Garrison named the six-player women’s team of Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Jennifer Capriati, and Chanda Rubin as singles players. Martina Navratilova and Lisa Raymond and Venus Williams and Serena Williams will compete as doubles teams.

McEnroe named a six-player men’s team consisting of Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, Vince Spadea and Taylor Dent as singles players. Bob and Mike Bryan and Roddick and Fish will pair as doubles teams.

The 2004 Olympic tennis competition will be staged August 15-22 on hard courts at the Athens Olympic Tennis Center. The U.S. women’s team will look to sweep gold medals in both the singles and doubles competition for a fourth straight Olympiad, while the U.S. men will seek to return to the medal stand for the first time since the 1996.

“Selection to the U.S. Olympic team is a tremendous honor for these athletes,” said Arlen Kantarian, Chief Executive, Professional Tennis, USTA. “Each one of these players has worn the Stars and Stripes as part of U.S. Davis Cup or Fed Cup teams. They know what playing for more than themselves is all about.”

“The U.S. Olympic tennis team competing in Athens is part of an unprecedented summer in American tennis,” said Alan Schwartz, Chairman of the Board and President, USTA. “The Olympic Games, combined with the launch of the US Open Series, the spectacle of the US Open, and the upcoming Davis Cup semifinal will create one of the busiest and most exciting summers for tennis fans in the United States.”

“As a former Olympian, I know that our team will experience one of the most memorable moments of their careers in Athens,” said Garrison. “I can’t wait to walk in the Opening Ceremonies and share with our team the pride we feel representing the USTA, the sport of tennis, and our country at the Olympic Games.”

“This team is excited and honored to be participating in the Olympic Games and consider it a downright privilege,” said McEnroe. “We are going to put forth the best possible effort to bring as many medals as we can back to the United States.”

Venus Williams, 24, will be making her second Olympic appearance having won a gold medal in both women’s singles and women’s doubles at the 2000 Olympic Games, joining Helen Wills in 1924 as the only player to sweep both titles in the same Olympiad. A resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Williams holds two Wimbledon and two US Open singles titles. She is seeking to become the first player to ever repeat an Olympic gold medal in singles.

Serena Williams, 22, will be making her second Olympic appearance having won a gold medal in women’s doubles at the 2000 Olympic Games with sister Venus, becoming the first set of siblings to win Olympic gold in tennis. A resident of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Williams has won six career Grand Slam singles titles, and in 2003, became one of only five women to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles within a 12-month period.

Capriati, 28, will be making her second Olympic appearance having won a gold medal in women’s singles at the age of 16 at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. A resident of Saddlebrook, Fla., Capriati has won three Grand Slam singles titles during her career - the 2001 French Open and the 2001 and 2002 Australian Opens. In 2001, she was named the USOC’s Female Athlete of the Year.

Rubin, 28, was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team but was forced to withdraw from the competition following the Opening Ceremonies due to a wrist injury. She is a five-time member of the U.S. Fed Cup team and was a member of the 1995 U.S. Pan Am Games team. A resident of Lafayette, La., she was a semifinalist at the 1995 Australian Open.

Navratilova, 47, will be making her Olympic debut in Athens in a professional tennis career that began in 1973 and includes 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 39 Grand Slam doubles titles, 167 singles titles, 174 doubles titles and a perfect 40-0 record as member of the U.S. Fed Cup team. A resident of Aspen, Colo., Navratilova will be the oldest player to compete for the U.S. in Olympic tennis.

Raymond, 30, will be competing in the Olympics for the first time in her career. A resident of Wayne, Pa., Raymond holds five career Grand Slam doubles titles, including the 2001 US Open women’s doubles title. She has represented the United States in Fed Cup for six years.

Roddick, 21, will be competing in the Olympics for the first time in his career. The resident of Austin, Texas and Boca Raton, Fla., won his first Grand Slam singles title at the 2003 US Open and finished last year as the No. 1 player in the world. Roddick holds a 12-3 record as a member of the U.S. Davis Cup.

Fish, 22, also will be competing in the Olympics for the first time in his career. A resident of Tampa, Fla., Fish has won his first career singles title on the ATP Tour last fall in Stockholm, Sweden and has reached four other career singles finals. Fish holds a 3-4 record as a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team.

Spadea, 29, is making his second Olympic appearance after representing the United States at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. A resident of Boca Raton, Fla., Spadea returned to the top 30 in the world rankings by winning his first ATP singles titles in 223 attempts in February in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Dent, 23, will be making his Olympic debut and will join his cousin, U.S. beach volleyball player Misty May as part of the U.S. athlete delegation in Athens. A resident of Newport Beach, Calif., Dent was a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team in 2003.

Identical twins Bob and Mike Bryan, 26, will be competing in the Olympics for the first time. The brothers will join 1904 Olympians Joseph and Arthur Wear, the great, great uncles of President George W. Bush, as the only sets of brothers to represent the United States in Olympic tennis. Residents of Camarillo, Calif., the Bryans are the No. 1 doubles team in the world and won their first career Grand Slam doubles title at the 2003 French Open. The duo also won a bronze medal at the 1999 Pan Am Games in Winnipeg, Canada.

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Venus Williams became the second woman to win Olympic gold medals in singles and doubles, defeating Elena Dementieva of Russia in the gold medal match in women’s singles, while pairing with sister Serena Williams to defeat Miriam Oremans and Kristie Boogert of the Netherlands in the gold medal match in women’s doubles. American women have swept gold medals in singles and doubles during the last four Olympiads.

Andre Agassi was the last American man to win Olympic gold in men’s singles when he defeated Spain’s Sergi Bruguera in the gold medal match at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Ken Flach and Robert Seguso are the last American team to win Olympic gold in men’s doubles when they defeated Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez of Spain in the gold medal match at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

Tennis was part of the Olympic program from the first modern Olympiad in 1896 until 1924. After a 64-year hiatus, tennis returned to the official Olympic program in 1988, becoming the first sport to feature professional athletes. Team nominations are subject to approval by the U.S. Olympic Committee.