Tennis is an Olympic sport usually played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles) or between two teams of two players one male and one female (mix doubles) on a rectangular tennis court. Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court with the aim of scoring that an opponent cannot successfully return it.
Tennis made its debut at the inaugural modern Olympic Games in 1896 until the Games of the VIII Olympiad, Paris 1924. Women first played Olympic tennis in 1900. Tennis withdrew from the Olympic program after 1924 to a difference of opinion between the IOC and the International Tennis Federation. Tennis made its Olympic return as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 and has featured on the Olympic program since the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, Seoul 1988. Today, tennis is played at all levels of society at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including people in wheelchairs.
Olympic Tennis Team Selection
Each of the singles tournaments has 64 players, and each of the doubles tournaments has 32 teams. The Olympic Committee selects the first 48 players for the singles tournaments based on international rankings. Fourteen of the remaining players are selected based on many factors. These factors are rankings within the ITF, whether the player's country is represented at the Olympics, how many players are in the tournament and the player's geographical location. The final two slots are specially selected after careful consideration by the International Olympic Committee and the ITF jointly. Doubles tournaments have 24 teams selected based on rankings and then the eight remaining slots are filled by the ITF based on the same criteria as the singles.
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