Wimbledon and Olympic tennis

[flipnflap]

as tennis at The Olympics will be held at the All England Club like Wimbledon is, how will the tournaments differ?

[Mattk]

I assume each country can only field a certain number of players so some nations will be particularly effected.

[doctordb]

It may be less stuck up during the olympics, however, some things will remain the same as Andy murray won't win.

[Frank97]

The winner of the Olympic event won't get a fat cheque at the end for doing so.

[joggerjayne]

Main difference ...

Winning Wimbledon is the ultimate thing in any tennis players career.

Tennis in the Olympics is a sideshow, and doesn't belong in an Athletics competition.

[d9f1c7]

The Olympics is not just, or even primarily, an Athletics competition. Athletics is just 1 sport out of around 26. Next you'll be saying the moon landings were faked!

[Brenden]

Hope Roger Federer wins the singles title (the only title he has never won), I rate him the greatest player ever.

[mightyWBA]

The Olympic tournament since 1994 counts towards ranking points on the ATP/WTP tour so is an important event.
Believe it or not but Great Britain and Northern Ireland have won more medals in Olympic tennis than any other nation,44 in total.
Only the USA has more Gold medals,they have 17 to our total of 16.

[sunny-dave]

I presume it will feature the same "fit young persons in shorts/skirts" and therefore attract much the same ABer audience ... ;+)

[craft1948]

The greatest tennis player of all time, Steffi Graf, completed a 'Golden Slam' being the only player to win all the slams and an Olympic gold medal, in the same year.