Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

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Men's singles
Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Final
ChampionFlag of Serbia.svg  Novak Djokovic  (SRB)
Runner-upFlag of Spain.svg  Carlos Alcaraz  (ESP)
Score7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)
Events
Singles men women
Doubles men women mixed
Qualification
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Men's singles
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue Stade Roland Garros
Dates27 July – 4 August
Competitors64 from 28 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Novak Djokovic Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Silver medal icon.svg Carlos Alcaraz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg Lorenzo Musetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
←  2020
2028  →

Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in the final, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2) to win the gold medal in the men's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. It was Serbia's first gold medal in Olympic tennis. With the win, Djokovic became the third man (after Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal) to complete the Career Golden Slam, the second (after Agassi) to achieve the Career Super Slam, and the only one to win all the Big Titles in singles. Djokovic also became the oldest men's singles finalist and champion in Olympic tennis, while Alcaraz was the youngest finalist. Djokovic was the first man to win the Olympics without losing a set during the tournament, [1] [2] [3] in what was his third consecutive Olympics as the top seed. En route to victory, Djokovic defeated Nadal in their record-extending 60th and final professional meeting, and their eleventh encounter at Stade Roland Garros, to end their head-to-head at 31–29 in his favor. [4]

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In the bronze medal match, Italy's Lorenzo Musetti defeated Canada's Félix Auger-Aliassime, 6–4, 1–6, 6–3. It was Italy's second Olympic tennis medal, 100 years after Uberto De Morpurgo won a bronze medal in the men's singles in 1924. [5]

The men's singles tennis event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place from 27 July to 4 August 2024 at the Stade Roland Garros, in Paris, France. [6] There were 64 players from 27 nations. [7]

Alexander Zverev was the defending gold medalist from 2021, [8] but lost in the quarterfinals to Musetti. [9]

For the second time (after 2012), the same two players (Djokovic and Alcaraz) contested both the Wimbledon and Olympics finals in the same year, with the Wimbledon runner-up going on to win Olympic gold both times. [10]

Background

This was the 17th (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 No. 1 seed was Novak Djokovic of Serbia, who was making his fifth Olympic appearance and attempting to complete the Career Golden Slam after reaching the semifinals in 2008 (bronze medal), 2012 (fourth place), and 2020 (fourth place). The No. 2 seed was Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, making his Olympic debut. The defending champion and No. 3 seed was Alexander Zverev of Germany. Defending silver medalist Karen Khachanov [11] and defending bronze medalist Pablo Carreño Busta [12] did not compete, though the latter did participate in the doubles event. World No. 1 Jannik Sinner withdrew before the tournament due to tonsillitis. [13] Other top players who were not present included Andrey Rublev, [14] Hubert Hurkacz, [15] Alex de Minaur [16] (competed only in doubles), and Grigor Dimitrov. [17]

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter up to four players. Nations are limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. Qualification for the men's singles is primarily through the ATP ranking list. There are 64 quota places available for men's singles. [7]

Competition format

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were best-of-3 sets. A 7 point tiebreak was played in all sets reaching 6–6, including the last set of a match. [18]

Schedule

The schedule is as follows. [19]

Legend
R64Round of 64R32Round of 32R16Round of 16QFQuarter-finalsSFSemi-finalsBMBronze medal matchFFinal
Schedule
Sat 27Sun 28Mon 29Tue 30Wed 31Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4
R64R32R16¼½BMF

Seeds

The seeds were released on 22 July 2024. [20]

1.  Flag of Serbia.svg  Novak Djokovic  (SRB) (champion, gold medalist)
2.  Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Alcaraz  (ESP)(final, silver medalist)
3.  Flag of Germany.svg  Alexander Zverev  (GER)(quarterfinals)
4.  Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  Daniil Medvedev  (AIN)(third round)
5.  Flag of Australia.svg  Alex de Minaur  (AUS)(withdrew due to hip injury)
6.  Flag of Norway.svg  Casper Ruud  (NOR)(quarterfinals)
7.  Flag of the United States.svg  Taylor Fritz  (USA)(third round)
8.  Flag of Greece.svg  Stefanos Tsitsipas  (GRE)(quarterfinals)
9.  Flag of the United States.svg  Tommy Paul  (USA)(quarterfinals)
10.  Flag of France.svg  Ugo Humbert  (FRA)(second round)
11.  Flag of Italy.svg  Lorenzo Musetti  (ITA)(semifinals, bronze medalist)
12.  Flag of Argentina.svg  Sebastián Báez  (ARG)(third round)
13.  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Félix Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)(semifinals, fourth place)
14.  Flag of France.svg  Arthur Fils  (FRA)(first round)
15.  Flag of Chile.svg  Alejandro Tabilo  (CHI)(first round)
16.  Flag of Chile.svg  Nicolás Jarry  (CHI)(first round)

