Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's indoor singles

Men's indoor singles tennis at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	Queen's Club
Dates	6–11 May
Competitors	10 from 3 nations
Medalists
Arthur Gore  Great Britain George Caridia  Great Britain Major Ritchie  Great Britain

The indoor men's singles was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Nations could enter up to 12 players.

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

Draw

	First Round									Quarterfinals									Semifinals									Final (Gold medal match)
										Anthony Wilding (ANZ)		w/o
										Arthur Gore (GBR)
																			Arthur Gore (GBR)		4	6	5	6	6
																			Major Ritchie (GBR)		6	3	7	1	4
										Les Poidevin (ANZ)		w/o
	Major Ritchie (GBR)									Major Ritchie (GBR)
	Herbert Roper Barrett (GBR)		w/o																									Arthur Gore (GBR)		6	7	6
	Gunnar Setterwall (SWE)		6	6	6																							George Caridia (GBR)		3	5	4
	Lionel Escombe (GBR)		2	3	1					Gunnar Setterwall (SWE)		2	1	1
										George Caridia (GBR)		6	6	6
																			George Caridia (GBR)		7	0						Bronze medal match
																			Wilberforce Eaves (GBR)		5	0r
										Wollmar Boström (SWE)		5	2	7														Major Ritchie (GBR)
										Wilberforce Eaves (GBR)		7	6	9														Wilberforce Eaves (GBR)		w/o

There was no match for third place. Eaves, described in the Official Report as "obviously out of condition", had not finished his semifinal match after a tight first set played in great heat. Ritchie, therefore, was awarded the bronze medal.

External links

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (May 1909). The Fourth Olympiad London 1908 Official Report (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
• ITF, 2008 Olympic Tennis Event Media Guide