Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
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Chile's Nicolás Massú defeated the United States' Mardy Fish in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the gold medal in Men's Singles tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the bronze-medal match, Chile's Fernando González defeated the United States' Taylor Dent, 6–4, 2–6, 16–14. Massú became the only man to win both the singles and men's doubles gold medals at the same Olympic Games. The two medals were Chile's first in men's singles, and Massú's gold plus the Chileans' doubles gold remain the only two gold medals for Chile at the Olympics.
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Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics | |||||||
Final | |||||||
Champion | Nicolás Massú (CHI) | ||||||
Runner-up | Mardy Fish (USA) | ||||||
Score | 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
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Men's singles tennis at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Athens Olympic Tennis Centre, Athens | |||||||||
Dates | 15–22 August 2004 | |||||||||
Competitors | 64 from 32 nations | |||||||||
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The tournament was held at the Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece. There were 64 players from 32 nations.[1] The limit on players per nation had been four since the 2000 Games. Only the final match was best-of-five-sets; all others were best-of-three-sets.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the reigning gold medalist from 2000, but he retired from the sport in 2003.
Switzerland's Roger Federer was the world No. 1, but he lost to world No. 74 Tomáš Berdych of the Czech Republic in the second round.