South Africa at The 1992 Summer Olympics - Tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

  • Wayne Ferreira
  • First Round — Defeated Christo van Rensburg (South Africa) 7-5, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
  • Second Round — Lost to Marc Rosset (Switzerland) 4-6, 0-6, 2-6
  • Christo van Rensburg
  • First Round — Lost to Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) 5-7, 2-6, 6-2, 4-6

Men's Doubles Competition

  • Wayne Ferreira and Piet Norval → Silver Medal
  • First Round — Defeated Bent-Ove Pedersen and Christian Ruud (Norway) 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
  • Second Round — Defeated Brian Gyetko and Sebastien LeBlanc (Canada) 6-3, 7-6, 6-4
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated George Cosac and Dinu Pescariu (Romania) 6-0, 6-3, 6-2
  • Semifinals — Defeated Goran Ivanišević and Goran Prpić (Croatia) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
  • Final — Lost to Boris Becker and Michael Stich (Germany) 6-7, 6-4, 6-7, 3-6

Women's Singles Competition

  • Amanda Coetzer
  • First Round — Defeated Zina Garrison (USA) 7-5, 6-1
  • Second Round — Defeated Agnese Blumberga (LAT) 6-2, 6-4
  • Third Round — Lost to Conchita Martínez (Spain) 4-6, 3-6
  • Mariaan de Swardt
  • First round — Lost to Patricia Tarabini (Argentina) 4-6, 2-6
  • Elna Reinach
  • First round — Lost to Jennifer Capriati (USA) 1-6, 0-6

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