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Singles, Men

Date28 July – 8 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationCentro Municipal de Tenis Vall d'Hebron, La Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Catalonia, ESP
Participants64 from 35 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The singles tournament was marked by upsets. The #1 seed was the USA’s Jim Courier, who lost in the third round to Marc Rosset of Switzerland. Other top seeds to lose early included Stefan Edberg (SWE), Boris Becker (GER), Pete Sampras (USA), Michael Chang (USA), and Michael Stich (GER). The only top seed to make the semis was Croatia’s Goran Ivaniševič but, exhausted after four consecutive 5-set matches, he lost there to Rosset.

The final was contested by Rosset, ranked 44th in the world, and Spain’s Jordi Arrese, ranked 30th, with Rosset prevailing in five sets, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 8-6.

PosSeedCompetitorNOC
1155Marc RossetSUIGold
247Jordi ArreseESPSilver
=342Goran IvaniševićCROBronze
=355Andrey CherkasovEUNBronze
=552Emilio Sánchez VicarioESP
=563Fabrice SantoroFRA
=525Jaime OncinsBRA
=5117Leonardo LavalleMEX
=9172Jim CourierUSA
=9160Magnus LarssonSWE
=9154Jakob HlasekSUI
=971Boris BeckerGER
=9124Mark KoevermansNED
=9176Pete SamprasUSA
=975Carl-Uwe SteebGER
=998Renzo FurlanITA
=1793Gilad BloomISR
=17147Wayne FerreiraRSA
=1795Omar CamporeseITA
=1759Guy ForgetFRA
=17122Paul HaarhuisNED
=1735Andrew SznajderCAN
=171Javier FranaARG
=17184Younès El-AynaouiMAR
=17171Michael ChangUSA
=1748Sergi BrugueraESP
=1743Goran PrpićCRO
=17132Jaime YzagaPER
=1776Michael StichGER
=1761Henri LeconteFRA
=17158Magnus GustafssonSWE
=1756Andrey ChesnokovEUN
=33181Ramesh KrishnanIND
=33166Marián VajdaTCH
=33183Karim AlamiMAR
=33150Christo van RensburgRSA
=3314Todd WoodbridgeAUS
=33139Juan RíosPUR
=3318Horst SkoffAUT
=3396Cristiano CarattiITA
=33137Bernardo MotaPOR
=3324Luiz MattarBRA
=3388Benny WijayaINA
=33119Francisco MacielMEX
=33131Pablo ArrayaPER
=334Christian MiniussiARG
=3369Chris WilkinsonGBR
=33128Christian RuudNOR
=333Alberto ManciniARG
=3346Srđan MuškatirovićIOA
=3382Sándor NoszályHUN
=3365Andrew CastleGBR
=3321Roger SmithBAH
=3344Kenneth CarlsenDEN
=3311Wally MasurAUS
=3310Richard FrombergAUS
=33126Jan SiemerinkNED
=33–Jang Ui-JongKOR
=33106Shuzo MatsuokaJPN
=33182Leander PaesIND
=33142Andrei PavelROU
=3315Thomas MusterAUT
=3391Owen CaseyIRL
=33157Stefan EdbergSWE

Round One

Date28 – 29 July 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Jim Courier (1)USA3 – 1Ramesh Krishnan (WC)IND
Match #2Gilad Bloom (Q)ISR3 – 0Marián Vajda (Q)TCH
Match #3Marc RossetSUI1 – 1Karim Alami (Q)MAR
Match #4Wayne Ferreira (9)RSA3 – 1Christo van RensburgRSA
Match #5Emilio Sánchez Vicario (12)ESP3 – 0Todd WoodbridgeAUS
Match #6Omar CamporeseITA3 – 0Juan Ríos (Q)PUR
Match #7Magnus Larsson (A)SWE3 – 0Horst SkoffAUT
Match #8Guy Forget (7)FRA3 – 0Cristiano CarattiITA
Match #9Goran Ivanišević (4)CRO3 – 2Bernardo Mota (LL)POR
Match #10Paul HaarhuisNED3 – 1Luiz Mattar (A)BRA
Match #11Andrew Sznajder (Q)CAN3 – 0Benny WijayaINA
Match #12Jakob Hlasek (15)SUI3 – 1Francisco Maciel (Q)MEX
Match #13Javier Frana (A)ARG3 – 2Pablo Arraya (A)PER
Match #14Fabrice SantoroFRA3 – 0Christian Miniussi (A)ARG
Match #15Younès El-Aynaoui (LL)MAR3 – 0Chris Wilkinson (LL)GBR
Match #16Boris Becker (5)GER3 – 2Christian Ruud (LL)NOR
Match #17Michael Chang (6)USA3 – 1Alberto ManciniARG
Match #18Jaime OncinsBRA3 – 2Srđan Muškatirović (Q)IOA
Match #19Mark Koevermans (A)NED3 – 1Sándor Noszály (Q)HUN
Match #20Sergi Bruguera (11)ESP3 – 0Andrew Castle (LL)GBR
Match #21Andrey Cherkasov (13)EUN3 – 1Roger Smith (Q)BAH
Match #22Goran PrpićCRO3 – 1Kenneth Carlsen (Q)DEN
Match #23Jaime YzagaPER3 – 1Leander Paes (Q)IND
Match #24Pete Sampras (3)USA3 – 0Wally MasurAUS
Match #25Michael Stich (8)GER3 – 2Richard Fromberg (Q)AUS
Match #26Carl-Uwe Steeb (WC)GER3 – 0Andrei Pavel (Q)ROU
Match #27Leonardo Lavalle (A)MEX3 – 0Jan SiemerinkNED
Match #28Henri Leconte (WC)FRA3 – 0Thomas Muster (10)AUT
Match #29Jordi Arrese (16)ESP3 – 0Jang Ui-Jong (Q)KOR
Match #30Magnus GustafssonSWE3 – 0Owen Casey (LL)IRL
Match #31Renzo Furlan (WC)ITA3 – 1Shuzo MatsuokaJPN
Match #32Andrey Chesnokov (WC)EUN3 – 0Stefan Edberg (2)SWE

