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Singles, Men

Date	27 July – 5 August 2024
Status	Olympic
Location	Porte de la Chapelle Arena, Paris, France
Participants	41 from 36 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

In the group stages, there were two seeds eliminated. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA), bronze medalist from 2020, was defeated by the host nation’s Toma Junior Popov, in a close match lasting well over an hour by 21-19, 17-21, 21-15. The other seed to be eliminated was Jonatan Christie (INA), who lost to Lakshya Sen (IND) by a score of 21-18, 21-12. All the other groups were won by the-seeded players – besides Popov, the only players to advance not from Asian nations were Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen, the 2020 victor in this event, and Anders Antonsen, world ranked second and third.

Three of the top four seeds had a bye into the quarter-finals. The highlight of the round of 16 was the victory of 2023 World Champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA) over Kenta Nishimoto (JPN) by 16-21, 21-14, 21-12 in a match lasting 80 minutes. The remaining matches in this round went to form in the top half of the draw, Lee Zii Jia (MAS) defeating the unseeded Popov by two games to nil. However, in the bottom half of the draw, the lower ranked players all won, Chou Tien-Chen (TPE) defeating Kodai Naraoka (JPN) by 21-12, 21-16, unseeded Lakshya Sen (IND) defeating his countryman H. S. Sunil Kumar 21-12, 21-6, and finally Loh Kean Yew (SGP) winning by 23-21, 21-15 against higher ranked Li Shifeng (CHN), winner of the Boy’s Singles at the 2018 Youth Olympics.

In the quarter-finals, the lower-seeded players continued their success in the top half of the draw. The top seed Shi Yuqi (CHN) lost to the lower-seeded Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-12, 21-10. Lee Zii Jia then defeated the Dane Anders Antonsen 21-17, 21-15. In the lower half of the draw, a close encounter saw Lakshya Sen overcome Chou Tien-Chen 19-21, 21-15, 21-12, in the only quarter-final to go to three games. Viktor Axelsen completed the semi-final line-up with a comfortable victory over Loh Kean Yew by 21-9, 21-17.

With no Chinese players in the semi-finals, Viktor Axelsen saw an opportunity to defend his title, and defeated Sen by 22-20, 21-14. His opponent in the final was to be Vitidsarn, who defeated Lee in the other semi-final by 21-14, 21-15.

In the match for the bronze medal, after an uncertain start it was Lee who defeated Sen by 13-21, 21-16, 21-11. In the final, Vitidsarn tried his best but was outclassed by a dominant Axelsen, who won 21-11, 21-11, so retaining his Olympic crown.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Viktor Axelsen	DEN	Gold
2	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	THA	Silver
3	Lee Zii Jia	MAS	Bronze
4	Lakshya Sen	IND
=5	Anders Antonsen	DEN
=5	Chou Tien-Chen	TPE
=5	Loh Kean Yew	SGP
=5	Shi Yuqi	CHN
=9	Li Shifeng	CHN
=9	Kodai Naraoka	JPN
=9	Kenta Nishimoto	JPN
=9	Toma Junior Popov	FRA
=9	H. S. Sunil Kumar	IND
=9	Pablo Abián	ESP
=14	Jonatan Christie	INA
=14	Edi Reski Dviçao	AZE
=14	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	INA
=14	Jeon Hyeok-Jin	KOR
=14	Tobias Künzi	SUI
=14	Lê Đức Phát	VIE
=14	Lee Cheuk Yiu	HKG
=14	Jan Louda	CZE
=14	Nhat Nguyen	IRL
=14	Julien Paul	MRI
=14	Giovanni Toti	ITA
=14	Brian Yang	CAN
=27	Uriel Canjura	ESA
=27	Julien Carraggi	BEL
=27	Ygor Coelho	BRA
=27	Collins Filimon	AUT
=27	Luis Garrido	MEX
=27	Viren Nettasinghe	SRI
=27	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	NGR
=27	Dmitry Panarin	KAZ
=27	Fabian Roth	GER
=27	Howard Shu	USA
=27	Misha Zilberman	ISR
=38	Prince Dahal	NEP
=38	Kalle Koljonen	FIN
=38	Sören Opti	SUR
=38	Kevin Cordón	GUA

Round One

Date	27 – 31 July 2024
Format	Winner of each group advanced to round two.

