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| Tennis at the2008 Summer Olympics | |||||||
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| Champion |  Rafael Nadal (ESP) | ||||||
| Runner-up |  Fernando González (CHI) | ||||||
| Score | 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 | ||||||
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| Men's singles tennis at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Green Tennis Centre,Beijing | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10–17 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
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Spain'sRafael Nadal defeatedChile'sFernando González in the final, 6–3, 7–6(7–2), 6–3 to win the gold medal in men's singles at the2008 Summer Olympics.[1] The win gave him the third of five components of thecareer Golden Slam, having already won theFrench Open andWimbledon. He would go on to win theAustralian Open and theUS Open to become the second man (afterAndre Agassi) to complete the career Golden Slam in singles. Following the event, Nadal became theworld No. 1 for the first time, endingRoger Federer's record streak of 237 consecutive weeks with the top ranking.[2] González became the first man to win a medal in men's singles across consecutive Olympiads sinceCharles Winslow in1920. In the bronze medal match,Serbia'sNovak Djokovic defeated theUnited States'James Blake (who upset Federer in the quarterfinals), 6–3, 7–6(7–4). It was Serbia's first Olympic tennis medal.
The tournament was held from August 10 to August 17 at theOlympic Green Tennis Centre inBeijing, China. TheDecoTurf surface rendered the event ahardcourt competition. There were 64 players from 33 nations.[3]
Chile'sNicolás Massú was the reigning gold medalist from2004. He lost toArgentina'sDavid Nalbandian in the second round.
This was the 13th (medal) appearance of the men's singles tennis event. The event has been held at every Summer Olympics where tennis has been on the program: from 1896 to 1924 and then from 1988 to the current program. Demonstration events were held in 1968 and 1984.
The number one seed wasRoger Federer of Switzerland, making his third Olympic appearance. But number-two seedRafael Nadal of Spain was favored, with recent wins at the French Open and Wimbledon and closing in on taking the #1 ranking from Federer.[3] Nadal was making his Olympic debut along with Serbian playerNovak Djokovic, who joined the rest of theBig Three in the top three seeds.Andy Murray of Great Britain also competed at the Olympics for the first time. Four of the eight quarterfinalists from 2004 returned: gold medalistNicolás Massú and bronze medalistFernando González of Chile and quarterfinalistsTomáš Berdych of the Czech Republic andMikhail Youzhny of Russia.
The People's Republic of China, El Salvador, Latvia, Serbia, and Togo each made their debut in the event. France made its 12th appearance, most among all nations, having missed only the 1904 event.
Qualification for the men's singles was primarily through the ATP ranking list of 9 June 2008. Nations had been limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. There were 64 quota places available for men's singles. The first 56 were assigned through the world ranking. There were two Tripartite Commission invitation places and 6 final qualification places allocated by the ITF based on continental and national representation along with world rankings.
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were in best-of-3 sets, except for the final which was in best-of-5 sets. Notiebreak was played in the final set.
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| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze | Final |
Roger Federer (SUI)(quarterfinals) Rafael Nadal (ESP) (champion, gold medalist)
Novak Djokovic (SRB)(semifinals, bronze medalist)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)(second round) David Ferrer (ESP)(first round)
Andy Murray (GBR)(first round)
David Nalbandian (ARG)(third round)
James Blake (USA)(semifinals, fourth place) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI)(second round)
Gilles Simon (FRA)(third round) Nicolás Almagro (ESP)(first round) Fernando González (CHI)(final, silver medalist) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)(third round)
Ivo Karlović (CRO)(withdrew because of a stomach illness)
Nicolas Kiefer (GER)(third round)
Radek Štěpánek (CZE)(first round) Tomáš Berdych (CZE)(third round)Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Key
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (gold medal match) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Roger Federer (SUI) | 4 | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | James Blake (USA) | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | James Blake (USA) | 6 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Fernando González (CHI) | 4 | 7 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Fernando González (CHI) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Fernando González (CHI) | 3 | 62 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | 6 | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gaël Monfils (FRA) | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 4 | 6 | 4 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Jürgen Melzer (AUT) | 0 | 4 | 8 | James Blake (USA) | 3 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | 6 | 6 | 3 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | R Federer (SUI) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Tursunov (RUS) | 4 | 2 | 1 | R Federer (SUI) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 H-t Lee (KOR) | 6 | 3 | 4 | INV |  R Arevalo (ESA) | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| INV | R Arevalo (ESA) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | R Federer (SUI) | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
