| Men's indoor singles tennis at the Games of the IV Olympiad |
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| Venue | Queen's Club | |||||||||
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| Dates | July 6 (round 1) July 7 (quarterfinal) July 8 (quarterfinal, semifinal) July 9 (semifinal) July 11 (final) |
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| Competitors | 7 from 2 nations | |||||||||
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| Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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| Outdoor | ||||
| Singles | men | women | ||
| Doubles | men | |||
| Indoor | ||||
| Singles | men | women | ||
| Doubles | men | |||
The indoor men's singles was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.
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| Place | Name | Nation |
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| 1st | Arthur Gore | Great Britain |
| 2nd | George Caridia | Great Britain |
| 3rd | Josiah Ritchie | Great Britain |
| 4th | Wilberforce Eaves | Great Britain |
| 5th | Wollmar Boström | Sweden |
| Gunnar Setterwall | Sweden | |
| 7th | Lionel Escombe | Great Britain |
| 1st round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Arthur Gore | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Josiah Ritchie | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Arthur Gore | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Caridia | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Caridia | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gunnar Setterwall | 6 | 6 | 6 | Gunnar Setterwall | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lionel Escombe | 2 | 3 | 1 | George Caridia | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilberforce Eaves | 5 | r | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wilberforce Eaves | 7 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wollmar Boström | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
There was no match for third place. Eaves, described in the Official Report as "obviously out of condition"[1], had not finished his semifinal match after a tight first set played in great heat. Ritchie, therefore, was awarded the bronze medal.