Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games – Men's singles
| Men's singles tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Athens Lawn Tennis Club | ||||||||||||
| Date | 23–28 April | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 29 from 7 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's singles was one of four lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1906 Intercalated Games programme. The tournament was played on clay courts at the Athens Lawn Tennis Club.
Frenchman Max Decugis won the gold medal[1] by defeating his compatriot Maurice Germot in four sets.
The silver and bronze medals were awarded on the basis of the best performances against the winner or runner-up instead of the usual losing finalist or winner of a play-off between the losing semi-finalists. Therefore the bronze medal was awarded to Zdeněk Žemla who had taken a set off the silver medalist Maurice Germot in the second round.[2]
Draw
Key
- Q = Qualifier
- WC = Wild card
- LL = Lucky loser
- Alt = Alternate
- SE = Special exempt
- PR = Protected ranking
- ITF = ITF entry
- JE = Junior exempt
- w/o = Walkover
- r = Retired
- d = Defaulted
- SR = Special ranking
Finals
| Semifinals | Final (Gold medal match) | ||||||||||||
 Guus Kessler (NED)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
 Max Decugis (FRA)
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Max Decugis (FRA)
| 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||
| Maurice Germot (FRA)
| 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Maurice Germot (FRA)
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Gerard Scheurleer (NED)
| 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
Top half
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H Giraud (FRA)
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 A Georgiadis (GRE)
| A Georgiadis (GRE)
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 J Whittal (GBR)
| w/o | A Georgiadis (GRE)
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||
| D Kasdaglis (GRE)
| G Kessler (NED)
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| P Manesis (GRE)
| w/o | D Kasdaglis (GRE)
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G Kessler (NED)
| G Kessler (NED)
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| I Ketseas (GRE)
| w/o | G Kessler (NED)
| 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
 J Žemla (BOH)
| 6 | 7 | M Decugis (FRA)
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| V Károly (BOH)
| 4 | 5 | J Žemla (BOH)
| w/o | |||||||||||||||||||
| L Zarifis (GRE)
| L Zarifis (GRE)
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| D Whittal (GBR)
| w/o | L Zarifis (GRE)
| 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Decugis (FRA)
| 6 | 6 | M Decugis (FRA)
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| N Karidias (GRE)
| 0 | 0 | M Decugis (FRA)
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| X Kasdaglis (GRE)
| X Kasdaglis (GRE)
| 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| H Melis (GRE)
| w/o | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Z Žemla (BOH)
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| J Millet (FRA)
| w/o | Z Žemla (BOH)
| 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| M Germot (FRA)
| M Germot (FRA)
| 3 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| M Agelastos (GRE)
| w/o | M Germot (FRA)
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| J Giraud (FRA)
| K Beukema (NED)
| 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 G de Martino (ITA)
| w/o | J Giraud (FRA)
| 4 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| K Beukema (NED)
| 6 | 6 | K Beukema (NED)
| 6 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| L Žemla (BOH)
| 0 | 4 | M Germot (FRA)
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| G Scheurleer (NED)
| 6 | 3 | 6 | G Scheurleer (NED)
| 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| N Zarifis (GRE)
| 0 | 6 | 2 | G Scheurleer (NED)
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| I Ballis (GRE)
| 6 | 6 | I Ballis (GRE)
| 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 H Byington (USA)
| 1 | 2 | G Scheurleer (NED)
| 6 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| G Simiriotis (GRE)
| 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| G Simiriotis (GRE)
| 6 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| R Schauffler (USA)
| 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ Hernández, Pedro (1 June 2018). "Historias de Roland Garros: Max Decugis, maestro de los Mosqueteros" [Roland Garros stories: Max Decugis, master of the Musketeers] (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
In 1906, he won the gold medal in singles, doubles and mixed doubles at the Athens Olympics.
- ^ "Olympic Tennis Event - Medallists". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
Athens 1906: Therefore the Men's Singles Bronze was awarded to Zdenek Zemla who had taken a set off the Silver medalist Maurice Germot in the round of 16.