Tennis is a game with a ball and rackets on a special court (a court 23.77 m long and 8.23 ​​m wide), divided by a net fixed at a height of 1.07 m. The mesh is stretched over square and round posts with a side and a diameter of not more than 15 cm.

Known since the days of the old French game, scoring is based on dividing the day into 24 hours (up to 24 games were played). In turn, hours were divided into four quarters; each successful ball was equal to one quarter of an hour - 15 minutes corresponded to 15 points. Thus, one game lasted up to 60 points, and the count was as follows: 15, 30, 45, 60. Over time, the number of games was reduced to 6 in one set, and every third successful ball is now counted as 10 points, i.e. 40 is declared instead of 45.

OLYMPIC GAMES

Tennis competitions first appeared at the 1896 Games in Athens and continued until the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, after which they were canceled. Then tennis was twice included in the program of the Games as a demonstration sport, until it was again included in the competitive program of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. Initially, the competitions were men's, women's disciplines appeared at the 1900 Games in Paris.

RUSSIA

On August 18, 1878, the “Manifesto on the worldwide development of lawn tennis in Russia” was proclaimed by an initiative group headed by writer and historian Dmitry Solovyov. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were 12 large tennis clubs in Russia.

The most titled tennis player in Russia is still Yevgeny Kafelnikov - the winner of two Grand Slam tournaments (Roland Garros 1996 and Australian open 1999) and Olympic champion Sydney 2000 in singles. Marat Safin also won Grand Slam tournaments twice (Australian Open-2005 and US Open-2000).

The most titled tennis player in Russia is Maria Sharapova. She won the Grand Slam tournaments five times (Wimbledon 2004, US Open 2006, Australian Open 2008 and twice at Roland Garros - in 2012 and 2014).

In 2008 in Beijing, Elena Dementieva became the champion of the Games. In the collection of Dementieva, this medal is the second at the Olympic Games: in 2000 in Sydney, a Russian woman won a silver medal. tennis tournament in Beijing was a real triumph for the Russian women's tennis: the entire podium was occupied by representatives of the national tennis school. The silver medal was won by Dinara Safina, the bronze by Vera Zvonareva.

Successful performance at the Olympics continued in London in 2012. Maria Sharapova won the silver medal in singles, while Nadezhda Petrova and Maria Kirilenko won bronze medals.

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian team again had gold medal in tennis. For the first time in history Russian tennis won in doubles Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

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Tennis is a game with a ball and rackets on a special court (a court 23.77 m long and 8.23 ​​m wide), divided by a net fixed at a height of 1.07 m. The net is stretched over square and round posts with a side and diameter of no more than 15 cm. The goal of the game is to send the ball to the opponent’s half with a racket hit so that he cannot beat it back or beat it off in violation of the rules. 2 players (or 2 teams of 2) are on opposite sides of the net. One of them is the server and puts the ball into play, serves. The second player is the receiver. The task of the players is to direct the ball with the blows of the racket to the side of the opponent, while hitting the ball into the boundaries of the court. The player must have time to hit the ball before it touches the court more than once. The player who makes the mistake loses the rally and his opponent scores a point. Players need to collect points to win games. By gaining games, one of the players wins the set. To win a match, you need to win 2 out of 3 or 3 out of 5 sets. As soon as one of the players reaches the required number of won sets, the match ends.

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You are in the online section of the Tennis. Live results of the 2016 Olympics. In this live section of the Summer Olympic Games, you can always get the most complete information and online tennis results of all meetings between the teams participating in the main sport event of the four years. Results of all rounds of tennis in the framework of the Olympic Games in Rio, 1/4 finals, semi-finals and finals of the 2016 Olympics, the position of the teams in each of the groups "A", "B" ..., the score of all matches and tennis games between all rivals of the Games in Brazil, always online the date and time of the start of live broadcasts, with statistics of meetings at home and away. On our site you can find the schedule, calendar and sports results of all competitions of the Olympiad in tennis. Moscow time is indicated in the schedule of matches. All Olympic tennis results are displayed online in real time, so you have the most accurate and reliable Summer Olympics live results. As the game progresses live the results tables on the site are instantly changed and updated. Literally seconds after final whistle, as quickly as possible, in full, the results of each game of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are published, which makes it possible for fans and tennis fans to be aware of all the sporting events of the current summer games!