Round Two

Date30 – 31 July 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Jim Courier (1)USA3 – 0Gilad Bloom (Q)ISR
Match #2Marc RossetSUI3 – 0Wayne Ferreira (9)RSA
Match #3Emilio Sánchez Vicario (12)ESP3 – 0Omar CamporeseITA
Match #4Magnus Larsson (A)SWE3 – 0Guy Forget (7)FRA
Match #5Goran Ivanišević (4)CRO3 – 2Paul HaarhuisNED
Match #6Jakob Hlasek (15)SUI3 – 1Andrew Sznajder (Q)CAN
Match #7Fabrice SantoroFRA3 – 1Javier Frana (A)ARG
Match #8Boris Becker (5)GER3 – 1Younès El-Aynaoui (LL)MAR
Match #9Jaime OncinsBRA3 – 1Michael Chang (6)USA
Match #10Mark Koevermans (A)NED3 – 1Sergi Bruguera (11)ESP
Match #11Andrey Cherkasov (13)EUN3 – 1Goran PrpićCRO
Match #12Pete Sampras (3)USA3 – 1Jaime YzagaPER
Match #13Carl-Uwe Steeb (WC)GER3 – 1Michael Stich (8)GER
Match #14Leonardo Lavalle (A)MEX3 – 2Henri Leconte (WC)FRA
Match #15Jordi Arrese (16)ESP3 – 2Magnus GustafssonSWE
Match #16Renzo Furlan (WC)ITA3 – 0Andrey Chesnokov (WC)EUN

Round Three

Date1 – 2 August 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #1Marc RossetSUI3 – 0Jim Courier (1)USA
Match #2Emilio Sánchez Vicario (12)ESP3 – 1Magnus Larsson (A)SWE
Match #3Goran Ivanišević (4)CRO3 – 2Jakob Hlasek (15)SUI
Match #4Fabrice SantoroFRA3 – 1Boris Becker (5)GER
Match #5Jaime OncinsBRA3 – 0Mark Koevermans (A)NED
Match #6Andrey Cherkasov (13)EUN3 – 2Pete Sampras (3)USA
Match #7Leonardo Lavalle (A)MEX3 – 1Carl-Uwe Steeb (WC)GER
Match #8Jordi Arrese (16)ESP3 – 0Renzo Furlan (WC)ITA

Quarter-Finals

Date3 – 4 August 1992
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #103 AugCentre CourtMarc RossetSUI3 – 1Emilio Sánchez Vicario (12)ESP
Match #203 AugCentre CourtGoran Ivanišević (4)CRO3 – 2Fabrice SantoroFRA
Match #304 AugCentre CourtAndrey Cherkasov (13)EUN3 – 2Jaime OncinsBRA
Match #404 AugCentre CourtJordi Arrese (16)ESP3 – 0Leonardo Lavalle (A)MEX

Semi-Finals

Date6 August 1992 — 11:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match #106 Aug 11:00Centre CourtMarc RossetSUI3 – 0Goran Ivanišević (4)CRO
Match #206 Aug 11:00Centre CourtJordi Arrese (16)ESP3 – 1Andrey Cherkasov (13)EUN

Final Round

Date8 August 1992 — 14:00
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitor (Seed)NOCResultCompetitor (Seed)NOC
Match 1/208 Aug 14:00Centre CourtMarc RossetSUI3 – 2Jordi Arrese (16)ESP