1904 Summer Olympics / Tennis / Men's singles

sport	tennis
discipline	singles
gender	Men's
Attendees	27 athletes from 2 countries
Competition location	Francis Field Dirt Courts
Competition phase	August 29 - September 3, 1904
Medalist  Beals Wright ( USA )  Robert LeRoy ( USA )  Alphonzo Bell ( USA ) Edgar Leonard ( USA )

Tennis competitions at the 1904 Summer Olympics
singles	Men's
Double	Men's

Men's tennis singles at the 1904 Summer Olympics .

The men's singles competition was won by Beals Wright , who had also won the doubles competition alongside Edgar Leonard . In the final he defeated Robert LeRoy in two sets 6: 4, 6: 4. At 19, LeRoy was the youngest competitor in the field. Both had advanced to the final without losing a set. In contrast to the previous games, only two sets of wins were played in the final. A game for third place was not played, but both semi-finalists received a bronze medal.

A total of 26 players took part in the competition, but only one, Hugo Hardy from Germany, was not an American .

Results

Semi-finals, finals

Semifinals

final

Beals Wright

6th

6th

Alphonzo Bell

3

4th

Beals Wright

6th

6th

Robert LeRoy

3

4th

Edgar Leonard

3

3

Robert LeRoy

6th

6th

Upper half

Upper half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

B. Wright

6th

6th

F. Montgomery

3

1

B. Wright

6th

6th

H. Hardy

2

1

H. Hardy

w.

O.

Frank Eberhardt

B. Wright

6th

6th

J. Neely

0

2

J. Neely

6th

6th

M. MacDonald

1

1

J. Neely

6th

6th

R. Feitshans

0

2

R. Feitshans

8th

6th

J. Charles

6th

1

Upper half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

A. Bell

6th

6th

O. Vernon

3

2

A. Bell

w.

O.

DF Davis

DF Davis

6th

6th

S. Tritle

2

1

A. Bell

6th

6th

S. Russ

3

1

H. Jones

6th

6th

A. Drew

4th

1

H. Jones

1

2

S. Russ

6th

6th

S. Russ

6th

6th

D. Turner

2

1

Bottom half

Lower half 1

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

N. Semple

6th

6th

G. Stadel

2

1

N. Semple

6th

4th

1

W. Blatherwick

4th

6th

6th

W. Blatherwick

6th

0

6th

J. Cunningham

2

6th

4th

H. Jacobs

J. Cunningham

w.

O.

W. Blatherwick

2

0

E. Leonard

6th

6th

W. Easton

2

2

R. McKittrick

6th

6th

R. McKittrick

4th

4th

E. Leonard

6th

6th

C. Forney

1

1

E. Leonard

6th

6th

Lower half 2

First round

Second round

Round of 16

Quarter finals

FW Rahe

H. Holland

w.

O.

H. Holland

C. Cresson

w.

O.

F. Wheaton

2

4th

C. Cresson

6th

6th

C. Cresson

4th

6th

R. Le Roy

6th

8th

J. Elliott

F. Sanderson

w.

O.

F. Sanderson

3

3

R. Le Roy

6th

6th

Thomas Holland

R. Le Roy

w.

O.

• where = move into the next round without a fight

Web links

• Draw on ITFtennis.com (English)
• Competition on sports-reference.com (English)
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999) - Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich (Polish; PDF; 150 kB)