Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
| Men's singles tennis at the Games of the I Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Singles final in 1896 Olympic tennis | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Neo Phaliron Velodrome Athens Lawn Tennis Club | ||||||||||||
| Dates | April 8 (first round) April 9 (quarterfinals) April 10 (semifinals) April 11 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Template:TennisAt1896SummerOlympics The men's singles was one of two tennis events on the Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The sixteen entrants were seeded into a single-elimination tournament, with only thirteen or fifteen of the players actually competing. They represented six nations. None of the leading players of the time such as Wimbledon champion Harold Mahony, U.S champion Robert Wrenn, William Larned or Wilfred Baddeley participated.
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
The International Society of Olympic Historians gives only thirteen players; according to them Frank and George Marshall did not participate.
| First Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
 K Akratopoulos (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Kasdaglis (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dionysios Kasdaglis (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 J. Defert (FRA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| D Kasdaglis (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 M Tapavica (HUN)  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Momčilo Tapavica (HUN) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimitris Frangopoulos (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| M Tapavica (HUN) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 G Marshall (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Marshall (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frank Marshall (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
D Kasdaglis (GRE)  | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
JP Boland (GBR)  | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Evangelos Rallis (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demetrios Petrokokkinos (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| E Rallis (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| JP Boland (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Boland (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Friedrich Traun (GER) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| JP Boland (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Paspatis (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Konstantinos Paspatis (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| George Robertson (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| K Paspatis (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| A Akratopoulos (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aristidis Akratopoulos (GRE) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edwin Flack (AUS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) (Digitally available at [1]) - Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) (Excerpt available at [2]) - Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.
- ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide
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