Tennis at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Belinda Bencic won women's singles gold for Switzerland at the Tokyo Games

Tennis was part of the inaugural Olympics in 1896 but was dropped after the 1924 Games.

It has been a permanent fixture since 1988 and an Olympic title is now seen by some to be as prestigious as a Grand Slam.

Here is all you need to know about the sport at Paris 2024.

Tennis schedule and venue at Paris 2024

The tennis takes place on the clay courts of Roland Garros, the home of the French Open, from 27 July to 4 August.

There will be five events at the Games – men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, and mixed doubles.

Each country can qualify up to 12 players, with four men and four women allowed to compete in the singles.

Who has won the most medals in Olympic tennis?

United States' Venus and Serena Williams have each won a record four gold medals. The pair won three doubles titles together in 2000, 2008 and 2012.

They have also won a singles gold each - Venus in 2000 and Serena in 2012 - with Venus also winning mixed doubles silver in 2016.

Britain's Andy Murray is the only player to have won two Olympic singles gold medals and the only singles player to have retained the Olympic title.

Who is playing tennis at the Olympics?

World number one Novak Djokovic, who has never won Olympic gold, has built his year around this summer's Games.

It will be Andy Murray's final tennis tournament before retirement and it is also likely to be Rafael Nadal's final chance to play in the Games.

On the women’s side, world number one Iga Swiatek leads the field.

Will Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu play at the Olympics?

Murray has been selected to play in the Olympic singles and will play doubles with Dan Evans.

Murray is eligible to play singles by taking one of two International Tennis Federation places reserved for former Grand Slam champions and Olympic gold medallists.

Raducanu has turned down the chance to play at the Olympics, saying she thought it was "not necessary" to put her body through switching surfaces after numerous injury problems.

Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie and Evans will join Murray in the men's singles competition while Katie Boulter will compete in the women's category.

Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury will compete in the men's doubles, while Boulter will team up with Heather Watson for the women's doubles.

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Team GB Olympic tennis team for Paris 2024

Andy Murray - men's singles

Cameron Norrie - men's singles

Dan Evans - men's singles

Jack Draper - men's singles

Katie Boulter - women's singles

Joe Salisbury - men's doubles

Neal Skupski - men's doubles