Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

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Men's singles
Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Final
ChampionFlag of Switzerland.svg  Marc Rosset  (SUI)
Runner-upFlag of Spain.svg  Jordi Arrese  (ESP)
Score7−62, 6−4, 3−6, 4−6, 8−6
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women
  1988  · Summer Olympics ·  1996  

Men's singles tennis
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Tennis pictogram.svg
Tennis pictogram
Venue Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona
Dates28 July–8 August 1992
Competitors64 from 35 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marc Rosset
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Jordi Arrese
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg Goran Ivanišević
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Bronze medal icon.svg Andrei Cherkasov
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
  1988
1996  

Switzerland's Marc Rosset defeated Spain's Jordi Arrese in the final, 7–6(7–2), 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 8–6 to win the gold medal in Men's Singles tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Croatia's Goran Ivanišević and the Unified Team's Andrei Cherkasov won the bronze medals. All four nations won medals in men's singles for the first time.

Contents

The tournament was held at the Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron in Barcelona, Spain. There were 64 players from 35 nations. [1] Nations had been limited to three players each since tennis returned to the Olympic program in 1988.

Miloslav Mečíř of Czechoslovakia was the reigning gold medalist from 1988, but he retired from the sport in 1990.

Background

This was the ninth (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 Jim Courier of the United States. Stefan Edberg of Sweden was the number two seed, while American Pete Sampras was third. [1] Stefan Edberg and Carl-Uwe Steeb of Germany were the only two quarterfinalists from 1988 that returned.

The Bahamas, Croatia, Indonesia, Morocco, Peru, and Puerto Rico each made their debut in the event. Some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. One Yugoslav player competed as an Independent Olympic Participant. France made its eighth appearance, most among all nations, having missed only the 1904 event.

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament. No bronze medal match was held. All matches were best-of-five sets. The 12-point tie-breaker was used in any set, except the fifth, that reached 6–6.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 28 July 1992
Wednesday, 29 July 1992
Round of 64
Thursday, 30 July 1992
Friday, 31 July 1992
Round of 32
Saturday, 1 August 1992
Sunday, 2 August 1992
Round of 16
Monday, 3 August 1992
Tuesday, 4 August 1992
Quarterfinals
Thursday, 6 August 199211:00Semifinals
Saturday, 8 August 199214:00Final

Seeds

  1. Flag of the United States.svg  Jim Courier  (USA)(third round)
  2. Flag of Sweden.svg  Stefan Edberg  (SWE)(first round)
  3. Flag of the United States.svg  Pete Sampras  (USA)(third round)
  4. Flag of Croatia.svg  Goran Ivanišević  (CRO)(semifinals, bronze medalist)
  5. Flag of Germany.svg  Boris Becker  (GER)(third round)
  6. Flag of the United States.svg  Michael Chang  (USA)(second round)
  7. Flag of France.svg  Guy Forget  (FRA)(second round)
  8. Flag of Germany.svg  Michael Stich  (GER)(second round)
  9. South African Olympic Flag.svg  Wayne Ferreira  (RSA)(second round)
  10. Flag of Austria.svg  Thomas Muster  (AUT)(first round)
  11. Flag of Spain.svg  Sergi Bruguera  (ESP)(second round)
  12. Flag of Spain.svg  Emilio Sánchez  (ESP)(quarterfinals)
  13. Olympic flag.svg  Andrei Cherkasov  (EUN)(semifinals, bronze medalist)
  14. Flag of Israel.svg  Amos Mansdorf  (ISR)(withdrew)
  15. Flag of Switzerland.svg  Jakob Hlasek  (SUI)(third round)
  16. Flag of Spain.svg  Jordi Arrese  (ESP)(final, silver medalist)

Draw

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                     
 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Marc Rosset  (SUI)6773 711 
12 Flag of Spain.svg  Emilio Sánchez  (ESP)4 62669 
 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Marc Rosset  (SUI)676  
4 Flag of Croatia.svg  Goran Ivanišević  (CRO)3 5 2   
4 Flag of Croatia.svg  Goran Ivanišević  (CRO)6561668
 Flag of France.svg  Fabrice Santoro  (FRA)77774 4 6
 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Marc Rosset  (SUI)7763 4 8
16/WCFlag of Spain.svg  Jordi Arrese  (ESP)624 666
 Flag of Brazil.svg  Jaime Oncins  (BRA)1 4 7762
13 Olympic flag.svg  Andrei Cherkasov  (EUN)66634 6
13 Olympic flag.svg  Andrei Cherkasov  (EUN)4 6463  
16/WCFlag of Spain.svg  Jordi Arrese  (ESP)6773 6 
Alt Flag of Mexico.svg  Leonardo Lavalle  (MEX)1 661   
16/WCFlag of Spain.svg  Jordi Arrese  (ESP)6786  