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Now a little about the main sporting event 2016. The Summer Olympics are traditionally held once every four years, this is the 31st Olympic tournament since 1896. The full official name of the championship " Summer Olympic Games in Brazil(Summer Olympic Games Brazil 2016). The organizer of this global world tournament is the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 2016, the world sports championship will be held in Rio de Janeiro, the capital of Brazil. The Russian team is among the favorites of the Brazilian games. The Russian team is considered one of the strongest at the upcoming Olympics, along with teams from the United States, China, Germany, and Italy. Russians are traditionally successful in certain sports disciplines. Therefore, Russia can safely count on medals in fencing, swimming, shooting, tennis - these are sports where the Russian team predicts to win medals in Rio 2016. The Russians are the undisputed favorites of the 2016 Olympics in synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics. Sports experts predict that Russia will have the medals of the 2016 Games in martial arts: in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, judo, boxing. Representatives do not plan to leave South America without awards and medals game types sports: basketball, volleyball, handball and water polo. Many medals could be expected from athletes, especially in race walking, running, high jumping both with and without a pole, weightlifting ... but doping scandals and politics did their job, the Russians were banned from competing in these medal-intensive sports.

It remains for us, the fans, to follow the results of tennis competitions, experience and actively support our favorite athletes, rejoice at their victories, which we hope will be many. Go Russia! Cheer for ours!

Tennis is an old-timer Olympic discipline. Competitions were included in the program of the Games already in 1896, but they were removed from their composition in 1924. Tennis entered the Olympics again only in 1988, when summer Olympic Games took place in Seoul. Since 1900, tennis has been played by both men's and women's teams.

Tennis players

Participants of the Summer Olympic Tennis Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 are 172 athletes, 86 men and women each. Total for tennis players Olympic Committee prepared five sets of awards in the following types of competitions:

• Men's singles (64 participants);
• Women's singles (64 participants);
• Men's doubles (32 duets);
• Women's doubles (32 duets);
• Mixed (16 pairs).

No more than 12 athletes can go from one country to the Summer Olympic Games. Men and women, up to six of each gender. Competition qualification is still underway, qualifying tournament did not end at the beginning of June. The final list of participants will appear only in June, shortly before the start of the Olympics itself. Only at this point will the selection be completed. If a country has more than four tennis players who have the highest numbers in the world ranking, no more than four of them can participate in the Games.

Tennis calendar

Competitions will begin on the second day after the start of the Olympics, and will last from 6 to 14 August. For the Games, hard surface courts will be used, which contributes to a dynamic and tough game. It was decided that in this way it would be possible to increase the spectacle and drama, which are well known to those who are fond of tennis.

• August 6–7: First round in singles and doubles in men's and women's categories;
• August 8: for singles 1/16 finals, for doubles - 1/8;
• August 9: Singles and doubles: 1/16, 1/8 and quarter-finals;
• 10 August: Singles and Doubles, Mixed Doubles Round 1 starts;
• 11 August: Men's singles and mixed doubles quarter-finals, women's semi-finals;
• 12 August: Men's doubles finals;
• August 13: Women's singles finals, matches for 3rd places in other disciplines;
• 14 August: Men's singles, women's doubles and mixed finals.

Tennis traditionally gathers full halls when competitions of this magnitude are held. This is very spectator sport, here you can observe excellent technique, the ability to apply unusual techniques, as well as psychological competition.

For the game, a court is used, which necessarily has a special coating. In the middle they stretch the net, play with rackets and a ball covered with felt. Its bright coloring allows you to comfortably observe what is happening. To score a point, a player or team sends the ball to the opponent in such a way that he fails to hit it correctly.