Venus and Serena Williams, John Isner and Andy Roddick are among 12 players named to the US Olympic tennis team for the London Games by the US Tennis Association.
The London Olympic tennis events will be staged from July 28 through August 5 on the grass courts at Wimbledon.
The Williams sisters are unbeaten in Olympic women’s doubles and seek a third gold medal after triumphs in 2000 and 2008.
Serena, 30, reached the 2008 Olympic singles quarter-finals. The 13-time Grand Slam champion has four Wimbledon titles and 12 Grand Slam doubles crowns alongside her sister, four of those coming at Wimbledon as well.
Venus 32, becomes the first American tennis player to compete in four Olympics. She won singles gold at Sydney in 2000 and two more with her sister in doubles. Her seven Grand Slam titles include five at Wimbledon.
US women’s tennis coach Mary Joe Fernandez also has Christina McHale and Varvara Lepchenko in singles and the Williams sisters plus the World No.1 tandem of Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in doubles.
“I’m honoured to have the opportunity to coach this team at the Olympics and firmly believe that we have a team capable of competing for multiple medals,” Fernandez said.
Isner, 2004 Olympian Roddick, Donald Young and Ryan Harrison will play singles on the men’s side with the 2008 bronze medal pair of Bob and Mike Bryan set for doubles. Isner and Roddick will also play together in doubles.
“I’m confident that we will be in medal contention in both singles and doubles,” said US men’s coach Jay Berger.