List of Olympic Medalists of Team USA in Tennis

Tennis has been played as a sport for approximately 150 years; it was originally known as "sphairistike" when it was invented back in 1873 by British Major Walter Wingfield. It was also one of the few sports played at the first iteration of the modern Olympic Games in 1896 but was discontinued after 1924.

It took tennis 64 years to be recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a full medal sport. The reasons for this delay were that the IOC was unhappy that many of the world's best tennis players violated its strict definition of amateurism; further, Great Britain was worried that the Olympic events might take precedence over Wimbledon and did not want that to happen.

Regardless, even after tennis' inclusion at the Olympics in 1988, some of the best players then chose not to compete because they viewed it as less significant than events or because it got in the way of their preparation for the US Open Grand Slam, which is typically held around the same time.

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The List of Olympic Medalists of Team USA in Tennis

America leads the medal table with 39 medals, including 21 golds, followed by Great Britain with 43 medals, including 17 golds. Venus and Serena Williams, sisters, are first in the gold medal standings with four each. Venus Williams and Kitty McKane of Britain have each won five medals overall at the Olympics.

The only tennis player with three gold medals in the men's division is British star Reggie Doherty. Along with leading the overall male medal count, he shares the same total of four with Sweden's Gunnar Setterwall and another British, Charles Dixon.

The list of Olympic medalists for Team USA in tennis is as follows:

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