| Men's singles rackets at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | April 27–29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 6 from 1 nation | ||||||||||||||||
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| Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| Singles | men |
| Doubles | men |
The men's singles competition was one of two rackets events held as part of the Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Nations could enter up to 12 players, [1] though only Great Britain competed and with a total of 6 players.
| Place | Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|
 | Evan Noel |  Great Britain |
 | Henry Leaf | Great Britain |
 | John Jacob Astor | Great Britain |
| Henry Brougham | Great Britain | |
| 5 | Vane Pennell | Great Britain |
| 6 | Cecil Browning | Great Britain |
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| Noel (GBR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Browning (GBR) | 1 | Noel (GBR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pennell (GBR) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noel (GBR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Astor (GBR) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Noel (GBR) | w/o [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leaf (GBR) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leaf (GBR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brougham (GBR) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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