RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- Rio Olympic Games tennis by the numbers. Competition begins on Saturday at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
1988 - Tennis returned at the Olympic Games in 1988 and has been present ever since. It was previously contested at the inaugural Athens 1896 Olympic Games until the Paris 1924 Olympic Games.
66 - The singles match comprising the most games since the introduction of the tiebreak came when Jo-Wilfried TSONGA (FRA) beat Milos RAONIC (CAN) 6-3, 3-6, 25-23, with 66 games in total, at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
36 - Venus WILLIAMS (USA) will be the oldest woman to compete in the singles event since the sport returned to the Olympic Games in 1988.
15 - This will be the 15th edition of tennis at the Olympic Games and the eighth since 1988.
7 - Leander Paes of India will compete in a record seventh Olympic Games in the sport. He made his debut at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games and has been present at every Olympic Games since. Paes claimed the men' s singles bronze medal at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games.
5 - Venus Williams will become the first singles player, male or female, to compete in their fifth Olympic Games.
5 - Kitty McKane of Britain holds the record for most Olympic medals in any event in tennis, with five.
5 - The number of sibling pairs participating in the men's and women's doubles competition: Andy MurrayJamie Murray (Britain), Chan Hao-ChingChan Yung-Jan (Chinese Taipei), Serena WilliamsVenus Williams (United States), Arina RodionovaAnastasia Rodionova (Australia) and twin brothers Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana (Thailand).
4 - Serena Williams and Venus Williams are the only four-time gold medallists in Olympic tennis history.
3 - Novak Djokovic of Serbia is aiming to become the third singles player to win all four Grand Slams, the Davis Cup and Olympic gold after Andre Agassi of the United States and Rafael Nadal of Spain.
2 - Serena Williams is the only player who has won all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic gold during his or her career in both singles and doubles.
1 - Nadal, Andy Murray, Serena Williams and Venus Williams are all aiming to become the first tennis player to win two gold medals in a singles event.
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