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| Tennis at the2020 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Final | ||||||||
| Champion |  Alexander Zverev (GER) | |||||||
| Runner-up |  Karen Khachanov (ROC) | |||||||
| Score | 6–3, 6–1 | |||||||
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| Men's singles at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Ariake Coliseum | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 24 July – 1 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 64 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
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Germany'sAlexander Zverev defeatedKaren Khachanov of theRussian Olympic Committee in the final, 6–3, 6–1 to win the gold medal in men's singlestennis at the2020 Summer Olympics. It was both countries' first medals at the event since2000, and Germany's first victory.[1] In the bronze medal match,Spain'sPablo Carreño Busta defeatedSerbia'sNovak Djokovic, 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3. En route to his bronze medal, Carreño Busta defeated the world's top-two ranked players – Djokovic and theROC'sDaniil Medvedev.
64 players from 31 nations competed.[2]
Andy Murray was the two-time reigning gold medalist, but withdrew before his first-round match due to aquadriceps strain.[3]
World No. 1 Djokovic was attempting to complete theCareer Golden Slam, but he lost to Zverev in the semifinals.[4] Djokovic would win the gold medal at thenext Olympic games.
The medals for the competition were presented byNenad Lalović,IOC Executive Board Member;Serbia; and the medalists' bouquets were presented byDavid Haggerty,ITF President;United States.
This was the 16th (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.
Novak Djokovic was the favourite entering the tournament having won three consecutive Grand Slam titles earlier in the year. Top players not present, along with two-time defending champion Andy Murray, includedRoger Federer,Rafael Nadal,Matteo Berrettini,Dominic Thiem,Roberto Bautista Agut, andStan Wawrinka.[2]
Egypt made its men's singles debut. France made its 15th appearance, most among all nations, having missed only the 1904 event.
EachNational Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to four players. Nations had been limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. Qualification for the men's singles is primarily through the ATP ranking list of 7 June 2021. An additional restriction is that players had to have been part of a nominated team for three Davis Cup events between 2017 and 2020 (with some exceptions). There are 64 quota places available for men's singles.[5]
The first 56 are assigned through the world ranking.[5]
There are six places available through continental qualification: four through continental tournaments (two in the2019 Pan American Games, one in the2018 Asian Games, and one in the2019 African Games) and two through continent-restricted world ranking (one each for Europe and Oceania, which must come from NOCs with no other qualified competitors). The four continental tournament places take precedence over the world ranking, so the winners (João Menezes,Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera,Denis Istomin, andMohamed Safwat) are not counted toward the 56 (but are counted toward the four-per-nation limit).[5]
One place is guaranteed to the host nation. If Japan earns a place through the world ranking, the host guarantee is not used and a 57th place is added to the ranking.[5]
In an unusual career accomplishment qualification process, one spot is reserved for a former Olympic or Grand Slam champion that has not qualified through the current world rankings. The player must have won an Olympic gold medal or a Grand Slam singles final, be within the top 300 ranked players, and be from a nation that has not already qualified four players. If multiple players meet those criteria, the one with the most titles qualifies; if still tied, the highest ranked player qualifies. If no players meet those criteria, an additional place (57th or 58th) is added to the ranking.[5] For the 2020 Games, this 'career wild card' quota was initially held by reigning double Olympic champion and three-time Grand Slam winnerAndy Murray, but he was given a direct entry after several players withdrew. However he withdrew before he was due to play his first round match due to an injury.
The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets. Atiebreak was played in all sets reaching 6–6, including the last set of a match.In a change from previous Olympics editions, the men’s final was played over three rather than five sets, for compensation to players who are competing in the later stages in all three categories: singles, doubles and mixed.[6]
The competition is held over nine days from 24 July to 1 August. Times given are the start of tennis sessions, though the men's singles shares courts with other tennis events.[7]
| July | August | |||||||
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| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 |
| 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 |
| Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Bronze medal match | Gold medal match | ||
All times areJapan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Novak Djokovic (SRB)(semifinals, fourth place) Daniil Medvedev (ROC)(quarterfinals)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)(third round) Alexander Zverev (GER)(champion, gold medalist) Andrey Rublev (ROC)(first round)
Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP)(semifinals, bronze medalist)
Hubert Hurkacz (POL)(second round)
Diego Schwartzman (ARG)(third round)
Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)(first round)
Gaël Monfils (FRA)(first round) Aslan Karatsev (ROC)(second round) Karen Khachanov (ROC)(final, silver medalist)
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)(second round) Ugo Humbert (FRA)(quarterfinals) Fabio Fognini (ITA)(third round) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)(third round)Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Key
