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Women's Doubles: Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur d. Elena Dementieva & Flavia Pennetta, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. Mixed Doubles: Daniela Hantuchovᆠ& Mahesh Bhupathi d. Katarina Srebotnik & Nenad Zimonjić, 6-4, 6-2. † By winning the U.S. Open mixed doubles title, Hantuchová completed her mixed doubles career grand slam.
Andy Murray is the only men's player to have won two singles gold medals. Only on three occasions has a player defended their gold medal: Gigi Fernández and Mary Joe Fernández in women's doubles in 1992 and 1996, Serena Williams and Venus Williams in women's doubles in 2008 and 2012, and Andy Murray in the men's singles in 2012 and 2016.
He was a semifinalist at the French Open in 1996 and a quarterfinalist at the Australian Open in 1999. He won the gold medal at the Olympics in 1992 and earned 15 career ATP titles. In doubles, he won eight titles and had a career-high ranking of world no. 8 in 1992. His last career match was in Lübeck in February against Dieter Kindlmann. [11]
In tennis, the Grand Slam tournaments, the Masters Series tournaments and the Year-end Championship are considered the top-tier events of the men's professional tour annual calendar, in addition to the Olympics. They are collectively known as the 'Big Titles'. [1] The ATP defined the mandatory events (Slams, Masters and YEC) as follows
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Federer lost in the quarterfinals to James Blake, while Djokovic lost in the semifinals to Nadal, but went on to win the bronze medal. Federer excelled in the men's doubles event and captured the gold medal. [44] At the 2008 US Open, all four players reached the semifinals of the same major for the first time.
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 1 S Aspelin T Perry: 7 7: 6 5: 6 J-M Gambill P Hanley: 6 5: 7 7: 4 1 S Aspelin T Perry: w/o D van Scheppingen P Wessels
As a doubles player, Li has enjoyed great success, winning 26 ITF titles and a further nine WTA Tour titles. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, defeating Spain to win a gold medal in the women's tennis doubles along with her partner Sun Tiantian.
China's Li Ting and Sun Tiantian defeated Spain's Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the gold medal in Women's Doubles tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In the bronze medal match, Argentina's Paola Suárez and Patricia Tarabini defeated Japan's Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama, 6–3, 6–3.