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Singles, Men

Date24 July – 1 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationAriake Tennis Forest Park, Ariake, Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Participants64 from 31 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The reigning champion Andy Murray was hoping for his third Olympic title, while Novak Đoković was looking for his first singles title. The Serb was clear favourite in Tokyo, having won eight Grand Slam titles since the last Olympics and, shortly before the Olympics, he equalled Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal’s record of 20 Grand Slams. Đoković also went into the Tokyo Olympics hoping to win the fourth leg of tennis’s “Golden Slam”, achieved only once previously, by Steffi Graf in 1988.

The men’s singles was as much about the top players missing, as much as those who were playing. Amongst those not competing were Federer, Nadal, Nick Kyrgios, Dominic Thiem, Roberto Bautista, and Stan Wawrinka. Andy Murray was a shock last-minute withdrawal from the singles due to injury.

Đoković met the fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany in the semi-final. Neither man had lost a set going into the match. The Serbian won the first set 6-1, but lost the next two 3-6, 1-6. Karen Khachanov of the ROC beat Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta, conqueror of Medvedev, in the other semi.

Đoković then missed out on a medal by losing in three sets to Carreno Busta in the bronze medal match, while Zverev beat Khachanov in a one-sided match 6-3, 6-1. Zverev became the first German men’s singles champion, and his country’s first medallist since Tommy Haas won silver at Sydney in 2000.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Alexander ZverevGERGold
2Karen KhachanovROCSilver
3Pablo Carreño BustaESPBronze
4Novak ĐokovićSRB
=5Kei NishikoriJPN
=5Jérémy ChardyFRA
=5Ugo HumbertFRA
=5Daniil MedvedevROC
=9Alejandro Davidovich FokinaESP
=9Illia IvashkaBLR
=9Nikoloz BasilashviliGEO
=9Liam BroadyGBR
=9Diego SchwartzmanARG
=9Stefanos TsitsipasGRE
=9Dominik KoepferGER
=9Fabio FogniniITA
=17Jan-Lennard StruffGER
=17John MillmanAUS
=17Mikhail KukushkinKAZ
=17Marcos GironUSA
=17Daniel Elahi GalánCOL
=17Lorenzo SonegoITA
=17Aslan KaratsevROC
=17Hubert HurkaczPOL
=17Tomáš MacháčCZE
=17James DuckworthAUS
=17Miomir KecmanovićSRB
=17Frances TiafoeUSA
=17Marin ČilićCRO
=17Max PurcellAUS
=17Yahor HerasimauBLR
=17Sumit NagalIND
=33Hugo DellienBOL
=33Thiago MonteiroBRA
=33Lorenzo MusettiITA
=33Pedro SousaPOR
=33Gaël MonfilsFRA
=33Federico CoriaARG
=33Norbert GombosSVK
=33Andrey RublyovROC
=33Lu Yen-HsunTPE
=33Mohamed SafwatEGY
=33Roberto CarballésESP
=33Taro DanielJPN
=33Tommy PaulUSA
=33Tomás BarriosCHI
=33Francisco CerúndoloARG
=33Luke SavilleAUS
=33Juan Pablo VarillasPER
=33João SousaPOR
=33Lukáš KleinSVK
=33Yoshihito NishiokaJPN
=33Pablo AndújarESP
=33Kamil MajchrzakPOL
=33Gwon Sun-UKOR
=33Philipp KohlschreiberGER
=33Tennys SandgrenUSA
=33João MenezesBRA
=33Facundo BagnisARG
=33Félix Auger-AliassimeCAN
=33Yuichi SugitaJPN
=33Gilles SimonFRA
=33Denis IstominUZB
=33Aleksandr BublikKAZ

