Well yes, the Olympics were all-amateur until the 1980s. Tennis boycotted the games from 1924 to 1988 because of the ban on professionals competing. Today it's

Well yes, the Olympics were all-amateur until the 1980s. Tennis boycotted the games from 1924 to 1988 because of the ban on professionals competing. Today it's primarily professional and bears little resemblance to Baron de Coubertin's vision.