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Flag of the United States.svg  J Courier  (USA)64 66 
WC Flag of India.svg  R Krishnan  (IND)2 61 4  1 Flag of the United States.svg  J Courier  (USA)666  
Q Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  M Vajda  (TCH)671 0   Q Flag of Israel.svg  G Bloom  (ISR)2 0 0   
Q Flag of Israel.svg  G Bloom  (ISR)7966  1 Flag of the United States.svg  J Courier  (USA)4 2 1   
Q Flag of Morocco.svg  K Alami  (MAR)2 61 r   Flag of Switzerland.svg  M Rosset  (SUI)666  
 Flag of Switzerland.svg  M Rosset  (SUI)64 2    Flag of Switzerland.svg  M Rosset  (SUI)666  
 South African Olympic Flag.svg  C van Rensburg  (RSA)5 2 64  9 South African Olympic Flag.svg  W Ferreira  (RSA)4 0 2   
9 South African Olympic Flag.svg  W Ferreira  (RSA)762 6  Flag of Switzerland.svg  M Rosset  (SUI)6773 711 
12 Flag of Spain.svg  E Sánchez  (ESP)6776  12 Flag of Spain.svg  E Sánchez  (ESP)4 62669 
 Flag of Australia.svg  T Woodbridge  (AUS)1 612   12 Flag of Spain.svg  E Sánchez  (ESP)666  
 Flag of Italy.svg  O Camporese  (ITA)666   Flag of Italy.svg  O Camporese  (ITA)4 2 1   
Q Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  J Ríos  (PUR)2 2 0   12 Flag of Spain.svg  E Sánchez  (ESP)677656 
Alt Flag of Sweden.svg  M Larsson  (SWE)666  Alt Flag of Sweden.svg  M Larsson  (SWE)4 63774  
 Flag of Austria.svg  H Skoff  (AUT)2 3 3   Alt Flag of Sweden.svg  M Larsson  (SWE)666  
 Flag of Italy.svg  C Caratti  (ITA)3 4 2   7 Flag of France.svg  G Forget  (FRA)3 3 1   
7 Flag of France.svg  G Forget  (FRA)666  

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
4 Flag of Croatia.svg  G Ivanišević  (CRO)66654 6
LL Flag of Portugal.svg  B Mota  (POR)2 2 7763 4 Flag of Croatia.svg  G Ivanišević  (CRO)6461 66
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  P Haarhuis  (NED)4 666  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  P Haarhuis  (NED)772 63 2
Alt Flag of Brazil.svg  L Mattar  (BRA)63 2 2  4 Flag of Croatia.svg  G Ivanišević  (CRO)3 64 779
Q Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  A Sznajder  (CAN)667  16 Flag of Switzerland.svg  J Hlasek  (SUI)60 6617
Q Flag of Indonesia.svg  B Wijaya  (INA)2 4 5   Q Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  A Sznajder  (CAN)64 3 61 
Q Flag of Mexico.svg  F Maciel  (MEX)3 4 62  16 Flag of Switzerland.svg  J Hlasek  (SUI)4 6677
16 Flag of Switzerland.svg  J Hlasek  (SUI)664 6 4 Flag of Croatia.svg  G Ivanišević  (CRO)6561668
Alt Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  J Frana  (ARG)6663636 Flag of France.svg  F Santoro  (FRA)77774 4 6
Alt Flag of Peru.svg  P Arraya  (PER)2 0 77772 Alt Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  J Frana  (ARG)62 1 1  
Alt Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  C Miniussi  (ARG)1 634    Flag of France.svg  F Santoro  (FRA)4 666 
 Flag of France.svg  F Santoro  (FRA)6776   Flag of France.svg  F Santoro  (FRA)63 66 
LL Flag of Morocco.svg  Y El Aynaoui  (MAR)667  5 Flag of Germany.svg  B Becker  (GER)1 61 3  
LL Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  C Wilkinson  (GBR)4 1 5   LL Flag of Morocco.svg  Y El Aynaoui  (MAR)4 74 0  
LL Flag of Norway.svg  C Ruud  (NOR)6627623 5 Flag of Germany.svg  B Becker  (GER)65 66 
5 Flag of Germany.svg  B Becker  (GER)3 775 776

