Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's singles

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The men's singles (outdoor) was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.

Contents

[edit] Results

[edit] Standings

Place Name Nation
1st Josiah Ritchie Great Britain Great Britain
2nd Otto Froitzheim Germany Germany
3rd Wilberforce Eaves Great Britain Great Britain
4th John Richardson Great Britain South Africa
5th Charles Brown Canada Canada
George Caridia Great Britain Great Britain
Charles Dixon Great Britain Great Britain
Maurice Germot France France
9th Moritz von Bissing Germany Germany
Walter Crawley Great Britain Great Britain
James Foulkes Canada Canada
Bohuslav Hykš Bohemia Bohemia
James Parke Great Britain Great Britain
Richard Powell Canada Canada
Karel Robetín Bohemia Bohemia
16th Vincent Gauntlett Great Britain South Africa
Harold Kitson Great Britain South Africa
Oscar Kreuzer Germany Germany
Dezsö Lauber Hungary Hungary
Roelof van Lennep Netherlands Netherlands
Heinrich Schomburgk Germany Germany
Ede Tóth Hungary Hungary
Arthur Zborzil Austria Austria
Ladislav Žemla Bohemia Bohemia
Jenö Zsigmondy Hungary Hungary
26th Rolf Kinzl Austria Austria
Christiaan van Lennep Netherlands Netherlands
Jozef Micovský Bohemia Bohemia
Fritz Felix Piepes Austria Austria
Kenneth Powell Great Britain Great Britain
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe Germany Germany

[edit] Left bracket

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 
Great Britain Ritchie (GBR)                
Bye  
Great Britain Ritchie (GBR) 6,6,6
  Great Britain Gauntlett (SAF) 1,4,1  
South Africa Gauntlett (SAF)
Bye  
Great Britain Ritchie (GBR) 6,6,6
  Great Britain Crawley (GBR) 1,4,1  
Great Britain Crawley (GBR)
Bye  
Great Britain Crawley (GBR)
  Bye  
None
None  
Great Britain Ritchie (GBR) 6,6,X
    France Germot (FRA) 0,0,X  
France Germot (FRA)        
Bye  
France Germot (FRA) 7,6,6
  Germany Schomburgk (GER) 5,4,2  
Germany Schomburgk (GER)
Bye  
France Germot (FRA)
  Bye  
None
None  
None
  None  
None
None  
Great Britain Ritchie (GBR) 2,6,6,6
    Great Britain Eaves (GBR) 6,1,4,1
Great Britain Eaves (GBR) 6,6,6            
Austria Kinzl (AUT) 3,1,0  
Great Britain Eaves (GBR)
  Bye  
None
None  
Great Britain Eaves (GBR) 8,7,7
  Germany Bissing (GER) 6,5,5  
Germany Bissing (GER)
Bye  
Germany Bissing (GER) 6,6,6
  Austria Zborzil (AUT) 1,4,4  
Austria Zborzil (AUT)
Bye  
Great Britain Eaves (GBR) 6,7,6
    Great Britain Dixon (GBR) 3,5,3  
Great Britain Dixon (GBR) 6,7,6        
Germany Rahe (GER) 2,5,4  
Great Britain Dixon (GBR) 6,6,6
  Hungary Lauber (HUN) 1,0,0  
Hungary Lauber (HUN)
Bye  
Great Britain Dixon (GBR) 6,6,6
  Bohemia Hykš (BOH) 1,2,3  
Bohemia Hykš (BOH)
Bye  
Bohemia Hykš (BOH) 7,6,3,6
  Hungary Zsigmondy (HUN) 5,4,6,0  
Hungary Zsigmondy (HUN)
Bye  


[edit] Right bracket

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 
Germany Froitzheim (GER) 6,6,6                
Great Britain K. Powell (GBR) 3,1,4  
Germany Froitzheim (GER) 6,6,6
  Germany Kreuzer (GER) 2,3,3  
Germany Kreuzer (GER) 6,6,6
Austria Piepes (AUT) 3,1,4  
Germany Froitzheim (GER) 6,11,6
  Great Britain Parke (GBR) 4,9,4  
Great Britain Parke (GBR)
Bye  
Great Britain Parke (GBR) 6,6,6
  Hungary Tóth (HUN) 1,3,2  
Hungary Tóth (HUN) 6,2,X
Bohemia Micovský (BOH) 3,1,X  
Germany Froitzheim (GER) 6,6,5,6
    Great Britain Caridia (GBR) 4,1,7,1  
Great Britain Caridia (GBR)        
Bye  
Great Britain Caridia (GBR) 6,6,6
  South Africa Kitson (SAF) 1,3,1  
South Africa Kitson (SAF)
Bye  
Great Britain Caridia (GBR) 6,3,6,6
  Canada R. Powell (CAN) 4,6,4,2  
Canada R. Powell (CAN) 6,6,6
Netherlands C. van Lennep (NED) 4,1,2  
Canada R. Powell (CAN) 2,6,6,6
  Bohemia Žemla (BOH) 6,0,4,1  
Bohemia Žemla (BOH)
Bye  
Germany Froitzheim (GER) 2,6,6,6
    South Africa Richardson (SAF) 6,1,4,4
South Africa Richardson (SAF)            
Bye  
South Africa Richardson (SAF)
  Bye  
None
None  
South Africa Richardson (SAF) 6,6,6
  Canada Foulkes (CAN) 2,4,3  
Canada Foulkes (CAN)
Bye  
Canada Foulkes (CAN) 6,6,6
  Netherlands R. van Lennep (NED) 2,4,3  
Netherlands R. van Lennep (NED)
Bye  
South Africa Richardson (SAF) 6,6,6
    Canada Brown (CAN) 3,1,0  
Canada Brown (CAN)        
Bye  
Canada Brown (CAN)
  Bye  
None
None  
Canada Brown (CAN) 6,6,6
  Bohemia Robetín (BOH) 2,1,  
Bohemia Robetín (BOH)
Bye  
Bohemia Robetín (BOH)
  Bye  
None
None  


[edit] Final

Winner Score Loser
Josiah Ritchie Great Britain Great Britain 7-5
6-3
6-4
Otto Froitzheim Germany Germany

There was no match for third place. A bronze medal was awarded to Wilberforce Eaves, who had lost to Ritchie in the semifinals.

[edit] Sources

  • Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association. 
  • De Wael, Herman (2001). Tennis 1908. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on May 21, 2007.


The 1908 Summer Olympics in London
Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Men's:

singles | doubles | indoor singles | indoor doubles

Women's:

singles | indoor singles