Olympic Tennis Center (Rio de Janeiro)

Olympic Tennis Center

Location	Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates	22°58′44″S 43°23′47″W / 22.978822°S 43.396382°WCoordinates: 22°58′44″S 43°23′47″W / 22.978822°S 43.396382°W
Capacity	18,250 total for the four courts 10,000 (Maria Esther Bueno Court) 5,000 (Show Court 1) 3,000 (Show Court 2) 250 (Match Courts)
Surface	Hard
Construction
Construction cost	R$162.8m
Tenants
Tennis events for the 2016 Summer Olympics, and wheelchair tennis events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics

The Olympic Tennis Center (Portuguese: Centro Olímpico de Tênis) is a tennis venue located in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The center will host tennis events of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and the wheelchair tennis events of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The center was built on the site of the former Nelson Piquet International Autodrome.

The center consists of a tennis stadium and 15 ancillary courts.^[1] The surface will be fast hard courts similar to the other North American tournaments that will be held in August.^[2][3]

Construction started in 2013 and is near completion as of February 2016.

In December 2015, the center court was named after Maria Esther Bueno a retired Brazilian tennis player, who became the first woman ever to win all four Grand Slam double titles in one year.^[4]

Footnotes

1. "Olympic Tennis Center". Rio 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
2. Olympic Games Tennis legacy may leverage the sport after the “Age of Guga” rio2016.com
3. Tandon, Kamakshi (14 February 2015). "Nadal surprised at hard-court selection for 2016 Olympics in Rio". Tennis. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
4. Fontes, Carol (12 December 2016). "Paes inaugura arena olímpica de tênis em homenagem a Maria Esther Bueno". globoesporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 March 2016.

• Olympic Games - Facilities - Barra Region (brasil2016.gov.br)
• Rio de Janeiro Olympic venues map (rio2016.com)