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Singles, Men

Date20 – 30 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationTe-ni-seu-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants64 from 32 countries
FormatSingle-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.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
1175Miloslav MečířTCHGold
2183Tim MayotteUSASilver
=3172Stefan EdbergSWEBronze
=3182Brad GilbertUSABronze
=5150Paolo CanèITA
=5135Michiel SchapersNED
=5102Martín JaiteARG
=5129Carl-Uwe SteebFRG
=9171Jakob HlasekSUI
=9124Javier Sánchez VicarioESP
=9125Guy ForgetFRA
=9122Sergio CasalESP
=9184Robert SegusoUSA
=9154Kim Bong-SuKOR
=9173Anders JärrydSWE
=9147Amos MansdorfISR
=17159Agustín MorenoMEX
=17140Zeeshan AliIND
=17111Grant ConnellCAN
=17123Emilio Sánchez VicarioESP
=17130Jeremy BatesGBR
=17186Slobodan ŽivojinovićYUG
=17157Leonardo LavalleMEX
=17161Tony MmohNGR
=17178Andrey CherkasovURS
=17103Darren CahillAUS
=17101Javier FranaARG
=17126Henri LeconteFRA
=17131Andrew CastleGBR
=17105Wally MasurAUS
=17164Kelly EverndenNZL
=17151Diego NargisoITA
=33107Horst SkoffAUT
=33153Toshihisa TsuchihashiJPN
=33165Víctor CaballeroPAR
=33108Steve AlgerBER
=33104John FitzgeraldAUS
=33160Sadiq AbdullahiNGR
=33176Milan ŠrejberTCH
=33152Shuzo MatsuokaJPN
=33128Eric JelenFRG
=33146Gilad BloomISR
=33149Omar CamporeseITA
=33120Morten ChristensenDEN
=33134Ronald AgénorHAI
=33187Mark GurrZIM
=33167Wojtek KowalskiPOL
=33179Andrey ChesnokovURS
=33121Michael TausonDEN
=33166Hugo ChapacúPAR
=33162Nduka OdizorNGR
=33106Alex AntonitschAUT
=33114Chris PridhamCAN
=33148Shahar PerkissISR
=33133Georgios KalovelonisGRE
=33142Vijay AmritrajIND
=33112Martin LaurendeauCAN
=33117Clément N'GoranCIV
=33180Aleksandr VolkovURS
=33110Luiz MattarBRA
=33156Yu Jin-SeonKOR
=33185Goran IvaniševićYUG
=33158Francisco MacielMEX
=33155Song Dong-UkKOR

Round One

Date20 – 21 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Stefan Edberg (1)SWE3 – 0Horst Skoff (WC)AUT
Match #2Agustín Moreno (Q)MEX3 – 0Toshihisa Tsuchihashi (Q)JPN
Match #3Zeeshan Ali (Q)IND3 – 0Víctor CaballeroPAR
Match #4Jakob Hlasek (10)SUI3 – 0Steve Alger (Q)BER
Match #5Grant Connell (Q)CAN3 – 1John Fitzgerald (14)AUS
Match #6Javier Sánchez Vicario (Q)ESP3 – 0Sadiq Abdullahi (Q)NGR
Match #7Paolo CanèITA3 – 1Milan ŠrejberTCH
Match #8Emilio Sánchez Vicario (6)ESP3 – 0Shuzo Matsuoka (Q)JPN
Match #9Miloslav Mečíř (3)TCH3 – 1Eric JelenFRG
Match #10Jeremy BatesGBR3 – 2Gilad BloomISR
Match #11Guy ForgetFRA3 – 0Omar Camporese (Q)ITA
Match #12Slobodan Živojinović (15)YUG3 – 0Morten ChristensenDEN
Match #13Leonardo LavalleMEX2 – 1Ronald Agénor (11)HAI
Match #14Sergio CasalESP3 – 0Mark Gurr (Q)ZIM
Match #15Tony Mmoh (Q)NGR3 – 0Wojtek Kowalski (Q)POL
Match #16Michiel SchapersNED3 – 1Andrey Chesnokov (8)URS
Match #17Brad Gilbert (5)USA3 – 0Michael TausonDEN
Match #18Andrey Cherkasov (Q)URS3 – 0Hugo ChapacúPAR
Match #19Robert SegusoUSA3 – 0Nduka Odizor (WC)NGR
Match #20Darren Cahill (9)AUS3 – 1Alex Antonitsch (Q)AUT
Match #21Martín Jaite (13)ARG3 – 0Chris Pridham (Q)CAN
Match #22Javier Frana (Q)ARG3 – 1Shahar Perkiss (Q)ISR
Match #23Kim Bong-SuKOR3 – 2Georgios Kalovelonis (LL)GRE
Match #24Henri Leconte (4)FRA3 – 2Vijay AmritrajIND
Match #25Anders Järryd (7)SWE3 – 1Martin Laurendeau (Q)CAN
Match #26Andrew CastleGBR3 – 2Clément N'Goran (Q)CIV
Match #27Carl-Uwe Steeb (Q)FRG3 – 0Aleksandr Volkov (Q)URS
Match #28Wally MasurAUS3 – 2Luiz Mattar (16)BRA
Match #29Amos Mansdorf (12)ISR3 – 0Yu Jin-Seon (Q)KOR
Match #30Kelly EverndenNZL3 – 0Goran Ivanišević (Q)YUG
Match #31Diego NargisoITA3 – 2Francisco MacielMEX
Match #32Tim Mayotte (2)USA3 – 0Song Dong-UkKOR

