Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Tennis tournament
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Tennis was one of the 28 sports that was held at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The competition which was held from 19-28 September at the NSW Tennis Centre, saw four gold medals being contested with them being in the singles and doubles of both sexes.
| Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19-28 September 2000 |
| Edition | 13 |
| Surface | Hard (Rebound Ace) |
| Location | NSW 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 | |
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.
Medal summary
Events
Medal table
* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Australia* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
References
- Official Olympic Report Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine