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Singles, Men

Date	20 – 30 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Te-ni-seu-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	64 from 32 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

The favorite in the men’s singles was Sweden’s Stefan Edberg, who had won the 1984 Olympic demonstration singles, and the 1988 Wimbledon Championship. Edberg won through to the semis, where he faced Czechoslovakia’s Miloslav Mečíř, who he had defeated at the Wimbledon semi-finals. But in Seoul, Mečíř turned the tables on Edberg, and then went on to win the gold medal the next day in four sets over Tim Mayotte of the United States. Mečíř won nine professional championships but never a Grand Slam title, although he made the final of the 1986 US Open and the 1989 Australian Open.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Miloslav Mečíř	TCH	Gold
2	Tim Mayotte	USA	Silver
=3	Stefan Edberg	SWE	Bronze
=3	Brad Gilbert	USA	Bronze
=5	Paolo Canè	ITA
=5	Michiel Schapers	NED
=5	Martín Jaite	ARG
=5	Carl-Uwe Steeb	FRG
=9	Jakob Hlasek	SUI
=9	Javier Sánchez Vicario	ESP
=9	Guy Forget	FRA
=9	Sergio Casal	ESP
=9	Robert Seguso	USA
=9	Kim Bong-Su	KOR
=9	Anders Järryd	SWE
=9	Amos Mansdorf	ISR
=17	Agustín Moreno	MEX
=17	Zeeshan Ali	IND
=17	Grant Connell	CAN
=17	Emilio Sánchez Vicario	ESP
=17	Jeremy Bates	GBR
=17	Slobodan Živojinović	YUG
=17	Leonardo Lavalle	MEX
=17	Tony Mmoh	NGR
=17	Andrey Cherkasov	URS
=17	Darren Cahill	AUS
=17	Javier Frana	ARG
=17	Henri Leconte	FRA
=17	Andrew Castle	GBR
=17	Wally Masur	AUS
=17	Kelly Evernden	NZL
=17	Diego Nargiso	ITA
=33	Horst Skoff	AUT
=33	Toshihisa Tsuchihashi	JPN
=33	Víctor Caballero	PAR
=33	Steve Alger	BER
=33	John Fitzgerald	AUS
=33	Sadiq Abdullahi	NGR
=33	Milan Šrejber	TCH
=33	Shuzo Matsuoka	JPN
=33	Eric Jelen	FRG
=33	Gilad Bloom	ISR
=33	Omar Camporese	ITA
=33	Morten Christensen	DEN
=33	Ronald Agénor	HAI
=33	Mark Gurr	ZIM
=33	Wojtek Kowalski	POL
=33	Andrey Chesnokov	URS
=33	Michael Tauson	DEN
=33	Hugo Chapacú	PAR
=33	Nduka Odizor	NGR
=33	Alex Antonitsch	AUT
=33	Chris Pridham	CAN
=33	Shahar Perkiss	ISR
=33	Georgios Kalovelonis	GRE
=33	Vijay Amritraj	IND
=33	Martin Laurendeau	CAN
=33	Clément N'Goran	CIV
=33	Aleksandr Volkov	URS
=33	Luiz Mattar	BRA
=33	Yu Jin-Seon	KOR
=33	Goran Ivanišević	YUG
=33	Francisco Maciel	MEX
=33	Song Dong-Uk	KOR

