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Tennis At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles
Below are the complete results of the men's singles Tennis at the 1984 Summer Olympics, tennis competition during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, when tennis was re-introduced as a demonstration sport. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References ITF results {{DEFAULTSORT:Tennis at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's Singles Tennis at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 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. It would become an official sport 4 years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics. 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 The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ... (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 1984 Events at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympics 1984 Olympics 1984 in American tennis ... [...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 a male-given Hausa, Yoruba and some parts of Edo. The name is commonly used as a surname in Nigeria and other African countries. The name means "God is merciful.". It is a cognate of Jacob or Yakub from both the Bible and Quran scriptures. Notable individuals with the name 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 Itua (1941–2006), Nigerian jurist * Yakubu Tali, Ghanaian politician Surname * Abubakari Yakubu (born 1981), Ghanaian footballer * Ah ... [...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 in 1987, where he lost in the first round to Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd (; born 13 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles (three French Open, two Wimbledon, two US Open, one Australian Open), reached the world No. .... 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 an American former professional tennis player. Career Rostagno's grandfather, Juan Rostagno, was a shooter for Argentina at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics. Initially attending Stanford University, Rostagno was on the American tennis team at the 1984 Summer Olympics, in his freshman year. He had been injured in a bicycle accident earlier that year that nearly prevented him from trying out for the Olympics. Rostagno dropped out in his sophomore year to focus on his tennis career; by late 1986, he was ranked No. 66. After winning a tournament in Mexico in March 1986, Rostagno purchased a ticket home that included Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940 as a continuing flight. He chose not to take Flight 940 to play an event in Mexico City; the flight would subsequently crash into a mountain in the Sierra Madre Occidental range, killing all 167 occupants on board. Rostagno won one top-level singles title (at New Haven in 1990) and on ... [...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 retired tennis player from Greece and current coach. 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 1984 Summer Olympics and 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 organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ... from 1984 to 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 Nove ... [...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 commonly 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 ... 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 20th-century Spanish sportsmen ... [...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, as well as Amélie Mauresmo, the winner of two Grand Slams. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 93 in April 1983. He won one doubles 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 sing .... Career finals Singles (1 loss) Doubles (1 win, 5 losses) External links * * French male tennis players French tennis coaches Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Tennis players from Bordeaux Tennis players from Paris 1964 births Living people 20th-century French sportsmen {{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 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he was defeated in the first round by France's Guy Forget. Lourenco reached his highest singles 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 Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ..., 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 ... [...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, 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 This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Finland Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Finland have taken part in the competition since 1928. Players References {{DEFAULTSORT:Finland Davis Cup Lists of Da ... References External links * * * 1965 births Living people Finnish male tennis players Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Seinäjoki 20th-century Finnish sportsmen {{Finland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Muster
Thomas Muster (born 2 October 1967) is an Austrian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Muster won 44 ATP Tour-level singles titles, including the 1995 French Open – Men's singles, 1995 French Open and eight ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, Masters titles. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, at his peak he was called "The King of Clay". He is the first Austrian to win a Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major singles title, followed by Dominic Thiem at the 2020 US Open – Men's singles, 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 (tennis), 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 ... [...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 ranking A ranking is a relationship between a set of items, often recorded in a list, such that, for any two items, the first is either "ranked higher than", "ranked lower than", or "ranked equal to" the second. In mathematics, this is known as a weak ... 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 for Peru Pepperdine Waves men's tennis players Peruvian expatriate tennis players in the United States Peruvian expatriates in the United States Peruvian male tennis players Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century Peruvian sportsmen 21st-century Peruvian peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |