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Tennis At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles
Below are the complete results of the men's singles tennis competition during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, when tennis was re-introduced as a demonstration sport A demonstration sport, or exhibition sport, is a sport which is played to promote it, rather than as part of standard medal competition. This occurs commonly during the Olympic Games, but may also occur at other sporting events. Demonstration spor .... Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References ITF results {{DEFAULTSORT:Tennis at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's Singles Men's singles Men's events at the 1984 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis At The 1984 Summer Olympics
Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games as a demonstration sport for the second time in 60 years at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. Two events (men's and women's singles) were contested at these Games. The competition venue was the Los Angeles Tennis Center at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Each event had 32 players, and players under 21 years old were eligible to enter the tournament. Results See also * Tennis at the Friendship Games References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tennis At The 1984 Summer Olympics Tennis at the 1984 Summer Olympics, Tennis at the Summer Olympics, 1984 1984 Summer Olympics events 1984 in tennis, Olympics Tennis tournaments in the United States, 1984 Olympics 1984 in American tennis Olympic demonstration sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manny Tolentino
Manuel Tolentino (born March 27, 1966) is a former tennis player from the Philippines. Career Tolentino represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he was defeated in the first round by the United States' Eric Amend. Tolentino for a time was the top player in the ITF junior rankings. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on August 31, 1987, when he became world No. 437. Tolentino participated in Davis Cup ties for the Philippines from 1984 to 1987, posting a 4–5 record in singles. In 1982, Tolentino clinched the men's single title at the Philippine Columbian Association Open at age 16 over 28-year old Ody Gabriel. This made Tolentino the winner who had the widest age gap with their final opponent of 12 years. This record would be broken by 18-year old Bryan Otico who won a PCA Open title against an opponent 14 years older than himself. Tolentino also became the youngest PCA Open champion, a record broken by Alberto Lim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakubu Suleiman
Yakubu is an English transliteration of a West African name and is a cognate of Jacob and James. Notable people with the name include: ;Given name *Yakubu (born 1982 as Yakubu Ayegbeni), Nigerian footballer * Yakubu (Gobir ruler), historical ruler of the Hausa city-state of Gobir *Yakubu II, most recent ruler of the Kingdom of Dagbon * Yakubu Abubakar Akilu (born 1989), Nigerian footballer * Yakubu Adamu (born 1981), Nigerian footballer * Yakubu Adesokan (born 1979), Nigerian powerlifter *Yakubu Alfa (born 1990), Nigerian footballer *Yakubu Bako, Nigerian governor *Yakubu Dogara (born 1967), Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives *Yakubu Gowon (born 1934), head of state of Nigeria **Yakubu Gowon Airport ** Yakubu Gowon Stadium *Yakubu Itua (1941–2006), Nigerian jurist *Yakubu Tali, Ghanaian politician ;Surname *Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer *Ahmadu Yakubu, Nigerian-born polo player *Andrew Yakubu (born 1955), Group Managing Director of the Nigerian N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Fioroni
Michele Fioroni (born 16 February 1965) is a male former tennis player from Italy. Fioroni represented his native country in the singles competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was eliminated in the first round there by Emilio Sánchez. Fioroni's lone appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam event came at the French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ... in 1987, where he lost in the first round to Anders Järryd. Fioroni's highest ranking in singles was world No. 205, which he reached on 29 August 1988. His highest doubles ranking was world No. 190, which he reached on 18 April 1988. External links * * 1965 births Living people Italian male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Italy Sportspeople from Perugia Tennis players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derrick Rostagno
Derrick John Rostagno (born October 25, 1965) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Rostagno turned professional in 1986. He won one top-level singles title (at New Haven in 1990) and one tour doubles title (at Tampa in 1993). Rostagno's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1988 US Open, where he reached the quarterfinals by beating Yahiya Doumbia, Martin Davis, Tim Mayotte and Ronald Agénor before being defeated by Ivan Lendl. At several other Grand Slam events, he defeated or almost defeated several tennis hall of famers. At Wimbledon in 1988, Rostagno lost a five-set third round match to Jimmy Connors, who at the time was ranked World No. 5. At the 1989 US Open, Rostagno had two straight match points in his second round encounter with Boris Becker, who won the second of those on a lucky net cord passing shot and eventually the match 1–6, 6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3, en route to his lone US Open title. At Wimbledon in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasios Bavelas
