Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Six tennis events were contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.[1] Indoor tennis events, on what were officially called 'covered courts', were held for the first time, along with the usual outdoor events. Women's tennis returned, with women's singles (but not women's doubles or mixed doubles) and indoor women's singles. The indoor events were held at the covered courts of the Queens Club and began on May 6, 1908, ahead of the official start of the Games while the outdoor tournament was played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Worple Road from July 6 through July 11, 1908. In total 50 players, 40 men and 10 women, competed. Five nations made their tennis debuts, while five more returned to competition for a total of ten nations. Two players, Les Poidevin and Wimbledon champion Anthony Wilding were nominated for Australasia but through administrative bungling they were not entered.
Medal summary
- Indoor
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Indoor Singles |
Arthur Gore Great Britain |
George Caridia Great Britain |
Josiah Ritchie Great Britain |
| Men's Indoor Doubles |
Arthur Gore & Herbert Barrett Great Britain |
George Caridia & George Simond Great Britain |
Wollmar Boström & Gunnar Setterwall Sweden |
| Women's Indoor Singles |
Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith Great Britain |
Alice Greene Great Britain |
Märtha Adlerstråhle Sweden |
- Outdoor
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles |
Josiah Ritchie Great Britain |
Otto Froitzheim Germany |
Wilberforce Eaves Great Britain |
| Men's Doubles |
George Hillyard & Reginald Doherty Great Britain |
Josiah Ritchie & James Parke Great Britain |
Clement Cazalet & Charles Dixon Great Britain |
| Women's Singles |
Dorothea Lambert Chambers Great Britain |
Dora Boothby Great Britain |
Ruth Winch Great Britain |
Participating nations
50 players from 10 nations competed.[1]
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Austria (3) -
Bohemia (4) -
Canada (3) -
France (1) - Germany (5)
- Great Britain (22)
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Hungary (3) -
Netherlands (2) - South Africa (3)
- Sweden (4)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
See also
- Jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics (real tennis)
References
- 1 2 "Tennis at the 1908 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
External links
- International Olympic Committee medal database
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
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