Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Date19-28 September 2000
Edition13
SurfaceHard (Rebound Ace)
LocationNSW Tennis Centre, Sydney
Champions
Men's singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov
 Russia
Women's singles
Venus Williams
 United States
Men's doubles
Sébastien Lareau / Daniel Nestor
 Canada
Women's doubles
Serena Williams / Venus Williams
 United States

Tennis was one of the 28 sports that was held at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The competition which was held from the 19-28th September at the NSW Tennis Centre, saw four gold medals being contested with them being in the singles and doubles of both genders.

The format at the 2000 Olympics was a single-elimination tournament with the men's and women's singles being 64 players. They competed in six rounds of competition in the singles and five rounds in the doubles (sizes of 32). The format consisted of three set matches with five set matches being only played in the men's singles and doubles final.

The United States finished on top of the medal table with two gold medals as Venus Williams won both the women's singles and doubles with Serena Williams. In the men's events, Yevgeny Kafelnikov from Russia secured the men's singles title while Canadian pair, Sébastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor took the men's doubles.


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