Tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles
| Men's doubles tennis at the Games of the I Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 Doubles final in 1896 Olympic tennis | ||||||||||
| Venue | Neo Phaliron Velodrome Athens Lawn Tennis Club | |||||||||
| Dates | April 8 (quarterfinals) April 9 (semifinals) April 11 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 4 nations | |||||||||
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The men's doubles was one of two tennis events on the tennis at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The six pairs that entered were seeded into a single elimination tournament. Only five actually competed, hailing from four nations but entering as a pair of Greek teams and three mixed teams. It was the only event in the 1896 Summer Olympics which was not contested individually; therefore, it was the only one to allow for mixed teams.
Standings
| Place | Athletes | Nation |
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| 1 |  Friedrich Traun (GER) and  John Pius Boland (GBR)
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 Mixed team
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| 2 |  Dionysios Kasdaglis (EGY) and  Demetrios Petrokokkinos (GRE)
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Mixed team
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| 3 |  Edwin Flack (AUS) and George S. Robertson (GBR)
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Mixed team
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| 4 | Aristidis Akratopoulos (GRE) and Konstantinos Akratopoulos (GRE)
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Greece
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| Konstantinos Paspatis (GRE) and Evangelos Rallis (GRE)
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Greece
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Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||
| Flack (AUS) / Robertson (GBR)
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| bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flack (AUS) / Robertson (GBR)
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 Kasdaglis / Petrokokkinos
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| Kasdaglis / Petrokokkinos
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| Paspatis / Rallis
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| Kasdaglis / Petrokokkinos
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| Traun (GER) / Boland (GBR)
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| Traun (GER) / Boland (GBR)
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| A. Akratopoulos / K. Akratopoulos
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| Traun (GER) / Boland (GBR)
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| bye | ||||||||||||||||||||
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}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (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}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (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.