Round One

Date24 – 25 July 2021
FormatWinners advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Novak ĐokovićSRB2 – 0Hugo DellienBOL
Match #2Jan-Lennard StruffGER2 – 0Thiago MonteiroBRA
Match #3John MillmanAUS2 – 0Lorenzo MusettiITA
Match #4Alejandro Davidovich FokinaESP2 – 0Pedro SousaPOR
Match #5Illia IvashkaBLR2 – 0Gaël MonfilsFRA
Match #6Mikhail KukushkinKAZ2 – 0Federico CoriaARG
Match #7Marcos GironUSA2 – 1Norbert GombosSVK
Match #8Kei NishikoriJPN2 – 0Andrey RublyovROC
Match #9Alexander ZverevGER2 – 0Lu Yen-HsunTPE
Match #10Daniel Elahi GalánCOL2 – 0Mohamed SafwatEGY
Match #11Nikoloz BasilashviliGEO2 – 0Roberto CarballésESP
Match #12Lorenzo SonegoITA2 – 1Taro DanielJPN
Match #13Aslan KaratsevROC2 – 0Tommy PaulUSA
Match #14Jérémy ChardyFRA2 – 0Tomás BarriosCHI
Match #15Liam BroadyGBR2 – 1Francisco CerúndoloARG
Match #16Hubert HurkaczPOL2 – 0Luke SavilleAUS
Match #17Diego SchwartzmanARG2 – 0Juan Pablo VarillasPER
Match #18Tomáš MacháčCZE2 – 1João SousaPOR
Match #19James DuckworthAUS2 – 1Lukáš KleinSVK
Match #20Karen KhachanovROC2 – 1Yoshihito NishiokaJPN
Match #21Ugo HumbertFRA2 – 0Pablo AndújarESP
Match #22Miomir KecmanovićSRB2 – 0Kamil MajchrzakPOL
Match #23Frances TiafoeUSA2 – 0Gwon Sun-UKOR
Match #24Stefanos TsitsipasGRE2 – 1Philipp KohlschreiberGER
Match #25Pablo Carreño BustaESP2 – 0Tennys SandgrenUSA
Match #26Marin ČilićCRO2 – 1João MenezesBRA
Match #27Dominik KoepferGER2 – 1Facundo BagnisARG
Match #28Max PurcellAUS2 – 0Félix Auger-AliassimeCAN
Match #29Fabio FogniniITA2 – 0Yuichi SugitaJPN
Match #30Yahor HerasimauBLR2 – 1Gilles SimonFRA
Match #31Sumit NagalIND2 – 1Denis IstominUZB
Match #32Daniil MedvedevROC2 – 0Aleksandr BublikKAZ

Round Two

Date26 – 27 July 2021
FormatWinners advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Novak ĐokovićSRB2 – 0Jan-Lennard StruffGER
Match #2Alejandro Davidovich FokinaESP2 – 1John MillmanAUS
Match #3Illia IvashkaBLR2 – 1Mikhail KukushkinKAZ
Match #4Kei NishikoriJPN2 – 1Marcos GironUSA
Match #5Alexander ZverevGER2 – 0Daniel Elahi GalánCOL
Match #6Nikoloz BasilashviliGEO2 – 1Lorenzo SonegoITA
Match #7Jérémy ChardyFRA2 – 1Aslan KaratsevROC
Match #8Liam BroadyGBR2 – 1Hubert HurkaczPOL
Match #9Diego SchwartzmanARG2 – 0Tomáš MacháčCZE
Match #10Karen KhachanovROC2 – 0James DuckworthAUS
Match #11Ugo HumbertFRA2 – 1Miomir KecmanovićSRB
Match #12Stefanos TsitsipasGRE2 – 0Frances TiafoeUSA
Match #13Pablo Carreño BustaESP2 – 1Marin ČilićCRO
Match #14Dominik KoepferGER2 – 0Max PurcellAUS
Match #15Fabio FogniniITA2 – 0Yahor HerasimauBLR
Match #16Daniil MedvedevROC2 – 0Sumit NagalIND

Round Three

Date28 July 2021
FormatWinners advanced to quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 JulNovak ĐokovićSRB2 – 0Alejandro Davidovich FokinaESP
Match #228 JulKei NishikoriJPN2 – 0Illia IvashkaBLR
Match #328 JulAlexander ZverevGER2 – 0Nikoloz BasilashviliGEO
Match #428 JulJérémy ChardyFRA2 – 1Liam BroadyGBR
Match #528 JulKaren KhachanovROC2 – 1Diego SchwartzmanARG
Match #628 JulUgo HumbertFRA2 – 1Stefanos TsitsipasGRE
Match #728 JulPablo Carreño BustaESP2 – 0Dominik KoepferGER
Match #828 JulDaniil MedvedevROC2 – 1Fabio FogniniITA

Quarter-Finals

Date29 July 2021
FormatWinners advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 JulNovak ĐokovićSRB2 – 0Kei NishikoriJPN
Match #229 JulAlexander ZverevGER2 – 0Jérémy ChardyFRA
Match #329 JulKaren KhachanovROC2 – 1Ugo HumbertFRA
Match #429 JulPablo Carreño BustaESP2 – 0Daniil MedvedevROC

Semi-Finals

Date30 July 2021
FormatWinners advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #130 JulAlexander ZverevGER2 – 1Novak ĐokovićSRB
Match #230 JulKaren KhachanovROC2 – 0Pablo Carreño BustaESP

Final Round

Date31 July – 1 August 2021
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/201 AugAlexander ZverevGER2 – 0Karen KhachanovROC
Match 3/431 JulPablo Carreño BustaESP2 – 1Novak ĐokovićSRB