1924 Summer Olympics / Tennis
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Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics |
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Paris , France
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| Competition venue | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir |
| Nations | 27 |
| Athletes | 124 (89  , 35  )
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| date | July 13-21, 1924 |
| decisions | 5 |
| ← Antwerp 1920
Mexico City 1968 (demo) →
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1924 Summer Olympics (tennis medal table) |
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| 1 |
 United States
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5 | 1 | - | 6th |
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France
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- | 3 | 1 | 4th |
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 Great Britain
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- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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 Italy
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
 Netherlands
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At the VIII Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 , five tennis competitions were held. There were five nations that could win a medal, but the United States won all competitions, followed by France, the second most successful with three silver and one bronze medal. The games were played in the Stade Tennis de Columbes , north of Paris.
From the first modern games in 1896 until the 1924 games, tennis was a regular part of the games. After this tournament, however, tennis was withdrawn from competition and - after demonstration events in 1968 and 1984 - it was not resumed as a regular competition until 1988 . This was due to disagreements between the IOC and the ILTF over the status of amateurs. In addition, the tennis authorities, which were mainly based in London , feared a loss of importance for the Wimbledon Championships held there .
Competitions and schedule
A total of five tennis competitions were held as part of the games in July. One single and one double competition for women and men as well as a mixed doubles competition.
| date | Sun. 13. | Mon. 14. | Tuesday 15th | Wed 16. | Thursday 17. | Fri. 18. | Sat 19. | Sun. 20. | Mon. 21. |
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| Men's singles | First rounds | First rounds | First rounds | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Final / 3rd place | ||
| Ladies singles | First rounds | First rounds | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Final / 3rd place | ||
| Men's doubles | First rounds | First rounds | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Final / 3rd place | |||
| Ladies doubles | First rounds | Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | Final / 3rd place | ||||
| Mixed | First rounds | First rounds / round of 16 |
Round of 16 | Eighth / quarter finals |
Quarter finals | Semifinals | Final / 3rd place |
Men's
singles
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United States
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Vincent Richards |
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France
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Henri Cochet |
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Italy
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Umberto De Morpurgo |
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France
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Jean Borotra |
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United States
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Richard Williams |
 British India
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Sydney Jacob | |
 Japan
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Takeichi Harada | |
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France
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René Lacoste |
Due to the absence of Bill Tilden and Bill Johnston , the field in men's singles was relatively open. With the former, Vincent Richards had triumphed in doubles in 1918 when he was only 15 years old. The four musketeers were Richard's closest rivals for the title. Ultimately, Richards defeated Henri Cochet in a close five-set match in the final - who had previously defeated Jean Borotra in the semifinals . In the match for bronze, the Italian Umberto De Morpurgo won against the reigning Wimbledon winner Borotra in five sets and won the only tennis medal for Italy to date.
With 92 athletes from 28 nations, most players to date have taken part in an Olympic tennis tournament.
Double
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Vincent Richards also won the gold medal in doubles alongside Frank Hunter . The pairing had arrived as reigning Wimbledon double champions and had won there against Richard Williams and Watson Washburn , who also took part in the games and were eliminated in the quarterfinals. In addition to the Americans, the four musketeers, divided into two double pairings, were favorites. After Richards and Hunter did not have to submit a set until the semifinals, they were challenged there by Jean Borotra and René Lacoste for the first time and won after five sets. The other French couple consisting of Jacques Brugnon and Henri Cochet waited in the final and ended again after five sets in favor of the Americans. In the bronze game, Borotra and Lacoste won against a South African, with which France won silver and bronze.
With 45 teams from 27 nations, the double field also consisted of a record number of players.
Ladies
singles
Due to an illness, the defending champion and the French Suzanne Lenglen, who was regarded as the best player of the time, was unable to play at the games in her home country. This opened the field for the only 18-year-old and thus the youngest participant in these tennis games, Helen Wills , who won the gold medal relatively safely without losing a set. In the final she played against the second best French woman of the time Julie Vlasto , who only won four games. Last year, Wills had won her first major title with the US National Championships . Bronze medalist Kathleen McKane inflicted two losses on Wills that same year, one of them in the Wimbledon final . This was to be the only defeat that Wills ever experienced in Wimbledon singles. McKane was defeated by Vlasto in the semifinals, so there was no new clash between the two. In the bronze medal match, the Brit won after losing the first set against Germaine Golding from France .
The women's singles also had the largest field in history with 38 players from 15 nations.
Double
The winners of the gold medal, the Americans Hellen Mills and Hazel Wightman , only had to play for the first time in the semifinals due to a few withdrawals of the competitors and were able to defeat the British Evelyn Colyer and Dorothy Shepherd-Barron in three sets. In the finals, Wightman and Mills faced the other British pairing, who beat them in two close sets, giving Mills gold in singles and doubles, while Wightman won both the doubles and the mixed titles. Bronze went to the British Colyer and Shepherd-Barron, who prevailed in the third place match against Marguerite Broquedis and Yvonne Bourgeois from France.
17 pairings from 11 nations played for the title in women's doubles, but many withdrew before the start of the game.
Mixed
The mixed doubles were played in the final between two US teams. Both teams had little trouble reaching the final. Only the gold medalists Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman and Richard Williams had to go over three sets in the semifinals against the Britons Kathleen McKane Godfree and Brian Gilbert , before they clearly had the upper hand over Marion Zinderstein Jessup and Vincent Richards in the final in two sets . The latter missed the maximum yield of three golds, while Wightman caught up with gold twice - she did not run in the women's singles. Since McKane Godfree and Gilbert did not play for third place, the bronze medal went to the Dutch Cornelia Bouman and Hendrik Timmer , who won the first Olympic medal for their country in tennis.
27 pairings from 15 nations took part.
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