Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have both broken records with their runs to the gold medal match at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Djokovic has become the oldest man to reach an Olympic singles final, while Alcaraz is the youngest man to achieve the feat.

Here, we look at the five oldest and five youngest players to reach an Olympic gold medal match in men’s singles since tennis was reintroduced to the Games as a medal sport in 1988.

Oldest Olympic men’s singles finalists

5. Fernando Gonzalez – 28 years and 19 days (Beijing 2008)

Fernando Gonzalez reached the final at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing with victories over Sun Peng, Marin Cilic, Olivier Rochus, Paul-Henri Mathieu and James Blake.

The 12th-seeded Chilean fell 3-6, 6-7(2), 3-6 to No 2 seed Rafael Nadal in the gold medal match.

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4. Tim Mayotte – 28 years and one month (Seoul 1988)

Tim Mayotte beat Song Dong-wook, Diego Nargiso, Amos Mansdorf, Carl-Uwe Steeb, and Brad Gilbert en route to the 1988 Olympic gold medal match in Seoul.

The American, who was seeded second, lost 6-3, 2-6, 4-6, 2-6 to No 2 seed Miroslav Mecir in the final.

3. Andy Murray – 29 years and two months (Rio 2016)

Andy Murray downed Viktor Troicki, Juan Monaco, Fabio Fognini, Steve Johnson and Kei Nishikori to advance to the 2016 Olympic final in Rio.

The second-seeded Brit battled past Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the gold medal match to defend his Olympic crown and become the only man to win two gold medals in singles in Games history.

2. Roger Federer – 30 years and 11 months (London 2012)

Roger Federer earned wins against Alejandro Falla, Julien Benneteau, Denis Istomin, John Isner and Juan Martin del Potro to reach his only Olympic singles gold medal match in 2012.

The Swiss left London with a silver medal after a crushing 2-6, 1-6, 4-6 final defeat to third seed Andy Murray.

1. Novak Djokovic – 37 years and two months (Paris 2024)

Djokovic reached the final of the 2024 Paris Olympics with straight-set triumphs over Matt Ebden, Rafael Nadal, Dominik Koepfer, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Lorenzo Musetti.

The Serbian is through to his first Olympic gold medal match in his fifth — and potentially final — appearance at the Games.

Youngest Olympic men’s singles finalists

5. Mardy Fish – 22 years and eight months (Athens 2004)

Mardy Fish defeated Jonas Bjorkman, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Max Mirnyi, Mikhail Youzhny and Fernando Gonzalez to reach the gold medal match at the 2004 Games in Athens.

The unseeded American fell 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6 to Chile’s Nicolas Massu, the No 10 seed, in the final.

4. Tommy Haas – 22 years and five months (Sydney 2000)

Tommy Haas saw off Wayne Ferreira, Andreas Vinciguerra, Alex Corretja, Max Mirnyi and Roger Federer to advance to the final at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

The unseeded German lost 6-7(4), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 3-6 to fifth-seeded Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the gold medal match.

3. Rafael Nadal – 22 years and two months (Beijing 2008)

Rafael Nadal earned victories against Potito Starace, Lleyton Hewitt, Igor Andreev, Jurgen Melzer and Novak Djokovic en route to the 2008 Olympic gold medal match in Beijing.

The Spaniard downed Chile’s 12th seed Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-3 to claim the gold medal in his only Olympic singles final appearance.

2. Marc Rosset – 21 years and eight months (Barcelona 1992)

Marc Rosset progressed to the final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with wins over Karim Alami, Wayne Ferreira, Jim Courier, Emilio Sanchez and Goran Ivanisevic.

The unseeded Swiss edged out 16th-seeded Spanish home favourite Jordi Arrese 7-6(2), 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 8-6 to secure the gold medal.

1. Carlos Alcaraz – 21 years and two months (Paris 2024)

Alcaraz reached the gold medal match at the 2024 Paris Games without dropping a set in his triumphs against Hady Habib, Tallon Griekspoor, Roman Safiullin, Tommy Paul and Felix Auger-Aliassime.

The Spaniard is competing in his debut Olympic campaign and could become the youngest men’s singles champion at the Games in the Open Era.

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