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Singles, Men

Date10 – 17 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Aolinpike Gongyuan Wangqiuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants64 from 33 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The favorite was Spain’s Rafael Nadal, who was the hottest player on the ATP Tour in 2008, and was poised to displace Switzerland’s legendary Roger Federer from the #1 world ranking. Nadal had recently won the French Open (as he always did) and Wimbledon, and had a 32-match winning streak that was ended at the Cincinnati Open, his final tournament before the Beijing Olympics. Both Federer and Nadal won their first three matches, but Federer was then upset by American James Blake in the quarter-finals. Blake then lost to Chile’s Fernando González in the semis in three sets, while Nadal advanced to the final with a difficult three-set win over Serbia’s Novak Đoković. Đoković was world ranked #3, but was not yet the dominant force in tennis that he would become in the next few years.

González was hoping to match his countryman, Nicolás Massú, who had won the Olympic singles gold in 2004, but the final was relatively easy for Nadal, who defeated González in straight sets, although it was not a runaway, winning 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3. The next day, Nadal advanced to become the #1 ranked player in the world, displacing Federer, who had been ranked #1 for a record 237 consecutive weeks. In the third-place match Đoković dispatched Blake with ease in straight sets to win the bronze medal.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Rafael NadalESPGold
2Fernando GonzálezCHISilver
3Novak ĐokovićSRBBronze
4James BlakeUSA
=5Roger FedererSUI
=5Paul-Henri MathieuFRA
=5Gaël MonfilsFRA
=5Jürgen MelzerAUT
=9Tomáš BerdychCZE
=9Gilles SimonFRA
=9Nicolas KieferGER
=9Olivier RochusBEL
=9David NalbandianARG
=9Mikhail YuzhnyRUS
=9Lu Yen-HsunTPE
=9Igor AndreyevRUS
=17Rafael ArévaloESA
=17Andreas SeppiITA
=17Willy CañasARG
=17Dominik HrbatýSVK
=17Nikolay DavydenkoRUS
=17Kevin AndersonRSA
=17Marin ČilićCRO
=17Janko TipsarevićSRB
=17Nicolás MassúCHI
=17Victor HănescuROU
=17Thomas JohanssonSWE
=17Rainer SchüttlerGER
=17Agustín CalleriARG
=17Stanislas WawrinkaSUI
=17Michaël LlodraFRA
=17Lleyton HewittAUS
=33Dmitry TursunovRUS
=33Lee Hyeong-TaekKOR
=33Tommy RobredoESP
=33Yu XinyuanCHN
=33Robin SöderlingSWE
=33Fred NiemeyerCAN
=33Thomaz BellucciBRA
=33Chris GuccioneAUS
=33Ernests GulbisLAT
=33Nicolás LapenttiECU
=33Komlavi LogloTOG
=33Max MirnyBLR
=33Sun PengCHN
=33Juan MónacoARG
=33Ivo MinářCZE
=33David FerrerESP
=33Zeng ShaoxuanCHN
=33Steve DarcisBEL
=33Simone BolelliITA
=33Nicolás AlmagroESP
=33Jiří VaněkCZE
=33Jarkko NieminenFIN
=33Kei NishikoriJPN
=33Robby GinepriUSA
=33Andy MurrayGBR
=33Devin MullingsBAH
=33Marcos DanielBRA
=33Frank DancevicCAN
=33Radek ŠtěpánekCZE
=33Sam QuerreyUSA
=33Jonas BjörkmanSWE
=33Potito StaraceITA
DNSIvo KarlovićCRO1
DNSIvan LjubičićCRO2

