Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Official 1908 Highlight Film Tennis @ 1:19

Six tennis events were contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. Indoor tennis events were held for the first time, along with the usual outdoor events. Women's tennis returned, with women's singles (but not women's doubles or mixed doubles) and indoor women's singles. 50 players, 40 men and 10 women, competed. 5 nations made their tennis debuts, while 5 more returned to competition for a total of 10 nations. Two players, Les Poidevin and Wimbledon champion Tony Wilding were nominated for Australasia but through administrative bungling they were not entered.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles	Josiah Ritchie Great Britain (GBR)	Otto Froitzheim Germany (GER)	Wilberforce Eaves Great Britain (GBR)
Men's Doubles	George Hillyard & Reginald Doherty Great Britain (GBR)	Josiah Ritchie & James Parke Great Britain (GBR)	Clement Cazalet & Charles Dixon Great Britain (GBR)
Men's Indoor Singles	Arthur Gore Great Britain (GBR)	George Caridia Great Britain (GBR)	Josiah Ritchie Great Britain (GBR)
Men's Indoor Doubles	Arthur Gore & Herbert Barrett Great Britain (GBR)	George Caridia & George Simond Great Britain (GBR)	Wollmar Boström & Gunnar Setterwall Sweden (SWE)
Women's Singles	Dorothea Lambert Chambers Great Britain (GBR)	Penelope Boothby Great Britain (GBR)	Joan Winch Great Britain (GBR)
Women's Indoor Singles	Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith Great Britain (GBR)	Alice Greene Great Britain (GBR)	Märtha Adlerstråhle Sweden (SWE)

Participating nations

50 players from 10 nations competed.

• Austria (3)
• Bohemia (4)
• Canada (3)
• France (1)
• Germany (5)
• Great Britain (22)
• Hungary (3)
• Netherlands (2)
• South Africa (3)
• Sweden (4)

Medal table

The Women's singles final.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	6	5	4	15
2	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
3	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
Total		6	6	6	18

References

• International Olympic Committee medal database