| T Robredo (ESP) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | T Berdych (CZE) | 3 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 A Seppi (ITA) | 6 | 4 | 8 | A Seppi (ITA) | 3 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  X Yu (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 17 | T Berdych (CZE) | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | T Berdych (CZE) | 6 | 6 | 1 | R Federer (SUI) | 4 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | G Simon (FRA) | 6 | 6 | 8 | J Blake (USA) | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 R Söderling (SWE) | 4 | 4 | 10 | G Simon (FRA) | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  F Niemeyer (CAN) | 6 | 2r | G Cañas (ARG) | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Cañas (ARG) | 3 | 4 | 10 | G Simon (FRA) | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 T Bellucci (BRA) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | J Blake (USA) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PR |  D Hrbatý (SVK) | 2 | 6 | 6 | PR | D Hrbatý (SVK) | 63 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 C Guccione (AUS) | 3 | 63 | 8 | J Blake (USA) | 77 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | J Blake (USA) | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4 | N Davydenko (RUS) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 E Gulbis (LAT) | 4 | 2 | 4 | N Davydenko (RUS) | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P-H Mathieu (FRA) | 77 | 6 | P-H Mathieu (FRA) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 N Lapentti (ECU) | 64 | 2 | P-H Mathieu (FRA) | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| INV |  K Loglo (TOG) | 3 | 2 | 15 | N Kiefer (GER) | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IP |  K Anderson (RSA) | 6 | 6 | IP | K Anderson (RSA) | 4 | 77 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| IP |  M Mirnyi (BLR) | 3 | 1 | 15 | N Kiefer (GER) | 6 | 64 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | N Kiefer (GER) | 6 | 6 | P-H Mathieu (FRA) | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | F González (CHI) | 6 | 6 | 12 | F González (CHI) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IP | P Sun (CHN) | 4 | 4 | 12 | F González (CHI) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| M Čilić (CRO) | 6 | 65 | 6 | M Čilić (CRO) | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Mónaco (ARG) | 4 | 77 | 3 | 12 | F González (CHI) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 O Rochus (BEL) | 6 | 3 | 6 | O Rochus (BEL) | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| I Minář (CZE) | 3 | 6 | 3 | O Rochus (BEL) | 77 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Tipsarević (SRB) | 710 | 6 | J Tipsarević (SRB) | 65 | 3 | r | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | D Ferrer (ESP) | 68 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 7 | D Nalbandian (ARG) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | S Zeng (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 7 | D Nalbandian (ARG) | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IP | N Massú (CHI) | 6 | 7 | IP | N Massú (CHI) | 60 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Darcis (BEL) | 4 | 5 | 7 | D Nalbandian (ARG) | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| S Bolelli (ITA) | 5 | 6 | 4 | G Monfils (FRA) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 V Hănescu (ROU) | 7 | 3 | 6 | V Hănescu (ROU) | 4 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Monfils (FRA) | 6 | 3 | 6 | G Monfils (FRA) | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | N Almagro (ESP) | 4 | 6 | 3 | G Monfils (FRA) | 6 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | M Youzhny (RUS) | 6 | 6 | 3 | N Djokovic (SRB) | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Vaněk (CZE) | 4 | 1 | 13 | M Youzhny (RUS) | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 J Nieminen (FIN) | 6 | 4 | 4 | T Johansson (SWE) | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Johansson (SWE) | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | M Youzhny (RUS) | 63 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Schüttler (GER) | 6 | 65 | 6 | 3 | N Djokovic (SRB) | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| IP |  K Nishikori (JPN) | 4 | 77 | 3 | R Schüttler (GER) | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Ginepri (USA) | 4 | 4 | 3 | N Djokovic (SRB) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | N Djokovic (SRB) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 | A Murray (GBR) | 65 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Y-h Lu (TPE) | 77 | 6 | Y-h Lu (TPE) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Calleri (ARG) | 6 | 6 | A Calleri (ARG) | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt |  D Mullings (BAH) | 1 | 1 | Y-h Lu (TPE) | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Daniel (BRA) | 711 | 1 | 6 | J Melzer (AUT) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J Melzer (AUT) | 69 | 6 | 8 | J Melzer (AUT) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Dancevic (CAN) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | S Wawrinka (SUI) | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | S Wawrinka (SUI) | 4 | 6 | 6 | J Melzer (AUT) | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | R Štěpánek (CZE) | 6 | 65 | 9 | 2 | R Nadal (ESP) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Llodra (FRA) | 4 | 77 | 11 | M Llodra (FRA) | 4 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| S Querrey (USA) | 4 | 4 | I Andreev (RUS) | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| I Andreev (RUS) | 6 | 6 | I Andreev (RUS) | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L Hewitt (AUS) | 7 | 77 | 2 | R Nadal (ESP) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| IP | J Björkman (SWE) | 5 | 62 | L Hewitt (AUS) | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| P Starace (ITA) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | R Nadal (ESP) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | R Nadal (ESP) | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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