Olympic Opening Ceremony. Tennis players as National flag bearer

Chicharito

Hall of Fame
LA 1984 (tennis as a demonstration sport)

Ronald Agénor Haiti (R1)

Seoul 1988

Clement N'Goran Ivory Coast (didn't help, blew a 2 set lead in R1 to Andrew Castle of all people)

Gabriela Sabatini Argentina (Silver in singles)

Barcelona 1992*

Goran Ivanesivic Croatia (Bronze in singles and doubles)

Stefan Edberg Sweden (R1 loss for the '88 double Bronze medalist)

Atlanta 1996

Anne Kremer Luxemburg (R1)

Dally Randriantefy Madagascar (R1)

Marcelo Filippini Uruguay (R2)

Sydney 2000

Nicolas Massu Chile (Rios supposed to be the flag bearer but no showed, Massu went out in R2 but struck double gold 4 years later)

Leander Paes India (R2 doubles loss for the shock 96 singles bronze medalist)

Athens 2004

Roger Federer Switzerland (Shocking round 2 loss)

Paradorn Srichaphan Thailand (R1 defeat for the 12th seed)

Claudine Schaul Luxemburg (R1)

Beijing 2008

Roger Federer Switzerland (Doubles Gold, QFs in singles)

Fernando Gonzalez Chile (Bronze)

London 2012

Max Miryni Belarus (Azarenka declined fearing the flag bearer curse, won Mixed Doubles Gold)

Novak Djokovic Serbia (4th)

Stan Wawrinka Switzerland (R1 defeat for Beijing doubles champ)

Maria Sharapova Russia (Silver)

Agneska Radwanksa Poland (Round 1 defeat for 2nd seed)

Marcos Baghdatis Cyprus (R3)

Horia Tecau Romania (R1)

Stephanie Vogt Luxemburg (R1)

Rio 2016

Caroline Wozniacki Denmark (R2)

Rafael Nadal Spain (Doubles Gold, singles 4th)

Andy Murray UK (Gold)

Giles Muller (R3)



*potentially more, wikipedia doesn't have every countries flag bearer listed in 1992
 
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Vegito

Hall of Fame
Sydney 2000

Nicolas Massu Chile (Rios supposed to be the flag bearer but no showed, Massu went out in R2 but struck double gold 4 years later)

Wow, Chile had no better athletes in 2000? Massú was starting to have some good results. He was 74º in the rankings.
 

citybert

Hall of Fame
does anyone know how difficult nadals 2008 draw was? I looked up the guys he defeated but cant tell if they were playing well or not leading up to Bejing that yr
 
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