Men's singles | |
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Tennis at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe |
The men's singles was one of four events of the tennis program at the 2009 Games of the Small States of Europe in Cyprus.
Gold | Jean-René Lisnard |
Silver | Benjamin Balleret |
Bronze | Jirka Lokaj |
Stefano Galvani |
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Jean-René Lisnard | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mathew Asciak | 3 | 3 | Arnar Sigurdsson | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arnar Sigurdsson | 6 | 6 | 1 | Jean-René Lisnard | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Photos Kallias | 6 | 6 | Jirka Lokaj | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hector Hormigo-Herrera | 1 | 1 | 4 | Photos Kallias | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Giacomo Zonzini | 0 | 4 | Jirka Lokaj | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jirka Lokaj | 6 | 6 | 1 | Jean-René Lisnard | 4 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gian Carlo Besimo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Benjamin Balleret | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Filippos Tsangaridis | 4 | 6 | 6 | Filippos Tsangaridis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Daniel Ceros | 2 | 2 | 3 | Benjamin Balleret | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Benjamin Balleret | 6 | 6 | 3 | Benjamin Balleret | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier | 6 | 6 | 2 | Stefano Galvani | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Birkir Gunnarsson | 1 | 1 | Jean-Baptiste Poux-Gautier | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Stefano Galvani | 6 | 6 |
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