The double US Open champion, seeded third, began nervously and lost his opening two service games but his extra class told as he set up an all-Aussie meeting with MarkWoodforde in round two.
Lindsay Davenport took the women's gold, while Australians MarkWoodforde and Todd Woodbridge cemented their place as possibly the best doubles pair ever when they beat Britain's Tim Henman and Neil Broad in the final.