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Reginald Doherty, four-time Olympic medalist Venus Williams, five-time Olympic medalist. Tennis was first contested as a Summer Olympic sport in the 1896 Olympic Games until 1924 (excluding 1916 due to World War I), before going on hiatus due to disputes between the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the International Olympic Committee over how to define amateur players.
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]
For the Olympics, the men's player who won received 400 ranking points [13] —put in perspective, this was 100 more than a win at the most prestigious International Series Gold tournaments, 100 less than a Masters Series win, and 600 less than a triumph at one of the four Grand Slam tournaments.
Germany's Alexander Zverev defeated Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee in the final, 6–3, 6–1, to win the gold medal in men's singles tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics. It was both countries' first medals at the event since 2000, and Germany's first victory. [1]
He became the first tennis player ever, male or female, to win two Olympic singles gold medals. [1] [2] Murray and del Potro were only the third and fourth men to win multiple singles medals of any color (following del Potro's bronze in 2012). Murray's gold was Great Britain's fifth in men's singles, the most of any nation. In the bronze medal ...
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 two medals were Chile's first in men's singles, and Massú's gold plus the Chileans' doubles gold were the only two gold medals for Chile at the Olympics, until shooter Francisca Crovetto's gold obtained at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece. There were 64 players from 32 nations ...
This was the 10th (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. The number one seed was Andre Agassi of the United States. [1]