2012 Olympic tennis tournament
2012 tennis event results
Men's singles tennis
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Venue
| All England Club, Wimbledon
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Dates
| 28 July?5 August 2012
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Competitors
| 64 from 34 nations
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Great Britain
's
Andy Murray
defeated
Switzerland
's
Roger Federer
in the final, 6?2, 6?1, 6?4 to win the gold medal in men's singles
tennis
at the
2012 Summer Olympics
. The final was a rematch of the
Wimbledon final
played at the same venue four weeks prior, in which Federer prevailed. Federer was attempting to become the third man to complete the
career Golden Slam
in singles (after
Andre Agassi
and
Rafael Nadal
).
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It was Federer's third consecutive Olympics as the
singles world No. 1
, but his silver finish remains his only Olympic medal in singles. In the bronze medal match,
Argentina
's
Juan Martin del Potro
defeated
Serbia
's
Novak Djokovic
, 7?5, 6?4.
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Murray's gold was Great Britain's first medal at the event since
1908
, and the nation's record fourth overall. Federer's silver was Switzerland's first medal at the event since
1992
. Del Potro's bronze was Argentina's first medal at the event overall.
The tournament was held at the
All England Club
in
Wimbledon, London
from 28 July to 5 August, making it the first Olympic
grass court
tournament since tennis was re-introduced to the Games.
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The event was run and organised by the
International Olympic Committee
(IOC) and the
International Tennis Federation
(ITF), and was part of the
Association of Tennis Professionals
tour. Matches were the best-of-three sets, except for the final which was the best-of-five sets.
Tie-breaks
were in use for all sets except the fifth set of the final and the third set of all other matches.
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There were 64 players from 34 nations.
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Rafael Nadal
was the reigning gold medalist from
2008
,
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but withdrew due to a recurring knee injury.
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Despite his early exit at
Wimbledon
the previous month, Nadal was the pre-Olympics favourite to retain his Gold Medal.
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The second-round match between
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
and
Milos Raonic
lasted 3 hours and 57 minutes and 66 games, with the third set ending at 25?23. This was (then) the
longest tennis match in Olympic history
, in terms of games played and in time, under the
best-of-three-sets system
.
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However, this record was quickly eclipsed by Federer and del Potro three days later in a semifinal encounter that lasted 4 hours 26 minutes, with the third set ending at 19?17. This was both the longest singles tennis match in Olympic history (played with the best-of-three-sets format) and the longest such match in the
Open Era
, surpassing the 4 hours 3 minutes in Nadal's victory over Djokovic at the
2009 Madrid Masters
.
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Background
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This was the 14th (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
Roger Federer
of Switzerland, making his fourth Olympic appearance and second as the top seed. Reigning champion
Rafael Nadal
of Spain was out with a knee injury, though Spain was still represented among the top-four seeds with
David Ferrer
. Serb
Novak Djokovic
and Briton
Andy Murray
made up the rest of the top seeds. Djokovic had taken bronze in 2008; the other two quarterfinalists from that tournament to return were Federer and
Jurgen Melzer
of Austria.
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Bulgaria, Colombia, Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Tunisia, and Ukraine each made their debut in the event. France made its 13th appearance, most among all nations, having missed only the 1904 event.
Qualification
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Qualification for the men's singles was primarily through the ATP ranking list of 11 June 2012. An additional restriction was that players had to have been available for two
Davis Cup
events between 2009 and 2012. Nations had been limited to four players in the event since the 2000 Games. There were 64 quota places available for men's singles. The first 56 were assigned through the world ranking. There were two Tripartite Commission invitation places and 6 final qualification places allocated by the ITF based on continental and national representation along with world rankings.
Competition format
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The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. Matches were in best-of-3 sets, except for the final which was in best-of-5 sets. No
tiebreak
was played in the final set.
Schedule
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The tournament ran from 28 July and 5 August.
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Round of 64
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Round of 64
Round of 32
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Round of 32
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Round of 16
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
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Seeds
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Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
Draw
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Finals
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Top half
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Section 1
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Section 2
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Bottom half
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Section 3
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Section 4
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References
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See also
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Grand Slam events
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ATP World Tour Masters 1000
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Team events
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Demonstration
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