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Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated Chile's Fernando González in the final, 6–3, 7–6 (7–2), 6–3 to win the gold medal in men's singles at the 2008 Summer Olympics.The win gave him the third of five components of the career Golden Slam, having already won the French Open and Wimbledon.
Andy Murray is the only men's player to have won two singles gold medals. Only on three occasions has a player defended their gold medal: Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández in women's doubles in 1992 and 1996, Serena Williams and Venus Williams in women's doubles in 2008 and 2012, and Andy Murray in the men's singles in 2012 and 2016.
It was Italy's second Olympic tennis medal, 100 years after Uberto De Morpurgo won a bronze medal in the men's singles in 1924. [5] The men's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 4 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France. [6] There were 64 players from 27 nations. [7]
The women's singles event proved notable for being one of only two Olympiads — and the first since 1908 — in which all tennis medalists were from the same country – with Russian women sweeping the medals. [1] The men's singles featured the first time an Olympic tennis player had medaled in consecutive Olympiads since the 1920 Games, [2 ...
The tennis tournaments at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 4 August at the Stade Roland Garros. [1] The event featured a total of 175 players across five medal events: singles and doubles for both men and women and mixed doubles.
Andy Murray is the only player to have won two singles gold medals, and the only singles player to have retained the Olympic title. Nicolás Massú , Venus Williams, and Serena Williams are the only players in the Open Era to win both the singles and same-sex doubles tournaments at one Games, doing so in 2004 , 2000 , and 2012 respectively.
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
Maarten van der Weijden from the Netherlands won a gold medal in the men's 10 km open water. [29] Left to right: Lu Chunlong (gold), Dong Dong (bronze), both from China, and Jason Burnett from Canada (silver) won medals in the men's trampoline gymnastics. [30] Femke Dekker from the Netherlands won a silver medal in the women's eights in rowing ...