Group A

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Shi Yuqi	CHN	1	1	0	2-0	42-19	Q
2	Giovanni Toti	ITA	1	0	1	0-2	19-42
DNF	Sören Opti	SUR	–	–	–	–-–	–-–

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Shi Yuqi	CHN	2 – 0	Sören Opti	SUR
Match #2	Giovanni Toti	ITA	1 – 0	Sören Opti	SUR
Match #3	Shi Yuqi	CHN	2 – 0	Giovanni Toti	ITA

Group C

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	THA	1	1	0	2-0	42-21	Q
2	Julien Paul	MRI	1	0	1	0-2	21-42
DNF	Kalle Koljonen	FIN	–	–	–	–-–	–-–

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	THA	2 – 0	Julien Paul	MRI
Match #2	Kalle Koljonen	FIN	2 – 0	Julien Paul	MRI
Match #3	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	THA	1 – 0	Kalle Koljonen	FIN

Group D

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Kenta Nishimoto	JPN	2	2	0	4-0	84-48	Q
2	Brian Yang	CAN	2	1	1	2-2	74-70
3	Dmitry Panarin	KAZ	2	0	2	0-4	44-84

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Kenta Nishimoto	JPN	2 – 0	Dmitry Panarin	KAZ
Match #2	Brian Yang	CAN	2 – 0	Dmitry Panarin	KAZ
Match #3	Kenta Nishimoto	JPN	2 – 0	Brian Yang	CAN

Group E

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Anders Antonsen	DEN	2	2	0	4-0	84-52	Q
2	Edi Reski Dviçao	AZE	2	1	1	2-2	66-71
3	Collins Filimon	AUT	2	0	2	0-4	57-84

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Anders Antonsen	DEN	2 – 0	Collins Filimon	AUT
Match #2	Edi Reski Dviçao	AZE	2 – 0	Collins Filimon	AUT
Match #3	Anders Antonsen	DEN	2 – 0	Edi Reski Dviçao	AZE

Group G

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Lee Zii Jia	MAS	2	2	0	4-0	84-49	Q
2	Pablo Abián	ESP	2	1	1	2-2	65-70
3	Viren Nettasinghe	SRI	2	0	2	0-4	54-84

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Lee Zii Jia	MAS	2 – 0	Viren Nettasinghe	SRI
Match #2	Pablo Abián	ESP	2 – 0	Viren Nettasinghe	SRI
Match #3	Lee Zii Jia	MAS	2 – 0	Pablo Abián	ESP

Group H

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Toma Junior Popov	FRA	2	2	0	4-1	101-78	Q
2	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	INA	1	1	1	3-2	97-81
3	Howard Shu	USA	2	0	2	0-4	45-84

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	INA	2 – 0	Howard Shu	USA
Match #2	Toma Junior Popov	FRA	2 – 0	Howard Shu	USA
Match #3	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	INA	1 – 2	Toma Junior Popov	FRA

Group I

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Chou Tien-Chen	TPE	2	2	0	4-0	84-61	Q
2	Lee Cheuk Yiu	HKG	2	1	1	2-3	88-85
3	Luis Garrido	MEX	2	0	2	1-4	73-99

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Chou Tien-Chen	TPE	2 – 0	Luis Garrido	MEX
Match #2	Lee Cheuk Yiu	HKG	2 – 1	Luis Garrido	MEX
Match #3	Chou Tien-Chen	TPE	2 – 0	Lee Cheuk Yiu	HKG

Group J

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Kodai Naraoka	JPN	2	2	0	4-0	84-61	Q
2	Jeon Hyeok-Jin	KOR	2	1	1	2-2	68-73
3	Ygor Coelho	BRA	2	0	2	0-4	66-84

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Kodai Naraoka	JPN	2 – 0	Ygor Coelho	BRA
Match #2	Jeon Hyeok-Jin	KOR	2 – 0	Ygor Coelho	BRA
Match #3	Kodai Naraoka	JPN	2 – 0	Jeon Hyeok-Jin	KOR

Group K

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	H. S. Sunil Kumar	IND	2	2	0	4-1	100-74	Q
2	Lê Đức Phát	VIE	2	1	1	3-2	86-78
3	Fabian Roth	GER	2	0	2	0-4	50-84

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	H. S. Sunil Kumar	IND	2 – 0	Fabian Roth	GER
Match #2	Lê Đức Phát	VIE	2 – 0	Fabian Roth	GER
Match #3	H. S. Sunil Kumar	IND	2 – 1	Lê Đức Phát	VIE

