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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.
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 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. [2] [3]
The men's singles featured the first time an Olympic tennis player had medaled in consecutive Olympiads since the 1920 Games, [2] while the men's doubles gave Switzerland its first medal in the event. The doubles also saw the return of Switzerland and the United States to the medals stand for the first time since the 1988 re-introduction of the ...
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 2024 Summer Olympics order of play for matches on the main courts, played from 27 July until 4 August. All dates and times are CEST ( UTC+02:00 ). Day 1 (27 July)
Table tennis: Men's singles: Fan Zhendong China: Truls Möregårdh Sweden: Félix Lebrun France [177] Tennis: Men's singles [D] Novak Djokovic Serbia: Carlos Alcaraz Spain: Lorenzo Musetti Italy [178] Women's doubles [D] Sara Errani Jasmine Paolini Italy: Mirra Andreeva Diana Shnaider Individual Neutral Athletes: Cristina Bucșa Sara Sorribes ...
Also notable is Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was the first time since 2002, where " The Big 3 " ( Novak Djokovic , Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal ) did not win either the US Open , Wimbledon , Australian Open , or French Open .