives of Russia - Elena Dementieva won gold, Dinara Safina won silver, and Vera Zvonareva won bronze (on the picture)... V last time this was the case for the representatives of Great Britain in 1908 in the women's singles and men's doubles, that is, exactly one hundred years ago.
20. The leader in the number of medals won in tennis is Great Britain. Athletes from this country have won 44 medals, of which 16 are gold. In second place are the Americans, who have 17 gold medals out of 34.
21. Great Britain won 43 of 44 medals up to and including 1924. After the restoration of tennis as Olympic look sports, the players representing Foggy Albion won only one medal - Tim Henman and Neil Broad took silver in Atlanta.
22. V " new era”, Which began in 1988, the Americans became the absolute leaders in the number of tennis medals. They have 10 gold medals - the second is the Russians, the Chileans and the Swiss can boast of only two gold medals.
23. American couple Gigi Fernandez and Mary-Joe Fernandez are the only players to defend their title at the Olympics - they won doubles in 1992 in Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta.
24. Venus Williams (on the picture)- the only woman in history who managed to take three gold medals in tennis disciplines. She has won gold in singles and doubles in Sydney in 2000 and gold in pairs in Beijing in 2008.
25. Fernando Gonzalez and Steffi Graf are the only players since 1988 to have a complete set of medals: gold, silver and bronze.
26. Conchita Martinez is the only one who was able to win medals at three different Olympiads. In 1992 and 2004, she won silver, and in 1996 - bronze, all in doubles.
27. Among the gold medalists of the Olympics, Elena Dementieva is the only one who has never won a Grand Slam tournament.
28. For the first time in 88 years, the Olympics will host mixed competitions. The latest champions here were the Americans Hazel Whiteman and Norris Williams, who won gold in 1924 in Paris.
29. Most of all medals in tennis at the Olympics were won by British Caitlin McCain - she has five of them (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze). With four medals, Caitlin is followed by Reginald Docherty, Charles Dixon, Gunnar Setterwall and Arancia Sanchez-Vicario.
30. In 1996, the Indian Leander Paes brought his country the first medal in 16 years (since the 1980 Olympics in Moscow), and this medal (bronze in singles) was the first since 1952 that India received not in field hockey.
31. The same Leander Paes (on the picture) may be the only player to have competed in six Olympics in a row - in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.
32. Germany's Friedrich Traun, winner of the first Olympiad in doubles, is the youngest ever gold medalist in tennis. He became the champion at the age of 20 years and 13 days. Unfortunately, Friedrich's life was short - at 32 he committed suicide - as they said, due to the fact that he was a bigamist.
33. The youngest gold medalist in women remains American wundkind Jennifer Capriati - she tried on gold medal in 1992, at the age of 16, beating Steffi Graf herself in the final.
34. The oldest Olympic gold medalists in tennis are John Hilliard (he was 44 years old when he won the doubles tournament in London), and among women, Winifred McNair, who at 43 won the doubles at the Games in Antwerp.
35. Lowest rated player ever to become Olympic champion in tennis, there remains the Swiss Marc Rosse, who at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics defeated the Spaniard Jordi Arres in the five-set final, being 44th in the world rankings. Rosset won his medal on August 8, the day Roger Federer celebrated his 11th birthday.
36. Parents and relatives of many tennis players themselves participated in the Olympics: father Lindsay Davenport played in 1968 for the US volleyball team, Svetlana Kuznetsova's brother Nikolai - Olympic silver medalist in Atlanta in the team pursuit on a cycle track, Nadezhda Petrova's mother, Nadezhda Ilyina, won a bronze medal in relay race 4x400 meters at the games in Montreal, mother of Vera Zvonareva Natalya Bykova - bronze medalist of the Moscow Olympics as part of the national field hockey team.
37. All women's gold medalists since the 1988 Seoul Games were in the Top 10 at the time of their victory.
38. Since 1988, the US has always won the women's doubles. An exception is 2004, when Chinese women became champions.
39. Steffi Graf (on the picture)- the only player in history to win the so-called Golden Helmet. In 1988, she won all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Seoul Olympics.
40. Only two men, Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal, have the career Golden Helmet. They have at least once won all the Grand Slam tournaments and won gold in the Olympic Games - Agassi in 1996, and Nadal in 2008.
41. Tennis players from 33 countries and various state unions rose to the podium for medals. Among the medalists are representatives of the now defunct Bohemia, Australasia (the sports union of Australia and New Zealand), as well as the "United Team", which included players from some countries of the former USSR who played under the Olympic flag.
42. Roger Federer and Serena Williams, who both have 31 singles titles at the Grand Slam tournaments, have never won a singles medal at the Olympics. But both are Olympic gold medalists in pairs.
43. The London Olympics will be the fourteenth with tennis in the program.
44. For the victory at the 2012 Olympics, the winner among men will receive 750 rating points (for comparison, for winning the Masters series tournament they give 1000 points, and in the Grand Slam tournament - 2000), and for women - 685 rating points.
45. Not all players in the Top 56 rating will be able to take part in the Games - someone was hindered by competition from compatriots (no more than four players from one country can play in single competitions), and someone - by the rules of national teams. In Germany, Sweden, Belgium, New Zealand and other countries there are additional requirements - somewhere you need to be in the Top 24 or Top 16 of the rating, somewhere the player must reach the quarterfinals at the Grand Slam tournament. As a result, Sofia Arvidsson, Marina Erakovich, Olivier Rochus and even Julia Görges with Philip Kohlschreiber almost parted with hopes for the Olympics. And Marion Bartoli will definitely not play in London.
46. Representatives of Liechtenstein and Paraguay - Stephanie Vogt and Veronica Sepede Roig will play at the London Olympics in the women's tennis tournament. They received special invitations, which are given to countries whose representation at the Olympics is extremely small.
47. The final of the men's tournament at the Olympics will be played in a five-set format, although all other matches until the final will be played in three sets.
48. Matches will be played on the Wimbledon courts, but the traditional Olympic color restrictions will be lifted so that most spectators will be able to see players playing on these courts in colors other than white for the first time.
49. 64 participants will compete in singles, and there can be no more than four people from each country. On early stages representatives of one country will not be able to meet with each other - they will all be seeded in different quarters of the grid.
50. The draw for the tennis tournament will take place on 26 July at 11:00 London time. The tournament starts on July 28 and ends on August 5. The day after the end of the tennis Olympic tournament on the grass kicks off the hardcore Masters in Toronto. The women's tournament in Montreal will start a day later.
According to http://www.itftennis.com