| Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Date | 6–14 August 2016 |
| Edition | 17th |
| Surface | Hard (GreenSet Cushion)[1] |
| Location | Olympic Tennis Centre |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles | |
 Andy Murray (GBR) | |
| Women's singles | |
 Monica Puig (PUR) | |
| Men's doubles | |
 Marc López & Rafael Nadal (ESP) | |
| Women's doubles | |
 Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina (RUS) | |
| Mixed doubles | |
 Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Jack Sock (USA) | |
The tennis tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre from 6 to 14 August.[2] The competition was played on a fast hardcourt surface used in numerous North American tournaments that aims to minimize disruption for players.[3]
Initially a total of 172 players were expected to compete in five events: singles and doubles for both men and women and the return of the mixed doubles for the second consecutive time. However, eventually 105 male and 94 female players were granted places in the draws. The Olympic tennis events were run and organized by the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) and the International Tennis Federation (ITF), and were part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tours.
The 2016 Olympic tournament was the fifteenth edition of tennis at the Olympics (excluding the two Olympics, 1968 and 1984, when tennis was a demonstration event), and the eighth since 1988, when the sport was officially brought back into the Games. Unlike previous editions of the Olympic event, it was decided that the Olympic tournaments would not offer ATP and WTA ranking points for the players.
- ^ ITF Tennis[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Olympic Games: Tennis". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ Tandon, Kamakshi (14 February 2015). "Nadal surprised at hard-court selection for 2016 Olympics in Rio". Tennis. Retrieved 30 June 2015.