Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Date6–11 May 1908 (indoor)
6-11 July 1908 (outdoor)
Edition4th
SurfaceWood (indoor)
Grass (outdoor)
Location Queen's Club, West Kensington (indoor)
All England Club, Wimbledon (outdoor)
Champions
Men's outdoor singles
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Major Ritchie  (GBR)
Women's outdoor singles
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Dorothea Lambert Chambers  (GBR)
Men's outdoor doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Reginald Doherty / George Hillyard  (GBR)
Men's indoor singles
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Arthur Gore  (GBR)
Women's indoor singles
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith  (GBR)
Men's indoor doubles
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Herbert Roper Barrett / Arthur Gore  (GBR)
  1904  · Summer Olympics ·  1912  
Official 1908 Highlight Film Tennis @ 1:19 TV-icon-2.svg
Official 1908 Highlight Film Tennis @ 1:19

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]

Contents

Tennis Tennis pictogram.svg
Tennis

Medal summary

Events

Outdoor

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's outdoor singles Major Ritchie
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Otto Froitzheim
Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany
Wilberforce Eaves
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Men's outdoor doubles Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Reginald Doherty
George Hillyard
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
James Cecil Parke
Major Ritchie
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Clement Cazalet
Charles Dixon
Women's outdoor singles Dorothea Lambert Chambers
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Dora Boothby
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Ruth Winch
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain

Indoor

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's indoor singles Arthur Gore
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
George Caridia
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Major Ritchie
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Men's indoor doubles Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Herbert Roper Barrett
Arthur Gore
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
George Caridia
George Simond
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Wollmar Boström
Gunnar Setterwall
Women's indoor singles Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Alice Greene
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Märtha Adlerstråhle
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Medal table

The Women's singles final. London 1908 Lawn-Tennis WomensSingle.jpg
The Women's singles final.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)65415
2Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany  (GER)0101
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0022
Totals (3 entries)66618

Participating nations

50 players from 10 nations competed. [1]

See also

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