Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles

Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Champion	Nicolás Massú (CHI)
Runner-up	Mardy Fish (USA)
Final score	6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Events
Singles	men	women
Doubles	men	women

The men's singles competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was part of the tennis program for the games, and was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece.

Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending gold medalist won in 2000 and he retired that sport in 2003. Nicolás Massú of Chile defeated Mardy Fish of the United States 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the Gold Medal in Men's Singles at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Only the final match was best-of-five; all others were best-of-three. Fish won two of the first three sets in the gold medal match.

The major upset in the first round came when Jiří Novák took advantage of Tim Henman's inconsistent play this year beating him in straight sets. The second round saw some more shock wins, none bigger than world number one Roger Federer's defeat at the hands of world 74th ranked Czech, Tomáš Berdych. Fifth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero and ninth seed Marat Safin's hopes of gold also disappeared as they also both made early exits.

Medalists

Gold	Nicolás Massú Chile (CHI)
Silver	Mardy Fish United States (USA)
Bronze	Fernando González Chile (CHI)

Seeds

Roger Federer (SUI) (Second Round)
Andy Roddick (USA) (Third Round)
Carlos Moyá (ESP) (Quarterfinals)
Tim Henman (GBR) (First Round)
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) (Second Round)
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Rainer Schüttler (GER) (First Round)
Sébastien Grosjean (FRA) (Quarterfinals)
Marat Safin (RUS) (Second Round)
Nicolás Massú (CHI) (Champion, Gold Medalist)
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) (First Round)
Paradorn Srichaphan (THA) (First Round)
Andrei Pavel (ROM) (First Round)
Nicolas Kiefer (GER) (Third Round)
Tommy Robredo (ESP) (Third Round)
Fernando González (CHI) (Semifinals, Bronze Medalist)

Draw

Finals

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final (Gold Medal Match)

	Tomáš Berdych (CZE)	4	1
	Taylor Dent (USA)	6	6
						Taylor Dent (USA)	6⁵	1

					10	Nicolás Massú (CHI)	7⁷	6
3	Carlos Moyà (ESP)	2	5

10	Nicolás Massú (CHI)	6	7
										10	Nicolás Massú (CHI)	6	3	2	6	6
											Mardy Fish (USA)	3	6	6	3	4
	Mardy Fish (USA)	6	6
	Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)	3	4
						Mardy Fish (USA)	3	6	6

					16	Fernando González (CHI)	6	3	4	Bronze Medal Match
8	Sébastien Grosjean (FRA)	2	6	2

16	Fernando González (CHI)	6	2	6							Taylor Dent (USA)	4	6	14
										16	Fernando González (CHI)	6	2	16

Top Half

Section 1

1st round					2nd round					Third Round					Quarterfinals

1	R Federer (SUI)	6	5	6
	N Davydenko (RUS)	3	7	1	1	R Federer (SUI)	6	5	5
	T Berdych (CZE)	6	7			T Berdych (CZE)	4	7	7
	F Mayer (GER)	3	5								T Berdych (CZE)	7⁷	4	8
	F Santoro (FRA)	6	6							15	T Robredo (ESP)	6²	6	6
	F Volandri (ITA)	1	2			F Santoro (FRA)	6	3	4
	L Ouahab (ALG)	3	4		15	T Robredo (ESP)	1	6	6
15	T Robredo (ESP)	6	6													T Berdych (CZE)	4	1
12	P Srichaphan (THA)	2	3													T Dent (USA)	6	6
	J Johansson (SWE)	6	6			J Johansson (SWE)	6³	4
	S Sargsian (ARM)	3	2			I Ljubičić (CRO)	7⁷	6
	I Ljubičić (CRO)	6	6								I Ljubičić (CRO)	4	4
	D Hrbatý (SVK)	6	6								T Dent (USA)	6	6
	Y El Aynaoui (MAR)	3	4			D Hrbatý (SVK)	6⁴	3
	T Dent (USA)	6	3	6		T Dent (USA)	7⁷	6
	F Niemeyer (CAN)	2	6	4

