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Not many people know that tennis was one of the original nine sports in the modern Olympic Games at Athens in 1896. Who was the winner of the first ever modern Olympic gold medal in tennis?

John Boland. John Boland of Ireland, later to become a British Member of Parliament, defeated Dionysios Kasdaglis of Greece to become the first Olympic tennis champion. The other three mentioned here are all early Wimbledon champions.

Who was the first ever women's winner in tennis in the Olympics?

Charlotte Cooper. In the 1900 Paris Olympics, Charlotte Cooper, the Wimbledon champion of 1895, 1896 and 1898, beat Helene Prevost in the singles final to become the first woman in any sport to win an Olympic gold medal. She also won the mixed doubles title that year with Reginald Doherty.

The tennis events in the 1908 London Olympics were held twice.

True. In 1908, two separate tennis events were held. The first was staged on covered courts at The Queen's Club in London, and the second on the grass courts of Wimbledon after The Championships. Britain's Arthur Gore took the men's gold medal in singles in the first event, while Britain's Josiah Ritchie won the second and more popular event. One of the early legends in women's tennis, Dorothea Lambert Chambers, won the second of the women's singles events.

The 1920 Antwerp Olympics saw one the all-time greatest women's tennis players winning 3 medals. Who are we talking about?

Suzanne Lenglen. Suzanne Lenglen, who won 6 wimbledon singles titles in seven years, won gold medals in singles and mixed doubles and a bronze in women's doubles.

The famous "French Musketeers" took part in the 1924 Olympics in Paris but none of them won the gold. One of them reached the finals in men's singles though. Who?

Henri Cochet. USA's Vincent Richards won a five set thriller over Cochet for the men's singles gold. The great Helen Wills won two golds in this Olympics in the women's singles and doubles.

Tennis went out of the Olympics after the 1924 Games for quite some time but was staged as a demonstration and exhibition event in one of the Games. Which Olympics?

1968, Mexico. Manuel Santana of Spain won the men's singles title over countryman Manuel Orantes in the 1968 Mexico Olympics.

When tennis returned to Olympics in the 1984 Los Angeles Games, it was restricted as a demonstration event to players under the age of 21. Which modern greats won the men's and women's singles that year?

Stefan Edberg & Steffi Graf. Steffi Graf went on to win the gold medal in 1988 Seoul Olympics as well, while Edberg lost in the semifinals of the 1988 Games.

1992 Barcelona Olympics. All the leading players in the world were there. But a little known player went on to win the men's singles gold. Who?

Marc Rosset. The world's top five players– Jim Courier, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Goran Ivanisevic and Pete Sampras – took part in the 1992 Olympics. But it was Switzerland's Marc Rosset who took the gold, winning a dramatic final against Spain's Jordi Arrese. Rosset beat both Courier and Ivanisevic in the Games.

Still with Barcelona Olympics. Two-time Olympic champion Steffi Graf was denied a hat-trick of golds by this inspired lady from America. Who is the only woman to beat Steffi Graf in the Olympics?

Jennifer Capriati. Capriati became the youngest ever winner of the women's singles in Olympics when she won in 1992 at the age of 16. She had earlier beaten the home favorite Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in the semifinals.

It was an American sweep in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Who won the men's singles gold?

Andre Agassi. Agassi was lucky to survive a stormy quarterfinal in which he was almost disqualified for losing his temper. But in a one-sided final, Agassi swept away Spain's Sergi Bruguera and called his win as his greatest accomplishment in the sport.

Which American star took home the gold in the women's singles in 1996?

Lindsay Davenport. Davenport dropped only one set in reaching the final in 1996 where she beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario for the gold.

India won its first medal since the 1980 Moscow Games, when they won a medal in tennis in 1996. True or False?

True. Leander Paes won the men's singles bronze medal. He upset Sweden's Thomas Enqvist on way to semifinals where he lost to Andre Agassi.

Who won the first tennis gold medal for Australia in the Olympics?

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde. The "Woodies" beat Great Britain's Neil Broad and Tim Henman for the men's doubles gold in the 1996 Olympics.

Who won the men's singles gold in the 2000 Sydney Olympics?

Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Kafelnikov, who had become Russia’s first player to be ranked world No. 1, also won the French Open in 1996 and the Australian Open in 1999. He beat Tommy Haas of Germany in the gold medal match of Sydney Olympics.

Who won the women's singles gold in the 2000 Sydney Games?

Venus Williams. Venus prevented Russia from taking both singles gold medals in Sydney when she beat Elena Dementieva in the finals. She also took the women's doubles gold with her sister Serena.