Rafael Arévalo González (Spanish pronunciation: [rafaˈel aˈɾeβalo ɣonˈsales];[a] born July 4, 1986) is a retired professional tennis player from El Salvador.

The majority of Arévalo's professional career has been restricted to playing on the Futures (ITF) circuit, with a further 22 appearances for the El Salvador Davis Cup team; he also had modest success in the juniors, reaching a peak of No.

It is standard practice to award such invitations (of which there were two for the men's singles tennis event) to countries with small Olympic teams.

[1] Arévalo defeated South Korea's Lee Hyung-taik in three sets in the first round, before being beaten by Swiss World No.

[2] Later that year, Arévalo won his only ATP Challenger Tour match, beating Borja Malo in Quito, before losing to Julio Cesar Campozano.