Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Date	13–21 July 1924
Edition	7th
Surface	Clay / outdoor
Location	Colombes
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Champions
Men's singles
Vincent Richards  (USA)
Women's singles
Helen Wills  (USA)
Men's doubles
Vincent Richards / Francis Hunter  (USA)
Women's doubles
Hazel Wightman / Helen Wills  (USA)
Mixed doubles
Hazel Wightman / R. Norris Williams  (USA)
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Final results of the tennis competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. After the 1924 Olympics, the tennis competition would be dropped until 1988. The mixed doubles competition did not return until the 2012 Olympics. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	13 July		14 July		15 July		16 July	17 July	18 July	19 July	20 July	21 July
Day	Sunday		Monday		Tuesday		Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Monday
Time	M	A	M	Afternoon	Morning	Afternoon	Afternoon	Afternoon	Afternoon	Afternoon	Afternoon	Afternoon
Men's singles	Elimination rounds						Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	—	Bronze & final	—
Women's singles	—	Elimination rounds				Elimination/ round of 16	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	—	Bronze & final	—
Men's doubles	—	—	Elimination rounds			Elimination/round of 16		—	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	—	Bronze & final
Women's doubles	—	—	—	Elimination	—	Round of 16		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze & final	—	—
Mixed doubles	—	—	—	Elimination	Round of 16	Elimination/ round of 16	—	Round of 16	Round of 16/ quarterfinals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze & final

Medal summary

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Vincent Richards   United States	Henri Cochet   France	Uberto De Morpurgo   Italy
Men's doubles	United States Vincent Richards Francis Hunter	France Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet	France Jean Borotra René Lacoste
Women's singles	Helen Wills   United States	Julie Vlasto   France	Kathleen McKane   Great Britain
Women's doubles	United States Hazel Wightman Helen Wills	Great Britain Phyllis Covell Kathleen McKane	Great Britain Evelyn Colyer Dorothy Shepherd-Barron
Mixed doubles	United States Hazel Wightman R. Norris Williams	United States Marion Jessup Vincent Richards	Netherlands Kea Bouman Hendrik Timmer

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	1	0	6
2	France	0	3	1	4
3	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
4	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	5	15

Participating nations

There were 124 tennis players from 28 countries.

•   Argentina  (5)
•   Australia  (2)
•   Belgium  (8)
•   Chile  (2)
•   Republic of China  (4) ^[2]
•   Czechoslovakia  (5)
•   Denmark  (5)
•   Finland  (4)
•   France  (10)
•   Great Britain  (10)
•   Greece  (3)
•   Hungary  (5)
•   India  (6)
•   Ireland  (4)
•   Italy  (8)
•   Japan  (4)
•   Luxembourg  (1)
•   Mexico  (2)
•   Netherlands  (5)
•   Norway  (4)
•   Portugal  (1)
•   Romania  (3)
•   South Africa  (4)
•   Spain  (8)
•   Sweden  (4)
•   Switzerland  (4)
•   United States  (9)
•   Yugoslavia  (1)

References

1. "Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
2. M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012. 39 seulement s'alignérent, ne représentant plus que 24 nations, la Chine, le Portugal et la Yougoslavie ayant déclaré forfait.

External links

• International Olympic Committee medal database
• ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide
• M. Avé, Comité Olympique Français (ed.). Les Jeux de la VIII^e Olympiade Paris 1924 – Rapport Officiel (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France. pp. 373–397. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2012.