LA 2028 Tennis Overview

LA 2028 tennis is played at the Dignity Health Sports Park tennis stadium in Carson — known for the Games as the Carson Courts — roughly 13 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles. Tennis was one of the nine sports contested at the very first modern Summer Games in 1896, and it returns to Los Angeles with a field expected to include the biggest names in the sport competing on outdoor hard courts.

The tournament covers men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles, played across roughly ten days in a single-elimination format. The venue is home to the United States Tennis Association’s High-Performance Training Center and has hosted professional tennis including WTA Tour events and Davis Cup ties. Its intimate 8,000-seat configuration puts spectators close to the court across all seating levels.

Draw & Sessions

The tennis program runs as a single-elimination tournament across five medal events. Matches are best of three sets. Early rounds feature multiple matches per session across the venue’s courts, with the final rounds concentrated on the center court. The sessions listed below are the most sought-after of the tennis program.

LA 2028 Tennis Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson

Tennis at the 2028 Summer Games is held at the Dignity Health Sports Park tennis stadium in Carson, California — a purpose-built tennis facility on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills. The venue opened in 2003 and has hosted the WTA Tour’s LA Women’s Tennis Championships, Davis Cup ties, and USTA Pro Circuit events. It serves as the national headquarters of the USTA High-Performance Training Center. For official venue information see the official Dignity Health Sports Park site, and for competition rules and rankings see the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

Carson as a Venue Location

Carson sits roughly 13 miles south of Downtown Los Angeles and about 20 minutes from LAX, positioned between the airport and Long Beach. The wider Dignity Health Sports Park complex also hosts rugby sevens, track cycling, and field hockey during the 2028 Games, making Carson a multi-sport zone. Groups attending tennis can combine it with other Carson events, or base themselves near the airport or in the South Bay for short transfers to the venue.

Tennis at the Summer Games: History

Tennis was part of the first modern Summer Games in Athens 1896 and remained on the program until 1924, when it was dropped following disputes between the international federation and the organizers over amateur status. The sport returned as a full medal event at the 1988 Seoul Games after a 64-year absence, and has been a fixture ever since — now open to the world’s leading professionals.

Since its 1988 return, Summer Games tennis has produced some of the most decorated champions in the sport. Steffi Graf completed the “Golden Slam” in 1988, winning all four majors and the gold medal in a single calendar year — a feat never matched. The United States leads the all-time gold medal tally with 21, while Great Britain leads the overall medal count with 43, reflecting the sport’s deep history in the pre-1924 era.

Recent Summer Games Champions

*Mixed doubles has appeared intermittently on the program. The full LA 2028 event slate will be confirmed by the international federation.

Notable Champions in Summer Games History

Historic Moments

Steffi Graf’s Golden Slam, Seoul 1988

Tennis returned as a full medal sport at the 1988 Seoul Games after a 64-year absence, and Steffi Graf marked the occasion with a feat that has never been repeated. Having already won all four Grand Slam titles in 1988, she added the Summer Games gold medal to complete the “Golden Slam” — the only calendar-year Golden Slam in the history of the sport.

Andy Murray’s Two Golds, 2012 and 2016

Murray became the only singles player, male or female, to defend a Summer Games gold medal. His 2012 gold at Wimbledon came just weeks after losing the Wimbledon final on the same grass, and his 2016 gold in Rio confirmed him as the most successful singles player in modern Summer Games tennis history.

Monica Puig’s Historic Gold, Rio 2016

Monica Puig won the first-ever Summer Games gold medal for Puerto Rico in any sport, taking the women’s singles title at Rio 2016 as an unseeded player. Her run, which included wins over multiple higher-ranked opponents, remains one of the most celebrated underdog stories in the sport’s Summer Games history.

Djokovic Completes the Set, Paris 2024

Novak Djokovic entered the 2024 Paris Games as the most decorated men’s Grand Slam champion in history but without a Summer Games singles gold. He resolved that in one of the highest-quality finals in the event’s history, defeating Carlos Alcaraz in two tight tiebreak sets to complete his career set of major honors.

What to Expect at LA 2028

LA 2028 tennis will draw a global field of the sport’s leading professionals to the outdoor hard courts in Carson. Hard-court tennis suits the game’s biggest servers and baseliners, and the Southern California conditions are expected to produce fast, high-quality play across the ten-day program.

The Field

Summer Games tennis is open to the world’s top-ranked professionals, subject to eligibility rules set by the international federation. The current generation of stars — including the leading names in men’s and women’s tennis — are expected to feature, with national representation adding a dimension that the regular tour does not have. Playing for country rather than ranking points regularly reshapes the competitive dynamics of the draw.

US Interest

The United States has the richest Summer Games tennis history of any nation, led across recent decades by the Williams sisters and Andre Agassi. A home Games in Los Angeles, at a venue that serves as the USTA’s national training headquarters, gives American players and fans a distinct connection to the 2028 tennis program.

Frequently Asked Questions

Other Sports at LA 2028

Tennis is one of 32 sports on the 2028 program. Individual sport guides for LA 2028 are listed below.