Location | Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Coordinates | 22°58′44″S 43°23′47″W / 22.978822°S 43.396382°W |
Capacity | 18,000 total for the three show courts 10,000 (Maria Esther Bueno Court) 5,000 (Show Court 1) 3,000 (Show Court 2) 250 (Match Courts) |
Surface | Hard (GreenSet Grand Prix Cushion) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2013 |
Opened | 2015 |
Construction cost | R$162.8m |
Architect | Gerkan, Marg and Partners Schlaich Bergermann Partner |
Tenants | |
Tennis events for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and wheelchair tennis events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics |
The Olympic Tennis Centre (Portuguese: Centro Olímpico de Tênis) is a tennis venue located in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The centre hosted tennis events of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the wheelchair tennis events of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The centre was built on the site of the former Nelson Piquet International Autodrome.