Tennis
The Swiss had three seeded entries in the Olympic Tennis tournament, but did not make a single quarterfinal, and only Patty Schnyder made the third round. In one of the biggest upsets in the men's singles, world #1 Roger Federer, in the midst of a season that would see him win three of the four Grand Slam tournaments, was defeated in the second round by 74th ranked Tomáš Berdych. Federer broke Bedrych's serve just twice in three sets, and despite having five break points in the third set, could not produce a break, and was in turn broken by Berdych in the last game of the set to lose. Patty Schnyder may not have earned a medal, but did earn bragging rights over Daniela Hantuchová, as she beat her in both the singles' and doubles' events, though in each case Schnyder was eliminated in the next round.
Men's Singles:
- (1) Roger Federer
- First Round: Defeated Nikolay Davydenko of Russia (6 - 3, 5 - 7, 6 - 1)
- Second Round: Lost to Tomáš Berdych of the Czech Republic (6 - 4, 5 - 7, 5 - 7)
Men's Doubles:
- Yves Allegro and Roger Federer
- First Round: Defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski of Poland (6 - 3, 6 - 2)
- Second Round: Lost to Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes of India (6 (5) - 7, 3 - 6)
Women's Singles:
- Myriam Casanova
- First Round: Lost to Nicole Pratt of Australia (3 - 6, 5 - 7)
- (10) Patty Schnyder
- First Round: Defeated Petra Mandula of Hungary (6 - 3, 6 - 4)
- Second Round: Defeated Daniela Hantuchová of Slovakia (3 - 6, 6 - 1, 6 - 4)
- Third Round: Lost to (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova of Slovakia (3 - 6, 3 - 6)
Women's Doubles:
- (6) Myriam Casanova and Patty Schnyder
- First Round: Defeated Daniela Hantuchová and Janette Husárová of Slovakia (6 - 3, 6 - 4)
- Second Round: Lost to Yan Zi and Zheng Jie of China (3 - 6, 3 - 6)
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