Round One

Date10 – 11 August 2008
FormatWinners advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #111 AugCentre CourtRoger Federer (1)SUI6-4, 6-2Dmitry TursunovRUS
Match #211 AugCourt #9Rafael Arévalo (WC)ESA4-6, 6-3, 6-4Lee Hyeong-TaekKOR
Match #310 AugCourt #4Andreas SeppiITA6-4, 4-6, 8-6Tommy RobredoESP
Match #410 Aug 10:30Court #3Tomáš Berdych (17)CZE6-1, 6-2Yu Xinyuan (A)CHN
Match #510 AugCourt #5Gilles Simon (10)FRA6-4, 6-4Robin SöderlingSWE
Match #610 Aug 10:30Court #8Willy CañasARG3-6, 4-2 (–-–)Fred Niemeyer (A)CAN
Match #711 AugCourt #7Dominik HrbatýSVK2-6, 6-4, 6-2Thomaz BellucciBRA
Match #810 Aug 10:30Centre CourtJames Blake (8)USA6-3, 7-6 (7-3)Chris GuccioneAUS
Match #910 Aug 10:30Court #2Nikolay Davydenko (4)RUS6-4, 6-2Ernests GulbisLAT
Match #1011 AugCourt #6Paul-Henri MathieuFRA7-6 (7-4), 6-2Nicolás LapenttiECU
Match #1111 AugCourt #5Kevin Anderson (ITF)RSA6-3, 6-2Komlavi Loglo (WC)TOG
Match #1210 AugCourt #7Nicolas Kiefer (15)GER6-3, 6-1Max Mirny (ITF)BLR
Match #1310 Aug 10:30Court #1Fernando González (12)CHI6-4, 6-4Sun Peng (ITF)CHN
Match #1410 AugCourt #9Marin ČilićCRO6-4, 6-7 (6-7), 6-3 (–-–)Juan MónacoARG
Match #1511 Aug 10:30Court #7Olivier RochusBEL6-3, 3-6, 6-3Ivo MinářCZE
Match #1611 AugCourt #2Janko TipsarevićSRB7-6 (10-8), 6-2David Ferrer (5)ESP
Match #1711 Aug 10:30Court #5David Nalbandian (7)ARG6-2, 6-1Zeng Shaoxuan (A)CHN
Match #1811 Aug 10:30Court #3Nicolás Massú (ITF)CHI6-4, 7-5Steve DarcisBEL
Match #1911 Aug 10:30Court #9Victor HănescuROU7-5, 3-6, 6-4Simone BolelliITA
Match #2011 AugCourt #3Gaël MonfilsFRA6-4, 3-6, 6-3Nicolás Almagro (11)ESP
Match #2111 Aug 10:30Court #4Mikhail Yuzhny (13)RUS6-4, 6-1Jiří VaněkCZE
Match #2211 Aug 10:30Court #8Thomas JohanssonSWE4-6, 6-4, 6-4Jarkko NieminenFIN
Match #2311 AugCourt #9Rainer SchüttlerGER6-4, 6-7 (6-7), 6-3 (–-–)Kei Nishikori (ITF)JPN
Match #2411 AugCentre CourtNovak Đoković (3)SRB6-4, 6-4Robby GinepriUSA
Match #2511 Aug 17:00Court #1Lu Yen-HsunTPE7-6 (7-5), 6-4Andy Murray (6)GBR
Match #2611 Aug 17:00Court #6Agustín CalleriARG6-1, 6-1Devin Mullings (A)BAH
Match #2711 AugCourt #8Jürgen MelzerAUT6-7 (9-11), 6-1, 8-6Marcos DanielBRA
Match #2811 AugCourt #8Stanislas Wawrinka (9)SUI4-6, 6-3, 6-2Frank DancevicCAN
Match #2911 Aug 17:00Court #7Michaël LlodraFRA4-6, 7-6 (–-5), 11-9Radek Štěpánek (16)CZE
Match #3011 Aug 17:00Court #9Igor AndreyevRUS6-4, 6-4Sam QuerreyUSA
Match #3111 AugCourt #1Lleyton HewittAUS7-5, 7-6 (–-2)Jonas Björkman (ITF)SWE
Match #3211 Aug 10:30Centre CourtRafael Nadal (2)ESP6-2, 3-6, 6-2Potito StaraceITA

Round Two

Date12 August 2008
FormatWinners advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #112 AugCentre CourtRoger Federer (1)SUI6-2, 6-4Rafael Arévalo (WC)ESA
Match #212 Aug 12:00Court #4Tomáš Berdych (17)CZE6-3, 7-6 (7-4)Andreas SeppiITA
Match #312 Aug 12:00Court #2Gilles Simon (10)FRA7-5, 6-1Willy CañasARG
Match #412 AugCourt #2James Blake (8)USA7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 6-3Dominik HrbatýSVK
Match #512 AugCourt #1Paul-Henri MathieuFRA7-5, 6-3Nikolay Davydenko (4)RUS
Match #612 Aug 12:00Court #7Nicolas Kiefer (15)GER6-4, 6-7 (6-7), 6-4 (–-–)Kevin Anderson (ITF)RSA
Match #712 AugCourt #3Fernando González (12)CHI6-4, 6-2Marin ČilićCRO
Match #812 Aug 12:00Court #8Olivier RochusBEL7-6 (7-5), 2-3 (–-–)Janko TipsarevićSRB
Match #912 AugCourt #5David Nalbandian (7)ARG7-6 (7-0), 6-1Nicolás Massú (ITF)CHI
Match #1012 Aug 10:30Court #5Gaël MonfilsFRA6-4, 7-6 (7-5)Victor HănescuROU
Match #1112 AugCourt #4Mikhail Yuzhny (13)RUS7-5, 6-2Thomas JohanssonSWE
Match #1212 Aug 17:00Court #1Novak Đoković (3)SRB6-4, 6-2Rainer SchüttlerGER
Match #1312 Aug 17:00Court #2Lu Yen-HsunTPE6-4, 6-4Agustín CalleriARG
Match #1412 Aug 17:00Court #5Jürgen MelzerAUT6-4, 6-0Stanislas Wawrinka (9)SUI
Match #1512 AugCourt #6Igor AndreyevRUS6-4, 3-6, 6-1Michaël LlodraFRA
Match #1612 AugCentre CourtRafael Nadal (2)ESP6-1, 6-2Lleyton HewittAUS

Round Three

Date13 August 2008
FormatWinners advanced to quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #113 AugCentre CourtRoger Federer (1)SUI6-3, 7-6 (7-4)Tomáš Berdych (17)CZE
Match #213 AugCourt #2James Blake (8)USA6-4, 6-2Gilles Simon (10)FRA
Match #313 AugCourt #3Paul-Henri MathieuFRA6-3, 7-5Nicolas Kiefer (15)GER
Match #413 AugCourt #7Fernando González (12)CHI6-0, 6-3Olivier RochusBEL
Match #513 AugCentre CourtGaël MonfilsFRA6-4, 6-4David Nalbandian (7)ARG
Match #613 Aug 16:00Court #2Novak Đoković (3)SRB7-6 (7-3), 6-3Mikhail Yuzhny (13)RUS
Match #713 Aug 16:00Court #3Jürgen MelzerAUT6-2, 6-4Lu Yen-HsunTPE
Match #813 Aug 16:00Court #1Rafael Nadal (2)ESP6-4, 6-2Igor AndreyevRUS

Quarter-Finals

Date14 August 2008
FormatWinners advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #114 Aug 18:00Centre CourtJames Blake (8)USA6-4, 7-6 (7-2)Roger Federer (1)SUI
Match #214 AugCourt #2Fernando González (12)CHI6-4, 6-4Paul-Henri MathieuFRA
Match #314 AugCourt #1Novak Đoković (3)SRB4-6, 6-1, 6-4Gaël MonfilsFRA
Match #414 AugCentre CourtRafael Nadal (2)ESP6-0, 6-4Jürgen MelzerAUT

Semi-Finals

Date15 August 2008
FormatWinners advanced to final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #115 Aug 16:00Centre CourtFernando González (12)CHI4-6, 7-5, 11-9James Blake (8)USA
Match #215 AugCentre CourtRafael Nadal (2)ESP6-4, 1-6, 6-4Novak Đoković (3)SRB

Final Round

Date16 – 17 August 2008
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/217 Aug 15:30Centre CourtRafael Nadal (2)ESP6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3Fernando González (12)CHI
Match 3/416 AugCentre CourtNovak Đoković (3)SRB6-3, 7-6 (7-4)James Blake (8)USA