The Stone Mountain Tennis Center was a tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 venue at Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Stone Mountain is a city in eastern DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 5,802 at the 2010 census. It is an outer suburb of the Atlanta Metropolitan Area.-Geography:...

, Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

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, USA. It was built to host the tennis events

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

 for the 1996 Summer Olympics

1996 Summer Olympics

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 and the 1996 Summer Paralympics

1996 Summer Paralympics

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, at a total cost of $22 million. At the time of the Olympics, the complex included over 12,000 seats for tennis fans, a 50000 square feet (4,645.2 m²) plaza area located around the stadium, and a stadium court plus 15 additional outer courts. The reconfigured stadium held 7,200 people, and two smaller courts seated 4,000 and 2,000. Its parking lot

Parking lot

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 was the former runway

Runway

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 for the Stone Mountain Airport

Stone Mountain Airport

The Stone Mountain Airport , later also known as Stone Mountain Britt Memorial Airport , was a small privately-run public-use airport located in Stone Mountain, Georgia from around 1963 until 1996. Used for general aviation, it had a paved runway of either or , and a "crosswind" grass runway of...

, which was permanently closed for the Olympic venue.

Since the Olympics, the facility has been under the ownership of the State of Georgia's Stone Mountain Memorial Association. It has fallen into disrepair since it closed in 2007, and is slated to be converted into an outdoor tennis venue and park

Park

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The facility played host to the 1997 WTA Hardcourts and the 1998 Davis Cup

Davis Cup

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 competition featuring Andre Agassi

Andre Agassi

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 and Jim Courier

Jim Courier

James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

, which the U.S. won against Russia. The Stone Mountain Tennis Center also hosted a concert

Concert

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 in October 2005 with Roberta Flack

Roberta Flack

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 and Melba Moore

Melba Moore

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