1908 Summer Olympics / Tennis
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Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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London , UK
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Queen's Club (hall) All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (lawn) |
| Nations | 10 |
| Athletes | 50 (40  , 10  )
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| date | May 6 to July 11, 1908 |
| decisions | 6th |
| ← Athens 1906 (interludes) | |
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Olympic Summer Games 1908 (tennis medal table) |
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Total |
| 1 |
Great Britain
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6th | 5 | 4th | 15th |
| 2 |
.svg){kind=small} German Empire
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| 3 |
 Sweden
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Six tennis competitions were held at the IV Olympic Games in London in 1908 , divided into three indoor competitions and three grass competitions.
The indoor competitions were held at the Queen's Club in the first half of May . The event followed immediately after the English championships that had been played in the same hall. However, only a few participants were registered.
The grass competitions were originally supposed to take place at the White City Stadium , but the grass turned out to be too uneven, which is why after Wimbledon they moved to the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club . The Olympic lawn tennis competitions took place in the first half of July, immediately after the Wimbledon Championships . However, many of the world's best players had already left because they liked the actual Wimbledon tournament more than the Olympic "infusion".
Men's
Hall
singles
| space | country | player |
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| 1 |
United Kingdom
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Arthur Gore |
| 2 |
United Kingdom
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George Caridia |
| 3 |
United Kingdom
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Josiah Ritchie |
| 4th |
United Kingdom
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Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves |
| 5 |
Sweden
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Wollmar Boström |
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Sweden
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Gunnar Setterwall | |
| 7th |
United Kingdom
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Lionel Hunter Escombe |
Date: May 6-14
Ten players had registered for the tournament, but only five British and two Swedish players competed for the first round. The game was played over three sets of wins. In the semifinals, only four Brits faced each other. There was no match for third place as Wilberforce Eaves resigned due to a faint attack after the first set of the semifinals.
Double
Date: May 6-14
Only five couples, four British and one Swedish, entered this tournament. The game was played on three winning sets.
race
singles
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Date: July 6th to 15th
31 players from nine countries took part in this tournament. The game was played on three winning sets. The big absentee included Arthur Gore , the current Wimbledon winner and Olympic champion in the hall and his doubles partner Herbert Roper Barrett . Although not even half of the 64 starting places were occupied, the organizers pulled the program through as planned, so that there were two preliminary rounds before the round of 16 (although only one would have been necessary). In this way, multiple players could skip one or both preliminary rounds with byes.
Double
Date: July 6th to 15th
Twelve couples from eight countries faced each other. The game was played on three winning sets. Here, too, the organizers refrained from setting up a 32 table despite numerous absences. This led to a first round that was in principle completely superfluous. Numerous couples pushed byes several rounds. Josiah Ritchie and James Parkes even made it to the final without a fight, where they lost to George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty. The latter had to fend off seven match balls in the fourth set of the semifinals.
Ladies
Hall
singles
| space | country | player |
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| 1 |
United Kingdom
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Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith |
| 2 |
United Kingdom
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Angela Greene |
| 3 |
Sweden
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Märtha Adlerstråhle |
| 4th |
Sweden
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Elsa Wallenberg |
| 5 |
United Kingdom
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Dora Boothby |
| 6th |
United Kingdom
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Mildred Coles |
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United Kingdom
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Violet Pinckney |
Date: May 6-14
Only five British and two Swedish players took part in this tournament. The game was played on two sets of wins.
race
singles
| space | country | player |
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| 1 |
United Kingdom
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Dorothea Douglass |
| 2 |
United Kingdom
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Dora Boothby |
| 3 |
United Kingdom
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Ruth Winch |
| 4th |
United Kingdom
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Agnes Morton |
| 5 |
United Kingdom
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Alice Greene |
Date: July 11th to 15th
Of the originally 13 women entered, only five started, all from Great Britain. Since the draw had already taken place after the registrations had been received, Dora Boothby reached the final without a fight. There she was defeated by the world's best player at the time, Dorothea Douglass.
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