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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 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 ...
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]
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 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]
Taylor Fritz. Age: 26. Hometown: Rancho Santa Fe, California. Current Ranking: 13. When the team was announced, Fritz was the top-ranked American men's player (he was overtaken by his friend and ...
Men's singles Women's singles Men's doubles Women's doubles Mixed doubles 1896 Athens: Athens Lawn Tennis Club: Clay John Boland ‡ Not held John Boland ‡ Friedrich Traun: Not held Not held 1900 Paris: Cercle des Sports, Île de Puteaux Clay Laurence Doherty ‡ Charlotte Cooper ‡ Laurence Doherty ‡ Reginald Doherty ‡ Charlotte Cooper ...
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