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 events were contested, 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 Queen's Club and began on 6 May 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 6 July through 11 July 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.[2]

Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Date6–11 May 1908 (indoor)
6-11 July 1908 (outdoor)
Edition4th
SurfaceWood (indoor)
Grass (outdoor)
LocationQueen's Club, West Kensington (indoor)
All England Club, Wimbledon (outdoor)
Champions
Men's outdoor singles
 Major Ritchie (GBR)
Women's outdoor singles
 Dorothea Lambert Chambers (GBR)
Men's outdoor doubles
 Reginald Doherty / George Hillyard (GBR)
Men's indoor singles
 Arthur Gore (GBR)
Women's indoor singles
 Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (GBR)
Men's indoor doubles
 Herbert Roper Barrett / Arthur Gore (GBR)
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Official 1908 Highlight Film Tennis @ 1:19
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Medal summary

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Events

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Outdoor

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's outdoor singles Major Ritchie
  Great Britain
Otto Froitzheim
  Germany
Wilberforce Eaves
  Great Britain
Men's outdoor doubles   Great Britain (GBR)
Reginald Doherty
George Hillyard
  Great Britain (GBR)
James Cecil Parke
Major Ritchie
  Great Britain (GBR)
Clement Cazalet
Charles Dixon
Women's outdoor singles Dorothea Lambert Chambers
  Great Britain
Dora Boothby
  Great Britain
Ruth Winch
  Great Britain

Indoor

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's indoor singles Arthur Gore
  Great Britain
George Caridia
  Great Britain
Major Ritchie
  Great Britain
Men's indoor doubles   Great Britain (GBR)
Herbert Roper Barrett
Arthur Gore
  Great Britain (GBR)
George Caridia
George Simond
  Sweden (SWE)
Wollmar Boström
Gunnar Setterwall
Women's indoor singles Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith
  Great Britain
Alice Greene
  Great Britain
Märtha Adlerstråhle
  Sweden

Medal table

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The Women's singles final.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)65415
2  Germany (GER)0101
3  Sweden (SWE)0022
Totals (3 entries)66618

Participating nations

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50 players from 10 nations competed.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Tennis at the 1908 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
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