Section 2

1st round					2nd round					Third Round					Quarterfinals

3	C Moyà (ESP)	7¹⁰	6⁷	9
	T Enqvist (SWE)	6⁸	7⁹	7	3	C Moyà (ESP)	6	7⁷
	M Philippoussis (AUS)	6	0	1		O Rochus (BEL)	0	6³
	O Rochus (BEL)	3	6	6						3	C Moyà (ESP)	4	7⁷	6
	A Clément (FRA)	7⁷	6								I Karlović (CRO)	6	6³	4
	N Lapentti (ECU)	6⁵	2			A Clément (FRA)	6⁴	6	4
	I Karlović (CRO)	6	6¹⁰	6		I Karlović (CRO)	7⁷	4	6
13	A Pavel (ROU)	4	7¹²	2											3	C Moyà (ESP)	2	5
10	N Massú (CHI)	6	5	6											10	N Massú (CHI)	6	7
	G Kuerten (BRA)	3	7	4	10	N Massú (CHI)	7⁷	6
	J Melzer (AUT)	0	1			V Spadea (USA)	6³	2
	V Spadea (USA)	6	6							10	N Massú (CHI)	6	6⁴	6
	A Calleri (ARG)	2	6	8							I Andreev (RUS)	3	7⁷	4
	K Beck (SVK)	6	3	6		A Calleri (ARG)	w/o
	I Andreev (RUS)	6⁵	7⁷	6		I Andreev (RUS)
7	R Schüttler (GER)	7⁷	6²	2

Bottom Half

Section 3

1st round					2nd round					Third Round					Quarterfinals

5	JC Ferrero (ESP)	6	6
	H Arazi (MAR)	3	1		5	JC Ferrero (ESP)	6	6⁵	4
	M Fish (USA)	7⁹	1			M Fish (USA)	4	7⁷	6
	J Björkman (SWE)	6⁷	0	r							M Fish (USA)	6	4	6
	J Nieminen (FIN)	6	6								M Mirnyi (BLR)	3	6	1
	Y-h Lu (TPE)	3	3			J Nieminen (FIN)	3	4
	M Mirnyi (BLR)	3	7⁷	6		M Mirnyi (BLR)	6	6
11	JI Chela (ARG)	6	6⁰	4												M Fish (USA)	6	6
14	N Kiefer (GER)	6	6													M Youzhny (RUS)	3	4
	V Voltchkov (BLR)	2	4		14	N Kiefer (GER)	6	3	6
	G Carraz (FRA)	7	6⁵	5		M Baghdatis (CYP)	2	6	3
	M Baghdatis (CYP)	5	7⁷	7						14	N Kiefer (GER)	3	6	2
	M Youzhny (RUS)	6	6								M Youzhny (RUS)	6	2	6
	X Malisse (BEL)	2	2			M Youzhny (RUS)	6	6
	J Novák (CZE)	6	6			J Novák (CZE)	4	3
4	T Henman (GBR)	3	3

Section 4

1st round					2nd round					Third Round					Quarterfinals

8	S Grosjean (FRA)	6	7
	L Horna (PER)	2	5		8	S Grosjean (FRA)	7⁷	6
	V Hănescu (ROU)	4	6⁴			W Arthurs (AUS)	6²	3
	W Arthurs (AUS)	6	7⁷							8	S Grosjean (FRA)	6⁴	6	6
	R Söderling (SWE)	3	6	4							F López (ESP)	7⁷	4	0
	F López (ESP)	6	3	6		F López (ESP)	7⁷	6
	K Kučera (SVK)	0	4		9	M Safin (RUS)	6⁴	3
9	M Safin (RUS)	6	6												8	S Grosjean (FRA)	2	6	4
16	F González (CHI)	7⁷	6												16	F González (CHI)	6	2	6
	K Economidis (GRE)	6²	2		16	F González (CHI)	7	6
	M Zabaleta (ARG)	6	3	2		H-t Lee (KOR)	5	2
	H-t Lee (KOR)	4	6	6						16	F González (CHI)	6	6
	M Ančić (CRO)	1	5							2	A Roddick (USA)	4	4
	T Haas (GER)	6	7			T Haas (GER)	6	3	7
	F Saretta (BRA)	3	6⁴		2	A Roddick (USA)	4	6	9
2	A Roddick (USA)	6	7⁷

References

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