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6/WCFlag of the United States.svg  M Chang  (USA)663 6 
 Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  A Mancini  (ARG)1 4 60  6/WCFlag of the United States.svg  M Chang  (USA)2 63 3  
 Flag of Brazil.svg  J Oncins  (BRA)774 64 6 Flag of Brazil.svg  J Oncins  (BRA)63 66 
Q Olympic flag.svg  S Muškatirović  (IOP)6361 61  Flag of Brazil.svg  J Oncins  (BRA)77677  
Q Flag of Hungary.svg  S Noszály  (HUN)2 3 62  Alt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  M Koevermans  (NED)610 62  
Alt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  M Koevermans  (NED)662 6 Alt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  M Koevermans  (NED)1 666 
LL Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Castle  (GBR)1 2 3   11 Flag of Spain.svg  S Bruguera  (ESP)63 3 2  
11 Flag of Spain.svg  S Bruguera  (ESP)666   Flag of Brazil.svg  J Oncins  (BRA)1 4 7762
13 Olympic flag.svg  A Cherkasov  (EUN)663 6 13 Olympic flag.svg  A Cherkasov  (EUN)66634 6
Q Flag of the Bahamas.svg  R Smith  (BAH)1 0 61  13 Olympic flag.svg  A Cherkasov  (EUN)66666 
Q Flag of Denmark.svg  K Carlsen  (DEN)4 63 5   Flag of Croatia.svg  G Prpić  (CRO)4 784 3  
 Flag of Croatia.svg  G Prpić  (CRO)64 67 13 Olympic flag.svg  A Cherkasov  (EUN)671 766
Q Flag of India.svg  L Paes  (IND)6640 0  3 Flag of the United States.svg  P Sampras  (USA)7965 0 3
 Flag of Peru.svg  J Yzaga  (PER)1 7766  Flag of Peru.svg  J Yzaga  (PER)3 0 61  
 Flag of Australia.svg  W Masur  (AUS)1 644   3 Flag of the United States.svg  P Sampras  (USA)663 6 
3 Flag of the United States.svg  P Sampras  (USA)6776  

Section 4

First round Second round 3rd round Quarterfinals
8 Flag of Germany.svg  M Stich  (GER)63 63 6
Q Flag of Australia.svg  R Fromberg  (AUS)3 61 63 8 Flag of Germany.svg  M Stich  (GER)4 2 63  
Q Flag of Romania.svg  A Pavel  (ROM)5 2 2   WC Flag of Germany.svg  C-U Steeb  (GER)664 6 
WC Flag of Germany.svg  C-U Steeb  (GER)766  WC Flag of Germany.svg  C-U Steeb  (GER)4 63 2  
Alt Flag of Mexico.svg  L Lavalle  (MEX)666  Alt Flag of Mexico.svg  L Lavalle  (MEX)63 66 
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  J Siemerink  (NED)4 4 2   Alt Flag of Mexico.svg  L Lavalle  (MEX)63 4 610
WC Flag of France.svg  H Leconte  (FRA)777116  WC Flag of France.svg  H Leconte  (FRA)4 663 8
10 Flag of Austria.svg  T Muster  (AUT)65694   Alt Flag of Mexico.svg  L Lavalle  (MEX)1 661   
16/WCFlag of Spain.svg  J Arrese  (ESP)666  16/WCFlag of Spain.svg  J Arrese  (ESP)6786  
Q Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  E-J Chang  (KOR)4 2 2   16/WCFlag of Spain.svg  J Arrese  (ESP)64 63 9
 Flag of Sweden.svg  M Gustafsson  (SWE)7766   Flag of Sweden.svg  M Gustafsson  (SWE)2 61 67
LL Flag of Ireland.svg  O Casey  (IRL)631 4   16/WCFlag of Spain.svg  J Arrese  (ESP)666  
WC Flag of Italy.svg  R Furlan  (ITA)663 6 WC Flag of Italy.svg  R Furlan  (ITA)4 3 2   
 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  S Matsuoka  (JPN)4 3 64  WC Flag of Italy.svg  R Furlan  (ITA)7766  
WC Olympic flag.svg  A Chesnokov  (EUN)666  WC Olympic flag.svg  A Chesnokov  (EUN)634 4   
2 Flag of Sweden.svg  S Edberg  (SWE)0 4 4   

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