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tennis outlook and Olympic history
Olympic tennis team training notes this article is in 5 parts this is part 1 part1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 The
United States Olympic tennis team – consisting of six men and four women -
will “go for the gold” in men’s and women’s singles and doubles at the
tennis competition at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
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SCHEDULE OF PLAY – The tennis competition opens up on Sunday, August 15 with
singles and doubles matches beginning at 10 am local time in Athens. Check
www.usocpressbox.org for the schedules of American players as the event
begins.
Sunday, August 15 10 am and 5 pm (two sessions) First Round Singles and
Doubles
Monday, August 16 10 am and 5 pm (two sessions) First Round Singles and
Doubles
Tuesday, August 17 10 am and 5 pm (two sessions) Second Round Singles and
Doubles
Wednesday, August 18 5 pm (one session) Third Round Singles, QF Doubles
Thursday, August 19 5 pm (one session) Quarterfinal Singles, Men’s Doubles
Semifinals, Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
Friday, August 20 5 pm (one session) Singles Semifinals, Men’s Doubles
Bronze Medal Match, Women’s Doubles Semifinals
Saturday, August 21 5 pm (one session) Women’s Singles Gold Medal Match,
Men’s Doubles Gold Medal Match, Men’s Singles Bronze Medal Match, Women’s
Singles Bronze Medal Match, Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal Match.
Sunday, August 22 5 pm (one session) Men’s Singles Gold Medal Match,
Women’s Doubles Gold Medal Match.
U.S. TV TIMES – The Olympic tennis competition will air on Bravo and USA
Network, with USA Network televising the gold medal matches in both men’s
and women’s singles live. Jim Courier, member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team
and the No. 1 seed in Olympic men’s singles that year, will join former U.S.
Davis Cup star Barry MacKay as part of the Bravo/USA broadcast team.
Bravo’s windows of coverage that will include coverage of the tennis
competition are as follows;
Sunday, August 15 4 am to noon; Midnight to 1 am ET
Monday, August 16 5 am to noon; 5 pm to 8 pm ET
Tuesday, August 17 5 am to noon; 5 pm to 8 pm ET
Wednesday, August 18 5 pm to 8 pm ET
Thursday, August 19 5 am to noon; 5 pm to 8 pm ET
USA’s coverage of Olympic tennis is as follows;
Friday, August 20 7 am to noon ET
Saturday, August 21 10 am to 5 pm ET
Sunday, August 22 10 am to 3 pm ET
DEFENDING CHAMP – Venus Williams enters the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as
the defending champions in the women’s singles and doubles competitions. The
only players to successfully defend gold medals at the Olympic Games in
tennis are Mary Joe Fernandez and Gigi Fernandez who were able to defend an
Olympic gold medal when they followed their 1992 gold medal performance in
women’s doubles with their triumph in 1996.
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