All the best photo and video highlights of Tennis at the Athens 2004 Summer Games Olympics, plus official results and medals by event and athlete. The new Olympic Channel brings you news, highlights, exclusive behind the scenes, live events and original programming, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. On the medals awarded to Olympic athletes from 1928 until the Sydney Games, goddess Nike was seated, holding an ear of corn in one hand and a wreath in the other. The last runner of the Olympic Torch relay Nikolaos KAKLAMANAKIS runs past the athletes in the Olympic Stadium. "[31] Moyá defeated Olivier Rochus 6–0, 7–6 and tenth seed Nicolás Massú won 7–6, 6–2 over Vince Spadea. He won in 2000 and retired in 2003. St. Louis 1904 | Nadia Petrova cracked the WTA's Top 10 for the first time, and also achieved her biggest result that year, defeating defending US Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne in the fourth round, before losing to Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals. Volunteers: 45,000 Philippoussis had tendinitis in his left knee that caused discomfort during the match and affected his movement. De Lima held on to earn the bronze medal and was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin Medal in recognition of his Olympic spirit. The Philadelphia Tournament 2004 takes place from 01 Nov 2004 to 07 Nov 2004. The first round of the competition, in which 64 players participated, took place from 15 to 16 August. The IOC reinstated Tennis to the Olympic programme as a demonstration sport at the 1968 Games and the 1984 Olympics before returning as a full medal sport open to all players at the 1988 Games. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. ATHENES 2004 : A PATRIMONIAL LOOK. And [Andy] Roddick will fancy his chances on a hard court. The main feature of the medals is the Greek character shown on both sides, since their basic side has been changed for the first time since the Amsterdam Olympic Games in 1928. Tennis bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 2004 in Athen fand auf zehn verschiedenen Plätzen im Olympic Tennis Center statt . Popularity in the Games also soared, as 3.9 billion people had access to the television coverage compared to 3.6 billion for Sydney. The Organising Committee has chosen to show the Panathenic stadium, where the Games were first renewed in 1896. Antwerpen 1920 | Tokio 2020, Wettbewerb bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen 2004, Zuletzt bearbeitet am 6. He also became the second Tennis player, and first male player, to have achieved this feat in modern Olympic Tennis (1988 onwards). Lazaros Voreadis (basketball), The 2004 Olympic Games emblem is a wreath made from an olive tree branch, or kotinos. [26] Unseeded player and world number 49 Mardy Fish came from one set and a break point behind to claim a 4–6, 7–6 (7-5), 6–4 victory over former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero. Menu. In fencing, women's sabre made its debut with Mariel Zagunis of the United States earning the gold medal. Frédéric Niemeyer replaced him in the draw. The standard 5th event, mixed doubles, was not part of these games. [24] He received an official warning for ball abuse when he struck the ball onto the roof of the centre court in frustration over his play in the second set. [22] Olivier Rochus came from a set behind Mark Philippoussis, who played in his first match in four weeks since after receiving artificial cartilage injections into his left knee, to claim a 3–6, 6–0, 6–1 victory. Tennis-Herreneinzel der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2004. Vanderlei de Lima of Brazil (on picture) was in the lead of the men's race with less than 7 kilometres to go when a disturbed man pushed him off the course. [6] A mere four weeks later, at Wimbledon, 17–year-old Maria Sharapova became the nation's second female Grand Slam winner, defeating two-time champion Serena Williams in the final, 6–1, 6–4, and becoming the third-youngest woman (after Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis) to win Wimbledon. Athen 2004 | 172 Spieler nahmen an 4 Wettbewerben teil. Primarily, it provides the results of notable tournaments throughout the year on both the ATP and WTA Tours, the Davis Cup, and the Fed Cup. Mexiko-Stadt 1968: Demonstration Exhibition (Demonstration) | Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Stockholm 1912: Halle Freiplatz | Kenyans runners swept the medals in the 3,000m steeplechase with Ezekiel Kemboi taking the gold, Brimin Kipruto the silver and Paul K. Koech the bronze. [29] Federer was the highest ranked player to lose in the second round when world number 74 Tomáš Berdych beat him 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 due to a poor serve and a series of unforced errors. The “Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad: Athens 2004” was published by ATHOC in English and Greek. The tournament featured a total of 64 players with 48 qualifying on their ITF World Ranking on 14 June and two received invitations from the Tripartite Commission. The surface was hardcourt, specifically DecoTurf, the same surface as used at the US Open in Flushing Meadow, New York. [5], At the French Open, Anastasia Myskina became the first woman from Russia to win a Grand Slam singles title, by defeating compatriot Elena Dementieva in the final, 6–1, 6–2. This page covers all the important events in the sport of tennis in 2004. In the men's 81kg category, Ilias Iliadis won Greece's first-ever gold medal in judo. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles; Point in time: 2004: Start time: 15 August 2004: End time: 22 August 2004: 38° 02′ 24″ N, 23° 47′ 26.16″ E: Authority control Q733387 BabelNet ID: 03740215n. President of the Hellenic Republic Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Lighting the Olympic Flame by: The shot put events were held in Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games. Any NOC who had more than four players able to qualify by this method were encouraged to choose their highest ranked players eligible to compete in the tournament. This page was last edited on 6 July 2018, at 18:14. The men's singles tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Athens Olympic Tennis Centre in Athens, Greece from 15 to 22 August 2004. Januar 2020 um 21:49 Uhr bearbeitet. 574 - 2004 Summer Olympics.jpg, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Tennis_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics&oldid=309966970, Uses of Wikidata Infobox providing interwiki links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles, Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles, Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles. Based on the same model as for Sydney 2000, this official report consisted of a box set of two printed volumes (Homecoming of the Games - organisation and operations; The Games) and a multimedia set, which offered two bilingual CD-ROMs containing the results, and a DVD of the film “Behind the scenes of the Athens 2004 Opening and Closing Ceremonies”. The Centre had 16 courts built specifically for the 2004 Olympics, with construction finished just before the opening of the Athens Olympics. The surface was hardcourt. [32], Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles, "Tennis Event at the 2004 Olympic Games – Media Guide", "Olympic Tennis Event 2004 – Regulations", "Henin-Hardenne, Federer top Olympic seeds", "Argentina's hopes fade as Gaudio is injured", "Every continent offers potential global stars; Athens 2004", "Roddick chasing gold, but so is No. The remaining 14 qualified via wild card places: eight were selected on their world ranking and the remaining six were chosen on the basis of his world ranking, whether his country has representation in tennis, the number of players who were in Athens and his geographical location. [20] Moyá, the 1998 French Open champion, took almost three hours and a total of five match points in the final two sets of his game against Thomas Enqvist to win 7–6, 6–7, 9–7. Had this not been the case, then the ITF selected the highest ranked nominated player or eligible competitor if a country had more than four players to the tournament. The second round saw some more shock wins, none bigger than world number one Roger Federer's defeat at the hands of world 74th ranked Czech Tomáš Berdych. [9] A right wrist injury caused Irakli Labadze to withdraw from the tournament and Vladimir Voltchkov, a 2000 Wimbledon semi-finalist, replaced him. 2004 tauchten mehr der bestplatzierten Spieler auf, da bei diesem Turnier den Spielern zum ersten Mal Weltranglistenpunkte zugewiesen wurden.