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

Draw

The draw was held on 25 July 2024. [21] [22]

Key

Flag icon key List of National Flags

Finals

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final (gold medal match)
               
1 Flag of Serbia.svg  Novak Djokovic  (SRB)677
8 Flag of Greece.svg  Stefanos Tsitsipas  (GRE)3 63
1 Flag of Serbia.svg  Novak Djokovic  (SRB)66
11 Flag of Italy.svg  Lorenzo Musetti  (ITA)4 2
3 Flag of Germany.svg  Alexander Zverev  (GER)5 5
11 Flag of Italy.svg  Lorenzo Musetti  (ITA)77
1 Flag of Serbia.svg  Novak Djokovic  (SRB)7777
2 Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Alcaraz  (ESP)6362
6 Flag of Norway.svg  Casper Ruud  (NOR)4 7103
13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Félix Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)6686
13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Félix Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)1 1 Bronze medal match
2 Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Alcaraz  (ESP)66
9 Flag of the United States.svg  Tommy Paul  (USA)3 6711 Flag of Italy.svg  Lorenzo Musetti  (ITA)61 6
2 Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Alcaraz  (ESP)67913 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Félix Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)4 63

Top half

Section 1

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
1 Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)66
Alt Flag of Australia.svg  M Ebden  (AUS)0 1 1 Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)66
Flag of Hungary.svg  M Fucsovics  (HUN)1 64 PR Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)1 4
PR Flag of Spain.svg  R Nadal  (ESP)64 61 Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)76
PR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  M Raonic  (CAN)776561Flag of Germany.svg  D Koepfer  (GER)5 3
Flag of Germany.svg  D Koepfer  (GER)627777 Flag of Germany.svg  D Koepfer  (GER)3 66
Flag of Italy.svg  M Arnaldi  (ITA)679Flag of Italy.svg  M Arnaldi  (ITA)62 1
14 Flag of France.svg  A Fils  (FRA)4 671 Flag of Serbia.svg  N Djokovic  (SRB)677
12 Flag of Argentina.svg  S Báez  (ARG)668 Flag of Greece.svg  S Tsitsipas  (GRE)3 63
ITF Flag of Brazil.svg  T Monteiro  (BRA)4 3 12 Flag of Argentina.svg  S Báez  (ARG)63 77
Flag of the United States.svg  C Eubanks  (USA)4 2 UP Flag of Lebanon.svg  B Hassan  (LBN)2 663
UP Flag of Lebanon.svg  B Hassan  (LBN)6612 Flag of Argentina.svg  S Báez  (ARG)5 1
ITF Flag of Tunisia.svg  M Echargui  (TUN)2 62 8 Flag of Greece.svg  S Tsitsipas  (GRE)76
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  D Evans  (GBR)64 6 Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  D Evans  (GBR)1 2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Z Bergs  (BEL)6661 8 Flag of Greece.svg  S Tsitsipas  (GRE)66
8 Flag of Greece.svg  S Tsitsipas  (GRE)781 6

Section 2

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
3 Flag of Germany.svg  A Zverev  (GER)66
Flag of Spain.svg  J Munar  (ESP)2 2 3 Flag of Germany.svg  A Zverev  (GER)67
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  T Macháč  (CZE)64 6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  T Macháč  (CZE)3 5
ITF Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Z Zhang  (CHN)2 62 3 Flag of Germany.svg  A Zverev  (GER)76
ITF Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  S Wawrinka  (SUI)66Flag of Australia.svg  A Popyrin  (AUS)5 3
Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  P Kotov  (AIN)1 1 ITF Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  S Wawrinka  (SUI)4 5
Flag of Australia.svg  A Popyrin  (AUS)677Flag of Australia.svg  A Popyrin  (AUS)67
16 Flag of Chile.svg  N Jarry  (CHI)3 653 Flag of Germany.svg  A Zverev  (GER)5 5
11 Flag of Italy.svg  L Musetti  (ITA)6611 Flag of Italy.svg  L Musetti  (ITA)77
Flag of France.svg  G Monfils  (FRA)1 4 11 Flag of Italy.svg  L Musetti  (ITA)776
 Flag of Argentina.svg  M Navone  (ARG)66 Flag of Argentina.svg  M Navone  (ARG)623
Flag of Portugal.svg  N Borges  (POR)2 2 11 Flag of Italy.svg  L Musetti  (ITA)67
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  J Draper  (GBR)667 Flag of the United States.svg  T Fritz  (USA)4 5
PR Flag of Japan.svg  K Nishikori  (JPN)1 4  Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  J Draper  (GBR)773 2
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  A Bublik  (KAZ)4 4 7 Flag of the United States.svg  T Fritz  (USA)6366
7 Flag of the United States.svg  T Fritz  (USA)66