Anastasios ("Tasos") Bavelas (Greek: Αναστάσιος ("Τάσος") Μπαβέλας; born 27 February 1968 in Athens, Attica) is a male former tennis player from Greece. Bavelas represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, partnering George Kalovelonis. The pair was eliminated in the first round there. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The left-hander Bavelas represented Greece in the Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... from 1984–1994, posting a 15-13 record in singles and a 5–3 record in doubles. Bevalas played in some dozen minor circuit events during the 1980s. He highest ranking in singles was world No. 451, which he reached in November 1984. His highest doubles ranking was World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Bardou
Jorge Bardou Delgado (born 5 March 1965) is a former tennis player from Spain. Bardou represented his native country in the singles competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ... in Los Angeles. Bardou's highest ranking in singles was world No. 173, which he reached on 9 May 1985. His highest doubles ranking was world No. 104, which he reached on 14 April 1986. Grand Prix career finals Doubles: (1 runner-up) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardou, Jorge 1965 births Living people Olympic tennis players for Spain Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Barcelona Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loïc Courteau
Loïc Courteau (born 6 January 1964) is a French former tennis player. Courteau has coached the French Fed Cup team in years past, and has been the coach of Amélie Mauresmo, the winner of two Grand Slams, since 2002. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 93 in April 1983. He won one double title in his career, in 1986 at Buenos Aires partnering Horst Skoff Horst Skoff (22 August 1968 – 7 June 2008) was a professional tennis player from Austria, who won four tournaments at the top-level. Biography Skoff was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and started playing tennis at age 6. In 1984 he won the singl .... Career finals Singles (1 loss) Doubles (1 win, 5 losses) External links * * French male tennis players French tennis coaches Tennis players from Bordeaux Tennis players from Paris 1964 births Living people {{France-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Lourenco
Orlando Lourenco (born 15 September 1964 in Gwelo) is a former tennis player from Zimbabwe. Lourenco represented his native country at the Tennis at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he was defeated in the first round by France's Guy Forget. Lourenco reached his highest singles Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP-ranking on 5 November 1990, when he became world No. 853. Lourenco participated in eight Davis Cup ties for Zimbabwe from 1983 to 1990, posting a 9–4 record in singles and a 1–2 record in doubles. He now teaches tennis at the Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tennessee. External links * * * 1964 births Sportspeople from Gweru Zimbabwean male tennis players Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Zimbabwe Living people {{Zimbabwe-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olli Rahnasto
Olli Rahnasto (born 28 December 1965) is a retired professional tennis player from Finland. Rahnasto turned pro in 1982. During his career, he won two ATP Tour doubles titles and reached a career high doubles ranking of No. 79 in 1986. He was a member of the Finland Davis Cup team The Finland men's national tennis team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. Finland currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. They have reached the World Group play-offs thr ..., and led the team to the World Group Qualifying round in 1990. He retired in 1995. ATP Tour finals Doubles (2 wins, 2 losses) See also * List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * 1965 births Living people Finnish male tennis players People from Seinäjoki Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia {{Finland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster (born 2 October 1967) is an Austrian former world No. 1 tennis player. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, he won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was called "The King of Clay". In addition, he won eight Masters 1000 Series titles. Muster is one of the nine players to win Super 9/ATP Masters Series/ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles on clay, hardcourt and carpet. With his 1995 French Open title, Muster became the first Austrian to win a Grand Slam singles title, followed by Dominic Thiem at the 2020 US Open. Tennis career Juniors Muster first came to prominence when he reached the final of the French Open junior tournament and the Orange Bowl juniors tournament in 1985. Pro tour Muster played his first matches at the top-level in 1984, as a junior player, at the age of 16. In 1984, he played his first match for Austria in the Davis Cup. He also played at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and in two tournaments on Austrian soil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Di Laura
Carlos di Laura (born 19 October 1964) is a former tennis player from Peru. He participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics for his native country. The left-hander won three tour doubles titles during his professional career. Di Laura reached his highest singles ATP rankings, ranking on 12 May 1986, when he became the world No. 92. Career finals Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) References External links * * * 1964 births Living people Olympic tennis players of Peru Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players Peruvian expatriates in the United States Peruvian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Peruvian people 21st-century Peruvian people {{Peru-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |