Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

Men's singles
Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Final
Champion Alexander Zverev (GER)
Runner-up Karen Khachanov (ROC)
Score6–3, 6–1
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Qualification
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Men's singles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
VenueAriake Coliseum
Dates24 July – 1 August 2021
Competitors64 from 31 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Zverev  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karen Khachanov  ROC
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pablo Carreño Busta  Spain
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2024 →
Main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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] In the bronze medal match, Spain's Pablo Carreño Busta defeated Serbia's Novak Djokovic, 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3. En route to his bronze medal, Carreño Busta defeated the world's top-two ranked players – Djokovic and the ROC's Daniil Medvedev.

64 players from 31 nations competed.[2]

Andy Murray was the two-time defending gold medalist, but withdrew before his first-round match due to a quadriceps strain.[3]

World No. 1 Djokovic was attempting to win the fourth of five components of a potential Golden Slam (and to be the third man to do so across an entire career, after Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) and to complete the Career Super Slam (he would be the second man to achieve this, after Agassi), having already won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon Championships that year, but he lost to Zverev in the semifinals.[4] Djokovic would eventually complete the Career Golden Slam and Career Super Slam in 2024.

The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, IOC Executive Board Member; Serbia; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by David Haggerty, ITF President; United States.

Background

This was the 16th (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.

Novak Djokovic was the favourite entering the tournament having won three consecutive Grand Slam titles earlier in the year. Top players not present, along with two-time defending champion Andy Murray, included Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Matteo Berrettini, Dominic Thiem, Roberto Bautista Agut, and Stan Wawrinka.[2]

Egypt made its men's singles debut. France made its 15th appearance, most among all nations, having missed only the 1904 event.

Qualification

Main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to four players. Nations had been limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. Qualification for the men's singles is primarily through the ATP ranking list of 7 June 2021. An additional restriction is that players had to have been part of a nominated team for three Davis Cup events between 2017 and 2020 (with some exceptions). There are 64 quota places available for men's singles.[5]

The first 56 are assigned through the world ranking.[5]

There are six places available through continental qualification: four through continental tournaments (two in the 2019 Pan American Games, one in the 2018 Asian Games, and one in the 2019 African Games) and two through continent-restricted world ranking (one each for Europe and Oceania, which must come from NOCs with no other qualified competitors). The four continental tournament places take precedence over the world ranking, so the winners (João Menezes, Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera, Denis Istomin, and Mohamed Safwat) are not counted toward the 56 (but are counted toward the four-per-nation limit).[5]

One place is guaranteed to the host nation. If Japan earns a place through the world ranking, the host guarantee is not used and a 57th place is added to the ranking.[5]

In an unusual career accomplishment qualification process, one spot is reserved for a former Olympic or Grand Slam champion that has not qualified through the current world rankings. The player must have won an Olympic gold medal or a Grand Slam singles final, be within the top 300 ranked players, and be from a nation that has not already qualified four players. If multiple players meet those criteria, the one with the most titles qualifies; if still tied, the highest ranked player qualifies. If no players meet those criteria, an additional place (57th or 58th) is added to the ranking.[5] For the 2020 Games, this 'career wild card' quota was initially held by reigning double Olympic champion and three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray, but he was given a direct entry after several players withdrew. However he withdrew before he was due to play his first round match due to an injury.

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets. A tiebreak was played in all sets reaching 6–6, including the last set of a match. In a change from previous Olympics editions, the men’s final was played over three rather than five sets, for compensation to players who are competing in the later stages in all three categories: singles, doubles and mixed.[6]

Schedule

The competition is held over nine days from 24 July to 1 August. Times given are the start of tennis sessions, though the men's singles shares courts with other tennis events.[7]

July August
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1
11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 15:00
Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Bronze medal match Gold medal match

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Seeds

1.    Novak Djokovic (SRB) (semifinals, fourth place)
2.    Daniil Medvedev (ROC) (quarterfinals)
3.    Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) (third round)
4.    Alexander Zverev (GER) (champion, gold medalist)
5.    Andrey Rublev (ROC) (first round)
6.    Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) (semifinals, bronze medalist)
7.    Hubert Hurkacz (POL) (second round)
8.    Diego Schwartzman (ARG) (third round)
9.    Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) (first round)
10.    Gaël Monfils (FRA) (first round)
11.    Aslan Karatsev (ROC) (second round)
12.    Karen Khachanov (ROC) (final, silver medalist)
13.    Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) (second round)
14.    Ugo Humbert (FRA) (quarterfinals)
15.    Fabio Fognini (ITA) (third round)
16.    Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) (third round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (gold medal match)
               
1  Novak Djokovic (SRB) 6 6
 Kei Nishikori (JPN) 2 0
1  Novak Djokovic (SRB) 6 3 1
4  Alexander Zverev (GER) 1 6 6
4  Alexander Zverev (GER) 6 6
 Jérémy Chardy (FRA) 4 1
4  Alexander Zverev (GER) 6 6
12  Karen Khachanov (ROC) 3 1
12  Karen Khachanov (ROC) 77 4 6
14  Ugo Humbert (FRA) 64 6 3
12  Karen Khachanov (ROC) 6 6 Bronze medal match
6  Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 3 3
6  Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 6 77 1  Novak Djokovic (SRB) 4 78 3
2  Daniil Medvedev (ROC) 2 65 6  Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 6 66 6

