Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles

Men's Singles
Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Champion	Andy Murray
Runner-up	Juan Martín del Potro
Final score	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5

Men's singles tennis at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Tennis Centre
Date	6–14 August 2016
Competitors	64 from 34 nations
Medalists
Andy Murray   Great Britain   Juan Martín del Potro   Argentina   Kei Nishikori   Japan

The men's singles tennis tournament of the 2016 Olympic Games 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.

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. 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 Juan Martín 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

Seeds

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

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	Juan Martín del Potro (ARG)	7	77
	10	Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)	5	64
								PR	Juan Martín del Potro (ARG)	5	6	77
								3	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	7	4	65
	3	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	2	6	6
		Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)	6	4	2
															PR	Juan Martín del Potro (ARG)	5	6	2	5
															2	Andy Murray (GBR)	7	4	6	7
	6	Gaël Monfils (FRA)	64	6	66
	4	Kei Nishikori (JPN)	77	4	78
								4	Kei Nishikori (JPN)	1	4
								2	Andy Murray (GBR)	6	6				Bronze medal match
	12	Steve Johnson (USA)	0	6	62
	2	Andy Murray (GBR)	6	4	77										3	Rafael Nadal (ESP)	2	77	3
															4	Kei Nishikori (JPN)	6	61	6

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	1	N Djokovic (SRB)	64	62
	PR	JM del Potro (ARG)	77	77				PR	JM del Potro (ARG)	6	1	6
		J Sousa (POR)	6	7					J Sousa (POR)	3	6	3
		R Haase (NED)	1	5											PR	JM del Potro (ARG)	64	6	6
		J Thompson (AUS)	4	2											IP	T Daniel (JPN)	77	1	2
		K Edmund (GBR)	6	6					K Edmund (GBR)	4	5
	IP	T Daniel (JPN)	6	6				IP	T Daniel (JPN)	6	7
	14	J Sock (USA)	4	4																		PR	JM del Potro (ARG)	7	77
	10	R Bautista Agut (ESP)	64	6	0																	10	R Bautista Agut (ESP)	5	64
		A Kuznetsov (RUS)	77	2	0r			10	R Bautista Agut (ESP)	77	6
		Y-h Lu (TPE)	6	3	4				P Lorenzi (ITA)	62	2
		P Lorenzi (ITA)	3	6	6										10	R Bautista Agut (ESP)	6	77
		G Müller (LUX)	5	6	712											G Müller (LUX)	4	64
	PR	J Janowicz (POL)	7	1	610				G Müller (LUX)	6	6
		M Jaziri (TUN)	6	5	3			5	J-W Tsonga (FRA)	4	3
	5	J-W Tsonga (FRA)	4	7	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	3	R Nadal (ESP)	6	6
		F Delbonis (ARG)	2	1				3	R Nadal (ESP)	6	6
		A Seppi (ITA)	6	3	78				A Seppi (ITA)	3	3
		I Marchenko (UKR)	3	6	66										3	R Nadal (ESP)	77	6
	PR	B Baker (USA)	7	5	4										15	G Simon (FRA)	65	3
	IP	Y Sugita (JPN)	5	7	6			IP	Y Sugita (JPN)	63	2
		B Ćorić (CRO)	4	61				15	G Simon (FRA)	77	6
	15	G Simon (FRA)	6	77																		3	R Nadal (ESP)	2	6	6
	11	P Cuevas (URU)	6	68	6																		T Bellucci (BRA)	6	4	2
		N Basilashvili (GEO)	3	710	3			11	P Cuevas (URU)	2	6	3
		D Brown (GER)	6	4r					T Bellucci (BRA)	6	4	6
		T Bellucci (BRA)	4	5												T Bellucci (BRA)	712	6
		D Džumhur (BIH)	4	4											8	D Goffin (BEL)	610	4
		D Sela (ISR)	6	6					D Sela (ISR)	3	3
	IP	S Groth (AUS)	4	2				8	D Goffin (BEL)	6	6
	8	D Goffin (BEL)	6	6

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	6	G Monfils (FRA)	6	6
		V Pospisil (CAN)	1	3				6	G Monfils (FRA)	6	6
		R Dutra Silva (BRA)	77	6					R Dutra Silva (BRA)	2	4
	IP	T Fabbiano (ITA)	64	1											6	G Monfils (FRA)	66	6	6
	IP	R Albot (MDA)	4	6	6										9	M Čilić (CRO)	78	3	4
		T Gabashvili (RUS)	6	4	4			IP	R Albot (MDA)	3	4
		G Dimitrov (BUL)	1	4				9	M Čilić (CRO)	6	6
	9	M Čilić (CRO)	6	6																		6	G Monfils (FRA)	64	6	66
	13	P Kohlschreiber (GER)	4	6	6																	4	K Nishikori (JPN)	77	4	78
		G Pella (ARG)	6	1	2			13	P Kohlschreiber (GER)
		D Kudla (USA)	0	3				IP	A Martin (SVK)	w/o
	IP	A Martin (SVK)	6	6											IP	A Martin (SVK)	2	2
		R Berankis (LTU)	0	0											4	K Nishikori (JPN)	6	6
		J Millman (AUS)	6	6					J Millman (AUS)	64	4
		A Ramos-Viñolas (ESP)	2	4				4	K Nishikori (JPN)	77	6
	4	K Nishikori (JPN)	6	6

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals
	7	D Ferrer (ESP)	6	6
		D Istomin (UZB)	2	1				7	D Ferrer (ESP)	6	61	5
		E Donskoy (RUS)	6	6					E Donskoy (RUS)	3	77	7
		J-L Struff (GER)	3	4												E Donskoy (RUS)	1	1
		G Elias (POR)	77	77											12	S Johnson (USA)	6	6
	PR	T Kokkinakis (AUS)	64	63					G Elias (POR)	3	4
	TRI	D King (BAR)	3	2				12	S Johnson (USA)	6	6
	12	S Johnson (USA)	6	6																		12	S Johnson (USA)	0	6	62
	16	B Paire (FRA)	3	6	6																	2	A Murray (GBR)	6	4	77
		L Rosol (CZE)	6	3	4			16	B Paire (FRA)	6	4	65
		F Fognini (ITA)	2	77	6				F Fognini (ITA)	4	6	77
		V Estrella Burgos (DOM)	6	64	0											F Fognini (ITA)	1	6	3
		J Mónaco (ARG)	6	6											2	A Murray (GBR)	6	2	6
	TRI	M Bašić (BIH)	2	2					J Mónaco (ARG)	3	1
		V Troicki (SRB)	3	2				2	A Murray (GBR)	6	6
	2	A Murray (GBR)	6	6

References

External links

• Men's Singles Drawsheet
• Olympic Tennis Event
• Entry List