Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Date28 July–8 August
Edition11
SurfaceClay (Red)
LocationTennis de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona
Champions
Men's Singles
 Marc Rosset (SUI)
Women's Singles
 Jennifer Capriati (USA)
Men's Doubles
 Boris Becker / Michael Stich (GER)
Women's Doubles
 Gigi Fernández / Mary Joe Fernández (USA)
← 1988 · Summer Olympics · 1996 →

These are the final results for the tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

American teenager Jennifer Capriati stunned[citation needed] German (and defending champion) Steffi Graf in the women's singles final to win the gold medal. Marc Rosset became the first Swiss Olympic tennis gold medallist.

The matches were played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis de la Vall d'Hebron.

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2013
2 Germany (GER)1102
3 Switzerland (SUI)1001
4 Spain (ESP)0213
5 South Africa (RSA)0101
6 Croatia (CRO)0022
 Unified Team (EUN)0022
8 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Australia (AUS)0011
Totals (9 nations)44816

Events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men’s singles
details
Marc Rosset
 Switzerland
Jordi Arrese
 Spain
Goran Ivanišević
 Croatia
Andrei Cherkasov
 Unified Team
( Russia)
Men’s doubles
details
 Boris Becker
and Michael Stich (GER)
 Wayne Ferreira
and Piet Norval (RSA)
 Goran Ivanišević
and Goran Prpić (CRO)
 Javier Frana
and Christian Miniussi (ARG)
Women's singles
details
Jennifer Capriati
 United States
Steffi Graf
 Germany
Mary Joe Fernández
 United States
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
 Spain
Women's doubles
details
 Gigi Fernández
and Mary Joe Fernández (USA)
 Conchita Martínez
and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (ESP)
 Leila Meskhi
and Natasha Zvereva (EUN)
 Nicole Bradtke
and Rachel McQuillan (AUS)

References[]

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