Bottom half

Section 3

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
6 Flag of Norway.svg  C Ruud  (NOR)76
Flag of Japan.svg  T Daniel  (JPN)5 1 6 Flag of Norway.svg  C Ruud  (NOR)4 66
 Flag of Spain.svg  P Martínez  (ESP)4 64 Alt Flag of Italy.svg  A Vavassori  (ITA)64 3
Alt Flag of Italy.svg  A Vavassori  (ITA)64 66 Flag of Norway.svg  C Ruud  (NOR)66
 Flag of Argentina.svg  F Cerúndolo  (ARG)66Flag of Argentina.svg  F Cerúndolo  (ARG)3 4
ITF Flag of Chile.svg  T Barrios Vera  (CHI)2 1  Flag of Argentina.svg  F Cerúndolo  (ARG)7657
Flag of Hungary.svg  F Marozsán  (HUN)3 2 10 Flag of France.svg  U Humbert  (FRA)5 775
10 Flag of France.svg  U Humbert  (FRA)666 Flag of Norway.svg  C Ruud  (NOR)4 7103
13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  F Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)6613 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  F Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)6686
Flag of the United States.svg  M Giron  (USA)1 4 13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  F Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)66
 Flag of Serbia.svg  D Lajović  (SRB)3 783 Flag of Germany.svg  M Marterer  (GER)0 1
Flag of Germany.svg  M Marterer  (GER)666613 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  F Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)677
Alt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  R Haase  (NED)5 2 4 Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  D Medvedev  (AIN)3 65
Flag of Austria.svg  S Ofner  (AUT)76 Flag of Austria.svg  S Ofner  (AUT)2 2
Flag of Australia.svg  R Hijikata  (AUS)2 1 4 Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  D Medvedev  (AIN)66
4 Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  D Medvedev  (AIN)66

Section 4

First round Second round Third round Quarterfinals
Alt Flag of Portugal.svg  F Cabral  (POR)2 2
Flag of Germany.svg  J-L Struff  (GER)66 Flag of Germany.svg  J-L Struff  (GER)
 Flag of France.svg  C Moutet  (FRA)62 7 Flag of France.svg  C Moutet  (FRA)w/o
Flag of India.svg  S Nagal  (IND)2 65  Flag of France.svg  C Moutet  (FRA)653
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  J Menšík  (CZE)669 Flag of the United States.svg  T Paul  (USA)776
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  A Shevchenko  (KAZ)3 4  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  J Menšík  (CZE)3 1
Flag of Italy.svg  L Darderi  (ITA)3 4 9 Flag of the United States.svg  T Paul  (USA)66
9 Flag of the United States.svg  T Paul  (USA)669 Flag of the United States.svg  T Paul  (USA)3 67
15 Flag of Chile.svg  A Tabilo  (CHI)4 4 2 Flag of Spain.svg  C Alcaraz  (ESP)679
Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  R Safiullin  (AIN)66 Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  R Safiullin  (AIN)677
 Flag of Argentina.svg  TM Etcheverry  (ARG)796Flag of Argentina.svg  TM Etcheverry  (ARG)0 61
Flag of Brazil.svg  T Seyboth Wild  (BRA)672  Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg  R Safiullin  (AIN)4 2
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  T Griekspoor  (NED)662 Flag of Spain.svg  C Alcaraz  (ESP)66
Alt Flag of Greece.svg  Pe Tsitsipas  (GRE)2 3  Flag of the Netherlands.svg  T Griekspoor  (NED)1 63
Alt Flag of Lebanon.svg  H Habib  (LBN)3 1 2 Flag of Spain.svg  C Alcaraz  (ESP)677
2 Flag of Spain.svg  C Alcaraz  (ESP)66

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