Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles

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Men's Singles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Champion Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Murray
Runner-up Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Martín del Potro
Final score7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
  2012  · Summer Olympics ·  2020  
Men's singles tennis
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Tennis Centre
Date6–14 August 2016
Competitors64 from 34 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Andy Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Juan Martín del Potro Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Bronze medal icon.svg Kei Nishikori Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2012
2020  

The men's singles tennis tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in the Barra Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The final was played on 14 August 2016.

Contents

Top seed and world number-one Novak Djokovic was defeated in the first round by Juan Martín del Potro with two consecutive tie-breaking sets. Djokovic was attempting to complete the career Golden Slam, however, this was the first time since 2009 Brisbane International that Djokovic lost in the opening round. This was the second time that del Potro had beaten Djokovic in Olympic competition, following his victory in the bronze medal match in 2012. [1]

Andy Murray defended his 2012 Olympic title by defeating del Potro in the final 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, becoming the first tennis player ever, male or female, to win two Olympic singles gold medals. [2] [3]

Schedule

August
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Round of 64Round of 32Play cancelled due to rainRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsBronze medal match
Gold medal match

Seeds

Seeds were based on ATP rankings as of 1 August 2016. [4]

0 1.  Flag of Serbia.svg  Novak Djokovic  (SRB)(First round)
0 2.  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Andy Murray  (GBR) (Champion, gold medalist)
0 3.  Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Nadal  (ESP)(Semifinals, fourth place)
0 4.  Flag of Japan.svg  Kei Nishikori  (JPN)(Semifinals, bronze medalist)
0 5.  Flag of France.svg  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga  (FRA)(Second round)
0 6.  Flag of France.svg  Gaël Monfils  (FRA)(Quarterfinals)
0 7.  Flag of Spain.svg  David Ferrer  (ESP)(Second round)
0 8.  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  David Goffin  (BEL)(Third round)
0 9.  Flag of Croatia.svg  Marin Čilić  (CRO)(Third round)
10.  Flag of Spain.svg  Roberto Bautista Agut  (ESP)(Quarterfinals)
11.  Flag of Uruguay.svg  Pablo Cuevas  (URU)(Second round)
12.  Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Johnson  (USA)(Quarterfinals)
13.  Flag of Germany.svg  Philipp Kohlschreiber  (GER)(Second round, withdrew due to foot injury)
14.  Flag of the United States.svg  Jack Sock  (USA)(First round)
15.  Flag of France.svg  Gilles Simon  (FRA)(Third round)
16.  Flag of France.svg  Benoît Paire  (FRA)(Second round)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

Players placement onto the table is such that no two players from the same country start within the same quarter section of the table, hence making it impossible for them to meet until the semifinals. This is enabled by the qualification rule that states that no country can bring more than four players for each of the singles tournament. [5] The countries bringing the maximum of four players are Argentina, Australia, France, Italy, Spain and United States.

Key

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (Gold medal match)
                 
PR Flag of Argentina.svg  Juan Martín del Potro  (ARG)777
10 Flag of Spain.svg  Roberto Bautista Agut  (ESP)5 64
PR Flag of Argentina.svg  Juan Martín del Potro  (ARG)5 677
3 Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Nadal  (ESP)74 65
3 Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Nadal  (ESP)2 66
Flag of Brazil.svg  Thomaz Bellucci  (BRA)64 2
PR Flag of Argentina.svg  Juan Martín del Potro  (ARG)5 62 5
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Andy Murray  (GBR)74 67
6 Flag of France.svg  Gaël Monfils  (FRA)64666
4 Flag of Japan.svg  Kei Nishikori  (JPN)774 78
4 Flag of Japan.svg  Kei Nishikori  (JPN)1 4 Bronze medal match
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Andy Murray  (GBR)66
12 Flag of the United States.svg  Steve Johnson  (USA)0 6623 Flag of Spain.svg  Rafael Nadal  (ESP)2 773
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Andy Murray  (GBR)64 774 Flag of Japan.svg  Kei Nishikori  (JPN)6616

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)6462
PR Flag of Argentina.svg  JM del Potro  (ARG)7777PR Flag of Argentina.svg  JM del Potro  (ARG)61 6
Flag of Portugal.svg  J Sousa  (POR)67Flag of Portugal.svg  J Sousa  (POR)3 63
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  R Haase  (NED)1 5 PR Flag of Argentina.svg  JM del Potro  (ARG)6466
Flag of Australia.svg  J Thompson  (AUS)4 2 IP Flag of Japan.svg  T Daniel  (JPN)771 2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  K Edmund  (GBR)66Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  K Edmund  (GBR)4 5
IP Flag of Japan.svg  T Daniel  (JPN)66IP Flag of Japan.svg  T Daniel  (JPN)67
14 Flag of the United States.svg  J Sock  (USA)4 4 PR Flag of Argentina.svg  JM del Potro  (ARG)777
10 Flag of Spain.svg  R Bautista Agut  (ESP)6460 10 Flag of Spain.svg  R Bautista Agut  (ESP)5 64
Flag of Russia.svg  A Kuznetsov  (RUS)772 0r10 Flag of Spain.svg  R Bautista Agut  (ESP)776
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Y-h Lu  (TPE)63 4 Flag of Italy.svg  P Lorenzi  (ITA)622
Flag of Italy.svg  P Lorenzi  (ITA)3 6610 Flag of Spain.svg  R Bautista Agut  (ESP)677
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  G Müller  (LUX)5 6712Flag of Luxembourg.svg  G Müller  (LUX)4 64
PR Flag of Poland.svg  J Janowicz  (POL)71 610Flag of Luxembourg.svg  G Müller  (LUX)66
Flag of Tunisia.svg  M Jaziri  (TUN)65 3 5 Flag of France.svg  J-W Tsonga  (FRA)4 3
5 Flag of France.svg  J-W Tsonga  (FRA)4 76

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)66
Flag of Argentina.svg  F Delbonis  (ARG)2 1 3 Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)66
Flag of Italy.svg  A Seppi  (ITA)63 78Flag of Italy.svg  A Seppi  (ITA)3 3
Flag of Ukraine.svg  I Marchenko  (UKR)3 6663 Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)776
PR Flag of the United States.svg  B Baker  (USA)75 4 15 Flag of France.svg  G Simon  (FRA)653
IP Flag of Japan.svg  Y Sugita  (JPN)5 76IP Flag of Japan.svg  Y Sugita  (JPN)632
Flag of Croatia.svg  B Ćorić  (CRO)4 6115 Flag of France.svg  G Simon  (FRA)776
15 Flag of France.svg  G Simon  (FRA)6773 Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)2 66
11 Flag of Uruguay.svg  P Cuevas  (URU)6686Flag of Brazil.svg  T Bellucci  (BRA)64 2
Flag of Georgia.svg  N Basilashvili  (GEO)3 7103 11 Flag of Uruguay.svg  P Cuevas  (URU)2 63
Flag of Germany.svg  D Brown  (GER)64rFlag of Brazil.svg  T Bellucci  (BRA)64 6
Flag of Brazil.svg  T Bellucci  (BRA)4 5 Flag of Brazil.svg  T Bellucci  (BRA)7126
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  D Džumhur  (BIH)4 4 8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  D Goffin  (BEL)6104
Flag of Israel.svg  D Sela  (ISR)66Flag of Israel.svg  D Sela  (ISR)3 3
IP Flag of Australia.svg  S Groth  (AUS)4 2 8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  D Goffin  (BEL)66
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  D Goffin  (BEL)66

