The sport's top stars will be returning to Wimbledon just three weeks after the end of the annual grand slam tournament, in the hope of being crowned Olympic champion on the grass of Centre Court.
The Tennis events at London 2012 span nearly the entire Games, starting on Saturday 28 July and wrapping up with medal events on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 August.
View the full London 2012 Tennis schedule
All entries for Tennis will be confirmed following the sport entries deadline on 9 July 2012.
Wimbledon is not only home to one of the most famous tennis tournaments in the world, but also has a rich Olympic heritage. The venue staged the Tennis competition when London first hosted the Olympic Games in 1908, with Great Britain winning all six gold medals.
At Beijing 2008, Rafael Nadal won the men’s Singles, while Venus and Serena Williams sisters triumphed in the women’s Doubles. See the full medal table from Beijing 2008
It has been announced that a total of 172 athletes – 86 men and 86 women – will compete in the Table Tennis events at London 2012.
The men's and women's Singles events both begin on 28 July. The women's competition will finish on 7 August, swiftly followed by the end of the men's competition on 8 August.
There will also be Team events across both men's and women's competition.
All entries for Table Tennis will be confirmed following the sport entries deadline on 9 July 2012.
Find out more about the Table Tennis competition schedule
Since Table Tennis joined the Olympic programme in 1988, China has won 20 of the 24 available gold medals, and will be hoping to be among the leading nations once more at London 2012.
The competition is being held at ExCeL, the largest competition venue at the London 2012 Games. The venue hosted the Table Tennis test event in November 2011 and will be the setting for some thrilling competition this summer.
It's like tennis.....on a table. Except it's not. The principles are similar but there's a very different scoring system.
As in tennis, players must allow the ball only one bounce on their side of the court before returning it to their opponent. Points are scored if the opponent is unable to return the ball, or if they hit the ball ‘out’ of the court, ie it does not bounce on the table.
Singles matches are played over the best of seven games, with the first player to 11 (by a margin of two) winning each game. In team matches, four singles matches and one doubles match are played, each decided by the the best of five games.
Both disciplines are run in a knockout format with players and teams going through to the finals where the medals will be decided.
Events / disciplines
Men’s singles, women’s singles
Men’s team, women’s team
Gold medals available
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