Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's singles

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Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Outdoor
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men
Indoor
Singles		men		women
Doubles		men

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

Contents 1 Results 1.1 Standings 1.2 Finals 1.3 Section 1 1.4 Section 2 1.5 Section 3 1.6 Section 4 2 Sources

[edit] Results

[edit] Standings

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

[edit] Finals

	Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Finals
		Josiah Ritchie (GBR)	6	6
		Maurice Germot (FRA)	0	0	r
											Josiah Ritchie	2	6	6	6
											Wilberforce Eaves	6	1	4	1
		Wilberforce Eaves (GBR)	6	7	6
		Charles Dixon (GBR)	3	5	3
																				Josiah Ritchie	7	6	6
																				Otto Froitzheim	5	3	4
		Otto Froitzheim (GER)	6	6	5	6
		George Caridia (GBR)	4	1	7	1
											Otto Froitzheim	2	6	6	6
											John Richardson	6	1	4	4
		John Richardson (RSA)	6	6	6
		Charles Brown (CAN)	3	1	0

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

[edit] Section 1

1st round									2nd round									3rd Round									Quarterfinals
	Ritchie (GBR)
	bye									Ritchie	6	6	6
	Gauntlett (RSA)									Gauntlett (RSA)	1	4	1
	bye																		Ritchie	6	6	6
	Crawley (GBR)																		Crawley	1	4	1
	bye									Crawley
	--									bye
	--																											Ritchie	6	6
	Germot (FRA)																											Germot	0	0	r
	bye									Germot	7	6	6
	Schomburgk (GER)									Schomburgk	5	4	2
	bye																		Germot
	--																		bye
	--									--
	--									--
	--

[edit] Section 2

1st round									2nd round									3rd Round									Quarterfinals
	Eaves (GBR)	6	6	6
	Kinzl (AUT)	3	1	0						Eaves
	--									bye
	--																		Eaves	8	7	7
	Bissing (GER)																		Bissing	6	5	5
	bye									Bissing	6	6	6
	Zborzil (AUT)									Zborzil	1	4	4
	bye																											Eaves	6	7	6
	Dixon (GBR)	6	7	6																								Dixon	3	5	3
	Rahe (GER)	2	5	4						Dixon	6	6	6
	Lauber (HUN)									Lauber	1	0	0
	bye																		Dixon	6	6	6
	Hykš (BOH)																		Hykš	1	2	3
	bye									Hykš	7	6	3	6
	Zsigmondy (HUN)									Zsigmondy	5	4	6	0
	bye

[edit] Section 3

1st round									2nd round									3rd Round									Quarterfinals
	Froitzheim (GER)	6	6	6
	K. Powell (GBR)	3	1	4						Froitzheim	6	6	6
	Kreuzer (GER)	6	6	6						Kreuzer	2	3	3
	Pipes (AUT)	3	1	4															Froitzheim	6	11	6
	Parke (GBR)																		Parke	4	9	4
	bye									Parke	6	6	6
	Tóth (HUN)	6	3							Tóth	1	3	2
	Micovský (BOH)	2	1	r																								Froitzheim	6	6	5	6
	Caridia (GBR)																											Caridia	4	1	7	1
	bye									Caridia	6	6	6
	Kitson (RSA)									Kitson	1	3	1
	bye																		Caridia	6	3	6	6
	R. Powell (CAN)	6	6	6															R. Powell	4	6	4	2
	C. van Lennep (NED)	4	1	2						R. Powell	2	6	6	6
	Žemla (BOH)									Žemla	6	0	4	1
	bye

[edit] Section 4

1st round									2nd round									3rd Round									Quarterfinals
	Richardson (RSA)
	bye									Richardson
	--									bye
	--																		Richardson	6	6	6
	Foulkes (CAN)																		Foulkes	2	4	3
	bye									Foulkes	6	6	6
	R. van Lennep (NED)									R. van Lennep	2	4	3
	bye																											Richardson	6	6	6
	Brown (CAN)																											Brown	3	1	0
	bye									Brown
	--									bye
	--																		Brown	6	6	6
	Robetín (BOH)																		Robetín	2	1	?
	bye									Robetín
	--									bye
	--

[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 21 May 2006.