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final (gold medal match) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Kei Nishikori (JPN) | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Alexander Zverev (GER) | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Alexander Zverev (GER) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jérémy Chardy (FRA) | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Alexander Zverev (GER) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Karen Khachanov (ROC) | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Karen Khachanov (ROC) | 77 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Ugo Humbert (FRA) | 64 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Karen Khachanov (ROC) | 6 | 6 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) | 6 | 77 | 1 | Novak Djokovic (SRB) | 4 | 78 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Daniil Medvedev (ROC) | 2 | 65 | 6 | Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) | 6 | 66 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | N Djokovic (SRB) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 H Dellien (BOL) | 2 | 2 | 1 | N Djokovic (SRB) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| J-L Struff (GER) | 6 | 6 | J-L Struff (GER) | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 T Monteiro (BRA) | 3 | 4 | 1 | N Djokovic (SRB) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L Musetti (ITA) | 3 | 4 | 16 | A Davidovich Fokina (ESP) | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 J Millman (AUS) | 6 | 6 | J Millman (AUS) | 4 | 77 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 P Sousa (POR) | 3 | 0 | 16 | A Davidovich Fokina (ESP) | 6 | 64 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | A Davidovich Fokina (ESP) | 6 | 6 | 1 | N Djokovic (SRB) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | G Monfils (FRA) | 4 | 6 | 5 | K Nishikori (JPN) | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 I Ivashka (BLR) | 6 | 4 | 7 | I Ivashka (BLR) | 64 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Kukushkin (KAZ) | 77 | 7 | M Kukushkin (KAZ) | 77 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Coria (ARG) | 64 | 5 | I Ivashka (BLR) | 67 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 N Gombos (SVK) | 64 | 6 | 2 | K Nishikori (JPN) | 79 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 M Giron (USA) | 77 | 3 | 6 | M Giron (USA) | 65 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Nishikori (JPN) | 6 | 6 | K Nishikori (JPN) | 77 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | A Rublev (ROC) | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | A Zverev (GER) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PR |  Y-h Lu (TPE) | 1 | 3 | 4 | A Zverev (GER) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 DE Galán (COL) | 7 | 6 | DE Galán (COL) | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITF |  M Safwat (EGY) | 5 | 1 | 4 | A Zverev (GER) | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 N Basilashvili (GEO) | 6 | 6 | N Basilashvili (GEO) | 4 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| R Carballés Baena (ESP) | 3 | 2 | N Basilashvili (GEO) | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Daniel (JPN) | 6 | 66 | 63 | 13 | L Sonego (ITA) | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | L Sonego (ITA) | 4 | 78 | 77 | 4 | A Zverev (GER) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | A Karatsev (ROC) | 6 | 6 | J Chardy (FRA) | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T Paul (USA) | 3 | 2 | 11 | A Karatsev (ROC) | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| J Chardy (FRA) | 6 | 77 | J Chardy (FRA) | 7 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ITF |  MT Barrios Vera (CHI) | 1 | 64 | J Chardy (FRA) | 77 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| F Cerúndolo (ARG) | 5 | 77 | 2 | ITF |  L Broady (GBR) | 63 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ITF | L Broady (GBR) | 7 | 64 | 6 | ITF | L Broady (GBR) | 7 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | L Saville (AUS) | 2 | 4 | 7 | H Hurkacz (POL) | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | H Hurkacz (POL) | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First round | Second round | Third round | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | D Schwartzman (ARG) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITF |  JP Varillas (PER) | 5 | 4 | 8 | D Schwartzman (ARG) | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ITF |  T Macháč (CZE) | 65 | 6 | 6 | ITF | T Macháč (CZE) | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Sousa (POR) | 77 | 4 | 4 | 8 | D Schwartzman (ARG) | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | L Klein (SVK) | 7 | 3 | 64 | 12 | K Khachanov (ROC) | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| J Duckworth (AUS) | 5 | 6 | 77 | J Duckworth (AUS) | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Nishioka (JPN) | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | K Khachanov (ROC) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | K Khachanov (ROC) | 3 | 6 | 6 | 12 | K Khachanov (ROC) | 77 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | U Humbert (FRA) | 77 | 6 | 14 | U Humbert (FRA) | 64 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| P Andújar (ESP) | 63 | 1 | 14 | U Humbert (FRA) | 4 | 77 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| K Majchrzak (POL) | 4 | 2 | M Kecmanović (SRB) | 6 | 65 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M Kecmanović (SRB) | 6 | 6 | 14 | U Humbert (FRA) | 2 | 77 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 S-w Kwon (KOR) | 3 | 2 | 3 | S Tsitsipas (GRE) | 6 | 64 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| F Tiafoe (USA) | 6 | 6 | F Tiafoe (USA) | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PR | P Kohlschreiber (GER) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | S Tsitsipas (GRE) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | S Tsitsipas (GRE) | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6 | P Carreño Busta (ESP) | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T Sandgren (USA) | 5 | 2 | 6 | P Carreño Busta (ESP) | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 M Čilić (CRO) | 65 | 7 | 79 | M Čilić (CRO) | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ITF | J Menezes (BRA) | 77 | 5 | 67 | 6 | P Carreño Busta (ESP) | 79 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| D Koepfer (GER) | 3 | 6 | 7 | D Koepfer (GER) | 67 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| F Bagnis (ARG) | 6 | 3 | 5 | D Koepfer (GER) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alt | M Purcell (AUS) | 6 | 77 | Alt | M Purcell (AUS) | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | F Auger-Aliassime (CAN) | 4 | 62 | 6 | P Carreño Busta (ESP) | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | F Fognini (ITA) | 6 | 6 | 2 | D Medvedev (ROC) | 2 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Y Sugita (JPN) | 4 | 3 | 15 | F Fognini (ITA) | 6 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| E Gerasimov (BLR) | 4 | 6 | 6 | E Gerasimov (BLR) | 4 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Simon (FRA) | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | F Fognini (ITA) | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ITF |  S Nagal (IND) | 6 | 66 | 6 | 2 | D Medvedev (ROC) | 6 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ITF |  D Istomin (UZB) | 4 | 78 | 4 | ITF | S Nagal (IND) | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| A Bublik (KAZ) | 4 | 68 | 2 | D Medvedev (ROC) | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | D Medvedev (ROC) | 6 | 710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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