Round Two

Date22 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #122 SepStefan Edberg (1)SWE3 – 0Agustín Moreno (Q)MEX
Match #222 SepJakob Hlasek (10)SUI3 – 0Zeeshan Ali (Q)IND
Match #322 SepJavier Sánchez Vicario (Q)ESP3 – 0Grant Connell (Q)CAN
Match #422 SepPaolo CanèITA3 – 1Emilio Sánchez Vicario (6)ESP
Match #522 SepMiloslav Mečíř (3)TCH3 – 1Jeremy BatesGBR
Match #622 SepGuy ForgetFRA3 – 0Slobodan Živojinović (15)YUG
Match #722 SepSergio CasalESP3 – 0Leonardo LavalleMEX
Match #822 SepMichiel SchapersNED3 – 2Tony Mmoh (Q)NGR
Match #922 SepBrad Gilbert (5)USA3 – 1Andrey Cherkasov (Q)URS
Match #1022 SepRobert SegusoUSA3 – 1Darren Cahill (9)AUS
Match #1122 SepMartín Jaite (13)ARG3 – 0Javier Frana (Q)ARG
Match #1222 SepKim Bong-SuKOR3 – 2Henri Leconte (4)FRA
Match #1322 SepAnders Järryd (7)SWE3 – 0Andrew CastleGBR
Match #1422 SepCarl-Uwe Steeb (Q)FRG3 – 2Wally MasurAUS
Match #1522 SepAmos Mansdorf (12)ISR3 – 1Kelly EverndenNZL
Match #1622 SepTim Mayotte (2)USA3 – 1Diego NargisoITA

Round Three

Date24 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #124 SepStefan Edberg (1)SWE3 – 0Jakob Hlasek (10)SUI
Match #224 SepPaolo CanèITA3 – 1Javier Sánchez Vicario (Q)ESP
Match #324 SepMiloslav Mečíř (3)TCH3 – 0Guy ForgetFRA
Match #424 SepMichiel SchapersNED3 – 2Sergio CasalESP
Match #524 SepBrad Gilbert (5)USA3 – 0Robert SegusoUSA
Match #624 SepMartín Jaite (13)ARG3 – 0Kim Bong-SuKOR
Match #724 SepCarl-Uwe Steeb (Q)FRG3 – 1Anders Järryd (7)SWE
Match #824 SepTim Mayotte (2)USA3 – 0Amos Mansdorf (12)ISR

Quarter-Finals

Date26 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #126 Sep 11:05Centre CourtStefan Edberg (1)SWE3 – 0Paolo CanèITA
Match #226 Sep 13:04Centre CourtMiloslav Mečíř (3)TCH3 – 1Michiel SchapersNED
Match #326 Sep 11:12Court #1Brad Gilbert (5)USA3 – 1Martín Jaite (13)ARG
Match #426 Sep 14:10Court #1Tim Mayotte (2)USA3 – 0Carl-Uwe Steeb (Q)FRG

Semi-Finals

Date28 September 1988
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #128 Sep 12:42Centre CourtMiloslav Mečíř (3)TCH3 – 2Stefan Edberg (1)SWE
Match #228 Sep 15:40Centre CourtTim Mayotte (2)USA3 – 0Brad Gilbert (5)USA

Final Round

Date30 September 1988 — 11:12
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/230 Sep 11:12Centre CourtMiloslav Mečíř (3)TCH3 – 1Tim Mayotte (2)USA