Earlier on Thursday, Yoon had lost in the men's doubles final. But this morning despite a tiring fortnight, Yoon rallied from a first-set loss against Iwabachi and won in four sets. The Japanese had lost in two sets to the fifth-seeded Yoon in the team final. Iwabuchi who in the semi-finals had outplayed Prahlad Srinath of India by slowing down the game, changed his tactics for Yoon, who plays like he himself does by slicing and lobbing a lot.

It seemed to pay off as he won the first set 7-5. But he then lost his way in the next set and lost it 4-6. He did have chances tobreak Yoon in the third set, but the Korean rallied well as he did against Mahesh Bhupathi in the semi-finals and won the big points. Yoon won the third and fourth sets 6-3, 6-2 and with it the gold medal.

Mahesh Bhupathi and Prahlad Srinath of India shared the bronze. India's overall takings from tennis was four bronze medals. Bhupathi picked up three, through team, mixed doubles (with Nirupama Vaidyanathan) and men's singles, while Srinath picked up one in men's singles.

On Thursday Iwabachi won the mixed doubles gold medal with Nana Miyagi as his partner. Li Fang, the second highest ranked player in the Games, finally won a gold medal when she partnered Chen Li in womens doubles to beat Cho Yoon-Jeong and Park Sung-Hee of South Korea 6-2 7-6 (7-2). Rika Hiraki and Nana Miyagi of Japan and Li Li and Jing-Qian Yi of China shared the bronze.