Round One

Date	20 – 21 September 1988
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	Stefan Edberg (1)	SWE	7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 6-3	Horst Skoff (WC)	AUT
Match #2	Agustín Moreno (Q)	MEX	7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 6-4	Toshihisa Tsuchihashi (Q)	JPN
Match #3	Zeeshan Ali (Q)	IND	6-3, 6-2, 6-4	Víctor Caballero	PAR
Match #4	Jakob Hlasek (10)	SUI	6-3, 6-4, 6-2	Steve Alger (Q)	BER
Match #5	Grant Connell (Q)	CAN	6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2	John Fitzgerald (14)	AUS
Match #6	Javier Sánchez Vicario (Q)	ESP	6-2, 7-5, 6-3	Sadiq Abdullahi (Q)	NGR
Match #7	Paolo Canè	ITA	6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-3	Milan Šrejber	TCH
Match #8	Emilio Sánchez Vicario (6)	ESP	6-3, 6-4, 6-3	Shuzo Matsuoka (Q)	JPN
Match #9	Miloslav Mečíř (3)	TCH	5-7, 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (–-6)	Eric Jelen	FRG
Match #10	Jeremy Bates	GBR	4-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 9-7	Gilad Bloom	ISR
Match #11	Guy Forget	FRA	6-2, 6-0, 6-3	Omar Camporese (Q)	ITA
Match #12	Slobodan Živojinović (15)	YUG	7-5, 6-2, 6-4	Morten Christensen	DEN
Match #13	Leonardo Lavalle	MEX	3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 2-1 (–-–)	Ronald Agénor (11)	HAI
Match #14	Sergio Casal	ESP	6-2, 6-3, 6-1	Mark Gurr (Q)	ZIM
Match #15	Tony Mmoh (Q)	NGR	6-2, 6-4, 6-4	Wojtek Kowalski (Q)	POL
Match #16	Michiel Schapers	NED	6-3, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2	Andrey Chesnokov (8)	URS
Match #17	Brad Gilbert (5)	USA	6-2, 7-5, 6-1	Michael Tauson	DEN
Match #18	Andrey Cherkasov (Q)	URS	6-0, 6-0, 6-1	Hugo Chapacú	PAR
Match #19	Robert Seguso	USA	6-4, 6-3, 6-2	Nduka Odizor (WC)	NGR
Match #20	Darren Cahill (9)	AUS	6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2	Alex Antonitsch (Q)	AUT
Match #21	Martín Jaite (13)	ARG	6-1, 6-3, 6-2	Chris Pridham (Q)	CAN
Match #22	Javier Frana (Q)	ARG	6-2, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4	Shahar Perkiss (Q)	ISR
Match #23	Kim Bong-Su	KOR	7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-7 (6-7), 6-3	Georgios Kalovelonis (LL)	GRE
Match #24	Henri Leconte (4)	FRA	4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3	Vijay Amritraj	IND
Match #25	Anders Järryd (7)	SWE	7-6 (10-8), 4-6, 7-5, 7-5	Martin Laurendeau (Q)	CAN
Match #26	Andrew Castle	GBR	6-7 (7-9), 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-6), 7-5	Clément N'Goran (Q)	CIV
Match #27	Carl-Uwe Steeb (Q)	FRG	7-5, 6-4, 6-3	Aleksandr Volkov (Q)	URS
Match #28	Wally Masur	AUS	6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (6-7), 6-4	Luiz Mattar (16)	BRA
Match #29	Amos Mansdorf (12)	ISR	6-2, 6-4, 7-5	Yu Jin-Seon (Q)	KOR
Match #30	Kelly Evernden	NZL	7-6 (7-0), 6-3, 6-3	Goran Ivanišević (Q)	YUG
Match #31	Diego Nargiso	ITA	4-6, 2-6, 7-6 (–-2), 7-6 (–-6), 8-6	Francisco Maciel	MEX
Match #32	Tim Mayotte (2)	USA	6-3, 6-3, 6-4	Song Dong-Uk	KOR

