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Olympic history (pre London 2012)

Tennis appeared on the Olympic program in Athens in 1896 and remained until Paris in 1924. Due to difficulties in solving the amateur-professional divide, the sport disappeared as an Olympic event until Seoul in 1988.

Steffi Graf of West Germany won the women’s singles Olympic title in 1988, when tennis returned to the Olympic Games adding to her successes in the Grand Slam titles of that year (Australian, French, Wimbledon and US).

Mixed doubles has been added to the Olympic Games program for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Summary of past Australian Olympic team results

• Australia’s Edwin Flack, the winner of the 800 metre and 1500 metre athletics titles in 1896, also played in doubles tennis at those Olympic Games. His partner was an Englishman, George Robertson and the pair won bronze.
• The gold and silver medals were won by ‘The Woodies’ (Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge) in the men’s doubles in Atlanta in 1996 and in Sydney in 2000 respectively.
• In Athens in 2004, Alicia Molik won Australia’s first individual tennis medal, a bronze in the women’s singles.

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