#Event Description and Format -- Tennis#
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Tennis will be making its fourth consecutive appearance as a
full-medal sport in the Olympics and will feature most of the
biggest names in the sport. 

Tennis, which made its Olympic debut in 1896 with the men's
singles and doubles competitions, was dropped in 1924, a victim
of a dispute between amateurs and professionals.  It was brought
back as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 before being
re-admitted in 1988 in Seoul, Korea. 

The singles draw for both men's and women's will be comprised of
64 players each, with no more than three players from any one
country competing in each draw. 

The doubles competition -- men, women and mixed -- will be made
up of 32 teams, with no more than one team from any one country.

The tennis competition runs from September 19-28 and will take
place at the Tennis Center. 

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