Round Two

Date	22 September 1988
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	22 Sep	Stefan Edberg (1)	SWE	6-2, 7-6 (7-2), 6-0	Agustín Moreno (Q)	MEX
Match #2	22 Sep	Jakob Hlasek (10)	SUI	6-4, 7-5, 7-5	Zeeshan Ali (Q)	IND
Match #3	22 Sep	Javier Sánchez Vicario (Q)	ESP	6-4, 6-4, 6-2	Grant Connell (Q)	CAN
Match #4	22 Sep	Paolo Canè	ITA	7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4	Emilio Sánchez Vicario (6)	ESP
Match #5	22 Sep	Miloslav Mečíř (3)	TCH	6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4	Jeremy Bates	GBR
Match #6	22 Sep	Guy Forget	FRA	7-5, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2	Slobodan Živojinović (15)	YUG
Match #7	22 Sep	Sergio Casal	ESP	6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)	Leonardo Lavalle	MEX
Match #8	22 Sep	Michiel Schapers	NED	4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1	Tony Mmoh (Q)	NGR
Match #9	22 Sep	Brad Gilbert (5)	USA	6-4, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2	Andrey Cherkasov (Q)	URS
Match #10	22 Sep	Robert Seguso	USA	6-3, 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (8-10), 6-2	Darren Cahill (9)	AUS
Match #11	22 Sep	Martín Jaite (13)	ARG	6-2, 6-4, 6-2	Javier Frana (Q)	ARG
Match #12	22 Sep	Kim Bong-Su	KOR	4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5	Henri Leconte (4)	FRA
Match #13	22 Sep	Anders Järryd (7)	SWE	6-0, 6-3, 6-1	Andrew Castle	GBR
Match #14	22 Sep	Carl-Uwe Steeb (Q)	FRG	6-3, 5-7, 6-3, 1-6, 7-5	Wally Masur	AUS
Match #15	22 Sep	Amos Mansdorf (12)	ISR	6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 7-5	Kelly Evernden	NZL
Match #16	22 Sep	Tim Mayotte (2)	USA	2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0	Diego Nargiso	ITA

Round Three

Date	24 September 1988
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Stefan Edberg (1)	SWE	6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7-6)	Jakob Hlasek (10)	SUI
Match #2	24 Sep	Paolo Canè	ITA	7-6 (7-1), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2	Javier Sánchez Vicario (Q)	ESP
Match #3	24 Sep	Miloslav Mečíř (3)	TCH	7-6 (7-1), 6-3, 7-5	Guy Forget	FRA
Match #4	24 Sep	Michiel Schapers	NED	6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4	Sergio Casal	ESP
Match #5	24 Sep	Brad Gilbert (5)	USA	6-2, 6-1, 6-1	Robert Seguso	USA
Match #6	24 Sep	Martín Jaite (13)	ARG	6-4, 6-1, 6-3	Kim Bong-Su	KOR
Match #7	24 Sep	Carl-Uwe Steeb (Q)	FRG	2-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-5	Anders Järryd (7)	SWE
Match #8	24 Sep	Tim Mayotte (2)	USA	6-4, 6-2, 6-4	Amos Mansdorf (12)	ISR

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 September 1988
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	26 Sep 11:05	Centre Court	Stefan Edberg (1)	SWE	6-1, 7-5, 6-4	Paolo Canè	ITA
Match #2	26 Sep 13:04	Centre Court	Miloslav Mečíř (3)	TCH	3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, 6-4	Michiel Schapers	NED
Match #3	26 Sep 11:12	Court #1	Brad Gilbert (5)	USA	5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (7-1), 6-3	Martín Jaite (13)	ARG
Match #4	26 Sep 14:10	Court #1	Tim Mayotte (2)	USA	7-6 (7-4), 7-5, 6-3	Carl-Uwe Steeb (Q)	FRG

Semi-Finals

Date	28 September 1988
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep 12:42	Centre Court	Miloslav Mečíř (3)	TCH	3-6, 6-0, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2	Stefan Edberg (1)	SWE
Match #2	28 Sep 15:40	Centre Court	Tim Mayotte (2)	USA	6-4, 6-4, 6-3	Brad Gilbert (5)	USA

Final Round

Date	30 September 1988 — 11:12

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor (Seed)	NOC	Result	Competitor (Seed)	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Sep 11:12	Centre Court	Miloslav Mečíř (3)	TCH	3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2	Tim Mayotte (2)	USA