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1  N Djokovic (SRB) 6 6
 H Dellien (BOL) 2 2 1  N Djokovic (SRB) 6 6
   J-L Struff (GER) 6 6  J-L Struff (GER) 4 3
 T Monteiro (BRA) 3 4 1  N Djokovic (SRB) 6 6
   L Musetti (ITA) 3 4 16  A Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 3 1
 J Millman (AUS) 6 6  J Millman (AUS) 4 77 3
 P Sousa (POR) 3 0 16  A Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 6 64 6
16  A Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 6 6 1  N Djokovic (SRB) 6 6
10  G Monfils (FRA) 4 6 5  K Nishikori (JPN) 2 0
 I Ivashka (BLR) 6 4 7    I Ivashka (BLR) 64 6 6
   M Kukushkin (KAZ) 77 7  M Kukushkin (KAZ) 77 3 3
 F Coria (ARG) 64 5    I Ivashka (BLR) 67 0
   N Gombos (SVK) 64 6 2  K Nishikori (JPN) 79 6
 M Giron (USA) 77 3 6  M Giron (USA) 65 6 1
 K Nishikori (JPN) 6 6    K Nishikori (JPN) 77 3 6
5  A Rublev (ROC) 3 4

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4  A Zverev (GER) 6 6
PR  Y-h Lu (TPE) 1 3 4  A Zverev (GER) 6 6
 DE Galán (COL) 7 6  DE Galán (COL) 2 2
ITF  M Safwat (EGY) 5 1 4  A Zverev (GER) 6 77
   N Basilashvili (GEO) 6 6  N Basilashvili (GEO) 4 65
 R Carballés Baena (ESP) 3 2  N Basilashvili (GEO) 6 3 6
 T Daniel (JPN) 6 66 63 13  L Sonego (ITA) 4 6 4
13  L Sonego (ITA) 4 78 77 4  A Zverev (GER) 6 6
11  A Karatsev (ROC) 6 6  J Chardy (FRA) 4 1
 T Paul (USA) 3 2 11  A Karatsev (ROC) 5 6 3
 J Chardy (FRA) 6 77  J Chardy (FRA) 7 4 6
ITF  MT Barrios Vera (CHI) 1 64  J Chardy (FRA) 77 4 6
 F Cerúndolo (ARG) 5 77 2 ITF  L Broady (GBR) 63 6 1
ITF  L Broady (GBR) 7 64 6 ITF  L Broady (GBR) 7 3 6
Alt  L Saville (AUS) 2 4 7  H Hurkacz (POL) 5 6 3
7  H Hurkacz (POL) 6 6

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
8  D Schwartzman (ARG) 7 6
ITF  JP Varillas (PER) 5 4 8  D Schwartzman (ARG) 6 7
ITF  T Macháč (CZE) 65 6 6 ITF  T Macháč (CZE) 4 5
 J Sousa (POR) 77 4 4 8  D Schwartzman (ARG) 1 6 1
Alt  L Klein (SVK) 7 3 64 12  K Khachanov (ROC) 6 2 6
 J Duckworth (AUS) 5 6 77  J Duckworth (AUS) 5 1
 Y Nishioka (JPN) 6 1 2 12  K Khachanov (ROC) 7 6
12  K Khachanov (ROC) 3 6 6 12  K Khachanov (ROC) 77 4 6
14  U Humbert (FRA) 77 6 14  U Humbert (FRA) 64 6 3
 P Andújar (ESP) 63 1 14  U Humbert (FRA) 4 77 7
   K Majchrzak (POL) 4 2  M Kecmanović (SRB) 6 65 5
 M Kecmanović (SRB) 6 6 14  U Humbert (FRA) 2 77 6
   S-w Kwon (KOR) 3 2 3  S Tsitsipas (GRE) 6 64 2
 F Tiafoe (USA) 6 6  F Tiafoe (USA) 3 4
PR  P Kohlschreiber (GER) 3 6 3 3  S Tsitsipas (GRE) 6 6
3  S Tsitsipas (GRE) 6 3 6

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6  P Carreño Busta (ESP) 7 6
 T Sandgren (USA) 5 2 6  P Carreño Busta (ESP) 5 6 6
 M Čilić (CRO) 65 7 79  M Čilić (CRO) 7 4 4
ITF  J Menezes (BRA) 77 5 67 6  P Carreño Busta (ESP) 79 6
   D Koepfer (GER) 3 6 7  D Koepfer (GER) 67 3
 F Bagnis (ARG) 6 3 5  D Koepfer (GER) 6 6
Alt  M Purcell (AUS) 6 77 Alt  M Purcell (AUS) 3 0
9  F Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 4 62 6  P Carreño Busta (ESP) 6 77
15  F Fognini (ITA) 6 6 2  D Medvedev (ROC) 2 65
 Y Sugita (JPN) 4 3 15  F Fognini (ITA) 6 77
   E Gerasimov (BLR) 4 6 6  E Gerasimov (BLR) 4 64
 G Simon (FRA) 6 3 4 15  F Fognini (ITA) 2 6 2
ITF  S Nagal (IND) 6 66 6 2  D Medvedev (ROC) 6 3 6
ITF  D Istomin (UZB) 4 78 4 ITF  S Nagal (IND) 2 1
 A Bublik (KAZ) 4 68 2  D Medvedev (ROC) 6 6
2  D Medvedev (ROC) 6 710

References

  1. ^ "Alexander Zverev follows up win over Novak Djokovic with Olympic tennis gold". ESPN. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Singles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Andy Murray withdraws from Tokyo Olympics singles tennis tournament, remains in doubles".
  4. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Novak Djokovic beaten by Alexander Zverev in Olympic semi-final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Tokyo 2020 – ITF Tennis Qualification System" (PDF). ITF. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  6. ^ AFP (4 April 2019). "Olympic tennis men's final cut to best-of-three sets". Sportstar. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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