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 Flag of France.svg  G Monfils  (FRA)66
Flag of Canada.svg  V Pospisil  (CAN)1 3 6 Flag of France.svg  G Monfils  (FRA)66
Flag of Brazil.svg  R Dutra Silva  (BRA)776Flag of Brazil.svg  R Dutra Silva  (BRA)2 4
IP Flag of Italy.svg  T Fabbiano  (ITA)641 6 Flag of France.svg  G Monfils  (FRA)6666
IP Flag of Moldova.svg  R Albot  (MDA)4 669 Flag of Croatia.svg  M Čilić  (CRO)783 4
Flag of Russia.svg  T Gabashvili  (RUS)64 4 IP Flag of Moldova.svg  R Albot  (MDA)3 4
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  G Dimitrov  (BUL)1 4 9 Flag of Croatia.svg  M Čilić  (CRO)66
9 Flag of Croatia.svg  M Čilić  (CRO)666 Flag of France.svg  G Monfils  (FRA)64666
13 Flag of Germany.svg  P Kohlschreiber  (GER)4 664 Flag of Japan.svg  K Nishikori  (JPN)774 78
Flag of Argentina.svg  G Pella  (ARG)61 2 13 Flag of Germany.svg  P Kohlschreiber  (GER)
Flag of the United States.svg  D Kudla  (USA)0 3 IP Flag of Slovakia.svg  A Martin  (SVK)w/o
IP Flag of Slovakia.svg  A Martin  (SVK)66IP Flag of Slovakia.svg  A Martin  (SVK)2 2
Flag of Lithuania.svg  R Berankis  (LTU)0 0 4 Flag of Japan.svg  K Nishikori  (JPN)66
Flag of Australia.svg  J Millman  (AUS)66Flag of Australia.svg  J Millman  (AUS)644
Flag of Spain.svg  A Ramos Viñolas  (ESP)2 4 4 Flag of Japan.svg  K Nishikori  (JPN)776
4 Flag of Japan.svg  K Nishikori  (JPN)66

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
7 Flag of Spain.svg  D Ferrer  (ESP)66
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  D Istomin  (UZB)2 1 7 Flag of Spain.svg  D Ferrer  (ESP)6615
Flag of Russia.svg  E Donskoy  (RUS)66Flag of Russia.svg  E Donskoy  (RUS)3 777
Flag of Germany.svg  J-L Struff  (GER)3 4 Flag of Russia.svg  E Donskoy  (RUS)1 1
Flag of Portugal.svg  G Elias  (POR)777712 Flag of the United States.svg  S Johnson  (USA)66
PR Flag of Australia.svg  T Kokkinakis  (AUS)6463Flag of Portugal.svg  G Elias  (POR)3 4
TRI Flag of Barbados.svg  D King  (BAR)3 2 12 Flag of the United States.svg  S Johnson  (USA)66
12 Flag of the United States.svg  S Johnson  (USA)6612 Flag of the United States.svg  S Johnson  (USA)0 662
16 Flag of France.svg  B Paire  (FRA)3 662 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Murray  (GBR)64 77
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  L Rosol  (CZE)63 4 16 Flag of France.svg  B Paire  (FRA)64 65
Flag of Italy.svg  F Fognini  (ITA)2 776Flag of Italy.svg  F Fognini  (ITA)4 677
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  V Estrella Burgos  (DOM)6640 Flag of Italy.svg  F Fognini  (ITA)1 63
PR Flag of Argentina.svg  J Mónaco  (ARG)662 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Murray  (GBR)62 6
TRI Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  M Bašić  (BIH)2 2 PR Flag of Argentina.svg  J Mónaco  (ARG)3 1
Flag of Serbia.svg  V Troicki  (SRB)3 2 2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Murray  (GBR)66
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  A Murray  (GBR)66

Participating nations

North America (7)South America (7)Europe (39)Oceania (4)Asia (6)Africa (1)
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados (1)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (4)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (1)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (4)Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei (1)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (1)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (1)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (2)Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (1)
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic (1)Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay (1)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria (1)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (3)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (4)Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (2)Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (1)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (1)
Flag of France.svg  France (4)
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia (1)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (3)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (4)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania (1)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg (1)
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova (1)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (1)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (1)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal (2)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (3)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (2)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia (1)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (4)
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (1)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom (2)

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