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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.
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 ...
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]
It marked the first Olympic gold medal in his fifth Olympic Games for Djokovic, who had won a record 24 Grand Slam men's singles titles including three French Opens (2016, 2021 and 2023), as well as the first Olympic tennis gold medal for Serbia as well as his second medal after having won a bronze medal in Beijing 2008 men's singles.
Matt Ebden's 2024 Olympics started with his first singles match in more than two years — a 6-0, 6-1 loss to Novak Djokovic as a fill-in after other players pulled out of that event. A week later ...
Olympics. Medals table. Through Tuesday. Events finished: 56. Events scheduled: 273
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.
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.