Group L

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Lakshya Sen	IND	2	2	0	4-0	84-63	Q
2	Jonatan Christie	INA	2	1	1	2-3	90-90
3	Julien Carraggi	BEL	2	0	2	1-4	81-102
DNF	Kevin Cordón	GUA	–	–	–	–-–	–-–

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Lakshya Sen	IND	2 – 0	Kevin Cordón	GUA
Match #2	Jonatan Christie	INA	2 – 1	Julien Carraggi	BEL
Match #3	Jonatan Christie	INA	–	Kevin Cordón	GUA	bye
Match #4	Lakshya Sen	IND	2 – 0	Julien Carraggi	BEL
Match #5	Kevin Cordón	GUA	–	Julien Carraggi	BEL	bye
Match #6	Jonatan Christie	INA	0 – 2	Lakshya Sen	IND

Group M

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Loh Kean Yew	SGP	2	2	0	4-0	84-52	Q
2	Jan Louda	CZE	2	1	1	2-2	65-64
3	Uriel Canjura	ESA	2	0	2	0-4	51-84

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Loh Kean Yew	SGP	0 – 2	Jan Louda	CZE
Match #2	Uriel Canjura	ESA	2 – 0	Jan Louda	CZE
Match #3	Loh Kean Yew	SGP	2 – 0	Uriel Canjura	ESA

Group N

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Li Shifeng	CHN	2	2	0	4-0	84-60	Q
2	Tobias Künzi	SUI	2	1	1	2-2	69-76
3	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	NGR	2	0	2	0-4	68-85

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Li Shifeng	CHN	2 – 0	Tobias Künzi	SUI
Match #2	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	NGR	0 – 2	Tobias Künzi	SUI
Match #3	Li Shifeng	CHN	2 – 0	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	NGR

Group P

Date	—

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Matches	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Viktor Axelsen	DEN	3	3	0	6-0	126-57	Q
2	Nhat Nguyen	IRL	3	2	1	4-3	126-105
3	Misha Zilberman	ISR	3	1	2	3-4	113-125
4	Prince Dahal	NEP	3	0	3	0-6	48-126

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Nhat Nguyen	IRL	2 – 1	Misha Zilberman	ISR
Match #2	Viktor Axelsen	DEN	2 – 0	Prince Dahal	NEP
Match #3	Nhat Nguyen	IRL	2 – 0	Prince Dahal	NEP
Match #4	Viktor Axelsen	DEN	2 – 0	Misha Zilberman	ISR
Match #5	Misha Zilberman	ISR	2 – 0	Prince Dahal	NEP
Match #6	Viktor Axelsen	DEN	2 – 0	Nhat Nguyen	IRL

Round Two

Date	1 August 2024 — 09:40
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Shi Yuqi	CHN				walkover
Match #2	01 Aug	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	THA	2 – 1	Kenta Nishimoto	JPN	Q
Match #3	01 Aug	Anders Antonsen	DEN				walkover
Match #4	01 Aug	Lee Zii Jia	MAS	2 – 0	Toma Junior Popov	FRA	Q
Match #5	01 Aug	Chou Tien-Chen	TPE	2 – 0	Kodai Naraoka	JPN	Q
Match #6	01 Aug	Lakshya Sen	IND	2 – 0	H. S. Sunil Kumar	IND	Q
Match #7	01 Aug	Loh Kean Yew	SGP	2 – 0	Li Shifeng	CHN	Q
Match #8	01 Aug	Viktor Axelsen	DEN				walkover

Quarter-Finals

Date	2 August 2024
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Aug 17:40	Lakshya Sen	IND	2 – 1	Chou Tien-Chen	TPE	Q
Match #2	02 Aug 18:50	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	THA	2 – 0	Shi Yuqi	CHN	Q
Match #3	02 Aug 20:00	Lee Zii Jia	MAS	2 – 0	Anders Antonsen	DEN	Q
Match #4	02 Aug 21:10	Viktor Axelsen	DEN	2 – 0	Loh Kean Yew	SGP	Q

Semi-Finals

Date	4 August 2024
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round match, losers advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug 10:50	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	THA	2 – 0	Lee Zii Jia	MAS	Q
Match #2	04 Aug 12:00	Viktor Axelsen	DEN	2 – 0	Lakshya Sen	IND	Q

Final Round

Date	5 August 2024

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	05 Aug 15:40	Viktor Axelsen	DEN	2 – 0	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	THA	Q
Match 3/4	05 Aug 14:30	Lee Zii Jia	MAS	2 – 1	Lakshya Sen	IND	Q