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Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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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 →

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

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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38°2′24″N 23°47′26″E / 38.04000°N 23.79056°E / 38.04000; 23.79056