Olympic Summer Games 1896 / Tennis / Men's singles
sport | tennis | ||||||||
discipline | singles | ||||||||
gender | Men's | ||||||||
Attendees | 13 athletes from 6 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Athens Lawn Tennis Club , Neo Faliro Velodrome | ||||||||
Competition phase | April 8-11, 1896 | ||||||||
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Tennis competitions at the 1896 Olympic Games |
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singles | Men's |
Double | Men's |
The men's tennis singles at the 1896 Summer Olympics took place from April 8th to 11th. In another source, the result of the final is 6: 2, 6: 2. In total, only three results of the games are known.
In principle, the elimination system was used. However, the organizers divided the 15 participants into 4 groups in order to get four semi-finalists. According to the ancient Greek system, the draw is drawn anew after each round, which would only lead to three semi-finalists if there were an odd number of participants.
Results
literature
- Lampros, SP; Polites, NG; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, PJ; & Anninos, C .: The Olympic Games: BC 776 - AD 1896 . Charles Beck, Athens 1897. (Available at http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf ; PDF; 10.6 MB)
- Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture: The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary . McFarland, Jefferson 1998, ISBN 0-7864-0379-9 . (Excerpt available at [1] ; PDF; 365 kB)
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn: Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games . Profile Books, London 2004, ISBN 1-86197-342-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The game is handed down with 3: 2 sentences for Boland
Web links
- Draw on ITFtennis.com (English)
- Results on sports-reference.com (English)