 Tennis yakatanga kukwikwidzwa semutambo weZhizha weOlympic muMitambo yeOlympic ya1896, yakaitirwa muAthens. Mumitambo yeOlympic yokutanga, makwikwi maviri bedzi akatambwa: varume vari vogauye miviri yevarume. Vakadzi vakabvumidzwa kutanga kukwikwidza mumitambo yetenisi yevanhu vamwe nevamwe uye yevanhu vaviri vari vaviri paMitambo yeOlympic muna 1900. Pakati pa1928 na1984, tenesi yakanga isingabatanidzwi mupurogiramu yeOlympic yepamutemo. Zvisinei, mitambo yetennis yokuratidzira yakaitwa kaviri, yokutanga muna 1968 uye gare gare muna 1984. Yakadzorerwa somutambo wemenduru muna 1988. 