Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's singles: Difference between revisions

{{short description|2000 Olympic tennis tournament}}

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|image = File:Sydney 2000 Olympic tennis.JPG

|caption = Tennis at the 2000 Olympics

|dates = 19–28 September 2000

|competitors = 64

|nations = 32

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[[Russia at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Russia]]'s [[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]] defeated [[Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Germany]]'s [[Tommy Haas]] in the final, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 to win the gold medal in Men's Singles [[tennis]] at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. In the bronze-medal match, [[France at the 2000 Summer Olympics|France]]'s [[Arnaud Di Pasquale]] defeated [[Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Switzerland]]'s [[Roger Federer]], 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(7–9), 6–3. It was Russia's first medal in the event as an independent country (though Russian player [[Andrei Cherkasov]] had taken bronze as part of the [[Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Unified Team]] in [[Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]). France and Germany won their first medals in the event since [[Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]] and [[Tennis at the 1912 Summer Olympics|1912]], respectively.

The tournament was played at the [[NSW Tennis Centre|Tennis Centre, Sydney Olympic Park]], in [[Sydney]], Australia. There were 64 players from 32 nations.<ref name=Olympedia/> Nations were able to enter up to four players each, up from three in prior Games.

The United States' [[Andre Agassi]] was the reigning gold medalist from [[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|1996]], but he did not participate.

==Background==

This was the 11th (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 [[Marat Safin]] of Russia, with Americans [[Pete Sampras]] and [[Andre Agassi]] (the defending champion) not playing in the Games.<ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/45658 |title=Singles, Men |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> Two of the eight quarterfinalists from the 1996 tournament returned: bronze medalist [[Leander Paes]] of India and quarterfinal loser [[Wayne Ferreira]] of South Africa.

Benin, Belarus, Bolivia, Costa Rica, and Thailand each made their debut in the event. France made its 10th appearance, most among all nations, having missed only the 1904 event.

==Competition format==

The competition was a single-elimination tournament with a bronze-medal match. Matches before the final were best-of-three sets, with the final being best-of-five sets. The 12-point tie-breaker was used in any set, except the third (or the fifth in the final), that reached 6–6.

==Schedule==

<small>All times are [[Time in Australia|Australian Eastern Standard Time]] ([[UTC+10]])</small>

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! Date

! Time

! Round

| Tuesday, 19 September 2000<br>Wednesday, 20 September 2000 || '''11:00''' || '''Round of 64'''

| Thursday, 21 September 2000<br>Friday, 22 September 2000 || '''11:00''' || '''Round of 32'''

| Saturday, 23 September 2000<br>Sunday, 24 September 2000 || '''11:45''' || '''Round of 16'''

|-

| Tuesday, 25 September 2000 || '''11:00''' || '''Quarterfinals'''

|-

| Thursday, 26 September 2000 || '''11:00''' || '''Semifinals'''

|-

| Friday, 27 September 2000 || '''11:00''' || '''Bronze medal match'''

|- style=background:lemonchiffon

| Saturday, 28 September 2000 || '''13:00''' || '''Final'''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Marat Safin]]|RUS|2000 Summer}} ''(first round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Gustavo Kuerten]]|BRA|2000 Summer}} ''(quarterfinals)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Magnus Norman]]|SWE|2000 Summer}} ''(third round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Lleyton Hewitt]]|AUS|2000 Summer}} ''(first round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Yevgeny Kafelnikov]]|RUS|2000 Summer}} '''(champion, gold medalist)'''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Àlex Corretja]]|ESP|2000 Summer}} ''(third round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Tim Henman]]|GBR|2000 Summer}} ''(first round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Juan Carlos Ferrero]]|ESP|2000 Summer}} ''(quarterfinals)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Nicolas Kiefer]]|GER|2000 Summer}} ''(first round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Franco Squillari]]|ARG|2000 Summer}} ''(first round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Mark Philippoussis]]|AUS|2000 Summer}} ''(third round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Marcelo Ríos]]|CHI|2000 Summer}} ''(first round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Pat Rafter|Patrick Rafter]]|AUS|2000 Summer}} ''(second round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Wayne Ferreira]]|RSA|2000 Summer}} ''(first round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Albert Costa]]|ESP|2000 Summer}} ''(first round)''

# {{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Chang]]|USA|2000 Summer}} ''(first round)''

* Alt = [[Alternate (tennis)|Alternate]]

* r = [[Retired (tennis)|Retired]]

* w/o = [[walkover (tennis)|Walkover]]

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| RD3=Final (gold Medal match)

===Top half===

===Bottom half===

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