1984 Summer Olympics / Tennis

Tennis at the 1984 Summer Olympics
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venue	Los Angeles , United States
Competition venue	Los Angeles Tennis Center
Athletes	64 (32 , 32 )
date	August 6-1, 1984
decisions	2
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At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , from August 6th to 11th, 1984, an individual for women and men was held in tennis as a demonstration competition. The games took place on the grounds of the Los Angeles Tennis Center on the grounds of the University of California on hard court.

Only players under 21. A game for the bronze medal was not played.

Men's

singles

space	country	player
1	Sweden	Stefan Edberg
2	Mexico	Francisco Maciel
3	United States	Jimmy Arias
	Italy	Paolo Canè
5	France	Guy Forget
	Switzerland	Jakob Hlasek
	Australia	Simon Youl
	BR Germany	Michael Westphal

In the men's competition, the 18-year-old Swede Stefan Edberg won the Grand Slam last year as the only male tennis professional to date . He was also the reigning junior world champion. In the course of the tournament he defeated the top seeded Jimmy Arias in the semifinals and finally the Mexican Francisco Maciel in the final . He didn't drop a set in the whole tournament.

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Tennis / Men's singles

Ladies

singles

space	country	Player
1	BR Germany	Steffi Graf
2	Yugoslavia	Sabrina Goleš
3	Italy	Raffaella Reggi
	France	Catherine Tanvier

The women’s triumph was the German Steffi Graf , who four years later won the so far unique Golden Slam at the first official edition of the Games . In 1984, when she was 15, she was ranked 8th and gave up a set twice during the tournament.

→ Main article : 1984 Summer Olympics / Tennis / Women's singles

Web links

Commons : 1984 Summer Olympics / Tennis  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The men's tournament schedule on the ITF homepage
• Tournament schedule for women on the ITF homepage